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Montagues and Capulets - also known as Dance of the Knights - was used as a playback introduction to [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]] during the 2007 stadium leg. It is a classical piece with a predominant string section. You may recognise it as the theme tune to the BBC's ''The Apprentice''. It can be seen [http://youtube.com/watch?v=PWioulJR-wM here], along with Knights of Cydonia.
Montagues and Capulets - also known as Dance of the Knights - was used as a playback introduction to [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]] during the 2007 stadium leg. It is a classical piece with a predominant string section. You may recognise it as the theme tune to the BBC's ''The Apprentice''. It can be seen [http://youtube.com/watch?v=PWioulJR-wM here], along with Knights of Cydonia.
You can find a live version {{ML |28069 | here | type=normal}}. (Flac format, Live at Nimes Arena)
You can find a live version {{ML |28069 | here | type=normal}}. (Flac format, Live at Nimes Arena)
== John F Kennedy speech ==
[[File:New York City 2007-08-06 Kennedy speech.jpg | thumb | Screen at Madison Square Garden gig]]
{{Intromusic
| Name = JFK speech
| Artist = John F Kennedy
| Length = -
| Album = -
| Writer = -
| Appearance = [[New York City Madison Square Garden 2007 (gig) | 6th August 2007]] – [[Chula Vista Coors Amphitheatre 2007 (gig) | 22nd September 2007]]
}}
An audio sample of this speech by US President John F. Kennedy was played live at most of shows during the August/September, 2007, tour of the US.  The speech was originally given to the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on April 27, 1961. <ref name="jfkspeech">[http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03NewspaperPublishers04271961.htm jfklibrary.org 20070812]</ref> It is not quoted in its entirety, nor are all the excerpts presented chronologically.  The full transcript is available through the external reference.
{{drop |<big>Speech</big>|
{{lyrics|The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society;
and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed
to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. 
For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy
that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--
on infiltration instead of invasion,
on subversion instead of elections,
on intimidation instead of free choice.
It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources
into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines
military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.
Its preparations are concealed, not published.
Its mistakes are buried, not headlined.
Its dissenters are silenced, not praised.
No expenditure is questioned, no secret is revealed.
That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen
to shrink from controversy.
I am asking your help in the tremendous task
of informing and alerting the American people...,
confident that with your help, man will be what he was born to be,
free and independent.}}
}}
== What's He Building ==
{{Intromusic
| Name = What's He Building
| Artist = [[Tom Waits]]
| Writer = [[Tom Waits]]
| Length = 2:59 (3:22 Tom Waits full version)
| Album = [[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) | Hullabaloo Soundtrack]] <small>(pregap)</small>
| Appearance = 2001, 2011, 2013
}}
Written and performed by [[Tom Waits]], this is a suitably weird poetic intro to [[Hullabaloo (DVD) | Hullabaloo]].
Apparently, this was written about nosy American neighbours who seem unable to mind their own business. Listeners are supposed to be on the side of the man who's building, inside the house.
To hear the full introduction on [[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) | Hullabaloo Soundtrack]], rewind from the first track, or purchase the 1999 Tom Waits album Mule Variations.
{{drop |<big>Lyrics</big>|
{{lyrics|What's he building in there?
What the hell is he building
In there?
He has subscriptions to those
Magazines. .. He never
Waves when he goes by
He's hiding something from
The rest of us ... He's all
To himself ... I think I know
Why ... He took down the
Tire swing from the Peppertree
He has no children of his
Own you see ... He has no dog
And he has no friends and
His lawn is dying ... and
What about all those packages
He sends. What's he building in there?
With that hook light
On the stairs. What's he building
In there ... I'll tell you one thing
He's not building a playhouse for
The children what's he building
In there?
Now what's that sound from underneath the door?
He's pounding nails into a
Hardwood floor ... and I
Swear to god I heard someone
Moaning low ... I keep
Seeing the blue light of a
T.V. show ...
He has a router
And a table saw ... and you
Won't believe what Mr. Sticha saw
There's poison underneath the sink
Of course ... But there's also
Enough formaldehyde to choke
A horse ... What's he building
In there? What the hell is he
Building in there? I heard he
Has an ex-wife in some place
Called Mayors Income, Tennessee
And he used to have a
consulting business in Indonesia ...
What's he building in there?
He has no friends
But he gets a lot of mail
I'll bet he spent a little
Time in jail ...
I heard he was up on the
Roof last night
Signaling with a flashlight
And what's that tune he's
Always whistling ...
What's he building in there?
What's he building in there?
We have a right to know ...
}}
}}
== The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics ==
{{Intromusic
| Name = The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (Speech)
| Artist = [[Muse]]/Katie Razzall
| Length = -
| Album = -
| Writer = -
| Appearance = [[Coventry Ricoh Arena 2013 (gig) | 22nd May 2013]] - [[Helsinki Olympiastadion 2013 (gig) | 27th July 2013]]
}}
Features a woman's speech, explaining the 2nd law of thermodynamics, with background synth, followed by the robotic voice saying "Unsustainable". The whole intro is an excerpt from the song [[Unsustainable (song)|The 2nd Law: Unsustainable]].
Its then followed by a pyrotechnic explosion, and the band start playing [[Supremacy (song)|Supremacy]].
{{drop |<big>Lyrics</big>|
{{lyrics
|All natural and technological processes
proceed in such a way that the availability
of the remaining energy decreases.
In all energy exchanges, if no energy
enters or leaves an isolated system,
the entropy of that system increases.
Energy continuously flows from being
concentrated to becoming dispersed,
spread out, wasted and useless.
New energy cannot be created and high grade
energy is being destroyed.
An economy based on endless growth is
Unsustainable
}}}}
== References ==
<references/>
[[Category:Songs]]

Revision as of 18:19, 3 November 2014

These may be included within set-lists by using various templates, which are listed here.

Recordings played back as an introduction, shortly prior to Muse going on stage.


We Are the Universe

Intro Music
Name We Are the Universe (Intro)
Artist Muse
Length -
Album -
Writer/composer -
Appearance 22nd October 2009 - 28th August 2011


Version 1 (Arena gigs): <flashmp3>http://www.musewiki.org/images/WeAreTheUniverseVer1.mp3%7Crightbg=0x544E47%7Cleftbg=0x544E47%7Cbg=140A00</flashmp3>

Version 2 (Stadium and festival gigs):
<flashmp3>http://www.musewiki.org/images/WeAreTheUniverseVer2.mp3%7Crightbg=0x544E47%7Cleftbg=0x544E47%7Cbg=140A00</flashmp3>

Consists mostly of synth arpeggios, and what seems to be a slowed down version of the synth in Uprising. A female voice speaks the following:

  • Lyrics »

  • We are

    the universe observing itself observing itself

    We are the universe observing itself observing itself

    We are the universe observing itself observing itself

    We are the universe destroying itself destroying itself destroying itself

Dance of the Knights/Montagues and Capulets

Intro Music
Name Dance of the Knights (Intro)
Artist -
Length 1:44
Album H.A.A.R.P. (1)
Writer/composer Sergei Prokofiev
Appearance 16th June 2007 - 13th April 2011


<flashmp3>http://www.musewiki.org/images/IntroCapulets.mp3%7Crightbg=0x544E47%7Cleftbg=0x544E47%7Cbg=140A00</flashmp3

Montagues and Capulets - also known as Dance of the Knights - was used as a playback introduction to Knights of Cydonia during the 2007 stadium leg. It is a classical piece with a predominant string section. You may recognise it as the theme tune to the BBC's The Apprentice. It can be seen here, along with Knights of Cydonia. You can find a live version here. (Flac format, Live at Nimes Arena)

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