How is Showbiz? I love all three of Muse's latest, but haven't yet listened to Showbiz.

Huh. Would've thought "Invincible" or "City of Delusion" as the next single.

Showbiz is great, very much like Absolution. It also includes Muscle Musuem and Cave, two of their best songs in my opinion.

Still waiting for the CD...combined order from Amazon.

But I just looked up the lyrics for "Take a Bow", and even without hearing the song, I love em. The prose and the cadence sort of reminds me of "Time is Running Out" from Absolution, which I always had pretty much the same read on.

You could always listen to Keith Urban. :shrug:

No "New Born" or "Sing for Absolution" ???

It's very funny you pick those. They were the LAST two cuts from the album to get the CD under 80 mins. I wish some of their songs were a bit shorter.

Just out of curiosity, what would you have cut to include one or both of the above?

I would have cut "The Small Print", "Yes Please", and "Ashamed". Those are good tracks, just not as great as "New Born" and "Sing for Absolution". I love "Newborn" on the DVD. Great version of it and "Sing for Absolution" has a great feel to it, really dark and love the melodies towards the end where it becomes 'unhinged'.

I decided to take your advise before the final burn and traded Sing for Absolution for Stockholm Syndrome. I actually don't like New Born becuase it doesn't kick in until the end, and just sounds disjoined to me.

But cool that we like the rest!

I'm going to the show in Phoenix on Saturday. Are you going to any shows this year?

I'd love to see them live, but they aren't going to play anywhere near me. I guess the bonus DVD from the new album will have to suffice.

Gah, when I picked up the new album during the week of its release, I completely forgot about the Limited Edition version with the dvd. :(

The DVD is worth it. You should trade in the regular one and track down the limited release.

Wait, is the Metro formally Dante's? A few blocks down from the Black Cat? Holy crap, that's not even a real venue. It's like a coffee house that had live music. It amazes me Muse played there.

I have never heard this band before, so have no idea if this album is a 'departure' or what, but Ive been hearing Knights of Cydonia and XM and that song fucking rocks.

Coupled with Wolfmother, its nice to see a hard 70's sound trying to make a comeback

Definitely not a departure from what the normally do. Supermassive Black Hole was a bit different, but the rest of the album is definitely in line (albeit a little more electronic) than what they normally do.

BTW, I can't stop fuckiing listing to the CD. Absolutely brilliant.

yes and yes, to see Muse in that venue was a real and unexpected treat - I think the Metro gig was one of the stops on their very first US tour. I actually got the chance to meet Matt before the show :)

Its now made my album of the year in the Rank em as you hear em thread

I really like City of Delusion a lot. That being said, I like Absolution on whole a lot more than Black Holes. The former has much stronger songs.

same here.

I agree, but anything from Muse is still better than 99% of all other music, IMHO. I really like this album the more I hear it, but it's still not my favorite Muse record.

Why you lucky bastard. The only person I saw at the Metro was a British singer called Jai. He was excellent actually. At the time, there was this huge push for his career. He was on several talk shows, etc. It was a great show. And a great place to see a show. I also got to meet him. After the show. Bought him a beer ;) He just walked around the place and hung out with everyone there. As a side note Giles, what's the best show you've seen at the Black Cat? Me? Elastica. Without a doubt. They were magnificant.

About "Showbiz". I'm sorry to say I'm not a fan. I've tried and tried. But, for me, it's just such a disjointed album. Had I listened to their work in order, and from the beginning, I'm quite positive I'd have a different opinion. But I discovered Muse fairly late in their career. About six months after "Absolution" was released. Tough act to follow, no? Then I bought "Origin of Symmetry" after burning out on that. Thought it was fantastic too. Then got "Showbiz". And sorry, it's just not on the same level as album #2 and #3. And....I just love "BHAR". I cannot wait to see them in Philly next week. Bring it on.

Saw the show in Phoenix, and it was great. I was a bit dissapointed they didn't play invincible.

I thought Knights of Cydonia rocked in concert. After they played that, I couldn't imagine any other song coming after it, and I was right. :(

Highlights were: Newborn, Sunburn, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Time is Running Out, and Knights of Cydonia.

To those going to the shows, you're in for a hell of a time.

you were at the Elastica show too? That was a great show. hmmm as to best show, lets see I've seen (as memory recalls)

Mansun/The Seahorses
Lo Fidelity Allstars
The Divine Comedy (acoustic)
Super Furry Animals
Blur


fave: Cinerama

Re: Elastica. Small world. Do you remember it raining like a mofo and Donna was getting dripped on from the leaking roof and said "Bloody hell!" between songs. Very funny. I'm so pissed that band imploded. Great(er) things could have happened for them. Was Blur at the Black Cat?? Wow, that would have been killer. Never have seen them live, sadly. And they're one of my favorite bands. Prefer older Blur to new though. Tell me, you a Curve fan? Their show at the 930 was hands down the best concert I've ever seen. Anywhere.

yes, we're going off topic here, sorry, but yes it sure is a small world:

Curve at the old 9:30 F Street location? - yup I was there, intense is an understatemet - simply mindblowing! I agree I like 'old' blur alot better than the newer songs. Blur's gig at Nation for their 'Universal' tour was an awesome show. email me when you get the chance daytripper.