History YMMV / Muse

** Muse fans who've listened to all five studio albums in their entirety may rank them in this order: ''Origin of Symmetry'', ''Absolution'', ''Black Holes & Revelations'', ''The Resistance'', ''Showbiz''. Honestly, ''Showbiz'' has a lot of great songs but it is the sound of them just starting out. Especially compared to what follows.
** The dubstep at the end of Muse's trailer for ''The 2nd Law'' seems to have split the fanbase.

** The dubstep at the end of Muse's trailer for ''The 2nd Law'' seems to have split the fanbase [[{{Understatement}} to some extent.]]

** The dubstep at the end of Muse's trailer for ''The 2nd Law'' seems to have split the fanbase to some extent.

* RuinedForever: The preview for Muse's sixth album, ''The 2nd Law'', reveals dubstep influences, resulting in this reaction from several fans.

** Muse fans who've listened to all five studio albums in their entirety may rank them in this order: ''Origin of Symmetry'', ''Absolution'', ''Black Holes & Revelations'', ''The Resistance'', ''Showbiz''. Honestly, ''Showbiz'' has a lot of great songs but it is the sound of them just starting out. Especially compared to what follows.

* BrokenBase: The band recently set a relatively straightforward treasure hunt for the fanbase in which they gradually unlocked the song "United States Of Eurasia" in seven chunks by visiting stations across Europe and Asia (and one in New York). However, half of the fanbase was convinced that by "resisting" the desire to activate the seventh station, the band would release something better than the final part of the song. The station was eventually activated after the deadline was extended, to the [[YourMileageMayVary chagrin of some and delight of others]].

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: "Take a Bow". Just..."Take a Bow".
** Some of their early b-sides such as "Recess", "Yes Please", and "Con-Science".
** The lyrics to Megalomania's chorus. "TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE! OFF YOOOUUUR DIIIISGUIIIIIIIISE! I KNOOOW THAT UUUNDERNEEAAATH IT'S MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The OminousPipeOrgan doesn't help.
*** Whether any of this is ''accidental'' is open for debate...
** As noted on the main page. Dead Star as these creepy breathing moments where Matt slurps before screaming his lungs out.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Has its own [[AwesomeMusic/{{Muse}} page]].
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[{{Funny/Muse}} See here]].

* NightmareFuel: "Take a Bow". Just..."Take a Bow".
** Some of their early b-sides such as "Recess", "Yes Please", and "Con-Science".
** The lyrics to Megalomania's chorus. "TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE! OFF YOOOUUUR DIIIISGUIIIIIIIISE! I KNOOOW THAT UUUNDERNEEAAATH IT'S MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The OminousPipeOrgan doesn't help.
*** Whether any of this is ''accidental'' is open for debate...

** Muse fans who've listened to all five studio albums in their entirety may rank them in this order: ''Origin of Symmetry'', ''Absolution'', ''Black Holes & Revelations'', ''The Resistance'', ''Showbiz''. Honestly, ''Showbiz'' has a lot of great songs but it is the sound of them just starting out. Especially compared to what follows.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It took four YEARS for ''Origin of Symmetry'' to be released on an American record label. Muse did not get widespread recognition in the US until ''Absolution''. At that time, ''Origin'' was only available via import, which caught a lot of new, back catalog-digging American fans by surprise by way of availability and music. The story is that Maverick Records, the band's original label in the US (which released ''Showbiz''), wanted Bellamy's falsetto vocals off the album (even though Thom Yorke is forever famous for them in Radiohead). Muse refused and split with Maverick. Of course, [[HilariousInHindsight nowadays their songs get regular radio play in America.]]

** Hyper Music, Love is Forever, Undisclosed Desires, Dead Star.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Has its own [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/CrowningMusic/Muse page]].
* [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Music Of Funny]]: Muse were asked by the Italian football show ''Quelli che... il Calcio'' to mime "Uprising". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn2qKraB1lQ Their reaction is golden]].
** He's not even ''trying'' to look like he's actually playing the drums.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3UW2kqJ9R4 This was not the first time they had done this either.]]
** Also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* TearJerker: "Love Is Forever."
** Also "Blackout".
** "Escape", "Hoodoo", and "Falling Away With You".

* LoveItOrHateIt: The fanbase's reaction to ''The Resistance''. Some love the new sound, some are of the opinion it counts as TheyChangedItNowItSucks. Which is pretty strange, since ''every'' Muse album does this to ''some'' extent.
** Especially since the differences between ''The Resistance'' and ''Black Holes and Revelations'' are the slightest of any consecutive Muse albums.

* PeripheryDemographic: While their style and topics seem especially counter to the ''{{Twilight}}'' fandom's expectations, they have a following due to StephenieMeyer being a large fan herself and mentioning them frequently in her books.