What Makes This Song Great? "Starlight" MUSE 

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@@cyan1sh Another one here

Please, please, please let me get what I want

Another one

JKL_147 they are no blockers! What about a more recent song like Break it to me ?

Couldn't agree more! I've seen them 3x and wish it were 30

Just recently got in to this band and I am in love with their music. I know they have been around awhile and I am late to the party. I couldn’t agree more with the OP, as they bring in elements of other great bands into their music and certainly have their own style. They remind me of Rush in the aspect of having a very unique style and only being three person band. Waiting patiently for their next tour, I am going no matter where it is.

I'm a huge music nerd of the last 70 years and i always say the Muse is the greatest band post 2000

One of my all time favorites

I got dizzy

damn! the bridge is the ultimate

You dont know what an arpeggio is? Have you ever taken ANY music class?

Franklin Barnes he didnt say that he doesn’t know what an arpeggio is...

@@mikebarnes7441 We're all always learning so please don't make someone feel less welcome here.

That's exactly how I would describe this song overall dream like. Absolutely beautiful!

I agree! I understand hardcore Muse fans are not too keen on this song, but I absolutely love it for the reasons you've described.

Agree its a solid song but not one of Muse's best imho

You might say it's "uprising"😉

Look up Nubia by Aly and Fila

Parenting done right! 👍

what a beautiful memory to share man! That's what music is all about!

My Mom took me to my first Muse concert in 2010 and now I'm 26 and have seen them live 24 times. They're the greatest ♥️

Who is cutting all these onions???

Dude. Parent of the decade. Rock on!

there is no synths in the final album version of this song

Yeah they don't exist in the final master. Not sure what stems Rick is using. Doesn't appear he did his research.

Hidden sometimes bands may use something that’s barely audible (especially muse, did you know that Matt actually sings the solo in survival along with the guitar? It’s barely audible). He probably just turned it up to show it off

this is the studio stems/multitrack version that muse released

​@@mtrps_ Like, publicly released? Where do you get them?

Thank you Robert! I am not interested in producing anymore so I turn down every project I’m offered. Talking about great songs is very different than producing bands which have in most cases mediocre songs I’m sorry to say. I am much happier to be here on RU-vid or teaching in general.

Rick, their loss is our gain. You're a great teacher and I'll continue to recommend your channel to musicians I know.

Rick is right, in the sense that people like myself who had early training, but learned most everything by ear, just feel stupid when someone brings the depth and breadth of knowledge he has. i can hear when anything is off, but i couldn't tell you in technical terms, still, i would have never called my band mediocre. 20 yrs of playing together brings a communication you get with time.

@@theice-nineproject9275 so are you Ace Frehley or Joe Satriani?

I see what you’re saying but you could turn those mediocre songs into hit songs mr beato?

This is my favorite concert of all time. I saw them at the Tabernacle in Atlanta. To this day nothing has topped that concert.

Yeah, saw them back then in Munich. Just fantastic. Been following muse since end of the nineties when they played here in front of 200 people.

@@verpeiler089 Oh tell me about it!! Saw them Feb 2000 at a max-300 venue and I was right in the front about 10ft away from Matt virtually the whole gig!!! Simply awesome! Saw them again this time last year - few more people that time though!!! ;-)

Totally agree.

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Totally this!!

that is the perfect description

Agree in 2023, still the same super talented, creative and humble guys they always were.

I agree! This song is absolutely beautiful and an entire experience! It just fills me with so much emotion as well!

Agreed! I knew this album had complicated synth lines in it but actually hearing that movement alone is very cool, especially the arpeggios.

Agreed. Same for this whole series tbh

I had no clue about the synth arpeggios at the beggining indeed !

All written by one dude lol

@@abdaniel487 Those arpeggios are awesome!! My old band played this song and I played them all by hand because i'm basically a psychopath hahaha

❤

Every damn time I hear the bass of Hysteria or Easily I sit there and think "I really want to learn bass."

All hail the bass

Plug In Baby and Hyper Music bass riffs are really under rated IMO. Hysteria is the only thing that comes to people's minds when it comes to Muse

Miguel Pereira futurism too, that bass line is dope af

@@saidmohammadzuhair2509 Yeah that one is badass aswell

@Project-awesome customs and music, Prog rock fan myself and Rick helped me understand why. Shame he can't use real examples from the bands anymore. If you haven't seen his video on Bach, check it out.

Muse is like a bridge between the weird, complex & proggy side of rock to the more mainstream, pop & easy to the ears of casual listeners. They offer songs from both worlds, & that is why they are relevant to this day.

Chris Mouton I know! Muse is great!

Amen to that!

Daniel Nararpz wouldn't be muse with the arpiggos

Was thinking that would make a cool little exercise just on it's own.

Yeah actually very funnny. I liked the B5 like keys riff its Ausome

CORF same

Me too, but most of the time Rick tends to change up what we think the song is going to be. (Or it could be what tracks Rick owns?)

That or Butterflies and Hurricanes. Glad he did some Muse, though!

Same :( maybe even Supermassive Black Hole but Starlight is still wonderful in itself

I really thought it was gonna be New Born, but I still like Starlight

I'm not musically talented but I always like their songs. Some songs need several hear before I like it, and realize how actually amazing it is

yeeeeeeeah

YES! and some drum groove variations deleted on the album version

@@disaprimat I prefer the studio version, makes the main keyboard hook hit harder when it comes up

Check out electric light orchestra the album is Time. Came out in 1980 or 81 and you can hear very similar styles.

Heh Muse doesn't even hold a candle to Radiohead.

@@jccanizal6410 why does everyone have to say this when someone says they like muse. Nobody cares if you think that muse aren't as good as radiohead, just let people enjoy the music without comparing them.

Person Guy I love both Muse and Radiohead, but don't you think Radiohead's songs are depression-inducing?

@@wattson451 not all of their songs are depressing, at least for me, for me their music is very specific, not necessarily depressing, check out in rainbows, it's not depressing, it just feels good ✌️

Thank you! I was just uploading the video and was going to comment, but you beat me to it. It's pretty much the EXACT SAME. But, like in most music, it's very easy to come up with something organically but have it sound like something else.

sirkreuab Punctuation?

Orangeboy1345 was all set to leave a crass reply , but just for you friend. Cheers :)

sirkreuab *for you, friend. Sorry, I had to ... cheers!

Orangeboy1345 lol

Muse is like multiple genres basically

@@Kmurd2003 Agree. Alternative rock, prog rock, some grunge elements, space rock, heavy riff close to metal, pop, ballad, opera rock, & many more!

Reed Fitzpatrick Considering how much he seems to address chords and riffs and instrument tones, the series would more aptly be named What Makes This Record Great. Good stuff, but yeah, I'm with you in that I'd love to hear more of why people like the song.

This question actually brings in a whole host of cultural considerations rather than musical. These songs are appealing and emotional to us in the western musical tradition because we have been "trained" since the mid 16th century to react and identify with the western music construct and tonal system. This is partly the reason why so many folks just "don't get" or "enjoy" renaissance polyphony, for example. Music was not constructed back then using our modern day western tonal system (I - IV - V)... so it sounds somewhat "foreign" to us, and also does not allow us to make the emotional connections that people back then, when that was all they knew, could make. You literally could spend the rest of your life discussing and talking about why music makes us feel the way we do, or why some songs more than others, and that would be lovely conversation to have. That being said, there are certain things that we know will have an impact on us because of the timbre, tonality, etc. You want to write sad music, for example? Just put it in d minor... it is, after all, "the saddest of all keys" . :-)

Is it cultural or has 'Western' music unlocked a formula that resonates with all humans more emotionally? I say this because I lived in Asia where they haven't had 400 years of Western music but still relate to it quite easily. Western music has exported itself everywhere because it works better. As opposed to the myriad of non-western music which while it has it's merits, never had the same resonance outside their local markets.

@@gooble69 "Western music has exported itself everywhere because it works better." Oooor... because it has much much more marketing power behind it in the hands of the English-speaking record industry. I guess it's difficult to know for sure, and the answer probably lies somewhere in between.

Map Of The Problematic was a dope song too

I got really Into researching the mechanics of how map of the problematique was made myself trying to mimic it with guitar gear instead of an automation playing it is fairly easy but the actually setup is pretty interesting and fairly complicated I use midi to control my whammy but man how do you even write a song with that in mind It’s like they wanted an effect that doesn’t really exist so made it happen in production with a fairly complicated live setup I fake it with a molten midi plugged into the whammy so it’s all pedals Also the Laoss pad has a similar effect but the pattern in the actual song changes more times so to be accurate you really need processing but you can do 1 or two patterns and get really close All the songs you mentioned are really great

Knights of Cydonia FTW!!

John Fletcher yeah I just love how he breaks down into parts and layers how things are produced and created it really gives insight into the steps along the way of an idea to a finished song and shows how deep you can really go

I was hoping for hysteria.

I second this! Sound of Muzak as that awesome 7/4 groove or something like Arriving Somewhere

I think Porcupine Trees would've been a better choice than Muse

oh yessss, arriving somewhere!

Fear of a Blank Planet or Way Out of Here are obvious choices. Prodigal, Don't Hate Me, or Lazarus would be quite good

"The start of something beautiful"

Adam Smith no

Adam Smith ....as a child and as an old men....? Hell yes!

The Only Guvs You could at least explain more what you're arguing. Just saying no doesn't help anything. If you don't agree, either say I don't agree or don't say anything.

Luis Gonzalez that would be nice

Yes!

Yes!!

Omg yes

The killers have made way Better songs