The chorus is led by a crowd of vocals singing the synth melody from the intro, which is my favorite part of the song. Once the verse kicks in, Matt's vocal style reminds me of an Imagine Dragons song, with his talk-singing. On another note, the melody bears a resemblance to their single "Uprising." Luckily, it sounds less like a rip-off and more like them keeping a good thing going. Like many Muse songs of past, I felt like I was going to become abducted by aliens. Soon after, "Thought Contagion" bursts into a synth-heavy melody, which ends up being the main melody in the song. The song starts off with a bass-fronted blues riff, something that should come as no surprise to Muse fans. This song is catchy, anthemic, and can hold its own as one of the best singles of the year. It is with please that I can say "Thought Contagion" is a much-needed step in the right direction for Muse. I opened my laptop, opened Spotify, and braced myself. Some of them who hated Muse's last few releases like me were really digging the new single.Įventually, the curiosity got the better of me. However, as the weeks went by since the release, I was hearing a lot of buzz from people. It should come as no surprise that I had supreme doubts. Two years later, I get word that the band has released a new single, titled "Thought Contagion". The lyrics had no depth, the instrumentals had no pizazz, and Matt Bellamy's vocals sounded like he was phoning in. I have never been more disappointed in a Muse release. These doubts about Muse and their future exploded into their last full-length effort Drones. Call me old fashioned, but I think you should leave dubstep to the computers, not to guitars. At the same time, there was also the dubstep love letter single "Unsustainable," which did not hit me the right way. "Panic Station" was a refreshingly fun direction for the band, with bassist Chris Wolstenholme taking lead vocals on a couple songs. That album was followed by The 2 nd Law, which again had some great singles. They were getting more synthetic, and The Resistance had weaker deep cuts than I had exposure to in the past. Of course, the album had singles like "Uprising" and "Undisclosed Desires." Heck, there was even the jaw-dropping 13-minute symphonic fever dream "Exogenesis Symphony." At the same time, there was this lingering feeling Muse was transitioning away from their old sound. After their 2009 The Resistance album, something wasn't right. Overtime, I started to have my doubts about the future of the band. The way Muse combines rock, grunge, metal, electronic, progressive rock, classical music, and emo was nothing short of brilliant for my high school ears. To me, the English rock three-piece and their first four albums were pure masterpieces. *The whole song can be purchased and sampled over at Amazon.There was a time when Muse was my favorite band. I took the opportunity to address the entire class, and FINALLY get a name for this song (it's been about three weeks that I've been half-assed trying to get its title). So, today in class, we were listening to the radio, and this song played. I could never get the name of the song, and could never just Google the lyrics, because every time I listened to it I was too consumed with the tune to remember any of the vocals. That's basically all I have to say, but I typed up my little story about finally finding out the title of this song as well, because, well because it felt like such an achievement at the time (probably not so much in text form): I've been hearing this song on the radio for some time now, and every time I hear I completely associate it with some of the Super Butouden music by Kenji Yamamoto (well, the instrumental tune of the song). So if anyone else hears a connection between this tune and any of Kenji Yamamoto's DBZ video game tunes, please say so I don't like wondering if I've lost my mind. Here are two audio samples from the song that clearly show the tune I am referring to: I can't remember exactly which theme from which of the Super Butouden games this seems to be from, but before I search through the soundtracks for all three games, I just wanted to know if anyone else heard the connection (or even better, knows exactly which song it most resembles). OK, so there is a new song by the alternative band Muse called "Uprising", which I swear uses a tune from a Super Butouden game.
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