r/Muse

This song hit me like a train carrying buses when I first heard it, and I’ve had it on repeat since the album dropped.

Great tune, relatively simple as far as Muse goes, but damn does the bridge into the last chorus hit hard.

I haven’t seen too many people talking about this song but I think it’s in the top 3 from the album easy!

So, over ten years ago, I made a mashup using the instrumental from Undisclosed Desires and the vocals from Outside by Calvin Harris featuring the one and only Ellie Goulding.

You can imagine my excitement when Hush came out and to see them actually collaborate!

Anyways, today I remembered I uploaded it to my Soundcloud account, which apparently still exists. You can listen here if you'd like:

https://m.soundcloud.com/reject\_cky/muse-featuring-ellie-goulding-outside-desires

I also made the reverse mashup, with the vocals from Undisclosed Desires to the instrumental from Outside. They both sounded equally good to me, but sadly, I can't find the other one. Maybe if I do, I'll upload it if people care.

Hope you all enjoy it!

Does anyone know if them playing take a bow as the final song in America has anything to do with trump? I know that the song was originally about George w bush so I’m now wondering if it is a shot at trump. I’m assuming they are NOT trump fans.

My brother is skeptical of my music taste, but he agreed to give Muse a shot, and said he'd listen to exactly 4 songs (for some reason). Which songs do I pick and in what order? I don't know what he likes (he's into some obscure stuff), so we have to be careful.

I like her on it a lot and the story of how she got on the album is so cute and wholesome, so she was recording with marshmallow and aviaon in the studio room right next to muse who were working on the album, just as muse were gonna leave for the day Ellie goulding came into the room to hear what they were working on since she's been friendly with Matt bellamy for years, the band showed her the instrumental for hush and she loves it, now Chris Martin (coldplay lead singer) at one point gave matt bellamy a book about collaborating with other artists and this book gave him the idea to ask her to sing on the album edit: Matt had just straight up invited her into the booth very last minute then and there when she heard the instrumental for hush, she just hummed some melody lines and sang some add libs untill she came up with lyrics and fit herself into the song in 45 minutes, chris martin? Muse? Ellie goulding? Marshmallow? Avaion?? This feels like a weird crossover episode lmao, edit: muse were my first concert in Dublin when I was 8 years old for the people who think because I'm 21 I don't know their old stuff the way "they do"

He's nailing it. It works much better live for me, with the production too.

Hope each show they keep adding 2/3 different alts and then rotate...

So many awesome songs in the catalogue now....

Also the production can't be an excuse not to vary it now...as it's more about the music in these venues, so that freedom should reflect the set variance if they're feeling adventurous...

One of the most underrated and sublime Muse songs. When I was much younger I had a vivid dream in which I was floating over the water behind the cave in Lake Verity from the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl games and the intro piano from Ruled By Secrecy was playing as I floated there over the rippling, clear water with sun sparkling over it. In the dream there was extra tall grass on the shore behind the cave and it was swaying in a gentle breeze. To this day that is still one of my favorite dreams. And this was the first song I ever heard that made me air-piano as intensely as air-guitar. I really hope they bring this out this gem on this tour. Specifically, I hope they play it in Mansfield, MA. That will be my 6th Muse show and if they play this, it would be my first time hearing it live. Must I create a ruledbysecrecyenjoyer account to get the band's attention on Instagram?

I'm not a professional so take this with a pinch of salt but for me it's probably:

1. Showbiz - Showbiz. Not much to say here, great song and great vocals.

2. Origin Of Symmetry - This one is hard but honestly maybe Megalomania. The range in this song is great. Micro Cuts is obviously up there and I think Futurism is quite high, especially for a bonus track.

3. Absolution - Sing For Absolution. Purely for the last minute or so of the song. Incredible. Fury might be up there as well.

4. BH&R - Take A Bow or Hoodoo are up there, but the songs on this album feel mostly at a similar level. Glorious is also good for vocals.

5. The Resistance - Probably Reistance or Overture, though I think I Belong To You deserves more recognition when it comes to vocals.

6. The 2nd Law - Survival mostly for that high note. Supremacy because it has amazing range and madness for the end of the song are both up there.

7. Drones - Dead Inside. I don't know if it's just because the 2nd half of this song id what makes it one of my favourite muse songs, but I love it.

8. Simulation Theory - Dig Down. As much as people mock it, that long "Dig down" high note is good.

9. Will Of The People - Ghosts. Might be an easy pick because it's a ballad, but I do love the vocals in this song.

10. The Wow! Signal - Space Debris. Similar to what I said for the last album but I do think the last chorus of this song is very good. Unravelling is up there as well.

I know Muse has historically never been a band with massive setlists (2 hours max). However, considering they don’t even have their full production for this US tour, I find it really disappointing that they aren't even filling those two hours anymore - Right now, they play for about 1 h 45 min, and that includes roughly 10 minutes of instrumentals.

​I recently went to a Foo Fighters show, and they played for over an hour longer than Muse. Now, I know the two bands aren't fully comparable in terms of production, but Dave Grohl was still screaming his lungs out 150 minutes into the show - and that’s after playing with literally no breaks. It just feels like Muse is doing the bare minimum on this front, which doesn't sit right with me, especially considering how expensive a ticket has become.

Addding like 3 more songs surely can't hurt them, but gives them way more flexibility in terms of the setlist and the fans the feeling, that they actually care about making them happy.

​Do you think this just comes down to laziness or is Matt just unable to handle 2 hours of singing anymore for a full tour?