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Feeling Good. This song was originally sung by Nina Simone.
Hyper Music. This was released with the song 'Feeling Good'. The single also included a cover of a Smiths hit. Some hear the first three words as 'your golden lies.'
'Uno'. The first 4 singles are listed above. They were 'Uno', 'Cave', 'Muscle Museum', and 'Sunburn', released in that order. Muse had 2 EP's called 'Muse' and 'Muscle Museum' beforehand, but I was asking about chart singles.
| We all know them as Matt, Chris, and Dominic, but what are the surnames of each of the band members? | Muse - The Quiz
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Bellamy, Wolstenholme and Howard. Most of you will know Matt's full name, but Chris's and Howard's surnames are rarely mentioned.
13. They formed in Devon, specifically Teignmouth. North of Torquay, it's a seaside town in England.
Gothic Plague. After Gothic Plague came Fixed Penalty, and after Fixed Penalty, Rocket Baby Dolls. I made the last name up.
Best British Live Act. I'm sure you'll agree they should have won all 4!
Mushroom. Muse has 4 record labels: Maverick - USA, Motor - Germany, Naïve - France and Mushroom - UK. After five years of hard slog the band had gone from 0 to 4 record deals in a couple of months.
John Leckie. Should have been easy really; the others have produced with Blur, another favourite band of mine.
| 'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want' was originally a song from which band? | Muse - The Quiz
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The Smiths. This quality track appears as a B-side on the 'Hyper Music/Feeling Good' single.
| The opening word to "Space Dementia" is misprinted in the "Origin of Symmetry" album sleeve. What does Matt actually sing (excluding the hmmm noise!)? | The Music Of Muse
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H8. The editor took H8 literally as H-eight and typed Height.
1999. It was released in 1999 and sold over 300,000 copies.
| Which song from Muse's first two studio albums featured live crickets? | The Music Of Muse
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Hate This & I'll Love You. Other interesting things to appear on Muse songs include a Harmonium, a Wurlitzer, a melotron & "a slap" by Chris. This was apparently significant enough to warrant a mention in the "Showbiz" album sleeve!
Overdue. "Overdue" is the shortest at 2:26, with "Escape" at 3:31.
Animal nails. According to Dominic Howard, they used llamas' toe nails.
| On the 2002 "Hullabaloo" live album/dvd Matt plays one song on piano, which he normally plays on guitar. Which one? | The Music Of Muse
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Screenager. He plays a fantastic version of "Screenager" on piano. The studio "Sunburn" is piano but was played on guitar for the Le Zenith gig. "Citizen Erased" features both.
E. Unintended was Muse's "love song" from the "Showbiz" album.
| Which Muse song from their first two albums was part recorded in a church? | The Music Of Muse
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Megalomania. The Megalomania organ was recorded at St Mary's Church Bathwick. Given the nature of the song, Bellamy describes this as "a dark moment in his life".
New Born CD1. This song also appears on the "Hullaballoo" album.
| What is the last word to "Plug in Baby" (other than the Wooo ahhh noise!)? | The Music Of Muse
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Trouble. The last line is "..and I've been in trouble". This is quite high pitched and difficult to make out at first.
| What live song features on the 2002 "Hullaballoo" album but not the dvd/video? | The Music Of Muse
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Dark Shines. Matt uses a trumpet effects pedal for this song.
| When "Showbiz" was first released, Muse were on tour supporting two huge bands. Who were they? | The Music Of Muse
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Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers. "We've done three gigs with Chili Peppers before, we did a gig with them in France and that was massive, about 17,000. The crowd was really good. We did three gigs with them around Europe – in Paris it was amazing. We were doing pretty well in France anyway, so we had a pretty big crowd going nuts. It was pretty surprising. The Foo Fighters played after us, and then the Chili Peppers, which is the way it's going to go on this American tour we're about to do."
Space Dementia. Space dementia is the term NASA used for what happens if you're left out in space for a long time, because if you truly conceptualise the situation of being there and looking back on earth, it can drive you mad.
5'8". So much talent in one so small!
| Which song are these lyrics from?
'...and the truths unwinding, scraping away...' | Muse Rule
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Citizen Erased. 'Citizen Erased' is a popular Muse song, due to Matt Bellamy's efficient use of the guit
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'...you could have ruled the whole world...' | Muse Rule
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Uno. 'Uno' was Muse's first ever UK single.
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'...you know that I don't love you...' | Muse Rule
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Hyper Music. 'Hyper Music' was rewritten as 'HyperChondriac Music' and features on Muse's DVD accompanying the CD 'Hullabaloo'.
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'...I have played in every toilet, but you still want to spoil it...' | Muse Rule
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Muscle Museum. The video to 'Muscle Museum' is typically Muse-like with people crying...
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'...it's a new world and a bold world for me...' | Muse Rule
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Feeling Good. This was a cover song, and recently featured on the Nescafé adverts on the television, before it was removed because it wasn't agreed on by Muse and their management!
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'...my love here is so true...' | Muse Rule
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Agitated. This track was also played live at Le Zenith.
| And these lyrics? '...you used to be everything to me...' | Muse Rule
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Dead Star. 'Dead Star' featured as part of a double A side for Muse's last UK single, with "In Your World".
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