Difference between revisions of "United States of Eurasia (song)"
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{{Songbox | {{Songbox | ||
| Name = United States of Eurasia | | Name = United States of Eurasia | ||
| Album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]] <small>(4)</small> | | Album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]] <small>(4)</small> | ||
| AltTitles = - | | AltTitles = - | ||
| First = - | | First = - | ||
| Recorded = Milan, Italy, 2009 | | Recorded = Milan, Italy, 2009 | ||
| Writer = Matthew Bellamy | | Writer = Matthew Bellamy | ||
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==Additional information== | ==Additional information== | ||
The song title was found by Muse fans from a picture on Twitter of Matt holding a score.<ref name="mu20090522"> | The song title was found by Muse fans from a picture on Twitter of Matt holding a score.<ref name="mu20090522"> | ||
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title = New Album Title | desc = Muse news | date = 2009-05-22 | auth = Muse | pub=Official Muse website | url = http://www.muse.mu/index.php?sec=news-407 | dom = muse.mu | type = ext | |||
|desc=Muse news | }}</ref> The name comes from the book ''The Grand Chessboard'' by Zbigniew Brzeziński, who puts forward the view that Eurasia must be control by the USA to secure oil supplies.<ref name="mj200907">{{cite/mojo200907}}</ref> | ||
|date=2009-05-22 | In addition, it draws influence from ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' by George Orwell,<ref name="mj200907"/> in which Eurasia arbitrarily changes between ally and enemy of Big Brother country Oceania. This is where the idiom "We have always been at war with Eurasia/Eastasia" came from, typically employed in response to the most obvious political uses of the exposure effect to convince a populace that a ruling figure or party said or did the opposite of that which was in fact actually said or done. | ||
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}}</ref> The name comes from the book ''The Grand Chessboard'' by Zbigniew Brzeziński, who puts forward the view that Eurasia must be control by the USA to secure oil supplies. In addition, it draws influence from ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' by George Orwell, in which Eurasia is | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Unreleased music]] | [[Category:Unreleased music]] | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 5 July 2009
| Muse song | |
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| Name | United States of Eurasia |
| Album/single | The Resistance (4) |
| Length | Unknown |
| Alternative titles | - |
| First live performance | - |
| Latest live performance | Unknown |
| Recorded | Milan, Italy, 2009 |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy |
| Producer | Muse |
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Description
A song featuring stringed instrumentation.
Additional information
The song title was found by Muse fans from a picture on Twitter of Matt holding a score.[1] The name comes from the book The Grand Chessboard by Zbigniew Brzeziński, who puts forward the view that Eurasia must be control by the USA to secure oil supplies.[2] In addition, it draws influence from Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell,[2] in which Eurasia arbitrarily changes between ally and enemy of Big Brother country Oceania. This is where the idiom "We have always been at war with Eurasia/Eastasia" came from, typically employed in response to the most obvious political uses of the exposure effect to convince a populace that a ruling figure or party said or did the opposite of that which was in fact actually said or done.