Can you say "G#5"?

I know all of you out there are like, "OMG, two posts in one day?!?!". To answer all of you, yes. Since I had time on my hands today, I decided to treat all you Muse fans out there to a double dose of Muse action.I know when you guys where looking at the title of this article, some new Muse fans would be like, "Matt Bellamy can't hit a G#5 with his voice, that is one of the hardest cords to hit with your voice!".

He has two songs that achieve this note. Showbiz from the Showbiz album, and Miro Cuts on the Origin Of Symmetry. When I was doing research on this, I found a little bit of an interview with one of Bellamy's closest friends.

"I think you'll find Matt's highest note to date was a J#9 (same as a Kb9) which he did round my mate's house, yesterday (we were just having a little jam on the acoustic guitars to kill some time). We found out yesterday that Matt can even hit B# (Cb) and E# (Fb) - the notes that apparently "don't exist"... and has extra frets on his guitars to compensate for this.That's his secret."

Album information:

An album on which the band wanted to show their more sophisticated style, considered as more 'progressive rock-styled'. The vocals differ from those heard on their first album, Showbiz. Most of the songs have been composed while on tour promoting Showbiz. The album is said to be more 'riff-oriented' and a bit darker than the previous one. It's title has been inspired by the book Hyperspace by Michio Kaku. The book says that a future publication about the discovery of super symmetry should be entitled "The Origin Of Symmetry", as an analogy to "On The Origin Of Species" by Charles Darwin.

Song information:

In this song Matt hits his highest recorded note to date, being G#5(the same one he hits on the Showbiz vocal solo. The song is said to be inspired by Bellamy's dream in which he was in desert and giant blades were swinging from the sky. Some also claim that the piece has been inspired by Prelude N°3 in D minor by Johann-Sebastian Bach.

In order for me to allow me to show you guys the two different songs, I went ahead and created a playlist from "www.playlist.com" I think that it will be easier for you guys to view both songs and make the process easier, rather then trying to find two different videos that will portray both songs. Please take time and listen to both songs (Yes I know that they are long, but please give them a listen. Seriously) .

Micro Cuts Lyrics:

Hands are red with your blame

Megaphone screaming my name

Whimpers someone I should've loved

Souls weeping above

I've seen

What you re doing to me

Destroying puppet strings

To our souls

Micro waves me insane

A blade cuts in your brain

Sounds like forks on a plate

Blackboard scratched with hate

I've seen

What you re doing to me

Destroying puppet strings

To our souls

Showbiz Lyrics:

Controlling my feelings far too long

Controlling my feelings far too long

Controlling my feelings far too long

Controlling my feelings far too long

Forcing our darkest souls to unfold

Forcing our darkest souls to unfold

And pushing us into self destruction

And pushing us into self destruction

They make me, make me dream your dreams

They make me, make me scream your screams

Trying to please you far too long

Trying to please you far too long

Visions of greed you wallow

Visions of greed you wallow

Visions of greed you wallow

Visions of greed you wallow

They make me, make me dream your dreams

They make me, make me scream your screams

Controlling my feelings far too long

Controlling our feelings far too long

And Forcing our darkest souls to unfold

And Forcing our darkest souls to unfold

And pushing us into self destruction

And pushing us into self destruction

They make me, make me dream your dreams

They make me, make me scream your screams

Behind the Music : Knights of Cydonia

For one of my first single song reviews, I wanted to choose one of my favorites, "Knights of Cydonia". Most people will know this song from Guitar Hero, or even on the radio when it first came out. This song has deep meaning, and quotes that people can live their life by. At the end of this review, I will post some quotes that you readers may like.One of my favorite things to do with music is to study the lyrics and get into deep meaning. If you ever have time, just Google the song lyrics, and try and figure out what the band members mean by it when they use them

The Music Video

The KOC video was shot over five days: three days in Romania; one day in London; and one day in Red Rock, California; it was made available on July 11, 2006. It was filmed and edited as a thematic smörgåsbord: a spaghetti western film with post-apocalyptic influence, complete with beginning and end credits, livened with the occasional kung-fu cowboy or metal-clad maiden astride a unicorn. At the end of the video one can see Roman numerals MCMLXXXI which translates as 1981. However, in the introduction the numerals MCLMXXXI are seen,which despite claims that it could equal 2081 (MMLXXXI) or 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI), is not a valid roman numeral.

The video was directed by Joseph Kahn, and stars British actor Russ Bain as the protagonist (The Man With No Name), Richard Brake as the antagonist (Sheriff Baron Klaus Rottingham), and Cassandra Bell as the love interest (Princess Shane Kuriyami). Throughout the video, the actors mouth out the lyrics, such as Russ Bain ramshackled in town square mouthing ‘No one's going to take me alive’, and Cassandra Bell at the gallows ‘You and I must fight for our rights’. In both instances, the mouthed words occur after the song lyrics and complete before the song moves on to the next line. The band appears in some scenes as holograms, and there are also some scenes featuring lead singer Bellamy. Also, when it shows the population of the town Cydonia it is shown as "143", a common symbol for "I love you", although it is unknown whether this is just a random number, or it was put there for a reason by the director or band.

In the intro is a citation of the five tone musical phrase from the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The song features vocals from both Bellamy's higher and lower ranges layered and both synthesised and live trumpet parts. The guitar sound in the song was inspired by the 1962 number one hit "Telstar" by The Tornados (George Bellamy, Matt Bellamy's father, was the band's rhythm guitarist).The song, taken in entirety, also bears a striking resemblance to George Bellamy's composition "Ridin' the Wind".

The song's meaning is to teach people to stand up for themselves and make their own destiny.

Bellamy has stated that on the album in general he tried to create a vision of what is occurring in the song. For example, the bassline has a galloping rhythm depicting someone riding a horse

Quotes

"And how can we win, When fools can be kings"

"Don't waste your time, Or time will waste you"

"No one's gonna take me alive, The time has come to make things righ"

"You and I must fight for our rights, You and I must fight to survive"

MUSE-Knights of Cydonia