We don't hear the similarities between Radiohead and Muse even after listening to…

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rorosalie010 commented on “What are the similarities anyway?” (10)   July 2010

skistar123 commented on “Muse” (6)   April 2010

skistar123 commented on “Radiohead” (9)   December 2009

• mgp1497

  haha why can't we all just get along? ...coming from a starting out muse fan who has become a convert to both sides, i can see the roots coming from rh. however, i really sense a different sound. radiohead relies more on guitar, bass on a lot of albums. muse is more synth. i do feel like they both have their "futuristic" and "dystopian" phases. (ie: muse=the resistance/black holes & revelations; radiohead= kid a/ amnesiac) ...and i appreciate their styles equally. lately i have been trying to listen as much as i can to both off and on to find these similarities people speak of, but as a true fan i feel like i should just appreciate both.

  December 2010

• skistar123

  Imo Coldplay try to sound like Radiohead. Once they had found this 'sound' they then replicated it into 4 hugely popular albums. They problem was, they only ever found one of Radiohead's many sounds and now all their stuff just sounds like one song rewritten over and over again.

  October 2010

• m1aarge

  amen to that. there are only two things they've got in common: both are my fav bands :D and both awesome live!

  August 2010

• GabRiegel

  Oh yeah. Totally diferent.

  July 2010

• HexachromeDream

  Thank God I found this group! They're different, they're completely different, but both gorgeous))

  June 2010

• _Marinaaa

  Oh, and while we're at it: Coldplay DOES NOT sound like Radiohead. Radiohead are gods. Coldplay are... I'm not saying the word, it might sound too rude.

  May 2010

• darkoinrainbows

  Thank God for this group! lol

  March 2010

• Reddyredd

  First, I'd like to set one thing straight, and this should offend no other band: Radiohead has created a couple of the most amazing albums ever known. That said, why should it be of any offense if another band draws from that influence and generates some very excellent music of their own? Muse has some very very good stuff, and I am very impressed. I'm old enough to remember 'Creep' as a one-hitter, then being STUNNED by and falling in love with The Bends. Then, Holy Sh!t, OK Computer. Yes, Muse do creep a little too much into Radiohead theatrics sometimes (though like Guy Stephenson said below, they both owe a debt to Jeff Buckley). But damn am I glad they are there to carry the torch. Some AMAZING stuff, and it sounds like they are just getting better.

  March 2010

• Weetahix

  both r too different to compare, both have good and bad aspects to them lool still love them both

  January 2010

• Mausthemighty

  I love both bands, but I can't tell why they're always being compared to eachother. It's very annoying when people do that. It does no justice to their music!

  November 2009

• timmy_boy10

  I may not have listened to a huge amount of radiohead but i've heard enough to know that they and muse sound different. They may have small similarities but almost all bands share similarities with other bands, it's called their influences. P.S. Muse are better :)

  November 2009

• Piki768

  The only similarity is the falsetto. But Thom's is more of a pretty falsetto, while Matt's is like a pretty falsetto on mushrooms.

  October 2009

• NerdrageMcGee

  Great group. Yeah, I totally don't hear what so similar about them.

  September 2009

• Nika_Tenebras

  omg, great group :dd i'm in sympathy with majority, muse and radiohead are completely different, and i haven't an idea why people like to compare them x_x but also i think that early muse is sounds like radiohead's creep - both are sad and meaning "teenage angst" :p ok-ok, i jest! xd

  August 2009

• AxlIn07

  When Muse's first album came out, Showbiz MIGHT'VE sounded a little like The Bends, but by the time they broke out with Absolution on 2003, Radiohead didn't even sound like Radiohead anymore. Both are amazing bands with their own unique sound - Muse is equal parts spacey and hard rock, and Radiohead...well, you just have to hear them for yourself to define them.

  August 2009

• BarcaReichman

  Thanks God for this group! Muse aren't Raidohead!! Love Muse <3

  August 2009

• egyptianhead

  The only RH song that sounds like Muse to me is Pearly*

  July 2009

• coldmuse

  \/ You're thinking of Rage Against the Machine.

  March 2009

• koooqi11

  both Matthew Bellamy and Thom Yorke sing Falsetto Radiohead are use more Acoustic instruments and are more Electronic than Muse Muse are harder and have faster tempo Imagine a harder Paranoid Android with calmer singing it will be so muse like but some songs when am not fully sober i won't find a difference between Muse and Radiohead like Hoodoo and Exit Song for example Muse is my favourite band but it is similar to Radiohead and even matty consider Radiohead the main influence for his music don't he ?

  February 2009

• hahaha_muse

  Their music styles are totally different.And I won't compare with Muse and Radiohead.

  September 2008