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Then why haven't you shared it with us yet!? I wanna see it.

Hey, Michael, I was just thinking about you. You said the new Muse song was "Every Teardrop Is a Muserfall." Would you consider doing what you did for ETIAW and writing a parody?

Just to warn you, when you listen to it the first time, the further you get into it, the harder it gets to keep listening.

I never could get into Best Coast. :shrug:

Actually, the choir (the male bit, anyway) is singing, "I told you so."

Nah.

... ... Call me stupid, but I'm enamored with "Survival." Yes, you heard right. Enamored. It has so many things that I love in music. A common complaint is that there's too much going on. I've always loved stuff where you can dissect it and hear so many different things going on. It's why I like Baroque music so much; its use of polyphony and ornamentation makes you pay attention to what's going on instead of getting bored with it. People have also complained that they don't like the choir. I, for one, am a huge fan of choral music (especially sacred choral music, which is weird in itself because I'm not religious, but that's another topic entirely), and I think it gives the song some depth. The amount of piano in there is pleasing to me as well, even though I felt like it could've been emphasized more in a few spots. I'm not saying it's perfect, because it's not. When I heard it the first time (Thanks to Christina for the link, BTW), I wasn't sure it was Matt who was singing until it got to the first "I'M GONNA WIIIIIN." The first half doesn't sound like Matt at all. While I imagine a lot of that is because he doesn't sing in his lower register all that much, it was still kinda weird for me. Having said that, I agree with someone's previous comment (I think it was Sarah?) about the second half being much better than the first half. So yeah. I'm a fan. I love it. Say what you want. Muse, welcome back. :heart:

I haven't heard it yet, but the reactions I'm reading here are making me nervous. :uhoh:

^ I'm still bummed that I didn't even hear about this until after it had already happened. :disappointed:

I still haven't listened to the single yet. I'll get to it eventually. ^^ The track listing looks interesting. Do you reckon that "Change of Heart, Pt. 1" will be a B-side of some sort? ^ I'm not liking the artwork, for some reason.

-raises hand-

I'm not gonna listen until the full song comes out. Which, if I'm not mistaken, comes out in less than 2 hours. :dance: Also, the pictures. OH MY DARLING CHRIS HOW I'VE MISSED YOU. :dazzled: I don't have problems. Nope, not at all.

If the first statement is true, then the second is false. You can't understand how different the albums are when you haven't listened to the back catalogue. You also can't understand how I feel, given our different experiences with the band. You've listened to their singles. I have followed the band religiously since high school. "Songs About Jane" was the first album I ever bought for myself. How, then, can you say that you relate? (As a side note, "Moves Like Jagger" has nothing to do with it, given that I actually like that song.) That's exactly part of why I have such an issue with this record. If you label something as Maroon 5, it should at least sound something like Maroon 5. If Adam Levine wants to do solo work, then go do a solo album. Don't bring your soloistic ambitions into your band work.

Good for you, Clint! I've gotten my degree as well, but the job bit has become a bit of an issue. Hopefully, I'll work it out.

I've never seen a tissue holder in the back like that before. :thinking: Hm. This makes a lot of sense. With tissues? I'd think that's way too flimsy of a material for such activities. Good question. There's absolutely no sense/purpose in that. :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

"Q Covered: Best of 86/06"-Various Artists

^ Wrong thread. Going off Tracie's post... Three Days Grace

1. "Rebellion (Lies)"-Arcade Fire 2. "Ghosts"-Florence + the Machine 3. "Channels"-Freelance Whales 4. "Sæglópur (single version)"-Sigur Rós 5. "Come Share the View"-Editors 6. "We Cry"-The Script 7. "Winter Is Coming"-Radical Face 8. "Tidal Wave"-The Killers 9. "Shake a Fist"-Hot Chip 10. "Catch Hell Blues"-The White Stripes

I'm bumping this thread for the sake of my own sanity. I have to talk about "Overexposed." I've listened to it a few times now. It is the worst album Maroon 5 has released, and it is by far my biggest disappointment of the year. When I first listened to this album, I was crushed. One of my friends had told me that he heard this was THE ultimate sell-out album. It sure seems that way to me. I know the boys said this would be their poppiest album yet. That's not my problem. My problem is that it's not good pop. Their other albums sounded like Maroon 5. To paraphrase the words of one of the critics who reviewed this album, Maroon 5 don't even really sound like a band. They also said this was a very diverse album. Really? Where, pray tell, is it? All I hear is a collection of uninspired, insipid dance anthems. "Ladykiller" doesn't have the drive to live up to its name. "Fortune Teller" has anything but fortune in it. Don't even get me started on the second single, "One More Night." ("I be wakin' up?" Really, Adam?) Some of this album doesn't even sound like them. M5 collaborated with Ryan Tedder on some of the songs, and it's obvious. A couple of tracks have sections that sounds like something Cascada would put out. I imagine "One More Night" is much more fitting to Rihanna. There are, however, glimmers of hope that not all is lost. Despite its intro, "Doin' Dirt" is catchy enough. The halftime section before the last chorus of "Lucky Strike" is one of my favorite parts of the entire album. "Sad" is one of the simplest, yet most beautiful songs they've done. Really, it's this stuff that annoys me; they have so much potential, and yet they waste it on something that sounds so plastic. Oddly enough, this album was supposed to reflect a contrast to the plastic, manufactured world we live in, where fame overrules the true organics of what music is. How can you say that, Adam? How can you say that when you've made an album like THIS? TL;DR: I feel as let down about this as (if not more than) some of the CPers felt when Coldplay released MX, and part of my soul is broken.

They've been one of my favorite bands since high school. Their three previous albums are awesome. Therefore, I expected as much from this one. The only fault I have is that I didn't take the warning signs (Adam Levine saying it'd be their "poppiest" album yet, Wiz Khalifa being featured, etc.) seriously. But enough about that. I'll save my epic Maroon 5 rant for the Maroon 5 thread.

As if the Lounge didn't have enough of these threads already...

Clint! It's been a while. How have you been? :D This thread makes me feel old. I was such a spammer back when I first joined.

:bomb: :bomb: :bomb: I need this. No, really, I do. After listening to the horror that is Maroon 5's latest album, I need a revival. Muse, don't let me down.

Don't worry, Natt. I'm sure the thread will pick up soon enough. :nice:

Adding two more releases to my list: ♦ "Fragrant World"-Yeasayer ♦ "Transit of Venus"-Three Days Grace (I just learned about this one today. They announced the release date on June 5. On that day, Venus transited across the sun. I found that interesting and pretty neat.)