Not to mention that they are all classically trained musicians.

@@musicairplanes4884 they are not, Matt is a self-taught, his brother put him in front of a piano when he was six and told him to play a TV show theme. Surprisingly enough he managed to learn the TV song be ear and kept playing for his brother, when he was 11 he saw Hendrix burning his guitar, bought one and started playing. The only formation he had were a couple of years of clarinet and classical guitar at school. He does however have and understanding of classical music and you can find many references to it in his music. Not only classical, you find songs like "soldier's pohem" which is clearly based on a renaissance piece. Bellamy is one of those brilliant mind that doesn't need teaching to learn, I would compare him to Paul McGregor on this aspect as both never studied music in depth but were naturally capable to write very complex music.

I think Dave meant how did a band that doesn't play conventional rock music become this big. Because we know record labels don't usually sign or heavily promote bands that don't write formulaic/poppy music that is guaranteed to sell well to a general audience. Muse was definitely not some generic, formulaic rock band--at least not in their first three albums.

Only Muse and Iron Maiden are better live than on record.

Also, by just being fucking awesome.

They do occasionally play small clubs but the roof generally ends up about 3 states away so they rarely do them.

Nah, they were major at the bid day outs in Australia much earlier than that. I remember their first album Showbiz being played on the radio here and that was released in 1999. US only caught up around Black Holes and Revelations.

@@cathyaldridge4550 Being played at the radio doesn't mean major. Just look at the sales numbers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showbiz_(Muse_album) It does look like Australia is one of the countries where Showbiz was most successful but it's still not much, especially for 1999 when there was no streaming.

I credit twilight for the exposure they got in the US. Not a fan of the book, but it opened them up to a whole new fanbase!

Muse is VERY much commercially successful now. They sell plenty of albums and sell out stadiums and arenas every single show they play.

They opened with this when I saw them at Wembley Arena on the Black Holes and Revelations tour

@@dmayres yes, but that’s only because that was when the Blackholes and Revelations album first came out and when they first went on tour with just that album.

So true that sad moment feeling 😄

I got the pleasure of hearing them live a couple days ago during their current festival tour, it was such a mixed feeling hearing that harmonica. Loved every second of it though

Nope the 2nd law tour (this one) it was 7th or 8th on the setlist after animals. It used to be there set opener as well.

Radiohead says hi

@@spoofmusic1 they are nothing like Radiohead. If they are like anyone it’s queen in that every album is different and there range of song types spans from metal to symphonic orchestra, to funk to pop to dance and then to soulful romance.

Hopefully we'll all be able to get back to concert going sooner than later, sounds like a Muse show is a great place to be.

In Australia if you're not queuing literally the night before, you're not getting on the barrier - it's insane! Last Sydney show I queued from 9pm the night before and there were 8 people in front of me (some there since midday), by the time midnight rolled around there were like 50+ people.

Has been for about 20 years now

Paul Gray was not bad at all... 😔

Totally agree

I mean Hysteria isn't a tough bass LINE to learn with a small amount of time, but to play that line for pretty much the WHOLE song, and then do that every other night for months..... that's where it becomes insanely impressive.

@@json_bourne3812 No. His bass lines are never really hard. It’s just that they have that groove that provides a solid backbone for the song.

Honestly these shows seem magical to me. I know Dave is digging all these songs too!

@@samechick I am 70 and have seen hundreds of shows. You are correct a Muse show is magical. Like they said back in the day It's a Happening man.

Keep on keepin' on M&A!

We are recording more reactions after we do our podcast today. Definitely will be a Muse song in there! It'll come out in a day or so =)

I'm with you! Those crowds they get seem to create an amazing energy. I'm sure the band feeds off that during shows.

See you there!

Especially Stockholm Syndrome at the Wiltern in 2004. They finished the song and started to play the 0305030 riff (Psycho), but Matt went crazy and cut it off by jumping into the drum kit- to which Chris went up to the camera and said “shame” before bashing the drum kit with his bass 😂

I've never seen a band with this size crowd before, it's just an insane number of people. This looks to be 70K or plus? Or am I wrong? Just a massive sea of people having the best time of their lives.

@@samechick I live in Chile, and it was a full stadium... The show had it all: Fireworks, lightsabers, even a giant robot... Great great show...

@@edoardoalves Oh man, I'm so jealous!

After watching these videos with Dave it is quite clear they deserve these awards! Incredible shows!

@@samechick they are AMAZING live. I've seen them 4 times and they NEVER disappoint.🤘😁

@@bonecrayon After watching these videos I really would love to experience one of their shows for myself. They look so much fun!

@@samechick please do, you won't be disappointed. I have seen alot of bands live and these guys are up there with the best. 👍

Plenty more Muse songs coming too! Dave really is digging them!

Thanks VG! We have quite a list of Muse requests on our list, but of course we are open to more!

That one is on our list!

Hi Cathy! Here's the reaction to Butterflies and Hurricanes kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bqqDh6Rm2LmrfXk.html

@@samechick Awwww thanks. Had a feeling it was coming.

I don't know if you've reacted to it yet or if you can or will, but the song before this one is called "Animals" from the same live performance.

Hi Alluttaja! I just added this song to our list! Thank you for the suggestion!

@@samechick I found a one upload here on youtube that is only the Animals song from the life performance in Rome kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrKEasmfmLaZdpc.html or you can check the whole 1h+ dvd and select Animals from there. That should be the explanation why there was a guy laying on the stage. Reaction video to "Animals" would be nice either way since it's one of my favorite songs. :)

Thank you for the link!

Hi there Alluttaja! Here is Dave's reaction to Muse's "Animals" LIVE kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZ1lZbSalb-vdXk.html Thanks for the suggestion!

Adding Mr. Bungle to the list! Thanks for the suggestion Satelliti!

Hey there Satelliti Norbens! Dave's reaction to Mr. Bungle's Ars Moriendi has been posted! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jKiVirFj25qqpGw.html Thanks for the suggestion, he really dug it!

Hi Richard! I'm adding it to our list. Thanks for the suggestion!

Here's Dave's reaction to Survival! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLloYJt5ya3LY3U.html Thanks for the suggestion Richard =)

The songs, the stage, the crowd. It all seems like a lot of fun!

Oh well that's an interesting tidbit! I will let Dave know! Thanks awezman!

His name is Morgan

They also have sequences, they actually have a guy in backstage dedicated to this, but the sideman and of course the band did basically all of the magic! To be fair , most modern bands use sequences in live but not all of them play like them! There are the best live band i've ever seen! (Sorry for my terrible English)

@@thomasbrunetti414 Your english is great Thomas! Thanks for the info =)

Hi Talons! That is a great suggestion! I'll add it to our list =) Thanks for watching

@@samechick Nice one, thanks! Love the channel - some great ‘proper,’ music on here 😉👍

Maybe they wanted keyboard to be heard more than guitar at that time because they didn't have trumpet as they used to have

@@miralex67 Yeah, true👍

Hi Talons! I've just posted this reaction. Thank you again for the suggestion! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z596d7Zer9GdaJc.html

Hi Rick! Here it is, Dave's reaction to "Animals" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZ1lZbSalb-vdXk.html Thanks for the suggestion =)

Ohhh! oops. Thanks Thai Curry! Helpful and delicious!

This is the olympic stadium in rome not london, sorry for the mix up

Hi Patrizia! I will add this one to our list, thanks for your suggestion!

😄

Hi again Patrizia! Dave's reaction to Citizen Erased has been posted! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f8iCfbBkm8nIo4U.html Thank you for the suggestion =)

Hi John! I'd be happy to add this to the list!

@@samechick ty so much you guys rock

Hi John! Here's Dave's reaction to Nothing More! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/asV8l7eKz9Csl3U.html Thanks for the suggestion!

Someone else suggested this song but not the venue! So we'll use the version you've requested! Thanks Javier!

Here's Dave's reaction to Assassin kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbKEjcJlyJicn3U.html

Hi Vicente! We have a lot more Muse on our list! Also, feel free to make a song suggestion =)

Hi Dennis! This reaction is coming out tomorrow, thank you for the heads up!

Hey there Dennis, here's Dave's reaction to the new Enter Sandman video! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebd0mNqXx6mXZ2g.html

Hi NABIL! I'll add this to our list! Thank you for the suggestion =)

@@samechick You're welcome.