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Muse: Time Is Running Out

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My God, there’s so much to hate about Muse; the pompous frippery, the vocal nobbery, the in-built desire to fuck people off; the hair; the complete virtuosity of musicianship which is so completely unnecessary. So why, WHY do I find myself listening to ‘Time Is Running Out’ again and again, torturing myself like a vegan staring at a McChicken Sandwich?

Is it because of the song’s residing humanity that is so often lacking in Matt Bellamy’s material? Not really, though it is there. Is it because of the impressively obese cyber-rock production? Not particularly, though it does sound like WW3 taking place in the midst of the biggest rock concert of all time. Is it because of the shuddering bass, massive major chord progression or hell for leather drums? No. I like it because it is quite simply a TUNE.

Till the next time Bellamy. You may have won the Single Of The Week battle, but the war is… etc etc. Quite.

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Muse - Time Is Running Out

i heard it on the radio and thought it sounded quite good.

but

terrible shame it's made up entirely of bits of their other songs though

and that behind the fantastic voice and music, he's still singing a load of non-specific half-arsed shit a bedroom-confined 16 year old could have written.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 1 Sep '03, 00:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Show me a 16 yo who is as accomplished a musican as Matt is and I'll fuck Neve Campell.

A
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 1 Sep '03, 00:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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hmmm, the point of my post, if you read the actual words, was that yes, the music is excellent, but he writes lyrics like a 16 year old. i could show you a million black-clad 16 year olds who write lyrics like him. if not better.

and i'm fucking neve campell right now. coincidence eh?

back to it.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 1 Sep '03, 01:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i agree with zeb, they are quite jumped up lyrics, hidden behind a big 'wow, i'm a rock star' facade masquerade pretence.
ladyoftheflowers | 1 Sep '03, 19:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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A sixteen year old offering the key to a whole new world of sexual pleasure....
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 1 Sep '03, 20:10 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Muse - Time Is Running Out

man...this song sounds pretty great...i need to hear it

ive only heard one song off their new album, "Apocalypse Please"

good stuff.

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LittleMatchGirl | 1 Sep '03, 23:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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yes it is good but personally i think 'thoughts of a dying atheist' is much better.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 4 Sep '03, 11:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Both songs rock, but then there is TSP (the small print). This one rules, just like Stockholm Syndrome
Corpus | 7 Sep '03, 14:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Thoughts of a dying atheist

No 'bedroom confined' 16 year old would have written the lyrics to this song. They're much deeper than 'time is running out' and I feel they really hit some fundamental fears. Not tennage angst at all.

Although 'Time is running out' is an amazing tune. You really can't help liking, or at least enjoying listening to it.

kickupthefire | 27 Nov '05, 14:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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fuck muse, theyre shit. you need to get over them as they are in the que of bands that are taking there fans for a ride by selling them recycled tracks, along with deftones, stereophonics and placebo to name a few.....the end!


stoned_rose | 2 Sep '03, 15:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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omg! wot is up wit u ppl...muse r the best! and their songs r wicked! obviously u have no taste in music, u probs like busted and that rubbish...get a life man! muse rock and u kno it!!!!!!!
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 15:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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actually, before you slag people's music taste off you should have had a look at the profiles for peoples taste before you slag it. at least then you could have came up with something a lot more original, funny,acurate and hurtful than the insult you used. will theese people ever learn good humour skills?
and muse are shit. get over it, its over!!!!
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 18:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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muse r not shit! and y dont u come up with something more original
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 18:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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actually, it was original. unlike your favourite band muse
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 18:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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well obviously not original enough and i dnt see no more bands like muse...maybe u could tell me some, i mite like them 2!
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 18:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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ahh. well at the end of the day you mayaswell be listening to nu metal. so any nu metal bands i garuntee you will like. but then agen if u just buy one album by muse u don't need to waste your money on anything else cus u can just listen to it over and over again and rename the songs as you wish. just like muse do with each of there releases.
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 18:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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b more specific, NAME sum bands plz

and wot music do u listen to? hu r ur fav bands?
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 18:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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well ok how about radiohead, but there really is no point as muse have copied all their songs anyway. and my favourite bands at the moment are the stone roses, the mars volta, interpol, british sea power, blur and kings of leon.
what thats got to do with muse being shit, i don't know?!
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 18:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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omg...funny u say kings of leon and blur...cuz hey guess wot...i like them 2! :O *shock* now we can listen to the so called 'shit' kinda music 2gether!
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 18:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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hehe, ur really funny. you were the one who said i had shit taste in music. i just said blur was shit. so i hope your feeling ass silly as you look right now.
oh and i missed out JOY DIVISION theyre a good band you should give 'em a listen and get out of this shitty muse phase. whats your favourite blur album?
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 18:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i ment to say muse are shit, not blur. i think thats obvious enough but i thought i better say, just incase
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 19:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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now whos the ass.....and u couldnt make it more obvious that u r tryin to make me look dumb to hide ur own dumbness
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 19:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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yeah, alright then mate. if your gonna judge me on one mistake as 'dumb' then thats your choice. but to be honest it now makes you look arragant. and u didn't answer wat ur fav blur album is.
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 19:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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my fav blur album...i got them all and i like them all the same
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 19:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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oh, right. thats good. but don't you think theyre new stuff is wank. Graham coxon was the brains of blur. i cant believe he left.
obviously your not gonna agree with me as you think theyre all good.
surely you cant compare something as shit as 'crazybeat' to 'theres no other way' or even 'charmless man'?
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 19:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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like i sed...........I HAVE MY OWN TASTE IN MUSIC
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 19:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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hahaha. or more famously said by popeye 'Agagagagagaga'
what a prick?
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 19:22 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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wot ev
i dnt care wot u say
i like muse, they my fav band and nothin u say is gunna change tha and i kno u tryin to get a point across here but quite frankly i dont give a shit so u like wot u like and i'll like wot i like and then i dont av to talk to shit heads like u again do i so blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah say wot u want cuz i dnt give 2 shits about ur opinion
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 19:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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haha. you are really funny. i didnt realise you were a 12 year old. im sorry if i hurt your feelings. but honestly chuck, there is no need to cry over it. and im sure your mother souldn't be very happy if she heard you using that kind of language.
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 19:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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hu sed n e fin about cryin? dumb ass bitch
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 19:32 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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you obviously give a shit about what i think otherwise you would have ignored my last comment. also the fact that your getting quite accressive towards me shows how pissed of im making you. honestly love you should n't let people get to you so much.
stoned_rose | 7 Sep '03, 19:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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This, dear readers, is the very sorry state of the universe we inhabit.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Sep '03, 22:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I second that. Hurrah.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 12 Sep '03, 03:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Ahem, sticking my head above the proverbial, a tiny flaw in your "Blur are shit without Graham" rant. Although I agree, Crazy Beat reminds me a lot of Bug Man and Song 2, both of which were recorded with Graham.

Thx m8.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 13 Sep '03, 00:01 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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'Universe'? or 'website'....?
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Jan '04, 20:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I only heard 'Time is running out a few weeks ago'and I thought it was great. I personally think it is the best track on the absolution CD.
nirvana_rule89 | 17 Feb '04, 10:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Muse - Time Is Running Out

Whatr the hell are you talking about muse rocks
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 15 Dec '03, 16:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Muse - Time Is Running Out

aahhhhh shit.....time is running out is very fantastic....but their old song is better like bliss..............
aMMar___ | 19 Dec '03, 10:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Muse - Time Is Running Out

ok, muse rule anyone who saw them on their latest tour could them you that, also to say that all muse songs are the same is utter bollocks. if you were to listen to their new album you couldn't honestly say the heavy riffs of stockholm syndrome sound exactly like the slow strings of ruled by secrecy and since when did nu-metal bands have violins, cellos and such like on their tracks?
chill
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Jan '04, 19:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Muse - Time Is Running Out

I'm Italian girl I'm 17 years old end i'm a fan to Muse, i love they!!!I thinck the single is wonderful like the other single...all bast by Italy
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 12 Jan '04, 10:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Muse - Time Is Running Out

just can't get enough.... i'm the greatest fan of Muse on earth
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 14 Mar '04, 20:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Dude SHUT THE HELL UP! what makes you the greatest muse fan?
OneOfThoughsMuseFans | 26 May '04, 03:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Muse - Time Is Running Out

how are muse like radiohead????you idiots they dont sound anything like them except for 1 radiohead song which happens to be there best song..
retard | 6 Apr '04, 21:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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muse are realy not alot like radiohead but radiohead did incourage many british bands. radiohead and muse have like oposite vacals realy, i mean they realy are alot diferent.
OneOfThoughsMuseFans | 26 May '04, 03:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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VOCALS* i should say.
OneOfThoughsMuseFans | 26 May '04, 04:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Muse - Time Is Running Out

U FUCKIN WANKER GET IT RITE ! MUSE IS NOTHIN LIKE RADIOHEAD ! U BETTA WATCH UR BCK !
Mr_Bean | 6 Apr '04, 21:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Muse - Time Is Running Out

oh you people are evil
retard | 7 Apr '04, 18:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Muse - Time Is Running Out

Have i missed this argument? Muse Rule.
HystericalPumpkin | 8 Nov '04, 17:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply


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