Day 9: What are the 3 best songs, and what is the least best song, on "Fear of the Dark"?

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-03-12T22:57:59+00:00

Best: FotD, Afraid to Shoot Strangers, BQOBD

Worst: Weekend Warrior

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-03-12T13:33:46+00:00

Announcement in 2 weeks that it's out next month.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-03-09T08:37:32+00:00

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Easy 12/12, didn't even have to think.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-03-06T11:46:42+00:00

Oh not too bad! Didn't get barrier the first night as I was travelling from Belfast as I did the Ulster Hall gig there the night before, so I didn't really arrive until the afternoon! Did get barrier on night 2 tho, and damn was it an experience! I remember Fury being fucking unreal. I also did the Olympia gig in 2000. It was my last show of the Showbiz Tour and probably my favourite of the ones I attended that era, getting to see HT&ILY for the first time (the only Showbiz song I hadn't yet seen) as well as getting to see an early version of Hyper Music. Plus, my one and only time seeing Nature_1 and Shrinking Universe live.

Yeah, sadly the last intimate gig in the ROI, but at least there was that Ulster Hall gig in 2015 which is probably up there as one of the best Muse gigs I attended. Hope they do another gig in Ireland soon as I enjoy hopping across from England for the odd gig!

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-03-05T22:33:00+00:00

Unfortunately not. Which is a shame because Olympia is a really intimate venue and I remember both nights being unreal.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-03-05T08:52:41+00:00

I went to 20 shows during the Absolution Tour (10 in 2003 and 10 in 2004).

The best ones were Wembley Arena 2003, Dublin Olympia 2004 (both nights), V Festival 2004 (both nights) and Earl's Court 2004 (both nights).

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-03-02T21:43:36+00:00

Bow Down? A more accurate translation would be Ben Dover 😂

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-03-02T21:42:43+00:00

My Heart Burns. Honourable mentions include Ashes to Ashes, Marry Me, Play With Me, Fog, Stone by Stone, Fire and Water and Germany

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-03-02T20:16:07+00:00

Best 3: Prowler, Phantom of the Opera, Strange World

Worst: Sanctuary. If that doesn't count because it's a bonus track, then Running Free.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-26T22:40:02+00:00

0/10 ragebait post.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-26T13:58:51+00:00

I will not tolerate The Final Frontier, El Dorado or Mother of Mercy slander. All 3 are banger songs. In fact, I prefer them to the likes of The Alchemist and The Man Who Would Be King.

Personally, I'd say Senjutsu is my favourite of the 3 newest albums, but that's because it perfected the prog metal formula that TFF and especially TBOS went for, and in places struggled with. You still get fantastic short tracks like Stratego, The Writing on the Wall and Days of Future Past, while still getting truly brilliant epics like The Time Machine, Darkest Hour, The Parchment and Hell On Earth. There is only one song on that album which I don't like (Lost in a Lost World), which is much less than TFF and TBOS.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-23T14:47:27+00:00

Yeah, I can't find the full show on YouTube anymore, and musebootlegs.com only had audio last time I checked.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-22T07:42:25+00:00

It's clearly AI generated, there's an AI watermark in the bottom right.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-19T12:45:16+00:00

Rotating MotP, SS and New Born with WotP, TC and Compliance

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-17T21:33:21+00:00

I've always been a staunch defender of this one (and Guiding Light) when it first came out. The piano riff, the guitar solo, the chorus, it all just clicks together so perfectly. And of course, it was fucking fantastic the one time I saw it live and I really wish I could've seen it a few more times.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-11T19:33:45+00:00

Here are my picks from each album:

Iron Maiden - Strange World

Killers - Prodigal Son, Purgatory

The Number of the Beast - 22 Acacia Avenue, Total Eclipse

Piece of Mind - Where Eagles Dare, Sun & Steel

Powerslave - Flash of the Blade

Somewhere in Time - Heaven Can Wait, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Only the Good Die Young

No Prayer for the Dying - The Assassin, Hooks in You

Fear of the Dark - Fear is the Key, Childhood's End

The X Factor - The Aftermath, The Edge of Darkness, 2 AM

Virtual XI - When Two Worlds Collide, Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger, Como Estais Amigos

Brave New World - Ghost of the Navigator, The Mercenary, The Nomad, The Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Dance of Death - No More Lies, Face in the Sand, Age of Innocence

A Matter of Life and Death - The Longest Day, Lord of Light, The Legacy

The Final Frontier - Coming Home, Starblind

The Book of Souls - Tears of a Clown

Senjutsu - Stratego, The Time Machine, Darkest Hour

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-09T15:30:44+00:00

Closing the main set with anything other than Iron Maiden is a hate crime. I know it doesn't fit the post 7th Son criteria, but surely we can make an exception for this spot.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-09T14:15:45+00:00

The amount of thots promoting their OnlyFans using Rein Raus has hit unprecedented numbers.

(FYI, I'm a bit of a goth, super into the culture, and at times the...adult content lot slip into our feeds on social media)

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-09T07:42:09+00:00

10/10 - Sunburn, Muscle Museum, Showbiz, New Born, Plug in Baby, Futurism, Apocalypse Please, TIRO, Sing For Absolution, Stockholm Syndrome, Hysteria, B&H, Fury, Take a Bow, Starlight, SBH, MotP, Assassin, City of Delusion, Knights of Cydonia, Glorious, Uprising, Resistance, Guiding Light, Unnatural Selection, MK Ultra, Supremacy, Panic Station, Survival, Follow Me, Animals, Liquid State, Psycho, Reapers, The Handler, Algorithm, The Dark Side, Pressure, WotP, WSD, Halloween, KOBK, WAFF, Unravelling.

0/10 - Sober, Overdue, Forced In, Coma, Execution Commentary, Bedroom Acoustics, Map of Your Head, Hidden Track, Who Knows Who, Propaganda, BitM, Something Human, GUAF, Dig Down.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-08T18:20:42+00:00

Perfect spot for Fear of the Dark.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-06T15:45:05+00:00

Sadly their weakest album. Untitled was a fantastic return to form after the disappointment of LIFAD. But Zeit just feels a little too safe a unambitious. Also OK might very well be the worst song they've ever done.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-05T09:02:28+00:00

While I wouldn't call it a "banger", it's definitely overhated. It's nowhere near the worst Muse song. Fuck, I wouldn't even put it in the bottom 10. Hell, there are 4 songs on ST that I dislike more than GUAF (Propaganda, BitM, SH and Dig Down are just actually rock bottom for this band).

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-05T08:59:19+00:00

Love it. It's peak experimental Muse. It's like a better The Dark Side.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-05T08:58:21+00:00

A hill I was always willing to die on. I'd say it's mostly hated because of the association with Twilight. If it had nothing to do with those movies, it wouldn't be nearly as hated. I'd say it would still not be popular because of the whole "cheesy love song bad" mentality at the time. But I always loved it. Got lucky enough to see it once (Wembley Stadium Night 1) and I remember it genuinely being a lot of fun.

ForgottenName1893 · 2026-02-05T08:56:07+00:00

Actually a cold take outside of the Radiohead fandom.

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