A great title track is par for the course when it comes to great albums. If the title track doesn’t cut it, what does that say about the album itself? This month, the Mental Jukebox will be playing some of my favorite title tracks – inspired by @NicolaB_73’s music Twitter challenge, #TopTitleTracks.
Muse is a band that was a bit of an acquired taste for me. While I’m relatively open-minded to different styles and genres, I do lean toward a “less is more” mentality, preferring minimal to maximal. But I started to appreciate Muse’s “more is more” approach when my son took an interest in the band. I started to appreciate the level of musicianship and complexity of arrangements despite being a three-piece band. I started to appreciate the diverse musical phases of Muse – metal bangers, prog epics, vast synthscapes, pop melodies. And somewhere in the middle is the title track from the 2009 record The Resistance.
The title track is the glue that connects the guitar-driven opener “Uprising” and the synth poppy “Undisclosed Desires”.”Resistance” is an aural tour de force that combines accessible synth hooks, melodic bass lines, and deafening guitar riffs. It leans in on just about every Muse impulse (except the metal banger side). “Resistance” is also quite the live anthem, a song concert attendees can’t help but belt along to as if they were part of the resistance themselves.
“You'll wake the thought police. We can't hide the truth inside.”