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"My favorite band is back!"

I always find it interesting when ardent fans of a band or musician, when pleased with a new record, will say, "He/She/They're back!" This is typically in response to the band's new sound showing traces of their old sound. I find this perplexing, as while it's common for listeners to want musicians to continually evolve, they also commonly want them to stay the same. Yes, regardless of how brilliant the musician, this can prove to be next to impossible. I understand this mindset to a certain extent. There's typically that one song or one album which first drew our attention to a band, prompted us to fall in love with them musically, and as the saying goes, the rest is history. Due to that, regardless of the number of directions in which the band has traveled since that point, I can understand feeling the urge to again hear that sound which grabbed one's attention in the first place. However, the band never left. If every group rehashed the same material ...

"Alien" (another poem of mine)

This one can be found on pages 40-41 of "Seasons Come, People Grow: A Poetic Journey". Different from all others, Stand out in a crowd, Unable to blend in, Not wanting to know how, All alone in this world, Isolated from the rest, Trust depeted, Undergoing multitudes of tests, Strapped down tightly am I, Closely observed, An experimental droid, An alien in this world, Alien to this world, Alien to this life, Alien to my girl, Alien to my life, Alien are my surroundings, Alien are the faces, Constant tests and experiments, Constant adaptations and changes.

Muse kind of rules…

I admit, I'm an American and wasn't much exposed to them until about four years ago. So, yes, I'm a bit of a newbie. However, in the past four years, I have been a bit obsessive with listening to their music and I can say at this point in time, they are my favorite band, past or present (or future...). I would also like to admit, although I am a newbie, I have helped provide Muse with a number of new fans, including those 50 and older. ::pats self on back::. I even went to two concerts of theirs over the past year. I had to sell two tickets for the show in Columbus, Ohio (long story) and one of the individuals I sold the ticket to, an older gentleman, said it was by far and away the best concert he had ever seen and he has been witness to many. I've been witness to my fair share of good shows for my age: Elton John/Billy Joel, Kiss/Ted Nugent/Skid Row, Alice Cooper/Blue Oyster Cult, Marilyn Manson/Stabbing Westward/Stain'd/Buckcherry, Metallica, Def Leppard, Aeros...