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

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 23rd September 2009

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)

John F Kennedy speech

Screen at Madison Square Garden gig
Intro Music
Name JFK speech
Artist John F Kennedy
Length
Album -
Writer/composer -
Appearance 6th August 2007 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. [1] It is not quoted in its entirety, nor are all the excerpts presented chronologically. The full transcript is available through the external reference.


  • Speech »
  • 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

Intro Music
Name What's He Building
Artist Tom Waits
Length 2:59
Album Hullabaloo Soundtrack (pregap)
Writer/composer Tom Waits
Appearance 2001


Written and performed by Tom Waits, this is a suitably weird poetic intro to 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, rewind from the first track.

  • 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 ...
    

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