technically Space Dementia is the condition that astronauts are supposed to sometimes experience when looking at Earth from a space station, of meaningless, loneliness and total isolation. The song in particular talks about a person in Matt's life that gave him those similar feelings, in a way it's kind of a love song for a toxic relationship. It takes A LOT from Rachmaninov (second piano concerto, 1st movement) and it's one of Muse's most classically inspired songs.

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing.

The chord changes in this song are otherworldly. Cool how you checked out the remixx version instead of the original, since the original doesn't have the string arrangement in the final verse

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

From now on any reactions I do from OOS will be the remixed version. Sounds better.

@kungfugiraffe4777

2 жыл бұрын

oh my god the strings in the last verse..... the first time I heard them, especially after having listened to the original version for so long, I just felt like I was on another planet

@kungfugiraffe4777

2 жыл бұрын

@@gmetzgermusic Yeah that's true although I personally prefer the original versions for feeling good and plug in baby

@krozjr5009

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who prefers the original, I was wondering why it sounded a bit off!

@mygetawayart

2 жыл бұрын

@@gmetzgermusic the best remix they made is Megalomania's. They removed much of the flanger effect and made the church organ much much clearer.

Glad to be checking out another Muse track! Don't when the next reaction will be, but the next song on the list is Survival.

@kmpro3737

2 жыл бұрын

Love Survival. It's a very motivational and encouraging kinda song. I think it's most effective when listened to right after Prelude - the instrumental prior to Survival in the album.

@mygetawayart

2 жыл бұрын

i recommend listening to Survival alongside the small intro track that comes before, Prelude. Sadly they never played the two live together but it's the best way to enjoy such a grand track like Survival. Just look up Prelude + Survival on yt.

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@kmpro3737 I’ll make sure to roll those together when I record!

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@mygetawayart will do!

@mayahogrefe5786

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Liquid State, one of the songs written and sung by Chris

I always knew about Muse but never listened to their music and now I'm starting to see your reactions. 😎

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

Always great to hear that my reactions are introducing people to new music!

Chris is an insanely talented bass player. His riffs are some of my favorite bass lines.

@igorkirsanov5639

2 жыл бұрын

I think most of Chris' riffs (at least from early albums) are written by Matt on piano.

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

For sure! Love his bass playing so far.

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing

When I first heard this album, I got to space dementia and that was it....I was hooked!

Those strings and that "meaningless" was not in the original version, at least the one I heard back in the day. Interesting that they have made this re-edit. One of my favourite-ever Muse songs.

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

It's an awesome song!

The 2001 live at le zenith version of this song is the best live performance of this song, it's great, check it out, even off camera, great live piano playing and vocals

@proevoisace7

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best gigs ive ever been to

Great reaction ! The live version of this song with his voice full matur is pretty great too. Like the one they did in Reading in 2011 for the 10 years of the album !

Man I loaded this up and saw the cover for the original album and was like 'ok cool he's gone for the original', then as I'm listening I'm like no way this is the original, it sounds way too crisp and you can hear the extra instrumental sections such as the strings that were buried and then realised that you were in fact reacting to the remaster. Glad you went with this as it is one of the songs that definitely benefitted from the remastering. Glad you liked it and another great reaction.

This is a great example of Muse's Rachmaninov-inspired piano rock. Also, about the meaning according to Matt: "Space Dementia is the term NASA used for what happens if you're left out in space for a long time, because if you truly conceptualise the situation of being there and looking back at Earth, it can drive you mad."

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

Ah I didn't know that. Very cool!

@The_man_himself_67

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Bowie's classic 'major Tom' was about this same thing, at least so I've been told.

The live version features an amazing piano bit at the very end 🥺

i believe you are listening to the RemiXX of this. in the original song, when he says “space dementia in my eyes and peace will arise and tear us apart and make us meaningless again” Matt’s voice actually swirls around and his voice has a spiral like feel to it

@mygetawayart

2 жыл бұрын

it's true! panders right and left oscillating. It's a very otherwordly feature.

Thanks for exploring Muse! It's like looking to myself about 20 years ago when I first heard their music. Btw the song builds up to Hyper Music and then explodes into Plug in Baby: my ringtone since I don't know how long. I'm 51 now, so must be half of my life I guess.

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Glad to be sharing the experience with you.

@sanmama1602

Жыл бұрын

@@gmetzgermusic Now I'm 53. Still have the same Plug in ringtone, hahah. My sons cant believe it, haha. But hey its Muse, and they go with me to Muse in June in Den Haag. And first I go to Muse in Plymouth in May. So we will see. When are you going to see Muse live?

You should definitely check out Yes Please and Hyper Music! Yes Please is a more raw and heavier song from their earlier days and Hyper Music is heavy as well but has a lot more groove to it. Both are great tracks I think you would like.

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

Both are on my list to check out!

Origin of Symmetry is on par with dark side of the moon in terms of timelessness and quality.

That thumbnail 💀

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

😂

this song is heavily inspired from a rachmaninov piece piano concierto

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

An incredible album from my youth / adolescent years (I’m in the mid-30’s). Had the privilege of seeing them live here in the UK and the gig was beyond incredible in every way. Those were the halcyon days.

This is 20th anniversary remix.

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

yes it is

So glad you checked out the updated mix of this, honestly the original album's audio is pretty muddy by modern standards.

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I compared some of the tracks I've already listened to and the remix sounded better to my ears.

You should check out the hullabaloo version!

Not one if my favourites but still an important piece of the album.

You should react to Survival Live at Rome, You can really feel Queen for a moment in that song and performance! Not many reacts to it on YT too!

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

For first listen through I am going to be doing the studio version.

you should probably mention that this is the remixxed version from 2021, not the original 2001 version. the album cover is also different

What is this arrangement? I can't recognise it

@thoru4367

2 жыл бұрын

Also subscribed

@willeh1947

2 жыл бұрын

This is the “XX” (20th Anniversary) remix if that’s what you mean?

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@gmetzgermusic

2 жыл бұрын

This is the 20th anniversary remix version.

Even though this song is a great remastered song, a lot of the new remixx versions aren't as good as the original, some songs lost their escence, still good of course