sade Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 I first thought about just listing the main points for the 2nd law thread, but this ended up being rather long so here it goes. -on the Finnish coalition (conservative) party using Uprising in their party meeting "It's not that I'm against any certain party, but I don't want our music being used for propaganda purposes" -on Unsustainable being on the album trailer "I was surprised about people's reactions.I chose that song because it mentions the album title (lol, weirdly pragmatic) But it also sounds like a movie soundtrack, so it feels perfect for a video trailer like that. But I though people would understand that it's not a single. I was surprised when people assumed the whole album to sound like that" -about the album: "Our intention was to make a very versatile album. It's fun trying to combine different people inside one album. Some people like heavier, more progressive, aggressive and negative music, but they will hear something they have maybe not used to listening. Some want to hear pop songs and end up listening to, say, Unsustainable and thinking, what the fuck? It's kind of perverse to enjoy offering people surprises. -the journalist says their music often make him giggle "That is great! To be honest, on our album there are at least three moments that always make me laugh", Bellamy confesses, but refuses to name those moments -Do you ever think in the studio that maybe this is too much? "Yeah, there are those moments...for example the beginning of Unsustainable. When you listen to it in the studio, and the choir and orchestra booms in the speakers, it sounds like Omen or some other horror movie. But for me those reactions are a good thing. They do say that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference." -on whether The 2nd Law is more optimistic or pessimistic "I would like to think that the dominating feeling is optimistic, but there are both moments. The two opposites are Survival and Explolers. Survival is about extreme determination and strenght. Explolers is more about giving up and when everything goes wrong, you no longer care. I believe that pessimism and optimism always struggle inside us, also inside me, but there's something in our genes that makes us not give up. The will to live makes us keep going. I believe that our basic nature is optimistic. -At least yours? "Mine is, definitely". -on the size of the audience affecting the music "I believe that the audience inevitably affects the music" -The bigger the audience, the bigger the music? "Kind of. I want to be connected with out audience, and I think that if you want the audience to sing along, it's not the same if you're facing 300 or 20 000 people.You naturally gear towards anthem-like music and words" -Be honest, did you partake in the Olympics just for marketing reasons? "Believe it or not, it's not that much about marketing, ha ha...I have to admit that I'm proud that my music got into the Olympics"...plus says "I like that we did something more challenging than the traditional, quite cheesy Olympic songs" -Did you used to do sports? "I liked some track and field sports. I was actually an okay middle distance runner, but I wasn't great in any sport. I was also okay in football and long jumping.lol -Do you miss anything from the times when you weren't this hugely popular? "At least that when in early club gigs we could go after the gig to the bar to have some drinks and talk to people. Fans were friendly, but it wasn't so crazy back then. But I miss the most when people didn't have mobile phones! World was a much funnier place. At bars you would just drink and talk, now people want to take pictures! The worst is when someone hands you a phone and asks if I can say hi to their friend." -Well, do you? "Of course! But people don't seem to understand that when we meet our fans, we'd much rather talk to them. I don't care for that kind of fan-celebrity relationship." fanboys and girls, take note + the usual stuff with dubstep with real instruments, people with laptop gigs feel like cheating, sustainablity issues&environment They also asked a professor of applied(?) thermodynamics for an opinion about Matt's interpretation of thermodynamics:LOL: He thinks Matt's interpretation is "a great version of the second law". Something about Clausius's interpretation about the entropy of the universe. I won't even pretend to understand. EDIT:translations (and mistakes) by me, so those are not obviously "direct" quotations in that sense
Seaking Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks for this. Was interesting. -Do you miss anything from the times when you weren't this hugely popular? "At least that when in early club gigs we could go after the gig to the bar to have some drinks and talk to people. Fans were friendly, but it wasn't so crazy back then. But I miss the most when people didn't have mobile phones! World was a much funnier place. At bars you would just drink and talk, now people want to take pictures! The worst is when someone hands you a phone and asks if I can say hi to their friend." -Well, do you? "Of course! But people don't seem to understand that when we meet our fans, we'd much rather talk to them. I don't care for that kind of fan-celebrity relationship." fanboys and girls, take note fanboys and girls, take note
JessicaSarahS Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 When you listen to it in the studio, and the choir and orchestra booms in the speakers, it sounds like Omen or some other horror movie. But for me those reactions are a good thing. Thanks for posting! Good interview.
That Little Animal Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Soundi! I love how in Finland they just add an "i" to words they borrow. I remember the tamponi and condomi in the supermarket.
sade Posted August 22, 2012 Author Posted August 22, 2012 Soundi! I love how in Finland they just add an "i" to words they borrow. I remember the tamponi and condomi in the supermarket. We actually love double consonants and double vowels too, so those are tamppooni and kondomi (a bit off-topic, but it's throws me off for a bit seeing people talking about kitara (for the guitar+keyboards...thingy) here, as that is the Finnish word for guitar) EDIT: damn, brain fail, that is actually tamponi. Getting schooled on my native language by a non-Finnish speaker
That Little Animal Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 We actually love double consonants and double vowels too, so those are tamppooni and kondomi (a bit off-topic, but it's throws me off for a bit seeing people talking about kitara (for the guitar+keyboards...thingy) here, as that is the Finnish word for guitar) EDIT: damn, brain fail, that is actually tamponi. Getting schooled on my native language by a non-Finnish speaker Best ones are pilarisali and postipankki.
CarrieB Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks for posting. I particularly like this part. Do you miss anything from the times when you weren't this hugely popular? "At least that when in early club gigs we could go after the gig to the bar to have some drinks and talk to people. Fans were friendly, but it wasn't so crazy back then. But I miss the most when people didn't have mobile phones! World was a much funnier place. At bars you would just drink and talk, now people want to take pictures! The worst is when someone hands you a phone and asks if I can say hi to their friend." -Well, do you? "Of course! But people don't seem to understand that when we meet our fans, we'd much rather talk to them. I don't care for that kind of fan-celebrity relationship." I think it is nice how down to earth Matt has remained and agree that fans should take note.
sade Posted August 22, 2012 Author Posted August 22, 2012 Best ones are pilarisali and postipankki. I guess there are quite a few of those Relating to music topic, I can also think of fani, mikrofoni, basisti...
Gohenko Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 (a bit off-topic, but it's throws me off for a bit seeing people talking about kitara (for the guitar+keyboards...thingy) here, as that is the Finnish word for guitar) Continuing off-topic...the guitar+keyboards one would be a keytar, while Kitara is more like a digital music interface. But yes, I agree with that it's a bit confusing to see people talk about Kitara, when it means just a normal guitar in finnish.
ExogenesisP1 Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Cool interview, Explorers sounds very slit whist . When I met Dom and Chris I did ask to take a picture with them but I also talked for ages, just talked about everything and anything. Especially with Dom, he's very chilled.
Kati Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks for translating. It seems like a good interview. Ha, I want to see who the applied thermodynamics professore was and the stuff he said. The original is not on internet anywhere? Do I really have to go and buy the magazine? It's not such a big sacrifice though
beeSides Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 it's hard to engage in chat when there are a gazillion people wanting pictures too
Gohenko Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks for translating. It seems like a good interview. Ha, I want to see who the applied thermodynamics professore was and the stuff he said. The original is not on internet anywhere? Do I really have to go and buy the magazine? It's not such a big sacrifice though It's just 3.90e, so you have no excuse not to buy it. And also, the newest Soundi has lots of other interesting articles too, not just the Muse one. Though it may depend on what you think is interesting, of course.
sade Posted August 22, 2012 Author Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks for translating. It seems like a good interview. Ha, I want to see who the applied thermodynamics professore was and the stuff he said. The original is not on internet anywhere? Do I really have to go and buy the magazine? It's not such a big sacrifice though On sale for 3,90 But I might as well type it here if you are interested Matt seems to have a different view this time, it's not about economy etc. "Thermodynamics deals with energy movement and division(?), and the 2nd law basically says that the universe is expanding and freezes all the time. So every single energized (?) unit -planets,stars, you, me -will eventually die. It's an unpleasant truth, but it's interesting that life is actually its opposite. Our whole life is a struggle against the 2nd law of thermodynamics." Professor M. Lampinen of Aalto yliopisto replies: "Matt Bellamy's statement is a really fine version of the 2nd law. According to Clausius's (the father of the concept of entropy) version of the second law Die Entropie der Welt strebt einem Maximum zu, i.e. the entropy of the universe strives(?) for a maxim. For life this could be called death. The Gibbs equation states the same in isothermal(?) and isobar(?) reaction the Gibbs energy reduces (?) and stops when G has a minimum(?). The Gibbs energy is G=H-TS. P.S. According to one theory after the expansion period the universe will start to collapse again, when the direction(?) of phenomena will change and the 2nd law will reverse(?)." Apologies to the good professor for butchering the terms, all mistakes are surely mine. And to Matt, too. I don't really speak science, in Finnish or English
Kati Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 On sale for 3,90 But I might as well type it here if you are interested Matt seems to have a different view this time, it's not about economy etc. "Thermodynamics deals with energy movement and division(?), and the 2nd law basically says that the universe is expanding and freezes all the time. So every single energized (?) unit -planets,stars, you, me -will eventually die. It's an unpleasant truth, but it's interesting that life is actually its opposite. Our whole life is a struggle against the 2nd law of thermodynamics." Professor M. Lampinen of Aalto yliopisto replies: "Matt Bellamy's statement is a really fine version of the 2nd law. According to Clausius's (the father of the concept of entropy) version of the second law Die Entropie der Welt strebt einem Maximum zu, i.e. the entropy of the universe strives(?) for a maxim. For life this could be called death. The Gibbs equation states the same in isothermal(?) and isobar(?) reaction the Gibbs energy reduces (?) and stops when G has a minimum(?). The Gibbs energy is G=H-TS. P.S. According to one theory after the expansion period the universe will start to collapse again, when the direction(?) of phenomena will change and the 2nd law will reverse(?)." Apologies to the good professor for butchering the terms, all mistakes are surely mine. And to Matt, too. I don't really speak science, in Finnish or English Thank you Well I might still buy the magazine, just for support. Your translation seems fine though. Yep Markku Lampinen is a well known professor, he surely knows what he is talking about. This is about the space issues with entropy and indeed doesn't have much to do with the environmental issues of climate change. I suppose Matt first read that stuff and then had to go and find out what f-ing entropy and got into reading the space things. He has the artist's freedom of bundling together phenomena of, say different time scales I'm pretty sure Matt has managed to sex up the physics studies for a few students, though
map erased Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 can't wait to work out what the laugh-ot bits are!
CarrieB Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 On sale for 3,90 But I might as well type it here if you are interested Matt seems to have a different view this time, it's not about economy etc. "Thermodynamics deals with energy movement and division(?), and the 2nd law basically says that the universe is expanding and freezes all the time. So every single energized (?) unit -planets,stars, you, me -will eventually die. It's an unpleasant truth, but it's interesting that life is actually its opposite. Our whole life is a struggle against the 2nd law of thermodynamics." Professor M. Lampinen of Aalto yliopisto replies: "Matt Bellamy's statement is a really fine version of the 2nd law. According to Clausius's (the father of the concept of entropy) version of the second law Die Entropie der Welt strebt einem Maximum zu, i.e. the entropy of the universe strives(?) for a maxim. For life this could be called death. The Gibbs equation states the same in isothermal(?) and isobar(?) reaction the Gibbs energy reduces (?) and stops when G has a minimum(?). The Gibbs energy is G=H-TS. P.S. According to one theory after the expansion period the universe will start to collapse again, when the direction(?) of phenomena will change and the 2nd law will reverse(?)." Apologies to the good professor for butchering the terms, all mistakes are surely mine. And to Matt, too. I don't really speak science, in Finnish or English Oh I missed that spoiler. Thanks for typing that up sade. Not that I really understand the science side very well but it seems that Matt is thinking about mortality again. It's true that it's an unpleasant truth that we all struggle with, at least in Western cultures. I think some other cultures have a different outlook.The battle we have against the inevitable leads to some unfortunate outcomes like ageism, not taking care of our own futures, or looking after older people adequately. But yes using The 2nd Law here is an interesting concept. Oh dear, I just got a bit emotional thinking about how the album is ending, with the idea of nothingness It sounds like it may be imaging what death is like . I think that finding some optimism in that can only be about peace and serenity. That nothingness contains no stress or worries, illness, tiredness, pain, sorrow... still...
CarrieB Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 So, maybe, Matt understands thermodynamics? Matt is brilliant! Yes, he is.
FabriPav Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 Matt is brilliant! Yes, he is. When it doesn't come to setlists, I agree.
Travis III Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 can't wait to work out what the laugh-ot bits are! I'm guessing one of them will be in Panic Station.
Travis III Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 It's seeming like the album will be exploring a fairly diverse emotional range, with the second half (Explorers, Liquid State, possibly Isolated System) being darker than the earlier songs (Madness, Panic Station, Survival). Like a slow descent into unsustainability, maybe. Hopefully it will be a bit more emotionally sophisticated than just flitting between space age wangst and Swiss dairy farm -tier cheese.
sade Posted August 23, 2012 Author Posted August 23, 2012 can't wait to work out what the laugh-ot bits are! Fairly certain that the final note of Survival is one.
map erased Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 Fairly certain that the final note of Survival is one. I'm guessing one of them will be in Panic Station. yes, guess you're both right. and then perhaps Supremacy....
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