JadeLovesMuse Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Matt Bellamy Believes In Performance Muse frontman Matt Bellamy takes his songs seriously when performing them but admits he can struggle to relate to the lyrics when listening back to his records. Matt Bellamy only "believes" his songs when he is performing them. The Muse singer is known for his fascination with space and other-worldly themes but admits he struggles to relate to his own lyrics when listening to the band's music. He said: "I love the music. A lot of people have picked up on some of it being tongue-in-cheek. "But to me it's only tongue-in-cheek when I'm listening to it. When I'm playing it, I believe it man. I'm in there. I mean, 'Knights of Cydonia', I'm going with it into these strange emotions. So I can only assume people get that feeling too. "But, I have to say, sometimes when I listen to our music or I hear it in the distance, I go, 'Is that actually the band I'm in?' " Muse are currently preparing for their headline slot at the Reading and Leeds festivals in August, where they will play their 2001album 'Origin of Symmetry' in its entirety, but the group admit it isn't sounding as good as they hoped in rehearsals. Bassist Chris Wolstenholme told Q magazine: "It's alright. We ran through 'Hyper Music' for the first time in seven years. It sounded like a school band cover of 'Hyper Music' to be honest." http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/matt-bellamy-believes-in-performance_1230231 Is this in Q magazine? I can't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Yeah, it's from Q magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackparker Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Hmm yeah it uses extracts from the Q Interview. Wonder if the Hyper Music cover really does sound like a school band cover... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Sammy! Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Can't say that particularly raises my hopes for Hyper Music... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoma-kun Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Can't say that particularly raises my hopes for Hyper Music... You really thought that after almost 10 years, they would be able to play Hyper Music as if it was nothing? And you thought Muse don't need to rehearse songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurellama Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 they couldn't even do Hyper Music particularly well 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louhi Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 they couldn't even do Hyper Music particularly well 10 years ago. We like to believe they did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammertym3 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 >but the group admit it isn't sounding as good as they hoped in rehearsals. Kind of expected this, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan. Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 To be fair, the fact that they're willing to admit this pretty freely and casually in interviews shows that they aren't that worried about it yet, so we shouldn't be either. They've got plenty of time to make it sound great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tofu Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 To be fair, the fact that they're willing to admit this pretty freely and casually in interviews shows that they aren't that worried about it yet, so we shouldn't be either. They've got plenty of time to make it sound great. MTE. I mean, even songs they've never stopped playing sound immensely different from 2001 to now. It's pretty much a given that something like Hyper Music will sound nothing like it did back then. And yeah, they've got nearly two months to work it up. As long as it sounds great I've no problem at all if it doesn't sound like it did back then, nor am I expecting it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Sammy! Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 You really thought that after almost 10 years, they would be able to play Hyper Music as if it was nothing? And you thought Muse don't need to rehearse songs? Of course that is exactly what my post says. Jesus Christ, no need to get all defensive, all I said was them feeling negative about Hyper Music doesn't make me too positive either. Don't know what you're going on about. And for the record, 7 years is not close to 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearAndPanic Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 they couldn't even do Hyper Music particularly well 10 years ago. Matt couldn't, Bass and Drums were fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemsy Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 gotta love second-hand journalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-man Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Unfortunately, as excited as I am for the OOS performances, I feel like they're doomed to be a bit of a disappointment. I think the songs on that album are really driven by an angsty and raw side of Muse that no longer exists. I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt we'll ever see anything like this again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova14 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Unfortunately, as excited as I am for the OOS performances, I feel like they're doomed to be a bit of a disappointment. I think the songs on that album are really driven by an angsty and raw side of Muse that no longer exists. I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt we'll ever see anything like this again. Honestly, I thought it was going to be like that as well. Micro Cuts shouldn't be too bad considering they played it at Wembley 2007. They played Megalomania twice I think in Russia, so that should be ok. The only other ones that they didn't rehearse I think are Space Dementia, Darkshines, and Screenager. I think the vocals are going to be lighter in Darkshines and Hyper Music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tofu Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Unfortunately, as excited as I am for the OOS performances, I feel like they're doomed to be a bit of a disappointment. I think the songs on that album are really driven by an angsty and raw side of Muse that no longer exists. I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt we'll ever see anything like this again. I don't know about you guys, but I was never expecting "raw angsty 2001/2" OoS performances, but more "What will OoS sound like with current Muse?" kinda like the recent piano versions of Cave. *shrugs* eta: that said, I'm definitely gonna be comparing whatever comes out to what was and judging and stuff. That's likely inevitable. Just…trying hard not to judge too harshly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoma-kun Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 I don't know about you guys, but I was never expecting "raw angsty 2001/2" OoS performances, but more "What will OoS sound like with current Muse?" kinda like the recent piano versions of Cave. *shrugs* eta: that said, I'm definitely gonna be comparing whatever comes out to what was and judging and stuff. That's likely inevitable. Just…trying hard not to judge too harshly. Piano-Cave is awesome. I think that the new versions of OoS songs will sound just as good as back in the days. Just look at Bliss and CE. Megalomania was good aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levus Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Just look at Bliss I agree. I think Bliss sounds awesome now. But I think we can all agree on this - the most anticipated song is Feeling Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemsy Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Thing is though, I don't think Muse ever were 'angsty and raw'. They rocked hard, yeah, but they still do. It's a myth that they were angsty. After those so-called 'angsty' performances they'd come off stage and play fight and drink champagne and party with groupies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beibi Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Thing is though, I don't think Muse ever were 'angsty and raw'. They rocked hard, yeah, but they still do. It's a myth that they were angsty. After those so-called 'angsty' performances they'd come off stage and play fight and drink champagne and party with groupies. I agree. I don't get why there's people worried, really. I'm sure they are pretty capable to improve these songs, well, I have my doubts with Hyper Music and Microcuts but in my opinion neither of them were good live back in the day, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Origin will definitely sound different but its the fact we are going to be able to hear these songs rather than potentially never hear these songs again (even if some are unlikely to get airings post R&L - certainly Showbiz was practically ignored on the last tour). I think Micro Cuts could be a decent one - it sounded pretty decent enough during the 2007 shows. As for the angsty thing, they certainly rocked hard but they may well have used more amps or they may well have been louder. The sound and tone of things on Hullabaloo and Absolution Tour is much better than the one on HAARP, yet the Wembley 2010 shows were still pretty rocking. On an unrelated note whenever I log in and see "Matt Bellamy Believes In..." as the last post on the Muse in the Media section, my mind is full of what the blank could be instead of the word 'Performance'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tofu Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 On an unrelated note whenever I log in and see "Matt Bellamy Believes In..." as the last post on the Muse in the Media section, my mind is full of what the blank could be instead of the word 'Performance'. Why did my mind fill that blank with "poop." Why did I feel the need to post that? What is wrong with me? I probably need to go to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furygirl Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Why did my mind fill that blank with "poop." Why did I feel the need to post that? What is wrong with me? I probably need to go to bed. You silly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper_chondriac_muser Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Unfortunately, as excited as I am for the OOS performances, I feel like they're doomed to be a bit of a disappointment. I think the songs on that album are really driven by an angsty and raw side of Muse that no longer exists. I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt we'll ever see anything like this again. I agree. However, they do have a way of making songs work to the style that suits them now. For example, Dead Star and Space Dementia are both quite aggressive songs, but Muse performed them in 2008 and they sounded great. Both were performed at V Festival, and a lot of fans actually preferred that Dead Star performance to the 2002-3 era version. I think they'll make it work somehow, but without as much of the angst. That's a bit of a shame because that's what made those songs so great, but they have proven that they can take the 'angrier' songs and do them justice years on even after they've passed their emo stage, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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