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| | [[File:V2004.jpg | thumb | right | Festival poster]] |
| | Name = Apocalypse Please
| | [[File:V Festival 2004 Aftershow pass.jpg | thumb | right | After-show pass]] |
| | Album = {{drop
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| |[[Apocalypse Please (single) | Apocalypse Please]] <small>download (1)</small>
| | | Venue = Weston Park |
| |[[Apocalypse Please (single) | Apocalypse Please]] <small>promo CD-R (1)</small> | | | VenueRef = |
| |[[Absolution (album) | Absolution]] <small>(2)</small>
| | | Event = V Festival |
| |[[Absolution (album) | Absolution]] <small>promos (2)</small> | | | EventRef = |
| |[[Absolution Tour (DVD) | Absolution Tour]] <small>(5)</small>
| | | Date = 22nd August 2004 |
| |[[H.A.A.R.P. (live) | H.A.A.R.P.]] <small>DVD (8)</small> | | | DateRef = |
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| | | Location = Weston under Lizard |
| | Length = 4:12 | | | LocationRef = |
| | AltTitles = | | | Country = United Kingdom |
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| | | Songs = 15 |
| |Emergency | | | SongsRef = |
| |New Piano | | | Support = [[The Strokes]], Dido |
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| | First = [[Moscow Krylatskoye Sports Complex 2002 (gig) | 26{{supo|th}} May 2002]]<ref name="ml20080424"> | | | Supported = [[Kings of Leon]] |
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| title=Stunt Festival, Moscow, Russia 2002 | desc=Muselive forum post | date=2008-03-24 | auth=Tene | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=22654 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| | | Curr = GBP |
| | Latest = [[Roskilde fairgrounds 2015 (gig)|2{{supo|nd}} July 2015]] | |
| | Recorded = [[Grouse Lodge Residential Recording Studios|Grouse Lodge]] and [[Air Studios|AIR Studios]] 2003 | |
| | Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]] | |
| | Producer = [[Rich Costey]]<ref>[[Absolution (album) | Absolution notes]]</ref> | |
| | Chart position = 10 <small>(UK Download)</small><ref name="bbc20040901"> | |
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| title=Westlife top first download chart | desc=BBC news article | date=2004-09-01 | pub=BBC | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3617020.stm | dom=bbc.co.uk | type=ext
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| <flashmp3>http://www.musewiki.org/images/ApocalypsePlease60.mp3|rightbg=0xDDEEFF|leftbg=0xDDEEFF|bg=0xFFFFFF</flashmp3>
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| {{AlbumNav | | | Previous = [[Chelmsford Hylands Park 2004 (gig) | V Festival, Chelmsford]] |
| | Previous = [[Intro (song) | Intro]] | | | Current = V Festival, Staffordshire |
| | Current = Apocalypse Please | | | Next = [[Wiesen Festivalgelände 2004 (gig) | Two Days a Week]] |
| | Next = [[Time Is Running Out (song) | Time Is Running Out]] | |
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| == Description == | | == Information == |
| The opener to ''[[Absolution (album) | Absolution]]''. It is built up with many layers of instruments, bass, synthesizers and a loud piano.
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| == Additional information ==
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| The song is from the "point of view of a person that is wanting their own god to come in and sort everything out"<ref name="AbsolutionEPK">Absolution EPK</ref> or "religious fanatics and their wish that their prophecies come true. So that they can confirm their religion."<ref>{{cite/laut20031002}}</ref> A live version of "Apocalypse Please", recorded at [[Pilton Worthy Farm 2004 (gig) | Glastonbury in 2004]], was [[Apocalypse Please (single) | released as a single]] in the form of a charity download (and an accompanying promo),<ref name="mc20040825">
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| title=Oxfam Download | desc=MicroCuts news item | date=2004-08-25 | pub=MicroCuts | url=http://microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/08252004-oxfam_download.php | dom=microcuts.net | type=ext
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| }}</ref> making it the fifth and penultimate single from ''[[Absolution (album) | Absolution]]''.
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| == Recording ==
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| "Apocalypse Please" was originally recorded with with an orchestral backing. [[Matthew Bellamy]] detailed why this version did not make the album:
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| :"We struggled with Apocalypse Please; it sounded weak with the strings on it, whereas the other songs sounded really good. We knew that we'd have to re-record Apocalypse Please. We then went to work with [[Rich Costey]].
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| :That one originally was the one which had the big orchestra on it, but we ended up taking it away because it was too much".<ref name="AbsolutionEPK"/>
| | Second headlining slot at V Festival 2004.{{cite/none}} Due to [[Christopher Wolstenholme]]'s [[Wolstenholme's injuries|wrist injury]], [[Morgan Nicholls]], then bassist for [[The Streets]], stood in and played bass guitar.{{cite/none}} |
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| Rich Costey detailed the recording of the drums in December 2003:
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| :"...the studio had a swimming pool, which of course was full of water, and what we did was bring over a couple of kick drums, put them on stands, and miked one of them really close with the disembodied woofer of an NS10 to get a low, thumping sound, while a few C12 ambient mics were placed in the swimming pool area. We also had to bring mic pres into the pool area for all the same reasons, and Wally and I set things up so that Dominic could actually stand in the water while he was playing, just because it looked really good."<ref name="sos">{{cite/soundonsound200312}}</ref>
| | | 01 = Bliss | 01app = (extended) |
| | | | 02 = Hysteria |
| As well as recording in a swimming pool "hot-tub overdubs" were recorded through bubbling water, and submerging cymbals, but these ultimately were unused in the song.<ref name="sos"/>
| | | 03 = New Born |
| | | | 04 = Sing for Absolution |
| == Live ==
| | | 05 = Muscle Museum |
| The first time "Apocalypse Please" was played live, at the Stunt Festival in Moscow on the 26{{supo|th}} May 2002, Bellamy played the outro in the middle as well as at the end.<ref name="ml20080424"/> It was played at most ''[[Absolution (album) | Absolution]]'' tour gigs and continued to make appearances on set lists during the ''[[Black Holes and Revelations (album) | Black Holes and Revelations]]'' tour.
| | | 06 = The Groove |
| | | | 07 = Showbiz |
| In late April 2015, it was revealed in an interview that the band were rehearsing this and [[The Small Print (song)|The Small Print]] for the upcoming tour. It was indeed played for the first time in almost 8 years, at [[New York City Webster Hall 2015 (gig) | Webster Hall]], in New York on May 8th, 2015. The song is now played regularly since, after skipping the The Resistance and The 2nd Law tours.
| | | 08 = Citizen Erased |
| | | | 09 = Ruled by Secrecy |
| == Lyrics ==
| | | 10 = Sunburn | 10app = (keyboard) |
| {{lyrics
| | | 11 = Butterflies & Hurricanes |
| |Declare this an emergency | | | 12 = Time Is Running Out |
| Come on and spread a sense of urgency
| | | 13 = Plug In Baby | 13app = {{encore}} |
| And pull us through
| | | 14 = Blackout |
| And pull us through
| | | 15 = Stockholm Syndrome | 15app = + outro |
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| And this is the end
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| The end | |
| This is the end
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| Of the world
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| And it's time we saw a miracle
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| Come on it's time for something biblical
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| To pull us through
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| And pull us through
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| And this is the end
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| The end
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| This is the end
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| Of the world
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| Proclaim eternal victory
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| Come on and change the course of history
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| And pull us through
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| And pull us through
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| And this is the end
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| The end
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| This is the end
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| Of the world
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| === Early version === | |
| {{lyrics | |
| |Declare this an emergency | |
| Come on and spread a sense of urgency
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| To pull us through
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| And pull us through
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| And this is the end
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| The end
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| This is the end
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| Of the World
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| It's time we saw a miracle
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| Come on it's time for something biblical
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| To pull us through
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| And pull us through
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| And this is the end
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| The end
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| This is the end
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| Of the World
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| Declare this an emergency
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| Come on and spread a sense of urgency
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| To pull us through
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| And pull us through
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| And this is the end
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| The end
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| This is the end
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| Of the world
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| }} | | }} |
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| == References ==
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Track catalogue A-H#Apocalypse Please | Track catalogue entry]] | | * [[Weston under Lizard Weston Park | Weston Park, Weston under Lizard]] |
| | * [http://vfestival.com V Festival website] |
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