I listened to Neutron Star Collision this morning and deided I am taking a break from Muse. They have changed so much and are no longer the band I fell in love with. I thought "we" were ok after The Resistance, but shit like I Belong to You and Neutron Star Collision make me feel sick. I'll come back to them in a year or so and start with the early stuff again and see how I feel. I have been a fan of Muse since the begining, and fell in love with songs like Unintended, Uno, Dead Star and Ashamed. Songs that were written when Muse didn't give a fuck, when they weren't earning millions of pounds and made music because they wanted to. I cringe at songs like Neutron Star Collision. That wasn't written out of raw painful love, like Unintended, or pride and regret like Falling Down. It wasn't even written on a drunken/drugged up high like Plug In Baby.It was written purely for a film, to cash in on a popular phenomena, and that brings me shame. Maybe if they spent less money filling the stage with lights, fireworks and shit like that, and spent more time being themselves, it could be better. Random break up cliches cometo mind: "its not you, its me", "we should still be friends", "you are a real swell band but I am just not ready for that sort of commitment right now" and so on.
So yeah, sorry Muse, and sorry to everyone I have made friends with over the last 10 plus years from forums, gigs and so forth via Muse. But I just can't do this right now.
Peace.