Wednesday December 16, 2009 04:11
Showbiz
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Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track.Amazon.com
Often compared to Radiohead, the youngsters in Muse make no bones about their love of Thom Yorke and company. Like Radiohead and their other favorite band, Nirvana, the tracks on Muse’s debut go straight for the quiet verses and windstorm choruses associated with those acts. Unfortunately, Muse don’t have that crackling aura their idols possess, and that’s something that no amount of production can fix. Still,… More >>
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Anonymous
December 16th, 2009 at 4:48 am
I’m not really under 13, but i dont wanna do all those registerations stuff. Ok, radiohead > muse… muse doesnt > radiohead. I like almost every RAdiohead songs (including B-sides and collabrations eg. Rabbit in your headlights). Sure, Muse got great songs (STockholm, Butterflies) and their latest album was good. Yet, they got filter songs. O, and i think “STockholm Syndome” KINDA sound similar to “Paranoid Android”. I guess they’re compared to radiohead cuz they like makin “whining” noises ( eg. creep)
Rating: 4 / 5
bdlove@earthlink.net
December 16th, 2009 at 4:52 am
The producers did a fine job on this boy band version of Radiohead. But I saw them at the Greek in LA, and about eighty percent of their show was taped pre-records. I mean, when there is a piano fill and nobody is on keyboards? When there is an obvious Les Paul guitar solo and nobody onstage has an electric guitar? When the stage screen monitors never show anything except upper torso? (One brief exception.) No improvisation at all? Give us all a break, lads–although the audience was oblivious. What’s a guitar? Shriek!
If you liked the Monkees or Backstreet Boys, you will definitely like this band, because they are the processed cheese of alterna rock. I’ll qualify: the Monkees actually learned to play their instruments and had a variety of songwriting styles, not just doing one icon, in this case Yorke, on a bad night. Many bad nights. Many many. (I’m also guessing that the band mates think that Muse is the same word as Mousse. This is speculation, but I AM a literacy expert.)
Don’t like slagging things, not my style. But I did get totally offended by the fact that they did not play their instruments live, or at least much of the parts. It raises the question of how much and what they actually play on disk. Buyer beware. If authenticity is your bag, then don’t put this disk in there.
Rating: 3 / 5
Anonymous
December 16th, 2009 at 6:05 am
While the songs on this album are decent, the album is much worse than it sounds. My complaints are really based on values and a need for musical integrity. Showbiz represents a major problem with many of today’s bands.
I just bought Showbiz, listened to the first 7 tracks, and immediately returned it after being disappointed (or should I say disgusted) by the blatant imitation of Radiohead. As they copy another artist’s affected lyrics and music, you can’t help but find that the music lacks, passion, inspiration and authenticity. Tell us your own sad tales, not sterilized versions of somebody else’s.
Is the music scene really in such a dismal state that we now pay bands to imitate another band’s genius and originality? Many musicians can imitate, but great ones break boundaries. Radiohead believes this. If I were Thom Yorke, I would be disheartened and scared by all the perfectly calculated, “Stepford-affected” musicians that seem to have an unhealthy desire to be Thom. At least Green Day waited 20 years before trying to revive the punk scene.
Radiohead will have a new album soon. If you just can’t wait, and need a meth clinic fix to get you through the night, I suppose this album will suffice. But don’t close your eyes, or you may be tricked into thinking Radiohead lost their gift and released a mediocre album.
Recommendation: Check out the latest albums from Catatonia and The Charlatans!
Rating: 2 / 5
Anonymous
December 16th, 2009 at 7:02 am
I’m sorry, I bought this on the recommendation of a mate who says it’s like Radiohead, but slightly different. This album stinks! Thom Yorke’s tribute band have officially landed! Why can’t bands be original anymore? Radiohead are the best at being Radiohead, Radiohead are best at being Muse.
Rating: 1 / 5
raymie mckay
December 16th, 2009 at 8:41 am
predictable blather. im very sorry, but this is just going too far. i write songs sometimes, and the one true accomplishment is making something unique, with it’s own atmosphere, so when people hear it they say, i know exactly who that was. im sure this album is fine, but i cant listen to it without thinking about how the singer is trying to be something he’s not. just be yourself man, its the one thing we are ALL good at.
Rating: 1 / 5