Difference between pages "Hyper Music (song)" and "Shrinking Universe (song)"

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| Name = Hyper Music
| Name = Shrinking Universe
| Album =  
| Album = {{drop
{{drop
|[[New Born (single) |New Born]] <small>CD1 (2), Digital EP (3)</small>
|[[Origin Of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]] <small>(4)</small>
|[[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) |Hullabaloo Soundtrack]] <small>CD1, Cassette 1 (2), JP CD1, JP Cassette 1 (1)</small>
|[[Hyper Music/Feeling Good (single)|Hyper Music]] <small>EU, BX CD (1,3,4), Promo VHS (1)</small>
|[[Origin_of_Muse_(box_set)#CD_7_.28Origin_of_Symmetry_Remastered.2|Origin of Muse]] <small>CD6 (8), CD8 (4)</small>
|[[Hyper Music/Feeling Good (single)|Hyper Music/Feeling Good]] <small>CD (1), DE CD (1,3)</small>
|[[Hyper Music/Feeling Good (single)|Feeling Good/Hyper Music]] <small>CD (2), Vinyl (1)</small>
|[[Hullabaloo (live)|Hullabaloo]] <small>(16)</small>
|[[Origin_of_Muse_(box_set)#CD_7_.28Origin_of_Symmetry_Remastered.2 |Origin of Muse]] <small>(4)</small>
|[[Origin_of_Symmetry_(album)#Origin_of_Symmetry%3A_XX_Anniversary_RemiXX|Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX)]] <small>CD6, CD9 (4), CD7, Vinyl (Remaster) (4)</small>
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| Length = 3:20, 3:22 <small>(XX Anniversary RemiXX)</small>
| Length = 3:06
| AltTitles = I Don't Love You
| AltTitles = New 21
| First = [[Nagoya Club Quattro 2000 (gig)|10{{supo|th}} October 2000]] <small>(full)</small>, 1999 <small>(riff)</small>
| First = [[Nagoya Club Quattro 2000 (gig) |10th October 2000]]
| Latest = [[Montreux Auditorium Stravinski 2016 (gig)|2{{supo|nd}} July 2016]]
| Latest = [[Malmö Kulturbolaget 2000 (gig) |3rd November 2000]]
| Recorded = [[Real World Studios|Real World Studio Wiltshire]] 2001
| Recorded = [[Real World Studios|Real World Studio Wiltshire]], January 2001
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[John Leckie]]
| Producer = [[John Leckie]]
| Chart position = 24
| Chart position = -
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}}


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| Previous = [[Space Dementia (song) | Space Dementia]]
| Previous = [[Forced In (song) | Forced In]]
| Current = Hyper Music
| Current = Shrinking Universe
| Next = [[Plug In Baby (song) | Plug In Baby]]
| Next = [[Recess (song) | Recess]]
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| Previous = [[Showbiz (album) | Showbiz ''(1999)'']]
| Previous = [[Origin of Symmetry (album) | Origin of Symmetry ''(2001)'']]
| Current = [[Origin of Symmetry (album) | Origin of Symmetry ''(2001)'']]
| Current = [[Hullabaloo (album) | Hullabaloo ''(2002)'']]
| Next = [[Absolution (album) | Absolution ''(2003)'']]
| Next = [[Absolution (album) | Absolution ''(2003)'']]
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjm3NyQ6DYw Listen]'''
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==Description==
== Description ==
Has a powering bass line. Quite bitter lyrics for an up-beat, up-tempo song. The riff is similar to [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s Snakecharmer. There is a slower, more relaxed version of this song called [[Hyper Chondriac Music (song)|Hyper Chondriac Music]].
B-side that was rarely played live. A fan favourite, this is yet another early song in which Bellamy shows off his impressive vocal skills. Shrinking Universe was one of the tracks alongside [[Nature_1 (song) |Nature_1]] originally considered for Origin of Symmetry, however it did not make the cut.


Matt said in an interview that the song it's about "Wanting to destroy a person you've loved"<ref>Kerrang!October 2001: Muse Shoot Two Videos</ref> he also said in another interview: "This one really rocks out, it's really full-on but the lyrics are just plain negative, just pure anger and disregard for affection, the opposite of ‘’Bliss’’. It's actually linked to a book I read called ‘Hyper Space’, which is about how all the laws of nature and physics combine in the 10th Dimension in pure mathematics to form one main theme"<ref>Rock Sound - 2001</ref>
Slightly similar arpeggios to [[Stockholm Syndrome (song) |Stockholm Syndrome]] and [[Bliss (song) |Bliss]].


==Composition==
== Live ==
Hyper Music is a metal/heavy rock song with a moderately fast tempo of 122 bpm. Musically chaotic, the guitar-based intro is built around a dissonant D/F polychord. The verse is outlined by a frantic bassline climbing the D dorian scale, with hints of D harmonic minor.
It was played at least six times before [[Origin of Symmetry (album) |Origin of Symmetry]] was released. On the final leg of the tour, through October and November, it was a regular part of the setlist. As both months had a combined sixteen gigs and only eight setlists are known of those sixteen, it is possible the song was played up to fourteen times live. It is assumed to have never been played after the 2000 tour.


Bellamy's vocal range spans from G3 to A5. The song contains Matt's highest falsetto note in a studio recording, as well as many A4's in the modal register, which is one of Bellamy's highest notes, making this arguably a very difficult vocal.
[[Shrinking Universe (live) | More here]]


Since it's return to live shows, the A4's during the verse are mostly sung in full voice by Bellamy, in contrast to older performances in which he sang this part in falsetto.
== Lyrics  ==
{{lyrics
|Cast your ideals onto me
And I'll show you what you really need
Give too much attention
And I'll reflect your imperfections


Since 2011, Chris sings the chorus instead of Matt.
Can't you see it's over
Because you're the god
Of a shrinking universe


==Hyper Music (XX Anniversary RemiXX)==
Purposeless survival
On May 19th, 2021, it was announced that Muse will be releasing a remixed and remastered version of [[Origin of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]], titled "Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX)". This was released on June 18th, 2021.
Now there's nothing left to die for
So don't struggle to recognize
Now the cruelly heart-felt suicide


The remix is largely the same as the original but with some alterations. One of the most notable is that Matt's falsetto backing vocals have more presence in the mix and Chris's solo vocal ("Just to spit it in your face") is clearer and more hard hitting. Matt's background screaming during the outro is also far more audible in the remix compared to the original. The remix also has the guitar being panned to the left and bass to the right, which is the opposite of the original, along with touchups to the guitar, bass and drum tones.
Can't you see it's over
Because you're the god
Of a shrinking universe


==Additional information==
Aaah...
Could be about the same person as in [[Hate This and I'll Love You (song)|Hate This and I'll Love You]] and [[Uno (song)|Uno]]. Someone who was associated with the band before they made it, who [[Matthew Bellamy|Matt]] had reason to dislike. (On a similar theme Sunburn seems to be about a girl who was associated with them, who in contrast Matt regrets having to leave behind, because he sees her as a star).


Other readings of the song's lyrics have developed a hypothesis that this song is of an anti-religious nature. The lyrics could be a narrative from a messianic figure such as Jesus Christ. "Golden lies" could be those of priests, rabbis, etc. who "feed [God's] role" in the world. The lies not being that God/Jesus exists, after all he says "Who's returned from the dead? Who remains?" (somewhat rhetorical questions); the lies are more likely to be that he was here to save mankind, "I don't love you and I never did". The second verse deals with his reason for not wanting us, "You wanted more than I was worth" - a superhuman messiah that has evidently not saved us from our sins; "And you think I was scared" being a reference to Jesus' apparent fear of his upcoming crucifixion, in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14, Luke 22: 43-44); "And you needed proof", something which our modern secular and scientific age begs for and which there is very little in any religion's defence. "Who really cares any more?" - it is over, God does not love us, he does not care, he has forsaken us and hence the suffering we see across the world.
Can't you see it's over
Because you're the god
Of a shrinking universe
}}


The book ''Hyper Space'' by Michio Kaku is a foundation inspiration for the entire album, especially the title and Hyper Music can be seen as a direct reference to that book. The book's various metaphysical discussions about religion lend more weight to the religious reading of the song's lyrics.
==== Early live version ====
 
{{lyrics
Interestingly, a typo/mishearing of the lyrics is printed in the sleeve of [[Origin of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]]. The line, "Your golden lies feed my role," is printed as "Your golden skies feed my role".  This is most likely due to early live versions of the song where Matt sings "skies" instead of "lies".
|Cast your ideals onto me
 
And I'll show you what you really need
==Live==  
Give me some attention
 
And I'll hide your imperfections
Hyper Music was played mildly often throughout the Showbiz era in the form of a bluesy riff. It is believed this riff, which was played sometimes towards the end of concerts, provided the basis for this song. It was performed for the first time in October 2000 and played rather often from that point on until the end of the year, more often than other new songs from the same time period such as Shrinking Universe and Micro Cuts. The early version of Hyper Music featured notable screaming during the chorus, especially the Channel V performance. The song was not named until the Origin of Symmetry tour, going under the title "Untitled".
 
[[Hyper Music (live) | More here]]


==Lyrics==
Can't you see it's over
{{lyrics
Because you're the god
|[Guitar Solo Open]
Of a shrinking universe


Your golden lies feed my role
Purposeless survival
In this forgotten space race under my control
Now there's nothing left to die for
Who’s returned from the dead?
So don't struggle to recognize
Who remains (just to spit it in your face?)
Another heart-felt, coldly suicide


You know that I don’t want you and I never did
Can't you see it's over
I don’t want you and I never will
Because you're the god
Of a shrinking universe


You wanted more than I was worth
Aaah...
And you think I was scared, yeah
And you needed proof
Who really cares anymore?
Who restrains (just to spit it in your face?)


You know that I don’t love you and I never did
Can't you see it's over
I don’t want you and I never will
Because you're the god
Waahhh
Of a shrinking universe
}}
}}


== 2000 version ==
== See also ==
 
* [[Origin of Symmetry media use |Commercial use in media]]
{{lyrics
 
|Golden skies feed my role
In this forgotten space race under my control
Who returns from the dead?
Who remains to spit in your face?
 
You know that I don't love you and I never did
You know that I don't love you and I never will
 
You wanted more than I was worth
You needed time, you needed proof
Who really cares anymore?
Who remains to spit in your face?
 
You know that I don't love you and I never did
You know that I don't love you and I never will
}}


==References==
{{Backto | Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) | Hullabaloo Soundtrack}}
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{{Backto | Origin Of Symmetry (album) | Origin of Symmetry}}
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Revision as of 16:29, 11 January 2022

Muse song
Name Shrinking Universe
Album/single
Length 3:06
Alternative titles New 21
First live performance 10th October 2000
Latest live performance 3rd November 2000
Recorded Real World Studio Wiltshire, January 2001
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer John Leckie


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Description

B-side that was rarely played live. A fan favourite, this is yet another early song in which Bellamy shows off his impressive vocal skills. Shrinking Universe was one of the tracks alongside Nature_1 originally considered for Origin of Symmetry, however it did not make the cut.

Slightly similar arpeggios to Stockholm Syndrome and Bliss.

Live

It was played at least six times before Origin of Symmetry was released. On the final leg of the tour, through October and November, it was a regular part of the setlist. As both months had a combined sixteen gigs and only eight setlists are known of those sixteen, it is possible the song was played up to fourteen times live. It is assumed to have never been played after the 2000 tour.

More here

Lyrics

Cast your ideals onto me

And I'll show you what you really need Give too much attention And I'll reflect your imperfections

Can't you see it's over Because you're the god Of a shrinking universe

Purposeless survival Now there's nothing left to die for So don't struggle to recognize Now the cruelly heart-felt suicide

Can't you see it's over Because you're the god Of a shrinking universe

Aaah...

Can't you see it's over Because you're the god Of a shrinking universe

Early live version

Cast your ideals onto me

And I'll show you what you really need Give me some attention And I'll hide your imperfections

Can't you see it's over Because you're the god Of a shrinking universe

Purposeless survival Now there's nothing left to die for So don't struggle to recognize Another heart-felt, coldly suicide

Can't you see it's over Because you're the god Of a shrinking universe

Aaah...

Can't you see it's over Because you're the god Of a shrinking universe

See also


Go back to Hullabaloo Soundtrack

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