Muse - Drones: References, Similarities, and Covers video free download


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Drones is full of references to other music, be it from Muse or others. Popular early riffs or credited covers. Here's a sample of some of those references I find to be the most stand-out. Details are below.

I am not making a statement on originality with this video. Interpret as you may for yourself.

Comparisons:

PSYCHO

"305030" live riff [mentioned]

Liquid State live intro

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues

REAPERS

Plug In Baby live outro

Rage Against the Machine - Freedom

THE HANDLER

In Your World

Showbiz (lyrics) [mentioned]

THE GLOBALIST

Ennio Morricone - L'arena

Time Is Running Out live intro

Helsinki Jam

Assassin

Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations: Nimrod [credited]

DRONES

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Sanctus and Benedictus [credied]

Sources (in order of appearance):

Festival des Vieilles Charrues, France 2015

Muse "Psycho" riff: Through the Years https://youtu.be/B0JRlI0gQpY

Saitama Super Arena, Japan 2013

Roadhouse Blues live 1970 https://youtu.be/kE32pvvaDT8

Reading Festival, UK 2011

Lollapalooza Berlin, Germany 2015

Austin City Limits, USA 2015

In Your World MV

London Astoria, UK 2000

Staples Center, USA 2015 https://youtu.be/xzkPbr_x6vc, own footage

The Mercenary

Shepherd's Bush Empire, UK 2006

Inglewood Forum, USA 2007

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 1997 https://youtu.be/sUgoBb8m1eE

Sanctus and Benedictus https://youtu.be/E23LSKpJS3M

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico 2015 https://youtu.be/AaLwTQJBtFw

Comments

8 years ago

fofmuse

Please read the video description. There's a lot of information in there on the sources.

7 years ago

Jorji

Fairly certain any old examples of Matt tapping are nowt to do with Reapers tbh. He’s just doing standard tapping scales like anyone else might.

7 years ago

JustBlake :

assassin = the globalist um no sorry

7 years ago

Kevin Valentino

Thx for making this,everything about muse i love it,everythings.

7 years ago

MinProMin

nonsense

8 years ago

SnakeEater866

For The Globalist, I was thinking more of the Resistance live intro, but yeah, I guess they hinted at it in 2003 with Time is Running Out.

8 years ago

MemoriesLP

A few things are not really references at all, they are just simmilar ways to play the guittar.

8 years ago

Muse Portugal

We have shared it on Muse PT (Facebook page) :)

8 years ago

Stockholm Syndrome

Adagio In G Minor sounds like the intro for The Globalist

8 years ago

Musedoom

Awesome video!!!

8 years ago

C. Rust

I think you forgot something about Psycho solo. The chords sounds like Killing In the Name right after the solo of the song.

8 years ago

Spesh

Holy shit that transition from freedom into reapers was flawless

8 years ago

Azharuddin Mahenthiran

Awesome work

8 years ago

Kai Burns

The riff before the chorus in reapers is really similar to bombtrack by rage against the machine

8 years ago

Cristobal dz

I think that every band with a long history like muse these similarities occur ...

8 years ago

Shaban Satan

I think reapers has: flash Of the blades from iron maiden and ratm elements and also globalists heavy part is from phantom of the opera iron maiden

8 years ago

Ricardo Valladares

Mmm...its actually a good or bad thing thay Muse is using some of their old stuff now?

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