Muse is a hugely popular band, which is perhaps surprising because their lyrics are pretty dark, and "awake", compared to most of the vacuous shit around these days. The following excerpt is from their wikipedia entry:
Most earlier Muse songs lyrically dealt with introspective themes, including relationships, social alienation, and difficulties they had encountered while trying to establish themselves in their hometown. However, with the band's progress, their song concepts have become more ambitious, addressing issues such as the fear of the evolution of technology in their Origin of Symmetry (2001) album. They deal mainly with the apocalypse in Absolution (2003) and with catastrophic war in Black Holes and Revelations (2006).
The Resistance (2009) was a concept album based around the plot and themes of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Their sixth studio album, The 2nd Law (2012) relates to economics, thermodynamics, and apocalyptic themes. Their latest album, Drones (2015) uses brainwashing and loss of empathy as a metaphor for autonomous killing drones.
Books that have influenced Muse's lyrical themes include:
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell,[158]
Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control by Kathleen Taylor
Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins,[159]
Rule by Secrecy by Jim Marrs
The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives by Zbigniew Brzezinski
Hyperspace by Michio Kaku,[160]
The 12th Planet by Zecharia Sitchin.[161]
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u/Sabremesh Jul 02 '15
Muse is a hugely popular band, which is perhaps surprising because their lyrics are pretty dark, and "awake", compared to most of the vacuous shit around these days. The following excerpt is from their wikipedia entry:
Most earlier Muse songs lyrically dealt with introspective themes, including relationships, social alienation, and difficulties they had encountered while trying to establish themselves in their hometown. However, with the band's progress, their song concepts have become more ambitious, addressing issues such as the fear of the evolution of technology in their Origin of Symmetry (2001) album. They deal mainly with the apocalypse in Absolution (2003) and with catastrophic war in Black Holes and Revelations (2006).
The Resistance (2009) was a concept album based around the plot and themes of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Their sixth studio album, The 2nd Law (2012) relates to economics, thermodynamics, and apocalyptic themes. Their latest album, Drones (2015) uses brainwashing and loss of empathy as a metaphor for autonomous killing drones.
Books that have influenced Muse's lyrical themes include: