Muse Roll Call

[Random Citizen]

I rate the Muse show:  <img src="http://www.dimpleandasmirk.com/_images/avatar.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 It was so great seeing them in a small venue considering I first saw them in 100+ degree heat in the CA desert earlier this year. The crowd was really into it and I love that. It makes for a better concert-going experience.
 
 I disagree on the Zutons, though. Frankly, one would have thought there were two different audiences with each band given the (lack of) reaction the Zutons received. I had heard a couple of their songs previously, but they didn't win me over tonight.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by helicon1:
  During some of the loudest parts, all I could hear was distortion and a faint snare beat.
 

sometimes the sound isnt so good from the bathroom.

[helicon1]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by helicon1:
  During some of the loudest parts, all I could hear was distortion and a faint snare beat.
 

sometimes the sound isnt so good from the bathroom. [/b]

It sounded like they were playing in a bathroom    But I was in front of the soundboard, which usually is a great spot. I'm not discrediting their performance, because they were really good. I just wish the overall mix was better.

[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.
 
 i wasn't impressed with either  band-just not my thing. their muscianship was excellent, but i couldn't figure out who the zutons wanted to be-sometimes it was credence clearwater revival, other times crosby stills and nash-it just felt like a tribute to the 70's. though the lead singer's purple velvet blazer was pretty fab.
 
 i think muse lacked real substance. some real highlights in there, but overall, they just didn't do it for me. i'm glad i checked them out, but i don't see the need to see them again.

[Random Citizen]

Originally posted by lily1:
  their muscianship was excellent, but i couldn't figure out who the zutons wanted to be-sometimes it was credence clearwater revival, other times crosby stills and nash-it just felt like a tribute to the 70's.

Yeah, I had the same impression. I kept thinking Doobie Brothers with some Zappa thrown in, or maybe that's because the rhythm guitarist reminded me of Zappa.

[sonickteam2]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

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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]

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]

I'll give them that, the last song definitely had more cowbell.  

[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.