I saw Muse with Cold War Kids at MSG in NYC last night and it was fantastic (458 hits)
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Submitted by Lambchop's Death Legion (View user info) at 2007-08-07 14:22:04 EDT
A couple of friends and I went into the city last night to see Muse with the Cold War Kids. Now, I didn't know much about the Cold War Kids, but I knew a 45 dollar ticket was well worth it. It turned out, it definitely was.
The Cold War Kids were very soulful, but didn't have even close to the same amount of energy compared to Muse.
Muse came in and opened up with Knights of Cydonia. They then quickly led into Map of the Problematique and Hysteria as their 2nd and 3rd song. Matt Bellamy showed his guitar prowess with some shredding and soloing between each song.
Their act lasted way longer than I expected. They played almost every song from Absolution (sans the last couple songs) and Black Holes and Revelations (sans Hoodoo and Assassin i believe). They also played a couple of their classics from Origin of Symmetry and Showbiz.
During the course of the show, the standing crowd threw one of the crowd surfers literally 15 feet into the air over the gates and security guards. He landed on stage and struck a pose for about 5 seconds before being dragged off.
Their "last" song was Plug In Baby where huge balloons filled with confetti were tossed around the huge amount of people. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iQmIVnvS64)
They then walked off stage before coming back to do an encore in which they played Unintended (Matt said it was the first time they played this song in the US), Stockholm Syndrome (included a 3 minute outro where the band just started jamming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOas17F9h24), and Take a Bow.
It was one of the best shows I've ever seen.
Did anyone else go? What was that touch pad thing Matt Bellamy had on his guitar?
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Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-08-09 04:54:18 EDT (#)
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Stockholm Syndrome = Kickass
Submitted by Lambchop (user info) at 2007-08-08 14:16:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sexualchocolate1984 (user info) at 2007-08-08 10:24:46 EDT (#)
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Saw them here in the UK a few years ago, they did the same confetti filled balloons thing. Certainly one of my favourite bands.
Matt has a "Wah wah" pedal and I believe also a... forget the name.... made by digitech.... slides notes up and down! - Bugger - but one of those pedals fitted into his guitars. He has the controls on a touchpad on his guitar- cool huh! - he doesn't actually touch it, it works by waving his hand back and forth about half an inch over it. Think I recall it being a magnetic device. - Read about it in Total Guitar.
I want one.
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Apparently its called a "Kaoss" Pad. There are videos on youtube of people messing with it.
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-08-08 06:43:25 EDT (#)
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I was listening to Matt Bellamy on triple j and he was explaining why Muse chose not to be part of Live Earth. He said it was kind of hypocritical to take private jets to a benifit gig about global warming (LOOKING AT YOU CHILI PEPPERS). Did they play Stockholm Syndrome?
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Yeah they encored with Stockholm Syndrome
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2007-08-08 12:34:56 EDT (#)
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Who reincarnated fag rock anyway?
Submitted by particle_man58 (user info) at 2007-08-08 12:16:17 EDT (#)
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I don't know who the Cold War Kids are but Muse is the fucking shit.
Submitted by sexualchocolate1984 (user info) at 2007-08-08 10:24:46 EDT (#)
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Saw them here in the UK a few years ago, they did the same confetti filled balloons thing. Certainly one of my favourite bands.
Matt has a "Wah wah" pedal and I believe also a... forget the name.... made by digitech.... slides notes up and down! - Bugger - but one of those pedals fitted into his guitars. He has the controls on a touchpad on his guitar- cool huh! - he doesn't actually touch it, it works by waving his hand back and forth about half an inch over it. Think I recall it being a magnetic device. - Read about it in Total Guitar.
I want one.
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2007-08-08 09:14:22 EDT (#)
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lucky bastard
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-08-08 06:43:25 EDT (#)
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I was listening to Matt Bellamy on triple j and he was explaining why Muse chose not to be part of Live Earth. He said it was kind of hypocritical to take private jets to a benifit gig about global warming (LOOKING AT YOU CHILI PEPPERS). Did they play Stockholm Syndrome?
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2007-08-08 05:36:57 EDT (#)
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Muse and Cold War Kids? Man band names are getting faggier. What happened to the Rush's, Stone Temple Pilots and Super Tramps of the world?
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2007-08-08 05:05:45 EDT (#)
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Muse played at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Saturday. Apparently the show was awesome.
I didn't go on... I went on Sunday so I could see Pearl Jam.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2007-08-08 04:41:02 EDT (#)
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Interesting stuff.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2007-08-08 01:24:14 EDT (#)
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Word is: That was awesome.
So was Rage at Randall's Island, though.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-08-07 22:49:26 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Lambchop (user info) at 2007-08-07 18:09:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-08-07 17:34:37 EDT (#)
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I fucking love Muse. 'New Born' is probably my favouritist song in the whole wide world.
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I was surprised they played a lot of their older stuff as well: New Born, Plug In Baby, Feeling Good, Unintended, Sunburn, etc
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-08-07 17:55:07 EDT (#)
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Cold War Kids are good from what I've heard.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-08-07 17:34:37 EDT (#)
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I fucking love Muse. 'New Born' is probably my favouritist song in the whole wide world.
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2007-08-07 15:10:00 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by street-pirate (user info) at 2007-08-07 15:07:12 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-07 15:00:39 EDT (#)
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You and your ear drums have my condolences.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2007-08-07 14:39:24 EDT (#)
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I havn't heard anything from Muse since "Time is Running Out" or whatever it's called.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-08-07 14:29:10 EDT (#)
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sounds cool...I had this show circled but forgot about it.
oh well.