Muse is one of those bands that have been around for ages and has a large audience, but they are still not considered "popular". The UK band has transformed the way of political music. With influences from the punk generation, Muse continues to break through barriers. Their album Drones is captivating. Front man Matt Bellamy states that Drones "[is] a metaphor for what it is to lose modern empathy, and start to not really care what going on in the world" He related it to using drones in warfare. Humans are using drones and are not really seeing or feeling the consequences. They are controlling and killing with a push of a button, with no real consequence. This also relates to people. people are just living through their phones and not really living. They are becoming mindless sheep due to social media.
The song Dead Inside starts the story. The protagonist loses all hope inside this can be heard in the lyrics "on the outside, you're ablaze and alive but you're dead inside." The next song leads to Psycho, which is about dark forces taking over the protagonist. The dark forces are turning him into a mindless killing machine, a drone. "Your mind is just a program and I'm the virus, I'm changing the station." the album continues the story, the songs following 'Psycho' are fighting the dark forces that have taken over. The songs 'Revolt' and 'Defector' the protagonist is fighting back and taking control of his life again. The album is a work of art, that shows the struggles people in today's society are facing.
I am really drawn to Muse's message. In life we all fall victim to something, whether it be to social media, the government, etc. We can't sit around and become drones. We must control our own situations and believe what we want, and not what someone is telling us to. I have never listened to this band, but I will definitely check out more of their music. Great post!
ReplyDeleteMuse is a great band! I am surprised they did not come up in the course, their music is so political! My favorite songs are "Explorers" and "Resistance." I love the message in "Explorers," that most of the resources are taken up by the privileged, with little left for the common folk. "Dead Inside" is also a great song. I think we as a society are in danger of becoming dead inside from our technology usage. We need to keep our humanity, and allow ourselves to be vulnerable, which is the message in "Resistance." Great post!
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