New Muse - "Supermassive Black Hole"
So many of you excitedly sent us the new Muse single, without indicating whether you like it or not. Maybe that's because, like Stereogum, you're still undecided. (Or favorite e-mail came from Andrew, who attached the tune and wrote: "I was all like 'what?'")
We hear ya Andrew. Did Max Martin write this?
Muse - "Supermassive Black Hole" (MP3 Link Expired)
Posted at 1:45 PM in MP3
Anyone else think this is a bit Radiohead-esque? Especially the pre-chorus bit. And the Myxamatosis intro.
One more vote for undecided, but I'd bet anything it'll be all over the radio for ages...
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It kinda sucks. I was really excited and everything, but Franz Ferdinand just do dance rock |-------------------------------------------------| this much better.
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Everyone is saying it sounds like a Britney Speras song. Like that's a bad thing!
-los
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Oops! I meant Britney SPEARS.
Sorry, too busy dancing to the Muse song...
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It wucks big time!
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I immediately hate it. But if I listen it again I start to love it (it's so different...)
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"Anyone else think this is a bit Radiohead-esque? Especially the pre-chorus bit. And the Myxamatosis intro."
Is't Muse pretty open about trying to be Radiohead circa 1998?
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Wow - it's like Queens of the Stone age and Spoon's "I turn my camera on"....and yet, not nearly as good as either of them...
boring.
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I like it. But I like pretty much everything Muse, so.
And, yeah - what mrbenning said. If you're surprised that this sounds like late-90s Radiohead (as if that's a bad thing), you haven't been listening to Muse much lately.
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Whoa - I assumed they were trying (and failing) to not sound like Radiohead. But apparently they don't care. Mah bad.
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this sounds like another bad Lenny Kravitz song.
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Entirely and utterly forgettable.
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This is not good. What's with the robot voice? Fuckin' mutts.
You can only get away with plagiarism for so long before people realize you lack any real interesting muscial ability.
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Muse is dead !
This supermASSive black HOLE cannot do any good to Music... Muse's ambition is not enlarging the borders of music nor creating a new sound, but just enlarging the number of people who listen to them, I think...
Drum is not dead.
Listen to those that got something to tell !
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I think it's fucking great. But I obviously have a gaping asshole for a mouth so what do I know.
Also, I really like how it says Girly Medium under Ben Gibbards picture.
He is never on my radar but I find that hi-lar-ee-ass.
Finally, I really love this song. I love it so much. I can't stop the liquid shit from pouring from my butt-mouth.
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A) Yeah, this sounds like a britney Spears song.
B) I love it anyway.
C) I, having lived under a rock for most of my life, am not actually very familiar with Radiohead and because of all these comparisons, I'm going to go check them out now.
Thank you.
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Its a good song but it doesn't sound like Muse. Where's the classical piano?
http://www.musictimes.com.au
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I like this. Love the Queen-like chorus.
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I certainly do like it now. And the robot voice is awesome - pumps out the low-end in the car speakers just like it should. I think this is the most enjoyable single they've released, to be honest.
So they're having fun and not making music for brooding losers to soundtrack their anime videos with anymore. Big loss.
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ha ha, ditto on Lenny Kravitz, s'what came to my mind as well.
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I love it. Sounds like Millionaire, and Muse said that was one of their influences, so, well, there you go.
*puts on Outside The Simian Flock*
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Cant stand Muse.
Kinda dig this song.
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I'd dance to it in a club if I was completely trashed. It doesn't totally suck.
I give it bonus points because it doesn't reek of angsty melancholia like their previous CDs.
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i adore muse, but this is just bad.
i much prefer bellamy when paying homage to rachmaninov.
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I adore Muse as well and I think this track is great, it grew on me the second time around. Definitely a great song and I like that Muse is able to so easily switch from what they have been doing to something like this. Excellent! thanks stereogum!
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I think it's fun. I'd dance to this.
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Muse's "SMBH" is a different and interesting branching out for the band. With all the criticism in the past, Matt Bellamy and Muse know what they are doing. Believe me I know from working in a music store and constantly hearing from customers as I play "Origin of Symmetry" or "Absolution" when they say, "Is this the new Radiohead". The general public has no sense of depth perception when it comes to deciphering music. If anything, Muse has advanced and even challenged the pedestal Radiohead has reigned for years. Muse is not Radiohead. Radiohead is not Muse. How can you knock a three piece band that puts out more sound than any band to date. I can honestly say that there is no other band out there that can create a song like "SMBH" and get away with it. Matt definately is giving Prince a run for his money.
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Hmm.. prince... good point Ryan.
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Bohemian Rhapsody meets Blue Orchid meets Behind These Hazel Eyes.
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Normally when I heard a song for the first time and I like it,it means that I would like to get married to it forever but when I heard Supermassive Black Hole it certainly wasn't love at first sight....maybe I need to listen to it for a couple more times to know whether we're meant for each other....
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Yeah, I don't know... My first reaction was "this can't be Muse". I thought maybe someone was taking the piss and uploaded some random band and labeled it Muse. I'm not quite sure if I like it or not, but hey, it sure is different...
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this song fucking blows. seriously. and i love muse. i've loved them since i saw them opening for the foo fighters and chili peppers in 1999. i've always been drawn into how their formula is pretty much take a classical piano track and turn it into prog-rock.
this new track is NOT that formula. some bands can get away with trying new stuff, but this just doesn't work for muse. it sounds like they're taking a recent madonna track and doing a bad cover of it. where's the piano? where's the arpeggios? where's the FUCKING RIPPING ROCK GUITAR SOLO that matt bellamy does best?
yawn. i hope the rest of the record isn't like this.
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this song SUX. is this really MUSE? it's hard to believe. and i love MUSE. I hope the rest of the album sounds NOTHING LIKE THIS. or i'll hate it.
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Not what I was expecting
http://ultra8201.blogspot.com
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....T. Rex as filtered through the Bravery...
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I'm a huge Muse fan and I hate it! Maybe it will grow on me. I hope the whole new album isn't like this!
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GOD !!!... SO FUVC#ING SEXY..
GREAT MUSE..
THE BEST...
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ive only liked Muse since Absolution - the production and heavier sound with less whining really helped them.
I like this, but as someone mentioned, i think it's Millionaire they're copying, not Radiohead. And I dont think it's such a bad thing, either.
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This sounds like something that Self (Matt Mahaffey) might have written. (Reminds me of "Busy Sending Me".)
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I've been going nuts trying to remember where I've heard that main riff from... and I finally figured it out. It's "Mad Dog God Dam" by Elastica.
Anyway, it took a while for it to grow on me, but I think the song's great.
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yikes. i was quite terrified, then as soon as it finished i wanted to hear it all over again, which must count for something, i guess.
its like prince meets jack white meets a giant supercomputer... on jupiter.
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If it's an Elastica riff, we should probably start going through Wire's back-catalogue to determine which song they nicked from this time.
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I'ts Very good,...very cool name to the differents is..
i'ts a super rusty muse song... rusty ever maybe..
his voice is rustyer to... it sounds cosy i think, it will surprise... like absolution that was also very different like the others.....
SO here is the new DIfferent sound of MUSE!!!!
enjoy it!!!!!!!! :) dont forget they are so good!!!!!!!!!!!! and won't let u down..
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MUSE are awesome! They have NEVER written a song I dont love. they have always fused lush guitar sections with awesome techno sweetness, all topped off with the succulent bass line. HMMM.....
BUT! I am disappointed. Super Massive Black Holes is very lush. VERY lush. but compared to all the other stuff, it is not very lush. I'm wetting my pants for the new album: black holes and revelations. I NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!
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MAtt Bellamy The King Of Rock!!
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Any one refering to this song as "Radioheadesque" and "prince-ish" Is WRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh my godd what was that... please don't compare that to radiohead. my reaction is What the dealio lol but that song is jst not what muse fans have grown to love about them . i can see where you get radiohead but radiohead would make that good . it's just not Muse sounding at all i somehwat like it but i repeat it's not what muse is like! i hope the ret of their CD is better
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what happened to the band that I have come to know and love. Not even a good try. Very Disappointing.
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this is something i'd expect from aussie band 'regurgitator'. sounds different but it'll grow on me.
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I'm a bit undecided about this song but those who are comparing them to radiohead are talking absolute crap.I think that its the same kind of lyrics but the words have a kind of underlying maning, or that might just be me.
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well.
i was a little surprised on first hearing this. i mean- muse have always been about the incredible piano and guitar- but I guess they're just trying something new. I mean- i can't say this song doesnt want to make me dance. I'd get up and dance to it!
I dont really get people who compare them to radiohead. I mean- there might be some similarities, but there's a sort of streak that seperates them.
Ive been a big fan of muse- love their stuff- and im going to get the new album of course.
its alittle different- but after a few listens its grown no me. I hope the rest of the albums good
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Funky?
-Mathew Bellamy- : "Yeah, it does'nt really represent what the album is like, it's a bit more of a one off, but you know, there is quite a few surprises on the new album, of different things we tryed a bit, that we hav'nt really done before, but this one of the most unusual ones, on the album, supermassive black hole."
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We must remember this is there first SINGLE. this is what they use to get the average listener hooked. I'll bet there album will have a lot of different feels. They chose this dancy little diddy to be their "crossover" as it were. It tickles me by the way....
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hmmm well it's certainly different from their other stuff. It's gonna take a few more listens before I like it.
Does anyone else think Matt sounds like Prince on this song????
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Ummm, yeaaaa, this is a very different Muse, doesn't really sound much like their old, and might I say, really Damnn good music...
not quite sure what to think, i'll have to check out the whole album when it comes out...
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Hi guys are you crazy?
What will be the world without Evolution?
All right this song was so strange...But the ablbum will be not like this...I hope,but this song is good I think not the best but I feel so strange when I heard it between comit suicide or to have fun!!!
So people forget your problem and Enjoy yourself!
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I adore muse, everything they have ever done, all the b-sides etc
this song is different,yes, but I think it displays their tendancy to do whatever they decide to do incredibly well
and as the quote from matt said- it doesnt reflect the whole album.
Even if the album does sound like this, I won't be disappointed: you have to embrace change!
awesome
x
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At first I thought this song was a bit too crap and rejected it to be a muse song, as I love all their stuff etc. But then i listened to a couple of their new songs on the radio (radio 1 big weekend) and it was transformed into a heavier, better muse song, a kind of which I have grown to love,
so now i can't wait for the album (bring on july 3rd)
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as one of the comments above, i didnt think it was muse at first ..but i liked it. i know that the album has diffrent stuff than this, like knights of cydonia. <3 now that ive listened to it for a while it just gets better.. i love the chorus, dissing the princelike voice though.. maybe if he had gone down a notch.. hm.
ive always loved muse, all their previous records lies CLOOOOSE TO MY HEART, and i bet this one will as well.. or I hope.. :)
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this is the 'FUCKING hot SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I absolutely love it. It's different, it's catchy, it's dancy, it's brilliant!! I Can't Wait Till The Album Comes Out!!! =D
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well I like it :)
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ah yeah I see what u mean , the britney thing reminds me of (8)do something(8) I still like it though
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Muse is amazing. I've been with them forever, I've always loved them. This new song is definitly very different for them to be doing and it doesn't really sound like them. The chorus is very Queen-like and good. The pre-chorus is fucking amazing, the vocals are amazing, there's not a damn way you're getting that out of your head once you hear it. This is a damn good new song by Muse. Any Muse fan is sure to love this new song.
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I like it. It´s |MUSE| - only because it´s not all the same like all older songs, it still rocks. Looking forward to buy the album
And to the guy saying the thing about musical ability,....wtf!?
mike;
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For those of you who are dissapointed Supermassive Blackhole isn't what the whole album is gonna sound like. I have heard Starlight and it's close to the Muse you guys seem to be hankering for. I think once you get over the initial shock of the scissor sister-ish sound then you'll love it. I love it. It's different. If the song had the same sound as the songs from Absolute then you would all be complaining about that. I love Muse's new song and I know I am going to love the rest of the album. Muse always find some way to be different and that's what makes them great!
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matts tallent is far greater than most artists now days so it not matter what he creates ... its good
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New Muse track "Knights of Cydonia"
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http://takeyourmedicinemp3.blogspot.com/2006/05/new-muse-track-knights-of-cydonia.html
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Surprise, Surprise...
Well, I got kinda stunned when I listen to that song the first time. It sounds like dance music. Actually THIS IS DANCE MUSIC.
But nevertheless I like it. I love music like Franz Ferdinand etc...
The only point I´m disappointed about is, that this song is from muse.
whatever... Gotta dance... ;-)
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This is not muse taking a step forward, its muse taking a billion trillion steps back... Although the new album is likely to be their most propular, it's also likely to be their worst (although even that is tons better than bands like Franz Ferdinand). One positive note is that Knights of Cydonia holds some hope...
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fuck yez all, it rocks like everything else matt bellamy does!!
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Rock on muse i love it! spookily like britney... it rocks so does Knights of Cydonia or whatever! GO MUSE!
anyone else notice all their songs named after space stuff/
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Although it sounds like they now see Alison Goldfrapp as their spiritual guide, I like it.
For the more closed-minded...it's your loss, dudes.
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me too! I agree... Ive played it a few hundred times and toootally addicted peeps!!
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I cant belive mine eyes!!!!! how can u slag mude so? yes this song ent as gud as sum but its bloody better than others. also bein a radiohead fan i can say that theres only a very slight lean towards radiohead but not much. go back 2 ur pop songs n leave rock 2 the pro's!
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I heard it on the radio before I knew who it was by and thought "I quite like this, but its a bit like something I've heard before" i'm still not sure weather that was because I recognised it was Muse or because it sounded like someone else, but I definitely do like it.
Who cares if it sounds like anyone else? thats what happens isnt it? pop music will eat itself and all that, if its a good song its a good song!
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u may well slate me for this, but after the first few times of listening to the track, all I could think of for similarity was the scissor sisters!
Have bellamy and the crew had more than just a re-think of their musical style?
its asesome, no matter what the inspiration
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well..... it's different then i'm used to. i agree with music times, where's the classical piano?! when i heard the name i was thinking it would be like "space dementia". but in stead i got this thing that i'm still undecided about. i'm thinkin' it could be cool live with a real guitar sound.
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Knowing Muse, the next single off the album is gonna be the biggest song they ever pull off. look at absolution, first it was time is running out,i wasn't really into it,but then Hysteria and Stockholm syndrome came after...oh man..i still get turned on by those soaring riffs and phased bass and pounding drums
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Muse is one of the few bands that don't put bad songs on their albums. This doesn't have the same "attitude" as their previous albums, but I do like it alot. I'll be curious to hear the rest.
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I am an obsessive Muse fan. I have every song they've ever done, I've seen them multiple times, etc. And I hated this song. At first. But for some reason, I kept coming back to the song. And now I'm obsessed (as I should be with anything Muse). Give this song a couple of listens - you won't be able to resist it!
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I love the intro to this, then at times he sounds like a cross between justin timberlake, abba, pretty dissapointed with the song really, but june 12 they release a new album so they have 10-11 songs to make up for it, one of the great things about muse is they are quite impossible to copy... specially with that manson custom of his, but i don't think any1 would want to copy this...
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I applaud Matt Bellamy for having a go (and a damn good one at that) at something he's always wanted to. His musical horizon is obviously a lot broader than a lot of 'die-hard' anti-electronic rockers, and I think thats ironically awesome considering that Matt Bellamy "borrows" chord sequences from CLASSICAL MUSIC composer Rachmaninov in 'Origin of Symmetry', yet most fail to realise this fact: that Muse is already breaking a lot of 'rules' that most 'rockers' would frown upon.
and MUSE don't sound like Radiohead.... that's a load of bull****... they're music is totally different, their voices just sound a bit similar. LIVE WITH IT
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i thought the track was quite different than i expected. But the more i listen to it, The more i LIKE IT!!!!!
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ITS JUST SUPERMASSIVE!!!
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I can't be bothered to quote all the inaccurate generalising quotes regarding what Muse have and should sound like. With regards to structure it's no more/less poppy than the likes of Plug In Baby or Our Time Is Running Out. Sound fuck all like anything recent by Maddona. The beats aren't the standard disco beats endlessly circulating the indie clubs at the moment. No syncopated hi-hats and the like.
So what a band who want to change their style. One would assume a band who can be as overblown and pompous as Muse have a sense of humour about themselves. An ability to enjoy their music.
It's not all about spoonfeeding their fans standard what they've come to expect. It's not all so radically different to a couple of tracks and Absolution. You know the ones.
Why does no-one want bands to grow or change?
Beyond me.
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well said
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well said
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