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| Name = The Small Print
| Name = Guiding Light
| Album = {{drop
| Album = {{drop
|[[Absolution (album)|Absolution]] <small>(11)</small>
|[[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]] <small>(5)</small><ref name="mw20090703">
|[[Absolution (album)|Absolution Sampler]] <small>(4)</small>
{{cite |
|[[Sing for Absolution (single)|Sing for Absolution]] <small>BX CD3 (4)</small>
title=5.GUIDING LIGHT | desc=Musewire post | pub=Twitter | date=2009-07-03 | fetch=2009-07-03 | url=http://twitter.com/muse/status/2456392872 | dom=twitter.com | type=ext
|[[Absolution Tour (DVD)|Absolution Tour]] <small>(14)</small>
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|[[Live at Rome Olympic Stadium (live)|Live at Rome Olympic Stadium]] <small>CD (10), DVD (14)</small>
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| Length = 3:28
| Length = 4:13<ref name="le200907">{{cite/l'express200907}}</ref>
| AltTitles = Action Faust, TSP
| AltTitles = -
| First = [[Moscow Krylatskoye Sports Complex 2002 (gig)|26th May 2002]]<ref>[http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=22654 Muselive.com 20070313]</ref>
| First = [[Helsinki Hartwall Areena 2009 (gig)|22{{supo|nd}} October 2009]]
| Latest = [[Austin Music Hall 2005 (gig)|7th May 2005]]
| Latest = [[Sydney Allphones Arena 2013 (gig)|13th December 2013]]
| Recorded = [[Air Studios|Air Studios, London]], 2003<ref name="nocite">{{Nocite}}</ref>
| Recorded = [[Studio Bellini]], [[Moltrasio|Lake Como]] and Milan, Italy, 2009
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]], [[Dominic Howard]], [[Christopher Wolstenholme]]
| Producer = [[Rich Costey]]<ref>[[Absolution (album)|Absolution notes]]</ref>
| Producer = Muse
| Chart position = -
| Chart position = -
}}
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| Current = The Small Print
| Current = Guiding Light
| Next = [[Fury (song)|Fury]] (bonus track)
| Next = [[Unnatural Selection (song) | Unnatural Selection]]
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| Current = [[The Resistance (album) | The Resistance ''(2009)'']]
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==Description==
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCnjC8knH2U Listen]'''
A simple metal come heavy rock song.


==Additional information==
== Description ==
[[File:AbsolutionCat.jpg | thumb | right | This is the cat that appears in the song as seen in "The Making of Absolution"]]
Matt said, "This track is about a troubled relationship and is influenced by 1980s cheesy stadium rock! There is a guitar solo with a deliberate screaming harmonic. These types of harmonies have been banned from rock music for at least 18 years, possibly longer."<ref>iTunes LP - The Resistance</ref>
Chosen ahead of "[[Fury (song)|Fury]]" in the final track listing for ''[[Absolution (album)|Absolution]]''.<ref name="nocite"/> It was a live favourite from the 2002 tour up to and including the 2005 tour. Matt mentioned in an interview that he wanted Fury instead of The Small Print but the band had a vote and Matt was outnumbered 2-to-1 by Chris and Dom.
The second song on ''The Resistance'' with a guitar solo. The intro is a crossfade from [[United States of Eurasia (song)]], featuring the same jetfighter sound.
The drums at the start bear a heavy resemblance to "Vienna" by [[Ultravox]]


While initially played before <span style="font-style:italic;">Absolution</span>'s release, it went by the name 'Action Faust.'  The song can be understood as, clearly alluding to Goethe's ''Faust,'' being sung from the point of view of the Devil to someone selling their soul to him in exchange for, presumably, musical prowess and fame. It shows the transaction as ultimately manipulative on the part of the Devil, dooming the recipient to be a "slave to the grave" and robbing him of all memories of "the good days". The Devil's identity can be seen in the line "I'm a priest God never paid"; he is able to mediate supernatural power but does so outside of the service of God. The final title "The Small Print" yet again underlies the motif of a dishonest contract between a Devil and Faustian figure.
This song is treated as a joke by many online members of the Muse fanbase and is often used in humourous acts. Examples of this included the leaked release of [[Drones (album) | Drones]] months early, which turned out to be the released songs up until that point and several renditions of Guiding Light afterwards, and the repeated edits to Setlist.fm's statistics for new Muse gigs to include many performances of Guiding Light (sometimes over twenty) and mock titles such as "Supermassive Guiding Light" and "Guiding Light Syndrome".


In late April 2015, it was revealed in an interview that the band were rehearsing this and [[Apocalypse Please (song)|Apocalypse Please]] for the upcoming tour. However, while Apocalypse Please was played, The Small Print wasn't played during the Drones Tour.
== Recording ==
According to a video posted by Zane Lowe prior to the release of "The Resistance", Matt said that while recording this song in Milan, the music was so loud that a neighbour came over and began banging on the door. The banging can apparently be heard near the end of the song if the drums are isolated.


==Live==
In an interview, Dom said that while recording the snare drum in [[Matt Bellamy's Sheep|the field of sheep]]<ref>
{{cite/web |
title=MUSE - RECORDING NEW ALBUM | date=2009-01-31 | fetch=2015-04-21 | desc=Dom with a snare and a field of sheep | auth=Thomas Kirk | pub=Youtube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8kkMyfQA4g | dom=youtube.com | type=ext
}}</ref>, the mics were close to a river so each time he plays the snare drum in the song, the river can be heard along with it.


The Small Print was one of the first songs from the Absolution era to be performed live. Of all Absolution-era songs debuted in 2002, The Small Print was performed the most often and has the most amount of available footage. The early version, known at the time by the acronym "TSP" or "The Smallprint", had an extended post-verse section, different lyrics, and a different solo. While performed very often in 2002, it was performed significantly less in 2003.
== Guiding Light (On Jeff's Guitar) ==
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| Name = Guiding Light (On Jeff's Guitar)
| Album = [[Cryosleep (Matthew Bellamy EP)|Cryosleep]]
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| Latest = -
| Recorded = 2021
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[Aleks Von Korff]], [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Chart position = -
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[[The Small Print (live) | More here]]
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==Trivia==
An rendition of Guiding Light, played on [[Fender '83 "Jeff Buckley" Telecaster|Jeff Buckley's Telecaster]]. First studio song, in which Matt utilised the famous Tele, after acquiring it. Announced on 7th of April, 2021<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CNX1bzJDChw/</ref>, it was released as part of Bellamy's own [[Cryosleep (Matthew Bellamy EP)|Cryosleep EP]], a limited-edition picture disc, which also features [[Take_a_Bow_(song)#Take_A_Bow_(Four_Hands_Piano)|Take A Bow (Four Hands Piano)]] and [[Pray (Matthew Bellamy song)|Pray]] without Game of Thrones voiceover. It was released as part of Record Store Day 2021 on July 16th.
At 2:51, a cat can be heard meowing.


==Lyrics==
The short EP was released on a 12" disc combined with a music booklet.
{{lyrics
|Take, take all you need
And I'll compensate your greed
With broken hearts
Sell, I'll sell your memories
For 15 pounds per year
But just the good days


Say, it'll make you insane
==Live==
And it's bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose and
You watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid


Hope, I hope you've seen the light
The often-maligned Guiding Light appeared on both The Resistance and The 2nd Law tours. Unlike most other non-singles off of The Resistance, Guiding Light was performed several times on the 2011 tour. Though it was not played particularly often, Guiding Light returned for The Unsustainable Tour in 2013, most likely because it was Matt's girlfriend's at the time, Kate Hudson, favourite Muse song. Fans began to deride Guiding Light even more because of this tour and it has not been performed since, likely due to it being completely different from the theme of the Drones tour.
'cause no one really cares
They're just pretending
Sell, and I'll sell your memories
For 15 pounds per year
But you can keep the bad days


Say, it'll make you insane
[[Guiding Light (live) | More here]]
And I'm bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose and
You watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid


Say, it'll make you insane
== Lyrics ==
And I'm bending the truth
{{lyrics
You're to blame
|Pure hearts stumble
For all the life that you'll lose and
In my hands they crumble
You watch this space
And fragile and stripped to the core
And I'm going all the way
I can't hurt you anymore
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid
}}


=== Early Live Lyrics ===
Loved by numbers,  
{{lyrics
You're losing life's wonder
|Take, take all you need
Touch like strangers; detached
And I'll compensate your greed
I can't feel you anymore
With broken hearts
Sell, and I'll sell your memories
At 15 pounds per year
But I'll keep the good days


Say, it'll make you insane
There's sunshine trapped in our hearts
And I'm breaking the rules
It could rise again
You're to blame
But I'm lost, and crushed, and cold, and confused
For all the life you're losing
With no guiding light left inside
You watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And I'm not your slave to the grave
I'm the priest God never paid


Hope, and I hope you've seen the light
You were my guiding light
'cause no one really cares
They're just pretending
Sell, and I'll sell your memories
At 15 pounds per year
But I'll keep the good days


Say, it'll make you insane
When comfort and warmth can't be found
And I'm breaking your rules
I still reach for you
You're to blame
But I'm lost, and crushed, and cold, and confused
For all the life you'll lose and
With no guiding light left inside
You watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And I'm not your slave to the grave
I'm the priest God never paid


Say, it'll make you insane
You're my guiding light
And I'm breaking your rules
You're my guiding light
You're to blame
When there's no guiding light left inside
For all the life that you'll lose and
When there's no guiding light in our lives
You watch this space
Yeah I'm going all the way
And I'm not your slave to the grave
I'm the priest God never paid
}}
}}


==References==
== References ==
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{{Backto | Absolution (album) | Absolution}}
== See also ==
* [[Guiding Light (tablature) | Guiding Light tablature]]


[[Category:Songs |Small Print]]
{{Backto | The Resistance (album) | The Resistance}}

Revision as of 11:37, 19 March 2022

Muse song
Name Guiding Light
Album/single
Length 4:13[2]
Alternative titles -
First live performance 22nd October 2009
Latest live performance 13th December 2013
Recorded Studio Bellini, Lake Como and Milan, Italy, 2009
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard, Christopher Wolstenholme
Producer Muse


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Description

Matt said, "This track is about a troubled relationship and is influenced by 1980s cheesy stadium rock! There is a guitar solo with a deliberate screaming harmonic. These types of harmonies have been banned from rock music for at least 18 years, possibly longer."[3] The second song on The Resistance with a guitar solo. The intro is a crossfade from United States of Eurasia (song), featuring the same jetfighter sound. The drums at the start bear a heavy resemblance to "Vienna" by Ultravox

This song is treated as a joke by many online members of the Muse fanbase and is often used in humourous acts. Examples of this included the leaked release of Drones months early, which turned out to be the released songs up until that point and several renditions of Guiding Light afterwards, and the repeated edits to Setlist.fm's statistics for new Muse gigs to include many performances of Guiding Light (sometimes over twenty) and mock titles such as "Supermassive Guiding Light" and "Guiding Light Syndrome".

Recording

According to a video posted by Zane Lowe prior to the release of "The Resistance", Matt said that while recording this song in Milan, the music was so loud that a neighbour came over and began banging on the door. The banging can apparently be heard near the end of the song if the drums are isolated.

In an interview, Dom said that while recording the snare drum in the field of sheep[4], the mics were close to a river so each time he plays the snare drum in the song, the river can be heard along with it.

Guiding Light (On Jeff's Guitar)

Matthew Bellamy Song
Name Guiding Light (On Jeff's Guitar)
Album/single Cryosleep
Length -
Alternative titles -
First live performance -
Latest live performance -
Recorded 2021
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Aleks Von Korff, Matthew Bellamy


An rendition of Guiding Light, played on Jeff Buckley's Telecaster. First studio song, in which Matt utilised the famous Tele, after acquiring it. Announced on 7th of April, 2021[5], it was released as part of Bellamy's own Cryosleep EP, a limited-edition picture disc, which also features Take A Bow (Four Hands Piano) and Pray without Game of Thrones voiceover. It was released as part of Record Store Day 2021 on July 16th.

The short EP was released on a 12" disc combined with a music booklet.

Live

The often-maligned Guiding Light appeared on both The Resistance and The 2nd Law tours. Unlike most other non-singles off of The Resistance, Guiding Light was performed several times on the 2011 tour. Though it was not played particularly often, Guiding Light returned for The Unsustainable Tour in 2013, most likely because it was Matt's girlfriend's at the time, Kate Hudson, favourite Muse song. Fans began to deride Guiding Light even more because of this tour and it has not been performed since, likely due to it being completely different from the theme of the Drones tour.

More here

Lyrics

Pure hearts stumble

In my hands they crumble And fragile and stripped to the core I can't hurt you anymore

Loved by numbers, You're losing life's wonder Touch like strangers; detached I can't feel you anymore

There's sunshine trapped in our hearts It could rise again But I'm lost, and crushed, and cold, and confused With no guiding light left inside

You were my guiding light

When comfort and warmth can't be found I still reach for you But I'm lost, and crushed, and cold, and confused With no guiding light left inside

You're my guiding light You're my guiding light When there's no guiding light left inside When there's no guiding light in our lives

References

  1. ↑ 5.GUIDING LIGHT (2009-07-03). Twitter. Retrieved 2009-07-03 from twitter.com.
  2. ↑ Julien Bordier. (2009-07-0?). Jai ecoute le nouveau Muse. L'Express. Retrieved 2009-07-10 from www.muselive.com. [verify]
  3. ↑ iTunes LP - The Resistance
  4. ↑ Thomas Kirk. (2009-01-31). MUSE - RECORDING NEW ALBUM. Youtube. Retrieved 2015-04-21 from youtube.com.
  5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CNX1bzJDChw/

See also


Go back to The Resistance

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