HomesickSubterranean Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 tbh the vocoder part just sounds like Doing It Right by Daft Punk to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum IV Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Added this to MuseWiki, if anyone is interested in reading. Reapers is perhaps one of the most progressive songs in Muse's catalog, featuring prominent use of modulation, demanding guitar work and an uncharacteristically improvised solo. Guitar feedback and pounding drums introduce the song before Bellamy lunges into a tapped guitar solo with an unstable tonal center. Eventually rooting in D minor, the verse establishes an urgent air of desperation, as Bellamy sings of domestic conflict and drone warfare. The lyrics make reference to the "AGM-114 Hellfire" air-to-surface missile commonly used in aerial combat vehicles. The verse follows the Andalusian cadence twice, a chord progression also found in Citizen Erased and Resistance, with Wolstenholme's bass walking across the ninth of each chord. Bellamy and Wolstenholme play in unison for the primary guitar riff, which uses the D minor pentatonic scale and is backed by a "Drones!" chant. The riff climbs chromatically to establish a new tonal centre in the G Mixolydian mode, providing a strong chorus for Bellamy's declaration that he is ready to become a reaper. Before long, the stop-start chugging guitars give way to another tapping solo, and eventually the verse and chorus repeat again. Following the second chorus, Howard drums in unison with Bellamy as he plays the primary riff. Wolstenholme continues this motif as Bellamy launches into a guitar solo, filled with pitch-shifting effects, tapping and chromatic melodies. The riff ascends as the key changes to E minor, eventually climbing through the fourth and fifth to revisit the chorus one last time. As the final chorus ends, riffs give way to arpeggiated chords as the song builds to a dramatic climax, at which point the tempo suddenly drops and Bellamy howls over a chromatic bassline played by Wolstenholme. As the intensity builds, Bellamy doubles the bassline on his guitar as air raid sirens sound and Wolstenholme repeatedly screams "CONTROL!" into the microphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozenbanana Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Added this to MuseWiki, if anyone is interested in reading. Nice! Love that Brighton outro, but wouldn't be surprised if the vocals on the album version are the older style rather than the newer unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 What's "older style"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickSubterranean Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 What's "older style"? I think in other concerts he didn't sing in falsetto (instead in hero voice or whatever) over the riff, but I might be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I think in other concerts he didn't sing in falsetto (instead in hero voice or whatever) over the riff, but I might be wrong He definitely did it at Manchester, pretty sure he did it for at least a couple of others as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priad-Luabe Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 http://musewiki.org/Reapers_(tablature) anybody fancy helping me make this 100% accurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickSubterranean Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 He definitely did it at Manchester, pretty sure he did it for at least a couple of others as well. Good to know because I think it sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 http://musewiki.org/Reapers_(tablature) anybody fancy helping me make this 100% accurate? When I pop back home I can try help out a bit. Looks decent so far, don't have a guitar on me though so can't actually try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priad-Luabe Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 When I pop back home I can try help out a bit. Looks decent so far, don't have a guitar on me though so can't actually try it cheers mate, i should have a rendition of the solo up by then... "rendition": meaning sounds nothing like it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 cheers mate, i should have a rendition of the solo up by then... "rendition": meaning sounds nothing like it.... Post it in KnT as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priad-Luabe Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Post it in KnT as well good idea:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I might also check it out cause I worked the song out a while ago but with some minor differences. Will compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priad-Luabe Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I might also check it out cause I worked the song out a while ago but with some minor differences. Will compare. cheers brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Been trying to work out some more of the lyrics. Still really unsure about the choruses, they seem to change gig-to-gig in some places, but I'm pretty sure I've got the verses mostly right: Home, it's becoming a killing field There's a crosshair locked on my heart With no recourse And there's no one behind the wheel Hellfire, you're wiping me out Killed by... Drones! (Killed by) Drones! War, war just moved up a gear I don't think I can handle the truth I'm just a pawn And we're all expendable It's a debt to be electronically erased By your... Drones! (Killed by) Drones! Obviously, feel free to correct where you think I'm wrong though. Edited March 26, 2015 by Jobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum IV Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 electronically aroused drone fire Fixed that for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 It's a debt to be I hear "Incidentally" for this part. Could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I hear "Incidentally" for this part. Could be wrong. I heard that too in one performance (disregarded it for some reason ) so you may well be right. Might make more sense as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonisdead Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 99% certain Matt says "year", not "gear". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickerman Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I'm hearing "why just pretend we're here"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regilistic Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Chorus seems to be mixed around with "Human mind control, our bodies on the shore" "We will rise on the sea our bodies on the shore" "To become reapers and horsemen now I am ready to know" "We've got to see our heaven (?) But all we've got is (?)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisF Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Chorus seems to be mixed around with "Human mind control, our bodies on the shore" "We will rise on the sea our bodies on the shore" "To become reapers and horsemen now I am ready to know" "We've got to see our heaven (?) But all we've got is (?)" The "human mind control" part is interchanged with "we will rise in the sea" at least that's what I hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickerman Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 But all we've got is hell/war? I'd bet on all we've got is superdrones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskatie Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Chorus seems to be mixed around with "Human mind control, our bodies on the shore" "We will rise on the sea our bodies on the shore" "To become reapers and horsemen now I am ready to know" "We've got to see our heaven (?) But all we've got is (?)" I keep hearing "the world is on its side", and "now I am radicalized". Edited March 26, 2015 by mskatie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickerman Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 "Radicalized" doesn't make sense though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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