muse
and this post is for alice, a very kind reader with whom i've been having the most interesting conversations that e-mail can deliver nowadays.
even though muse (the band) have started somewhere by the end of the nineties (1997, i think, with the first album, showbiz, in 1999), i've only discovered them in 2004. by that time, they were in a tour promoting their new album, absolution. can't say if their gig in lisbon was before or after their legendary live performance at glastonbury festival (which proppeled them to the glory; seek videos on youtube.com and you'll find out why), but it was something remarkable in every possible way. their show was in the super bock super rock festival, and was stuck in the "heavy metal day" along with pleymo, static-x, linkin park and korn. i was there to see linkin park, my favourite band back then. from muse, i knew their new singles - time is running out and sing for absolution, and a couple of old songs that i could recognize but not identify. but the gig was completely breathtaking. when they played the song butterflies and hurricanes, i think the crowd hasn't even cheered - everyone just stood amazed, watching matthew bellamy piano solo. it was, doubtlessly, the best live show i've ever seen in my life. forget about linkin park.
of course, the first thing i did when i got home was to download a lot of musics from them. and then it was a matter of time for them to become my favourite band. seeing them again in lisbon two years ago helped a lot, of course.
even though muse (the band) have started somewhere by the end of the nineties (1997, i think, with the first album, showbiz, in 1999), i've only discovered them in 2004. by that time, they were in a tour promoting their new album, absolution. can't say if their gig in lisbon was before or after their legendary live performance at glastonbury festival (which proppeled them to the glory; seek videos on youtube.com and you'll find out why), but it was something remarkable in every possible way. their show was in the super bock super rock festival, and was stuck in the "heavy metal day" along with pleymo, static-x, linkin park and korn. i was there to see linkin park, my favourite band back then. from muse, i knew their new singles - time is running out and sing for absolution, and a couple of old songs that i could recognize but not identify. but the gig was completely breathtaking. when they played the song butterflies and hurricanes, i think the crowd hasn't even cheered - everyone just stood amazed, watching matthew bellamy piano solo. it was, doubtlessly, the best live show i've ever seen in my life. forget about linkin park.
of course, the first thing i did when i got home was to download a lot of musics from them. and then it was a matter of time for them to become my favourite band. seeing them again in lisbon two years ago helped a lot, of course.
and this post also allows me to say that muse's myspace.com page link has been added to the music section, on the right menu. go and delight yourselves with some of their newest songs. oh, and please spam their e-mail and message box telling them to come back to lisbon this year.
3 Comments:
... what may i say?
i've been writing till now, not shure if i've done it well, and came here before leaving, made a big smile first, when i saw my name up there, im very honored, dont know why you do this, now everybody knows i send you letters, i dont do that often, what will your readers think of me?
anyway, you're very kind, hope we keep in touch, become friends :)
did i say thank you? i say it again.
the readers will merely think that i like feedback from my readers. the e-mail is published exactly for that reason :)
as i'd say in my work, it's the web 2.0. interactivity is the key. better than to write myself the entire blog, is to have published the reader's feedback :)
actually i’m not interested about other people’s thoughts. just yours matter :) that's why i come here. guess i'm already addicted :)
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