How many MUSE fans here??

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Was impressed by the Absolution album and found out about Muse through
that. Brilliant showman - the live DVD is well worth watching. I have a
work colleague who is developing a stronger interest in prog because I
used Muse as a introduction point because of the tastes that he had
already developed. He saw them in concert while he was away and was
blown away by their performance, particularly their musical virtuosity.

I think the insightful comment about their output bringing some young
fans into prog has merit. The clever arrangements will require people
unfamiliar with musical complexities to expand their conscious
understanding of music, and Muse, like bands such as Porcupine Tree,
wether you like them or not, are dominant players in the present and
future of progressive rock music because they have the ability to
relate to both sides. They are neither so high-brow and eccentric that
they have lost touch with the commonality of music, nor are they your
everyday popchart bands. *What is the purpose of music anyway!

That there are popular elements to their sound show intelligence,
because you sometimes need to get down from your high horse in order to
really get the reality of what is going on around you and you will
catch a much broader spectrum of support by being broadminded about
your musical output rather than being closeminded to the degree of
alienating a majority of people. They secret is to neither compromise
your musical integrity nor become so precious and pretentious that you
end up really making music for no one but people who like sound simply
because no one else can stand it. And for what purpose, so that they
can say their musical taste is unique and different to everyone else,
the inference being - my music is to complex for you to understand -
your dumb like everyone else, I'm not. That is in fact regressive
because it is a childish attitude that serves only to inflate the
esteem of certain individuals whose egos about their music tastes are
as big as Rory Gallaghers opinion of his own, but without his
bank-balance to at least show something for it.

Some of the original masters of prog could learn a few lessons from the
younger up and comers about how to maintain integrity while still
remaining relevant and progressive. (and for those of you that would
disagree with my comments (and who bag out religion) then I would
suggest that you are already religious yourself - about music - because
you have your own doctrine and fixed theology on the subject) *check
out the definition of religion if you disagree with me.

Subjectively, I can understand why some people may not like or
appreciate their music but whatever you do, don't say these bands
aren't relevant because these clever musicians are part of the perpetual motion of progressive rock music.

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