Q&A Discussion Thread

[PunkPhantom]

Originally Posted by Irockz

I never expected to spark a discussion in this thread. But yeah, I knew about Razor Song, I just lumped it in there for completion's sake. I'm gonna guess that they won't even remember, but hell, may as well ask and see if I can get a response anyway. If I had to guess and they were all renames, Origin Of Symmetry is probably Citizen Erased or Megalomania, and Love Bleach... I have no clue. Maybe they wanted to rename Feeling Good? Or, far more crackpot theory, they were going to cover Nirvana's Love Buzz.

I really think Love Bleach was probably Hyper Music because Matt described Hyper Music as "a song about wanting to destroy someone you've loved" so Love Bleach sounds like it could fit.

[SerpentSatellite]

One of them could have been that ending they tacked onto Citizen Erased, too.

[Claudia O.]

I wonder how many questions had to be deleted already? Because 9 pages for such a great opportunity isn't that much

[jonisdead]

Originally Posted by Clunge

I do hope they answer this. We need answers.

Originally Posted by the aurora

I love your "Would YOU pay £75 to see your current show?" question.

I'm fairly certain the question Frakkles posted as well as Clunge's won't get answered because they don't even make an attempt to be civil, they simply call the band out for injury. Highly unlikely unless they get edited IMO. The idea is sound but the delivery is botched

[jonisdead]

Originally Posted by PunkPhantom

I really think Love Bleach was probably Hyper Music because Matt described Hyper Music as "a song about wanting to destroy someone you've loved" so Love Bleach sounds like it could fit.

Except that Hyper Music was already a song then

[Clunge]

Originally Posted by jonisdead

I'm fairly certain the question Frakkles posted as well as Clunge's won't get answered because they don't even make an attempt to be civil, they simply call the band out for injury. Highly unlikely unless they get edited IMO. The idea is sound but the delivery is botched

Wut? . How is my question not civil? It points out three incontrovertible truths about Muse's current live show. As one of tens of thousands of people who have invested heavily in Muse as a live act over many years, they should be accountable to everyone who pays to attend one of their gigs.

[jonisdead]

Originally Posted by Clunge

Wut? . How is my question not civil? It points out three incontrovertible truths about Muse's current live show. As one of tens of thousands of people who have invested heavily in Muse as a live act over many years, they should be accountable to everyone who pays to attend one of their gigs.

Again, I'm not criticizing the substance of your post. I'm saying the way you phrased it has angry overtones rather than presenting the question in a way that isn't (or at least IMO) emotionally charged. And yes, accountability is everything but I'm sure they'd avoid answering questions that make them feel put on the spot rather than a question that is trying to get into their reasoning with maybe a nudge to change their antics. I know personally if I were the band, I wouldn't feel the need to "defend myself" against a fan that came off as being wronged if I didn't want bad PR.

This kind of logic applies to the other posters too, not just you. Yours was probably the best of the bunch but others were simply antagonizing the band and those posts will almost certainly not submitted

[Alexander DeLarge]

Do you sometimes sit together and watch your old performances?

I'd like to hear this one. I mean, I can't imagine them watching those kinds of gigs and playing these types of sets, but maybe I'm wrong.

[forevermusic]

Originally Posted by Clunge

Wut? . How is my question not civil? It points out three incontrovertible truths about Muse's current live show. As one of tens of thousands of people who have invested heavily in Muse as a live act over many years, they should be accountable to everyone who pays to attend one of their gigs.

I think the idea is right, but maybe not the wording. I think something like "Do you think your gigs are the right length for a band 7 albums into their career?" or "Do you think your gigs can/should be longer?" or something like may be likelier to get a response. But then that's thinking more politically about it, ehdunno.

For the record I didn't know incontrovertible was a real word. So least I got that out of it.

[Clunge]

Tbh, they're bound to duck all the difficult questions anyway so it's all moot.

[forevermusic]

Originally Posted by Clunge

Tbh, they're bound to duck all the difficult questions anyway so it's all moot.

Yeah that usually happens with these sort of things.

[Alexander DeLarge]

Originally Posted by Clunge

Tbh, they're bound to duck all the difficult questions anyway so it's all moot.

I'd be very surprised if they weren't reading the posts. Depending on how this all came about, I find the timing of this very convenient.

[PunkPhantom]

Originally Posted by bob122577

Thank you for doing this and acknowledging the forums! Despite what the self doubt and syphilis and the occasional negativity may suggest , we love you! You inspire us and give us hope for a better world.

(emphasis mine)

What

[Jobby]

Originally Posted by Alexander DeLarge

Do you sometimes sit together and watch your old performances?

I'd like to hear this one. I mean, I can't imagine them watching those kinds of gigs and playing these types of sets, but maybe I'm wrong.

I think they've all mentioned occasionally going back and watching some of their older performances (especially big gigs like Wembley '07 and Glasto '04) separately, particularly in recent years iirc. Not sure how much of that they've done together though, probably just the odd song here or there where someone's gone "Shit, guys, remember this?".

I think it inspires certain things (song comebacks, old CE riff in Supremacy, maybe the return of Matt smashing guitars/amps which dulled down a bit between BH&R and TR iirc) but obviously not too much.

[MartianSpaghettiRider]

Originally Posted by jonisdead

I'm fairly certain the question Frakkles posted as well as Clunge's won't get answered because they don't even make an attempt to be civil, they simply call the band out for injury. Highly unlikely unless they get edited IMO. The idea is sound but the delivery is botched

I think Clunge's question, although maybe a bit harsh (as you're saying), could be considered quite spot on. I particularly agree about the length of the most recent Asian and American setlists, which is a bit too short and not so much inclusive of their whole work.
About Frakkles' question, instead, unless he was just joking, even I was like: "Seriously?!"