Pink Floyd vs Muse

I'm a HUGE Pink Floyd fan. Their music is genius! I've never heard such an expressive band in my life!

Anyway, I have a friend who is a huge fan of this new band called Muse. I asked him what kind of music Muse makes. He replied "It's sorta space rock kinda stuff." Now Pink Floyd is also space rock, so I said "Oh, kinda like Pink Floyd?" He said "No, definitely nothing like that. Don't ever compare them to Pink Floyd again!" This got me kinda irritated because I love Pink Floyd and because no band in the history of rock music can compare to Pink Floyd.

So I did a bit of reading, listened to a few of their songs on YouTube (what comes up when you search "Muse.") I decided to be fair, because I'd hate for someone to judge Pink Floyd by "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" and "Comfortably Numb," so I went out to Lala and listened to their entire "The Resistance" album.

How in the world can anybody say Muse is better than Pink Floyd?

I won't go into detail about why Pink Floyd is better than Muse, or why my musical tastes are better or somehow "more correct" than yours, but Pink Floyd changed the face of music. Muse simply added a pop music twist to it and jumped on the space rock bandwagon.

Pink Floyd is one of the best selling bands of time, right up there with Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, and for a very good reason. Not only are they sonically amazing, but their lyrics are so poetic and are something for everyone to relate to.

Change is good and it's foolish to be stuck in the past, but when things keep getting worse and worse, can you blame me for wanting to go back?

From Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon," which was a top 100 selling album for 12 years:

Amazing lyrics, amazing sound, amazing guitar solo. On my top ten PF songs.

Compare to this immensely popular song from Muse:

Mediocre lyrics, okayish sound, and lame guitar solo.