Is Matt Bellamy God?

mysteria

Are Muse the best band in the world? They are in my humble opinion. Matt Bellamy is todays top musician/vocalist/songwriter.

Giblet

Yeah <gasp> I <gasp> suppose <gasp> he <gasp> is <gasp> alright <gasp>

MrJoeSoap

He definitely comes close... One of the greatest frontmen alive.

mysteria

Hi Giblet, If you need any help with your asthma I can recommend a good healer!

PiE

No.

Giblet

mysteria wrote:

Hi Giblet, If you need any help with your asthma I can recommend a good healer!

That was my Matt Bellamy impression.

Crucifix

Giblet wrote:

Yeah <gasp> I <gasp> suppose <gasp> he <gasp> is <gasp> alright <gasp>

lol

I quite like Muse, but best band in the world, God, et cetera might be a step too far.

John

Muse are good, Bellamy is talented but he's far from a god.

dimerocks

matt bellamy is a musical genious and i love muse but he aint no lemmy.:D

mysteria

Re:Lemmy and my footwear!!!
Lemmy licked my boot.....really...when he was in Dublin with Hawkwind years ago. We were all at a party and he was so out of it he could'nt stand, crawled over to me, tried to chat me up and when i ignored him, he kept licking my (very foxy)boots. Its true. But I still believe Matt Bellamy's a GENIUS!!!!!!!

MrJoeSoap

Thread of the day, fair play. Anything promoting the genius and showboating of Matt Bellamy deserves to be heard!

mysteria

Hi Mr. Soap (may I call you Joe?)Glad to find someone else has noticed Matt's talent & Muse's incredible music. For the past few years I've seen them receive a few nominations and get the odd award, but when they're on stage the blow the f*** out of all the top bands and acts who win all the big awards. And their music is beautifully constructed, technical brilliance. Probably a little too ahead of their time, but I reckon they'll last for years. Merry Yuletide!

mysteria

Sorry Giblet thought it was a form of hormonal overload asthma produced by the mention of "He who walks on water". Do I get "Absolution"?

gary the great

I think they are in the top 3 bands anyway, unbelivably great. Even there b-sides are quality.
Anyone get the DVD (headlining Glastonbury), its pure brillaince!

mysteria

I'm hoping Santa will slip that Glastonbury dvd in my stocking, any idea where I can get it in the Dublin area oh "gary the great"?

Pighead

Best band around at the moment. No question. Excellent debut album, solid if not spectacular second album and a thoroughly exhillerating third album. As has already been stated they are a truly wonderful live band.
Really looking forward to the next album. Its already Pigheads album of 2006.

spiderlegs

Matt Bellamy could come pretty close to a God.He's amazing..if I was to list the many splendid things I think he's accomplished we'd be here all day so i won't, but yeah, wow. Amazing alright. I agree with Pighead.Album of 2006..that and Placebos one anyway

Karl Hungus

They're not a bad band by any stretch of the imagination, but best? And Matt Bellamy a God? Sorry, but we're not talking about Marty Friedman here.

Atrocity

They aren't the best, but they're fu**ing close

aphex™

Well according to this poll (when i checked earlier) the best band of the world would be made up of:

Matt Bellamy on vocals
Matt Bellamy on guitar
Chris Wolstenholme (muse) on bass
Dominic Howard (muse) on drums

:v:

EDIT: Why have they always got bad reviews in Ireland? Look at this piece of crap. The guy must have had a really bad day. They didn't even bother reviewing Absolution.

Flashling

Muse are pretty damn good, but maybe the best band ever is a bit of an overstatement...then again, they seem to be the most agreed upon?

Matt Bellamy is a bit of a god though. Demigod?

gary the great

I just got the dvd in Virgin out in town, its in every HMV and Virgin unless its sold out.

Yep i just know the next album is going to be amazing, although not as good as Placebos new album, which will be quality. And there both realesed around the same time! Cant wait!

mysteria

Thanks you've made my Yule, gotta send the elves to get it from me. Great to see there are some people here with great taste and the vision to spot real Genius (and yeah, a Demi-god will do, he's a bit vertically ahem...challenged)

mysteria

Ah yes but there are Many Gods of Music, don'tya think??

Altheus

You all forgot the <sarcasm></sarcasm> tags

Ruskie4Rent

To be honest there wouldn't be much i'd change in that xfm poll. I might put the guy from bloc party as the drummer though, he's fantastic.

FunkyChicken

Altheus wrote:

You all forgot the <sarcasm></sarcasm> tags

Get back to Cafe Mila! Muse are the best, cant wait for the new album. Any ideas on a release? I heard sometime around Feb or March.

super_furry

God? He's not even good.

gary the great

super_furry wrote:

God? He's not even good.

Whats your theory behind this?

Any man that can write guitar riffs like plug in baby, citzen erased and stockholm syndrome is a great guitarist whether you like it or not.

Steven

gary the great wrote:

Any man that can write guitar riffs like plug in baby, citzen erased and stockholm syndrome is a great guitarist whether you like it or not.

That depends on your definition of a great guitarist. He wouldn't even fall into my top 1,000 in terms of skill. If you like Muse then you like them for the catchy riffs, and possibly the songs, not Bellamy's board-shredding.


P.S. I like Muse

mysteria

Steven, just wondering who you would rate as your top 10 guitarists?any other takers?

spiderlegs

Ruskie4Rent wrote:

To be honest there wouldn't be much i'd change in that xfm poll. I might put the guy from bloc party as the drummer though, he's fantastic.

Yeah he's fantabulous..one of the best new drummers around alright!!

spiderlegs

Steven wrote:

That depends on your definition of a great guitarist. He wouldn't even fall into my top 1,000 in terms of skill. If you like Muse then you like them for the catchy riffs, and possibly the songs, not Bellamy's board-shredding.


P.S. I like Muse

Fair enough if thats what you think.But come on, he's not only brilliant (in my opinion) on gutair...but the way he plays piano is just mind blowing!! He's an amazing musician

ferdi

Chris Wolstenholme is a kickin bass player

Atrocity

He's a good guitar player alright, but that doesn't necessarily make Muse the best band around. Having said that, they are ONE of the best and an amazing live band. Also, he hates Kelly Jones from Stereophonics which makes him a legend straight away.

MrJoeSoap

super_furry wrote:

God? He's not even good.

Hmmm, get yourself listening to "Piano Thing", a b-side from a while back.

dimerocks

if they replaced dom with te fella from bloc party they may well become the best band ever. chris is simply fantastic though......he's no nicky wire who i am currently listening to everyone go download his solo track!its mad.
piano thing was cool,he normally puts it or something similar into the live gigs.

Goodshape

I always thought of them as a poor mans Radiohead.

God or Not God?

Not God.

spiderlegs

Goodshape wrote:

I always thought of them as a poor mans Radiohead.

God or Not God?

Not God.

Now that's just silly...Radionhead cannot be compared to any band.They're in a league all of their own. Anyway you don't have to be rich to liisten to them!!

spiderlegs

Atrocity wrote:

He's a good guitar player alright, but that doesn't necessarily make Muse the best band around. Having said that, they are ONE of the best and an amazing live band. Also, he hates Kelly Jones from Stereophonics which makes him a legend straight away.

ONE of the best I'll agree with that alright.

booth

Chris is the best bassist around at the mo. He has unbelievable rhythm and I don't know how he keeps the speed up throughout an entire gig. Matthew Bellamy is a songwriting machine, excellent lyricist and superb guitarist/pianist.
Also after Absolution Dom's gone way up in my estimations.

Muse are timeless - they compose classical music on futuristic instruments/effects. I'm going on and on .....
I could go on all day. I Love Muse.

Karl Hungus

booth wrote:

Chris is the best bassist around at the mo.

*Cough*John Myung*Cough*

Ahem.

Ruskie4Rent

Jesse Keeler from DFA1979 isn't half bad himself.

Nidge

Ruskie4Rent wrote:

To be honest there wouldn't be much i'd change in that xfm poll. I might put the guy from bloc party as the drummer though, he's fantastic.

Well actually Waltons (member of boards and drummer of a band I'm in) informed me that the drummer recorded a rather complicated drum beat for the track "Banquet" for the album. Waltons saw a live version where the guy was looking like he thought he was the **** and was playing some over-simplified version of the studio edition of the song. Not the mark of a great drummer to me, live is what counts.

Loz84

Not by any stretch of the imagination whatsoever.

Slutmonkey57b

Incredible guitarist, incredible band.

redmosquito

No

Rockee

Muse are good but Matt is a little too winey sometimes for me IMO. If you think he's God, fair play...

Waltons

Karl Hungus wrote:

*Cough*John Myung*Cough*

Ahem.

*swoons*
I absolutely love the stuff he does.

Nidge wrote:

Well actually Waltons (member of boards and drummer of a band I'm in) informed me that the drummer recorded a rather complicated drum beat for the track "Banquet" for the album. Waltons saw a live version where the guy was looking like he thought he was the **** and was playing some over-simplified version of the studio edition of the song. Not the mark of a great drummer to me, live is what counts.

I like the chorus drumming that the guy did for Banquet. It's not necessarily complicated, but it's a hell of a lot better than what he was doing live. It just casts doubt over what he's at and how many takes it took in the studio to get that part down if he doesn't have the nerve to do it live.
I prefer Muse's drummer anyway :v:

Edit: Forgot to actually say something about Muse ¬_¬. Good, not God

Karl Hungus

Waltons wrote:

*swoons*
I absolutely love the stuff he does.

Who wouldn't? Absolutely amazing bass player! :v:

honru

I used to like Muse but their angsty songs about the apocalypse have since become irritating.