Since The Last Muse Ask Game Took Off But Was A Bit Old, And Since We All Seem To Like To Get Nerdy On

Since the last Muse ask game took off but was a bit old, and since we all seem to like to get nerdy on the details on here, here's a new one:

Muse Down-To-The-Nitty-Gritties Asks

What's your favourite live performance?

What's a Muse song that sounds better live than in the studio?

What's a Muse song that sounds better in the studio than live? (if any!)

Favourite Muse cover?

Favourite Muse acoustic song/version?

Favourite one of Matt's dances?

Favourite Muse outfit? (from whenever, not just gigs)

Favourite 'live' performance? (mime ;) )

Favourite iconic Muse post (*Question originally said 'favourite iconic Muse Tumblr post' but that would disqualify 'wub wub fuckers' which came from Reddit)

Favourite non-studio lyrics (demos, live additions, etc.)

Favourite song that's never been played live

Favourite Muse/members Tweet/Instagram post

Favourite scene from a making-of DVD

Favourite live riff/jam/intro/outro

Favourite Dom live moment?

Favourite Chris pic?

Dan or Morgan?

Favourite Muse merch (including cover artwork)/fave era for Muse merch of any sort?

Favourite photoshoot of the band?

Favourite live moment?

Favourite wtf moment in an interview?

Favourite guitar/bass riff/drum fill?

Favourite Muse lyric?

What's something you wish Muse did that they don't normally do?

Dream Muse setlist (or just a few songs you'd like to see live if not a full setlist)

Favourite Muse pop song

Favourite Muse heavy song

Favourite Muse piano part/song(/organ, for obvious reasons)

Favourite Muse rarity (including hidden tracks)

Favourite Muse fan art?

Have Muse impacted your life?

Have you ever followed Matt's advice to not give a fuck if people think you're a pretentious wanker?

Which Muse member's autograph do you like most?

Have you met any of the band (/if not, any favourite fan interaction/gig stories)?

Favourite Muse moment that's overused in the fandom to literal meme status (e.g. fuck off you cunt, Soldier's Poem was on Absolution, anything at all from Panic Station, Hey You Crazy Kids!, etc.)

Favourite song to sing along to

Songs with lyrics that embarrass you in front of other people (no shame, our Matty has plenty of those too lol)

Favourite Muse instrumental to play (if you play an instrument, otherwise to listen to if you don't)

Do you prefer Muse in a club/small venue or a stadium?

Favourite live era?

Favourite stage/set?

Favourite festival performance?

Who's your favourite out of Muse's influences?

Have/Would you block someone for posting too much about Muse (asking for a friend)

Tell me a little-known fact about Muse

(Biased question but) Best Muse fan community? (Tumblr, Twitter, Reddit, muse.mu messageboards, MuseWiki, any other old fansite, your IRL group of Muser friends)

Petition for takeabow19 to post again

Have you made friends through Muse fan communities?

Have you ever taken part in old Muse easter eggs? (e.g. anagram puzzles, the 2005 bicycle treasure hunt, etc.)

Chris' curls or the legend of Pedro?

Dom - bleach blond era, 90s slacker-band, wraparound shades-era, surfer dude era, Drones black era, 2022 'pornstache' baby blue era, or 2006 aviators era?

Matt offered £50,000 to whichever member of Muse is the first to go shirtless in the 2015 Nick Grimshaw Radio 1 interview. Who's getting paid?

brie or bananas?

Mirror Manson or Glitterati? (or any other Muse gear?)

Favourite catchphrase? ("Cheers!", "I've lost the plot", It's WOTPing time!, etc.)

Favourite silly Muse video (general)

Favourite music video?

Does the singer from Muse have only one tooth

(Okay I promised niche) Favourite Muse accessory? (Matt's OOS era thick necklace, the guitar-pick necklace, any rings, etc.)

(Let's pretend it's 2011 for a minute and the fandom is still losing their mind over Matt swearing in song) Favourite song/lyric that has Matt swearing?

Happy Pride Month!

Faust the Crow loves you even more than she did the last 2 years!

Muse 2001/2006/2015

So, I'm thinking about going back to music school (again, lol) and so I went for an open day yesterday. Met one of the song writing teachers, who was absolutely lovely, really funny and made me feel like song writing was definitely the best path for me to go down.

He then noticed I was wearing a Muse t shirt and said 'can I tell you a story about Muse?' and I was like 'oh God are they secretly pricks or something?' and he said no. What he DID do was GO ON A MINI UK TOUR WITH MUSE IN 1999?!?!?!? Some of the best gigs from that period were Muse SUPPORTING this guy's band. He also mentioned that he played Reading and Leeds when I said one of my goals was to play Reading and Leeds.

Apparently Matt was very shy, but also very nice, and Chris and Dom were nice too and very happy to be in a band (and were fans of a surprisingly pop-y band that I can't remember now).

Also when I said I feel that I relate a lot to Matt he said 'I'm sure he relates a lot to you too'. Excuse me????

For the ask game: 1, 10, 38 and 57 :))

What's your favourite live performance?

Honestly for a band that's been going for 30 years this is an INSANE question. From the ones I've seen online, I've always enjoyed Astoria in 2000 and ofc HAARP. Of Muse gigs that I've actually been to it's gotta be WOTP, if for no other reason than they did Resistance.

10. Favourite non-studio lyrics (demos, live additions, etc.)

Difficult one, probably a tie between 'just like a virgin blows' in live versions of Sunburn, or 'give me complete control' in the Hysteria demo.

38. Favourite Muse instrumental to play?

Not sure if this means actual instrumentals (songs with no lyrics) or just the instrumental part of songs. I'm gonna answer the latter because I don't actually know how to play any of the instrumentals.

Guitar: Reapers or New Born

Bass: TIRO or Cave (not quite got it but made a solid start).

Piano: Ruled by Secrecy (again not done yet but really enjoying it so far).

Voice: HOODOO!!! Glorious and I Belong to You (+Mon Coeur S'Ouvre a Voix).

57. Favourite music video?

Euphoria or Sunburn.

Thank you so much!!!!

Also I wanna do more Muse (and others as well at some point when the hyperfixation has died down a bit) covers so:

At some point I may do voice but I am a Baritone and Matt is like the most tenor tenor to ever tenor so the songs sound different on my voice even if I can sing them and I'm still deciding if it's in a good way or a bad way.

Once my piano has improved I'll do something on that too.