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sonickteam2
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 01:54 PM UTC #
Ok, heres my take on the show

I still dont really like the Zutons too much. not sure why, but they werent a good opener for Muse i dont think.

Muse's show was better in Philly i think, but they were great here too. We were dead center about 5-10 people back, depending on who was pushing where. The crowd was pretty wild up front there, but not a mosh pit like Philly! (thank god)

A couple times it seemed like they were off a touch, during "Sober" and "Plug-In Baby" i can remember. Just thought they were out of synch, just those two or three times.

The sound, i thought was fine. Maybe not as good as Philly but definitely fine. Though its hard to be a critic when youre all the way up front.

No huge white balloons at the end like in Philly (and Coachella) , guess the place is too small.

One funny thing. while Muse was readying to play…these guys standing next to us were like "hey, you were next to us for Muse at Curiosa screaming like a fool"

small world.

also saw redsock, chillin upstairs and dandy, i was going to find you after the show but i could not find you!
lionforce5
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 01:59 PM UTC #
Muse gave an excellent performance, though I agree with the sound issues. Maybe the venue just isn't equipped to handle that level of sound. A bit strange that they didn't really talk to the crowd…they just sort of went from song to song, left…came back for their Apocalypse Please/Stockholm Syndrome encore and then left. In that sense, they didn't really have much stage presence.

The crowd right near where we were (left side of the soundboard) kinda sucked (except for the guy doing an Air Guitar solo during the piano parts of Butterflies and Hurricanes…that guy ruled). Is the short sleve plaid shirt the uniform of choice for the preppy frat crowd or something? I swear I must've seen at least five people with that on. Oh and one guy wearing an Absolution shirt…always reminds me of PCU ("You're wearing the shirt of the band that you're going to see? No…Don't be that guy.")

The Zutons didn't really do it for me.
Random Citizen
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 02:05 PM UTC #
Originally posted by j_lee:
Oh and one guy wearing an Absolution shirt…always reminds me of PCU ("You're wearing the shirt of the band that you're going to see? No…Don't be that guy.")
There were a lot of "that guys" at the show last night. (Not including the thatguy, who was up front) I think some of them bought shirts at the merch booth and decided to wear them instead of carrying them all night, while others came in wearing Muse shirts.

I was on the balcony next to the requisite drunk girl. She actually spilled her drink off the balcony. :roll: What is it about my being that attracts all the wrong people at shows? If it's not the drunk person, it's the "go get a fuckin' room" couple. With my luck, I'll be standing next to a bunch of too-cool hipsters at tonight's show.
Darth Ed
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 02:52 PM UTC #
Anyone know the set list? Please someone post it…

I thought Muse was awesome! One of three or four best shows of the year. They were the perfect combination of energy and musicianship.

Definitely the best light show I've seen at the 9:30 Club all year.

I was just a tad left of center about 6-8 people back from the stage, and I thought the sound was fine for both Muse and the Zutons.

Yes, I also saw Seth on the right balcony at the beginning of the show.

My hat's off to last night's DJ. That was one of the best play lists of recent memory.

I liked the Zutons. I thought they were pretty good, but I seem to have a lower threshold for enjoying opening acts than most people. The Zutons' saxophonist was the best eye candy since the Abandoned Pools' bassist from that Garbage show a couple years ago. :)

I was a bit surprised how early the showed ended. 11:22pm, by my recollection. That was the earliest I've gotten out of a regular weeknight 9:30 Club show in a long time. I wonder if it was because it was a HFS show? And after I posted a warning earlier in this very thread about people getting stranded at the Metro….
Random Citizen
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 02:56 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Anyone know the set list? Please someone post it…
From the Muse messageboard:


Hysteria
New Born
The Smallprint
Sing For Absolution
Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist
Citizen Erased
Ruled By Secrecy
Sunburn
Butterflies & Hurricanes
Bliss
Time Is Running Out
Plug In Baby

ENCORE
Apocalypse Please
Stockholm Syndrome
Outro
lily1
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 02:57 PM UTC #
agreed. that definitely wasn't an hfs dj up there.

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
My hat's off to last night's DJ. That was one of the best play lists of recent memory.
sonickteam2
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:04 PM UTC #
Originally posted by lily1:
agreed. that definitely wasn't an hfs dj up there.

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
My hat's off to last night's DJ. That was one of the best play lists of recent memory.
no DJ at all, it was a tape/recording. I was at the Philly show and they played the exact same songs, in the exact same order. at least between Zutons and Muse. Starfuckers, no one's leaving, etc.

but still, a good play list and an easy way for me to know how long until they were going to come on!!! :)
Dandy01
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:04 PM UTC #
Originally posted by lily1:
i thought the sound was fantastic for both the zutons and muse. we were right up in front, near the speakers. it was loud, but that the sound was not distorted and vocals were clear.

anyone see seth and his special guests up in the vip stage area?

dandy, were you there? i think you may have been standing in front of bunnyman and i during the zuton's set.

Really? yeah, i was there! but it was very hard to find familiar faces for some reason. Several people including myself were pleasantly surprised by the Zutons, perhaps from not knowing what to expect. That female saxophone player sure had energy! At times, they conjured up Kings of Leon for me, and I found that last song rather interesting and ethnic-sounding with the instruments they were using.
Random Citizen
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:06 PM UTC #
I'll give them that, the last song definitely had more cowbell. ;)
lily1
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:08 PM UTC #
dandy, did you have on a white long sleeve t shirt and with another woman who was a few inches taller than you with brown hair?

i just haven't seen you in nearly a year so i wasn't sure if it was definitely you or not.
Dandy01
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:16 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
also saw redsock, chillin upstairs and dandy, i was going to find you after the show but i could not find you!
it was nice meeting you, for all of 2 minutes :D man, i was looking through the crowd for you and your hat throughout the show with no luck! the phone thing didn't help either, you couldn't hear a thing, next thing I know, you were gone! My friend and I stood outside the club for a while afterwards.. I'm so tired right now.. I can't say I enjoyed Muse from beginning to end but the crowd's energy rocked, like the band. They seem all over the place sometimes with slow ballads, heavy rockers and classical passages. I still love Absolution though.
redsock
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:17 PM UTC #
The Zutons were not all that IMHO, but clovette liked them. Muse were good, really really loud, but in a good way. You could not hear the bass at all from the balcony, but considering the Zutons bass nearly made my lung collapse, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. I was impresed with the crowd, and it is hard for me to understand why they have never played the Cat or 930 before, if they got this sort of audience. Granted, many were new fans who only knew stuff off the new album, but still…

And the Zutons just didn't match up. Not a good selction of an opening band. Their 70's style is a long way from Muse.
bunnyman
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:17 PM UTC #
Muse can play, they sounded pretty good, but overall I just thought it was an OK show. I don't know why it didn't move me more, but I guess it's a matter of personal taste. It won't be in my top 10 of the year though. It was cool to hear "This Wicked Tongue" by PJ Harvey before they went on.
SalParadise
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:18 PM UTC #
good show, but i wasn't as moved by them as when i saw them at coachella or curiosa.

maybe they were made to play big outdoor festivals?

i didn't like how the sound was mixed either (the drummer might as well have tossed aside the bass drum and played standing up. and the bass guitar wasn't loud enough).

speaking of PCU, the bass player reminded me of jeremy pivens.
Dandy01
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:22 PM UTC #
Originally posted by lily1:
dandy, did you have on a white long sleeve t shirt and with another woman who was a few inches taller than you with brown hair?

i just haven't seen you in nearly a year so i wasn't sure if it was definitely you or not.
i was with another woman who was taller than me but didn't have long sleeves, although it was a white t-shirt, that was prolly me you saw, sorry we missed each other..
Dandy01
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:28 PM UTC #
Originally posted by j_lee:

Oh and one guy wearing an Absolution shirt…always reminds me of PCU ("You're wearing the shirt of the band that you're going to see? No…Don't be that guy.")

I thought the exact same thing when I saw two people next to each other wearing different Muse shirts on the balcony!!

I didn't think the Zutons were a terribly bad choice as opener; I'm wondering who people would've picked instead?
sonickteam2
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 03:33 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Dandy01:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
[qb] My friend and I stood outside the club for a while afterwards..
i had to wait for the crowd to clear to get my coats from the coat check. so i was one of the last ones to leave.

usually i am more wandering about and social at shows, but sometimes i just have to go up front and push and shove. :)
Dandy01
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 04:01 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
i had to wait for the crowd to clear to get my coats from the coat check. so i was one of the last ones to leave.

usually i am more wandering about and social at shows, but sometimes i just have to go up front and push and shove. :) [/QB]
we did the same, by the time we came out of the bathroom, the massive crowd had quickly cleared.

This was the type of crowd to do that in!
malkmess
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 05:20 PM UTC #
i thought the show was great, opening with "hysteria" and then straight on into "new born"… amazing. i was up in the vip balcony in front of the bar dancing like crazy, the zutons dedicated their last song to us. maybe i shouldn't drink so much at concerts.. oh well. i really enjoyed both bands. i'd never watched a show from the balcony before, it was great seeing the crowd jumping around in sync and all the fist pumps. good stuff. can't wait for interpol tonight.
dyssocial
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Re: Muse Roll Call November 09, 2004 at 06:26 PM UTC #
I was about two people from the barrier, dead center. Amazing show. I don't care if the sound wasn't as crisp as it was anywhere else, it was wonderful to see them in a small venue setting. And I disagree about stage presence; I don't think that a band has to banter with the crowd in order to have it. You can see it just in the way they move and the way the crowd reacts, and I think Bellamy definitely has stage prescence, for a midget.

Would've liked a little more room to jump around, but that's the price you pay for being close. No complaints about the crowd's energy or anything like that, I had a great fucking time. The last time I saw them was at Curiosa, and we got to their set as they were starting (we stayed to see Interpol, rather than getting a place close by), so it made my week (year?) to be this close this concert.

Wasn't too terribly impressed with the Zutons, but I coveted the lead's blazer, and I rather liked the last song they played.
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