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Muscle Museum
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Wikipedia article
"'Muscle Museum'" is a song by the English rock band Muse, released as the third single from their 1999 debut album 'Showbiz'.
Content
The title likely derives from the fact that the words "muscle" and "museum" come immediately before and after the word "muse" in some dictionaries.https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/0_aura/29022417/53903/53903_600.jpg
Music video
The music video is directed by Joseph Kahn and features different people in a suburban neighbourhood, crying in different situations, as Muse plays in a high school after a party, as a janitor cleans up. As the video goes on, some of the townspeople attempt suicide, and by the end of the video, the janitor breaks down. Joseph Kahn wanted to express the "sadness" of life in the suburbs where every house looks more or less the same. Individual expression is not possible because of the surroundings and the rules in those suburbs, happiness (or pretending to be happy) is mandatory.
Though Joseph Kahn himself thinks of the video as one of the best he made, he believes that most people, including Muse, don't like the video.http://www.kursivom.ru/muse---supermassive-black-hole-starlight-uprising/
Release
"Muscle Museum" was released on 22 November 1999 on 7" vinylbacked with "Minimum"and double CDbacked with "Do We Need This?", a live acoustic version of the song, "Pink Ego Box" and "Con-Science". It reached #43 in the UK Singles Chartan improvement of nine positions on "Cave".
The song is available to play on Rocksmith 2014 as part of a Muse 5-song pack.
Live performances
"Muscle Museum" was a staple in the band's live performances from 1997 until 2004. The song made occasional appearances on the Black Holes and Revelations Tour, and later, the Psycho Tour and Drones World Tour.
Track listing
Re-release
A "US Mix" of "Muscle Museum" was released on 9 October 2000 on 7" vinylbacked with a live version of "Escape"and double CDbacked with a live version of "Agitated", the 'Timo Maas Sunstroke Remix' of "Sunburn", the 'Saint US Mix' of "Sober" and the 'Soulwax Remix' of the song. It reached number 25 in the UK Singles Charteighteen positions higher than its original release.
Release history
References
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