General Music Discussion

[Mirrodinia]

Their newest album, instead of growing on me, got worse in my mind. Just...I defended the album but now I'm not that impressed.

But I still like some Muse. Like Citizen Erased, for example. Probably their best song. Or one of the best, anyway.

Aaand I don't see it on YouTube anymore. Stupid copyright crap.

Try this if you think Nickelback isn't THAT bad...

As far as being worse, there's this, this, and this on the top of my head.

Edit: F'ing thing didn't want to post for some reason.

I'll try those after I go through more Muse songs. Why did I not know about Muse sooner? I definitely like this band. Uprising is now on my list of favourite songs.

Yay! New Muse fan! The older stuff, for the most part, is generally cooler than the newer stuff, but the newer stuff is still good too IMO. You need to hear "Citizen Erased," "Knights of Cydonia," "Time is Running Out," and "Hysteria" post-haste.

[Luveria]

I'll try those after I go through more Muse songs. Why did I not know about Muse sooner? I definitely like this band. Uprising is now on my list of favourite songs.

Yay! New Muse fan! The older stuff, for the most part, is generally cooler than the newer stuff, but the newer stuff is still good too IMO. You need to hear "Citizen Erased," "Knights of Cydonia," "Time is Running Out," and "Hysteria" post-haste.

I'm doing that now.

[San]

muse vs seether would be a better comparison

That also seems like a pretty bad comparison, if you ask me.

Seether and Nickelback being compared makes the most sense.

As in, they're both generally garbage in the same realm.

nah, seether are somewhat less awful than nickelback. morgan at least knows how to make post-grunge that isn't unlistenably bad. on occasion.
muse, imo, aren't that exciting (origin of symmetry is their only album that hasn't left me a little disappointed.)

while muse and nickelback/seether are both quite different styles of rock, that doesn't mean their qualities are incomparable.

[Luveria]

I'll try those after I go through more Muse songs. Why did I not know about Muse sooner? I definitely like this band. Uprising is now on my list of favourite songs.

Yay! New Muse fan! The older stuff, for the most part, is generally cooler than the newer stuff, but the newer stuff is still good too IMO. You need to hear "Citizen Erased," "Knights of Cydonia," "Time is Running Out," and "Hysteria" post-haste.

I went through all those and I seem to prefer their newer songs.

That also seems like a pretty bad comparison, if you ask me.

Seether and Nickelback being compared makes the most sense.

As in, they're both generally garbage in the same realm.

nah, seether are somewhat less awful than nickelback. morgan at least knows how to make post-grunge that isn't unlistenably bad. on occasion.
muse, imo, aren't that exciting (origin of symmetry is their only album that hasn't left me a little disappointed.)

while muse and nickelback/seether are both quite different styles of rock, that doesn't mean their qualities are incomparable.

If I am to be honest about Seether, yes, I dislike most of their songs, but they have a couple of good ones. Remedy and Broken are all I can name. Seether having songs I like, and Nickelback not having any I like, Seether wins in my opinion.
My standard is if a band has at least one song I like, they aren't terrible.

[Mirrodinia]

Yay! New Muse fan! The older stuff, for the most part, is generally cooler than the newer stuff, but the newer stuff is still good too IMO. You need to hear "Citizen Erased," "Knights of Cydonia," "Time is Running Out," and "Hysteria" post-haste.

I went through all those and I seem to prefer their newer songs.

nah, seether are somewhat less awful than nickelback. morgan at least knows how to make post-grunge that isn't unlistenably bad. on occasion.
muse, imo, aren't that exciting (origin of symmetry is their only album that hasn't left me a little disappointed.)

while muse and nickelback/seether are both quite different styles of rock, that doesn't mean their qualities are incomparable.

If I am to be honest about Seether, yes, I dislike most of their songs, but they have a couple of good ones. Remedy and Broken are all I can name. Seether having songs I like, and Nickelback not having any I like, Seether wins in my opinion.
My standard is if a band has at least one song I like, they aren't terrible.

That's cool too. My favorite Muse album is still The Resistance, so you're not alone. Have you listened to "Supremacy" yet?

[Luveria]

I went through all those and I seem to prefer their newer songs.



If I am to be honest about Seether, yes, I dislike most of their songs, but they have a couple of good ones. Remedy and Broken are all I can name. Seether having songs I like, and Nickelback not having any I like, Seether wins in my opinion.
My standard is if a band has at least one song I like, they aren't terrible.

That's cool too. My favorite Muse album is still The Resistance, so you're not alone. Have you listened to "Supremacy" yet?

I have. That intro!

[DesAnges]

Since we seem to have happened upon an indie-type conversation, might I put forward The Wave Pictures?

[Mirrodinia]

That's cool too. My favorite Muse album is still The Resistance, so you're not alone. Have you listened to "Supremacy" yet?

I have. That intro!

Ikr?! Still, the thing that really drew me into that song and album, the first time I heard him break into the falsetto section.

[Anollasia]

I'm not interested in Muse anymore.

[Mirrodinia]

I'm not interested in Muse anymore.

I didn't remember you being interested in Muse in the first place?

[Anollasia]

I'm not interested in Muse anymore.

I didn't remember you being interested in Muse in the first place?

I was a little. Not too much though.

[Meryuma]

I enjoy pop music but Call Me Maybe just isn't a very good song. It's way too self-consciously cutesy and just feels grating.

What I like about it is the minimalist synth. Without that, I would not like the song.

Imagine Dragons are pretty much the definition of bland and mainstream.

I don't consider Imagine Dragons to be bland.
As for the "mainstream" part, a band being successful doesn't automatically mean it's bland. System of a Down is "mainstream", along with Metallica.

Also, I have no idea what genres Des likes other than that one Kings of Leon song, so I had to work with that to find something somewhat similar.

I don't find the synth in Call Me Maybe parrticularly notable.

About Imagine Dragons, I don't think everything mainstream is bad or anything, I'm just saying it's weird to talk about them as some kind of alternative to standard radio rock when they're one of the most middle-of-the-road bands out there.

System of a Down seem pretty ehh from what I've heard. Metallica have good stuff in their catalogue but haven't been good for a while.

[Calorax]

I think I have finally managed to create a list of my favourite albums of the year.
The new Beyonce surprised me by actually being really good

[San]

I think I have finally managed to create a list of my favourite albums of the year.
The new Beyonce surprised me by actually being really good

it's better than I'd thought it would be, but tbf it's still not great

probably a 6.5/10, maybe

[Corrian]

I think I have finally managed to create a list of my favourite albums of the year.
The new Beyonce surprised me by actually being really good

it's better than I'd thought it would be, but tbf it's still not great

probably a 6.5/10, maybe

I can't even imagine getting myself to even listen to Beyonce, good or not.

[Mirrodinia]

Hey Luveria, you might also want to listen to the three Exogenesis Symphony songs from the end of The Resistance. They aren't beyond amazing, but they're certainly worth a listen being a semi-important step in Muse's Muse-ical career.

[Mirrodinia]

it's better than I'd thought it would be, but tbf it's still not great

probably a 6.5/10, maybe

I can't even imagine getting myself to even listen to Beyonce, good or not.

Yeah ditto.

[Corrian]

Hey Luveria, you might also want to listen to the three Exogenesis Symphony songs from the end of The Resistance. They aren't beyond amazing, but they're certainly worth a listen being a semi-important step in Muse's Muse-ical career.

Those 3 songs are some of the best on that album if you ask me.

[San]

it's better than I'd thought it would be, but tbf it's still not great

probably a 6.5/10, maybe

I can't even imagine getting myself to even listen to Beyonce, good or not.

hmm

thinking it over it's actually just average, really.

[Mirrodinia]

Hey Luveria, you might also want to listen to the three Exogenesis Symphony songs from the end of The Resistance. They aren't beyond amazing, but they're certainly worth a listen being a semi-important step in Muse's Muse-ical career.

Those 3 songs are some of the best on that album if you ask me.

Forgive me, I've spent too much time on the Muselive forums. Yeah, they are actually pretty great, especially the third one if you watch the video to it too...honestly nearly made me cry.

[Luveria]

Hey Luveria, you might also want to listen to the three Exogenesis Symphony songs from the end of The Resistance. They aren't beyond amazing, but they're certainly worth a listen being a semi-important step in Muse's Muse-ical career.

Will do.

[Corrian]

Is Jarboe worth listening to? I hear that name so often on various different bands I know (Swans, Jesu, Neurosis, ect)

[San]

Giving the 1975 another chance

pretty overhyped and their vocalist is mediocre

shame, since their production is there for the most part (though arguable that their bassist is a tad sloppy and the drumming overly processed)

[Meryuma]

Is Jarboe worth listening to? I hear that name so often on various different bands I know (Swans, Jesu, Neurosis, ect)

She's really good with Swans. Haven't heard any solo stuff.

[Corrian]

Went through 12 EP's and 2 LP's since I woke up, generally, and listened through 1 2-disc CD I haven't heard in a while now.

This isn't all technically since I've been UP, since I passed out for a few hours earlier, but still a fairly good day overall. And pretty much all the EP's has been in the last...5 hours? 4?

Either way, new record in EP's. Of course, my record of like...16 LP's is still obviously the most impressive. And will probably never be beat again, especially based off of what I have left which is a lot of long albums.