ShipOfFools
War Child
Muse is a great live band. Saw them live in October, and was honestly one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
Muse is a great live band. Saw them live in October, and was honestly one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
Do you have any more gigs lined up, or are you all through?
Two more - seated concert tonight and GA tomorrow Combined with U2 shows, it's seven gigs in two weeks, easily the craziest concert streak I've ever had.
Two more - seated concert tonight and GA tomorrow Combined with U2 shows, it's seven gigs in two weeks, easily the craziest concert streak I've ever had.
So needless to say the service at the Greek orthodox church was incredibly sad and while I was there the idea of going to a rock concert later on seemed rather preposterous. On the other hand, I have always reached for music and the escape it offers during bad times.
Just like last time around the crowd was entertainingly random, my favourite sighting was a family with four little kids, all wearing different Muse T-shirts
- I often grumble about Aussie audiences and their reserved ways at the concerts, but yesterday the crowd was amazing - from the first song most people in our section were up on their feet, dancing and singing along, sometimes too loudly!
- The riffage after Stockholm Syndrome was immense Holy mother of god it was awesome.
FYI: presented my BFF (Susan, for those of you in the know ) with her H.A.A.R.P. CD/DVD & she was thrilled. We didn't get a chance to watch the DVD, but we did listen to the audio while getting ready for her Christmas party & it was divine.
Thanks to all for helping me hit a home run on the 2010 Christmas present exchange!
That was a pretty good Muse DVD I saw at Rod Laver last night, albeit rather pricey.
No, that's underselling it (except for the price, which was ridiculous for the seats we had). I don't like the whole big-spectacle-concert thing, it's too detached for my liking, but Muse pulled it off well, better than U2 have on 360 - mainly because Muse actually remember to rock, and got us going much more than we expected up in the stands. Plenty of energy and if I closed my eyes, I didn't feel far from the stage at all.
Sunburn, Citizen Erased, and Newborn absolutely killed, not to mention the Agitated riffing in Stockholm Syndrome. Epic lulz at the loser casual fans beside us who sat down for Sunburn and then stood up for Eurasia. Eurasia! And they didn't know Time Is Running Out. Who the hell is willing to fork out $100 to see Muse and doesn't at least recognise TIRO? Admittedly though, I'm from the early fans group for whom TIRO is the "song the casuals will know" and I can't really get my head around them now being the "Supermassive Black Hole and Starlight band" (which were two of the three songs the casuals next to us knew word for word, the other being *shudder* Undisclosed Desires).
Looking forward to tonight, and given I don't think much of Muse's post-Absolution output, the setlists are surprisingly good. Enough old stuff (and most of the new stuff I like) to keep me happy, even if Showbiz's representation in the set is terrible. Would love them to surprise us with Dead Star or In Your World, but I'm not foolish enough to get my hopes up there.
Epic lulz at the loser casual fans beside us who sat down for Sunburn and then stood up for Eurasia. Eurasia! And they didn't know Time Is Running Out. Who the hell is willing to fork out $100 to see Muse and doesn't at least recognise TIRO? Admittedly though, I'm from the early fans group for whom TIRO is the "song the casuals will know" and I can't really get my head around them now being the "Supermassive Black Hole and Starlight band" (which were two of the three songs the casuals next to us knew word for word, the other being *shudder* Undisclosed Desires).
I don't like the whole big-spectacle-concert thing, it's too detached for my liking, but Muse pulled it off well, better than U2 have on 360 - mainly because Muse actually remember to rock, and got us going much more than we expected up in the stands.
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Saw Muse in Columbus back in October, and I completely agree with you! U2 play WAY too many slow songs these days. My only complaint about the Muse concert was that it was too short, not even an hour and a half! I would have happily stood there for another hour!
Who is this Rod Laver character?
- While waiting for the support act I spotted a guy wearing a replica of the red suit that Matt wore at the Wembley 2007 concert!
- Biffy Clyro were decent, but yeh gods what the hell was their singer wearing. He was topless and had bright pink pants on which sat low enough for his bum crack to peek out. NOT sexy
By the end of the show, at least three people got carried out of the moshpit by the security.
- At the end of Stockholm Syndrome Matt threw his guitar at the drum kit. That got people cheering but I think that Matt's guitars are too awesome to be thrown around, so my first thought was, oooh I hope it's not broken. Not very rock'n'roll I know
- It's a shame Matt doesn't smile more at the gigs, because he's got the most adorable childlike smile