Matt is hilarious. I hadn't realised how honest he is. People expect songs to all have some complex deep meaning or message, but naa, it's just random words that stick.

@colalightyear7859

Ай бұрын

read up the wiki article on champagne supernova by oasis. loled hard at the noel comment on the lyrics hahahaha I think by far the most popular songs have more or less meaningless lyrics

@oriamir8994

16 күн бұрын

He's just on drugs 24/7

Early Muse was really something else. Citizen Erased is a masterpiece.

@sminchan3732

Ай бұрын

Yeah they sounded more like Radiohead, that's probably why.

@michaelv2304

Ай бұрын

@@sminchan3732 normally we keep silly thoughts to ourselves

@sminchan3732

Ай бұрын

@@michaelv2304 Excellent rebuttal. I'm still right though.

@michaelv2304

Ай бұрын

@sminchan3732 the idea of falling into a Muse versus Radiohead conversation on KZread in 2024 feels like a fever dream. What's up?

@sminchan3732

Ай бұрын

@@michaelv2304 as long as people think this uncreative crap is good, I'm going to put it down

I've always imagined Plug-in baby refrencing his guitar :) "Crucifies my enemies". Great video mate!

@aledmb

Ай бұрын

yeah, i think i heard that somewhere too.

@ericberserker6075

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same way🤣

@sideshowblob

Ай бұрын

I always thought that lol

@chrisjames1924

Ай бұрын

He wouldn’t get very far if that’s the case.

@aledmb

Ай бұрын

yeah, he's saying it's not, but it makes sense to think he's talking about his guitar@@chrisjames1924

I see a Clockwork Orange which is one of my favourite films, I see Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII which is one of my favourite games... And I see Muse, which is a terrific band in one thumbnail? How often can you say you now have a favourite thumbnail?

This is ridiculously well made!

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-tz2zz5ij1s

Ай бұрын

AI, making everyone a great editor one video at a time.

@3minuteswithMarc

Ай бұрын

What, I don't use AI for my vids, aside from Mid Journey for certain images (not in this vid)

@user-tz2zz5ij1s

Ай бұрын

@@3minuteswithMarcI don’t use AI then proceeds to admit to using AI…. Enough said

@wormangel

Ай бұрын

@@user-tz2zz5ij1sfirst implies author uses AI for EDITING the video, then conveniently generalizes that as if original statement was about using AI in general.. enough said (about you)

Matt looks like the love child of Billie Joe Armstrong and David Tennant.

@helobiagi

Ай бұрын

Who has morphed into Messi throughout the years

@Redamthe5th

Ай бұрын

And also Adam Scott

@Pannemat

Ай бұрын

Dani Filth.

@user-xd1cm9vu9s

3 күн бұрын

IVE ALWAYS SAID THIS

it so lame that a record company would ask them to change the falsetto to something else... it bothers me to think many artists end up caving to that bs.

I was sat in a GCSE English class and a mate pulled out his cassette player, listen to this "Plug In Baby", what an eargasm that was! I listened to Plug in Baby again whilst in detention.

So funny to see you compare the guitar riff from plug in baby to "Force your way" from Final Fantasy VIII. I remember that when I first discovered this song in 2001 (I was about 11), I immediately made the link between these two musics but I thought it was a coincidence (which is probably the case). Anyway, big fan of Muse and FF VIII here :)

The coolest and most unique thing about this song is that the chord pattern consists of three chords being looped in a 4/4 song. This means that starting point moves all the time, so first it is: || F# | G | D | F# || Next turn would then be: || G | D | F# | G || And so on. Super cool and creative way of writing! Awesome video! :)

@user-tw3re9hg3j

Ай бұрын

I think you are analysing this wrong, songs in 4/4 but the song consists of 4 bars less, songs normally have 16 bars in a loop, this is a 12 bar loop, starting point doesn't move all the time its still a 3 chord loop

A 2019 boxset of the first 2 Muse albums has a higher quality demo of the original Plug in Baby that is very fascinating. It's almost an entirely different song. And it's amazing how a full year before OOS came out they've already figured out most of the finished song. Also, a lot more tracks from that album had "live demos" played through 2000 with a wide variety of differences. Such as New Born, Bliss, Darkshines, Feeling Good, Hyper Music and Screenager.

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Ahhh I need to check that out! Yeah it's so cool watching live versions in 2000 of songs that came out later

@mint_1919

Ай бұрын

You are soooo lucky, I want that box SO bad as a diehard early Muse fan. Such a pity it's about 300 dollars to buy it second-hand.

@mint_1919

Ай бұрын

Oops, I misread. I thought you owned a copy lol.

it's been a while since i've watched a video this interesting, its helluva good job mate. and your sponsor transition was incredible

really loved your video, I hope you keep making muse content!!!

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@nickmaatjes5611

Ай бұрын

yeah ,that would be awesome!!!!

this is incredible, great editing capturing so many aspects of the construction of this banger 🥲 lots of hugs from Brazil 🇧🇷

I love this, great script, editing and wonderful clip selection. My first video of yours I've seen, here's a sub.

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

One of my favorite songs of all time

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Awesome

I honestly appreciate the demo lyrics of this song more because I think they tie in perfectly with the whole "fear and hope of technology" Matt was talking (well, rambling), about in an interview: "I never meant to love these machines/But they obey my commands adeptly" in particular. It's something that pops up in some of the b-sides written around that period as well (Pink Ego Box, anyone?), and in general it's just such a common theme around the turn of the millennium (the advent of the Internet, Y2K and so on). A bit less nonsense than magic mushrooms, at least.

Any old videos with Matt playing the yellow Les Paul double cut are a scream. I remember the one where he throws the guitar into the ocean. That and Hysteria at Earl's Court 2004 really were my idea of Muse when I found them. Absolution was still their newest album and it was a whole new thing to me.

@DugGLe55FuR

Ай бұрын

Had to find Matt throwing guitar into the ocean. It wasnt the Les Paul but here is the clip: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qqao07qTlZy8hpc.htmlsi=n_A0M-MBHqwivJsJ

@sherochafernando6346

Ай бұрын

Thanks for that! A gem of a performance right there!

The lyrics are about the joy of playing guitar. People can let you down,but your axe never will! Matt probably feels awkward admitting that in front of a big crowd,butthat only proves it even more!

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Perhaps yes!

@luisfilipe5043

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow! It definitely makes a lot of sense! Also all the iterations of the lyrics and even the video clip relate to that.

@alantracy6757

Ай бұрын

No clearly vibrators

@kwizzeh

Ай бұрын

Until you break a string or a pick up decides to crap out lol

i love your musical taste and your work, thanks for sharing them with us

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

god i miss these old muse days

I’ve been hearing this song for 15 years And never knew this origin great great video

Greaaat video mate. I hope you gonna do more content releasing about this amazing band

If you keep doing video essays like this, you're gonna have hundreds of thousands of subs!

This is the second vid of yours I've seen. Subbed on the first, and this confirms it. You're gonna be huge, buddy!

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Ne of thee best songs any Rockn' Roll bands ever. Matts guitar playing is insane.

I always thought it was about game controllers, how as a teenager you took your controller round to a friend's house for a console party and destroyed your friends at games like Tekan, 007 etc

Great video, great editing!

The first four Muse albums are unmatched for me when it comes to heavier rock, the orchestral and grand elements create an atmosphere unlike anything else I've heard... might be why I'm into deathcore now

this video is well made! and the selection of the interviews as well 😂 props to the subtitles! not only matt speaks so fast, but old footage has awful audio. makes it even worse. I love plug in baby demo, feels very nostalgic. when matt mentioned brotherhood & friendship within the band 🥹 from nothing to success. muse has come a long way..

This song is what got me into Muse / Music in the first place! 15 years later an I'm making my own songs!

its also noteable how all of that videogame music ws directly inspired by Emerson, Lake and Palmer

@LuxPostNoctem

2 ай бұрын

Final Fantasy being a primary example. JRPG in general.

@Postumeartist

Ай бұрын

It’s incredible how prog rock became video game music. It’s where prog rock continues to be in the mainstream. Uematsu is my favourite artist of all time. The sheer volume of tracks made in such a short time span, the variety of genres explored by one guy, the simple complexity of his work.

Great video, you really digged to get cool facts about the song that I didn't know already 👏🏻

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Most ppl have it wrong. The song was originally about virtual reality (which was changed to 'virgin reality') - ergo, 'plug in baby' which refers to the machine-brain interface of hypothetical, fully immersive VR (à la "The Matrix", altho the demo came 2 yrs before the film). Old lyrics such as: "I will never ever die In their circuits I can survive", "Electric love screens Have tempted me to jack it in Living lively", and "God is in me" really fit with this interpretation (OG demo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gp-J1rCJl6S4iNI.html)

nice transition to the ad at the end haha. i'm always here for muse videos if you do any more mate

@PengoLu

Ай бұрын

ikr i watched the whole thing waiting for a joke or something

Such a well made video!!

That final fantasy 8 line from the battle theme is a connection to plug in baby that I have never clicked on and must have listened to both tracks thousands of times. Kudos to you for hearing that, even though, as you said, their similarities are most likely coincidental.

@MissElleX1

Ай бұрын

I was gonna say, as many times as I've played FF8 I've never noticed that!

Muse AND FF8 together in one video? 👀

@sirennemesis

Ай бұрын

I know 😍

My favorite somg of all time. Never gets old. ❤️❤️❤️

Awesome track, I always thought the main plug in baby riff sounds a lot like the climbing scale in Bachs Toccata and Fugue

smoked a joint and had a beer with Chris a couple times, what a top man.

One of my all time favs ❤❤

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Awesome

i love this muse-ic

Although I don't play electric guitar much but never without acoustic I imagine the end product references his guitar . Listening to all the machinations it really is a product tbh .

FFVIII's Force your way mentioned!!!Another reason to love MUSE even more

It is a very good song and the riff is phenomenal ❤ love muse 😊

Bu şarkıya bayılıyorum, riff'ler gerçekten başka bir seviyede

Never thought I'd see my favourite Final Fantasy game in a video like this. 🔥

@adhamsalem9121

2 ай бұрын

Hey fellow ff8 fan. fuck all the haters.

@Dienex

Ай бұрын

best FF

Well made and super fun to watch! OOOOOHHHHOOOOOOOOH🎶

I would like to hear the new reworked ver of the old ver of plug in baby (demo), the riffs sounds beautiful

REALLY A BRILLIANCE AT LIKE THAT WHAT

please more videos like this

Incredible video more please

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

OOS is peak Muse

What an amazing video

Bloody hell this video is well done

It sounds amazing! Will you be playing Tosin Abasi ?

One fact is missing, I remember Chris saying in an interview that the bass was a line inspired (copied?) from Air - Sexy boy

Great video

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Loved it

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

Great deep dive

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

That riff is hundreds of years old and still dominates pop culture, crazy

I dont know why but i ve always thought its about his guitar; the guitar being his "plug in" baby, making him forget ab reality, crucifing his enemies, and all of this stuff. Like the guitar was his saviour

You’re gonna go far, kid

I always thought it was all about his guitar and it made so much sense, also can relate a little bit, but now I don't know anymore...

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Perhaps it is - others have commented that as well :)

@nerea4327

Ай бұрын

That’s one popular theory, but I’m not sure where it came from cause there’s 0 evidence. The song was originally titled Virtual Reality, and was about technology and the conflict between the mind and the body, a common theme in both Showbiz and Origin of Symmetry. Some people assume his “plug in baby” is his guitar, but actually he took the name from a baby monitor from an Argos catalog, just cause he thought it sounded cool. He’s also said it’s based on a sex toy 😅

*THEY'RE SO DELICIOSULY BRITISH*

Liking simply for mentioning Nobuo Uematsu !

That old version with the bass comic in before the drums sounds shite, I'm glad they changed it.

@Chico50445

Ай бұрын

I don't dislike it, I just think it sounded generic. Like anyone could have made this in the grunge era.

it is THE best guitar riff

All 90 is true talent artist

No mention of striking similarity to "Sexy Boy" by Air.

Mad, I remember when they broke onto the scene , 24 years ago… thought they were the next Radiohead ie The Bends era . Their version of feeling good was insane . Then they go all Prince with Super Magic Blackhole etc

@VictorHugoAlvarez-tc4tg

2 ай бұрын

30 Years Ago Mate

@garydavidson8133

Ай бұрын

Super magic 😂

6:08 blown away lol

never expected there was a string between Muse and otaku culture ohh the change of time

Plug in baby is the guitar, obviously.

Cool, the song seems keep evolution ing until the final version

cool video

Can we we get more like these pleeeeease? subscribed and clicked the bell

MUSE NATION RISE UP

you should more videos i found your channel today

Plug in baby. Like an electronic baby.

Now do "Somebody that I used to know" by Gotye

Please make a video about Gackt

don't really listen to rock till i discovered muse and this is my favorite muse song, it was starlight but i over listened to it 😂😂

👏

I miss Origin Of Symetry era Muse. It was so fresh and raw.

Wow. Didn't expect FFVIII in here. At all. 😆

Please please please do one on NOFX - The Decline

IDK why i was entirely convinced that the song is about guitars

Hey Marc i know your focused on a different kind of content now, but i would like you to do a piano tutorial for Big shot by Fontaines DC, they played a piano version of the song on Glastonbury and on Tiny Desk Cheers mate :)

This sony is plagiarism Air - Sexy boy, If they don't say it's a sample, then it's plagiarism.

This song is as chaotic and confusing as Matt.

damn bro this vid is a phat sub from me fam.

The demo is pretty decent too for an indie rock type of song .

I heard that they made the song in Cubase and used a plugin, baby

Uematsu is a 70's prog rock fan; its very unlikely anything came from Muse there

@3minuteswithMarc

2 ай бұрын

Yes, I meant the opposite (that maybe Muse heard that tune from FF8, although likely not)

@ruadeil_zabelin

2 ай бұрын

@@3minuteswithMarc aaah okay my bad!

Always though the bass part sounded exactly like "Sexy Boy" by Air

Old Matt looks like Christopher Bale

it's so chaotic XD

This was a great video, but the bit about Final Fantasy VIII and Plug In Baby is quite far fetched. A scale going up and down is something composers been doing since 1600. I better link would have been Matt having a classic piano background, since you can find examples of exactly that in Bach fugues and counterpoints.