Mozza Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I think they might have split it purely for practical reasons so they can perform The Globalist live. I don't think they would be able to perform Drones live unless they cloned Matt somehow so I can imagine them ending The Globalist on that unresolved chord and then walking off stage abruptly while Drones fades in above the crowd noise and is played as a backing track with some visuals in a similar way to how they used that extended cut of Isolated System as encore break music. Otherwise fans would be saying 'Why didn't they play the end of The Globalist?" all the time. They never play the end of USoE though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topo_musero Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 They never play the end of USoE though... Once, but Matt screwed up that part :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
January Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I love it!! I personally think it’s a perfect way to end the album. It sounds like a requiem after a long war. I’ve been a bit obsessed with Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli ever since I heard Muse use a recording of the Benedictus as an intro to a show. It’s so cool they actually put it on an album 15 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis III Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I love this. It's quite haunting. I've always had a weird fascination with choral hymns and such, and I think Matt pulls this style off very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Once, but Matt screwed up that part :LOL: Twice actually but it was played before the song the next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumpypotato Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 This is actually great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillyracer Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 As a standalone track it doesn't work, but that's because it wasn't meant to be a standalone track. It's a beautiful closer to the album and especially The Globalist, the voices of the souls lost in conflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absolutionamethyst Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Stunning end to the album, I respect Matt for giving it a go and doing an unreal job of it. I really like it as the album closer, and especially after the Globalist It's something you would play whilst butchering your family I like it but it's definitely not something I would show off to my friends. "Hey man, have you heard the new Muse record?! This track it great" *My mother, my father, my brother, my puppy, killed by Droneeeeees* :LOL: Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckerss Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I've found myself listening to this song on it's own for the first time today. For some reason parts of it get stuck in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topo_musero Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Twice actually but it was played before the song the next time. Oh, yeah, I forgot about that one. Anyway, it's impossible that they play this song live, unless they hire a chorus or something like that. Matt can't multiply himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Oh, yeah, I forgot about that one. Anyway, it's impossible that they play this song live, unless they hire a chorus or something like that. Matt can't multiply himself They have three singers on stage, and have already used pre-recorded backing vocals this tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jangdiin Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 They have three singers on stage, and have already used pre-recorded backing vocals this tour. This song is so hauntingly beautiful. I really dig it, the flow from TG to this was very nice too. Can't help having goosebumps when Matt sings the last ''Amen''. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lens Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 This song is truly fascinating. I love the idea and Matt did a really great job, especially because he got mostly rid of his strong vibrato, which wouldn't fit in here. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mime Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 You guys made it to the end? Tried a few times and I just can't, it's awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcools Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 oh god rofl this track is hilarious ahahahaha edit: oh lol drones for opening track 2015 <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcools Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I like it but it's definitely not something I would show off to my friends. "Hey man, have you heard the new Muse record?! This track it great" *My mother, my father, my brother, my puppy, killed by Droneeeeees* ahahahahahahaha loooooooooool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneonfish Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Still shit. A potentially good idea ruined by lyrics reminiscent of Team America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickSubterranean Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Still shit. A potentially good idea ruined by lyrics reminiscent of Team America. "Everyone has drones!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneonfish Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 "Everyone has drones!" If only. At least we'd be able to overthrow Kim Jong Un. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrillzzz1109 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I think this song sounds fantastic. Always loved vocal harmonizing, & what's better than Matt harmonizing with many Matt's? LOL My wife & I said they need to do Matt holograms singing this song at shows haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalvaBlanco Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Always like when Muse incorporates some classical shizzle into their repertoire. Never would have expected Matt to release a full Renaissance choral track though. The lyrics are unfortunate, but I really love the music. If they could incorporate some of these more adventurous influences into a more guitar-based sound instead of relying on riff copy-pasting like with Psycho and Defector, that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter. Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 could someone remake this with drones in it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygr5AHufBN4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturefan Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I received the album this morning. I haven't read all the previous comments yet so, if anyone has already mentioned the name 'Palestrina,' my apologies. I have a degree in music. We had to learn to write in the styles of various composers. I was fine with Bach, Mozart, Debussy etc but I could never, EVER write a piece in the style of Palestrina. There were so many damn rules; I don't know how anyone could write anything that beautiful when there were so many rules, yet here is Matt Bellamy with NO degree writing a piece in the style of Palestrina and it sounds amazing! Forget the words; if he had really stuck to Palestrina's model, they would have been in Latin and very few people would have cared because the music is so wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I received the album this morning. I haven't read all the previous comments yet so, if anyone has already mentioned the name 'Palestrina,' my apologies. I have a degree in music. We had to learn to write in the styles of various composers. I was fine with Bach, Mozart, Debussy etc but I could never, EVER write a piece in the style of Palestrina. There were so many damn rules; I don't know how anyone could write anything that beautiful when there were so many rules, yet here is Matt Bellamy with NO degree writing a piece in the style of Palestrina and it sounds amazing! Forget the words; if he had really stuck to Palestrina's model, they would have been in Latin and very few people would have cared because the music is so wonderful. isnt it basically a cover with new lyrics though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalvaBlanco Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I'm suspecting it's an arrangement of an already existing piece, but I don't know which one. In every review it seems they name a different piece it's supposed to be based on. Would like it Matt actually came up with this one himself, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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