Tiesto Remix of Muse's "Resistance" Missing Something

House music is an acquired taste. It generally needs a bloodstream full of uppers, downers, or both simultaneously. But when I found out that Tiesto would be remixing one of my favorite current rock bands, MUSE, I was excited to hear the results. When I bought their latest album, The Resistance, I was overwhelmed. Apparently, so were the people at NME Magazine, who crowned them “Best British Band,” as we reported here. I took a listen to the Tiesto version of “The Resistance,” and was nonplussed. But I thought, “Is this missing something, or am I missing something?” House music is adored in the UK, but it just doesn’t fly with me. Check out the remix for yourself after the jump.

I believe that this is a classic case of time and place being necessary for something to be good. For example, The Big Lebowski is better after a J and a nice White Russian. The Tiesto Remix of “Resistance” requires a hostel, underground dance party, and a girl from Prague gettin’ freaky on ya. On the upside, Muse’s cover of Mega City 4′s Prague on the new single rocks.