Difference between pages "Helsinki Jam (live)" and "Escape (song)"

MuseWiki, wiki for the band Muse
(Difference between pages)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
 
Line 1: Line 1:
This page contains a list of all known performances of [[Riffs and jams|Helsinki Jam]].
{{Songbox |
| Name = Escape
| Album = {{drop
|[[Origin_of_Muse_(box_set)#CD_3_.28Showbiz_Remastered.29 |Showbiz]] <small>Remastered (11)</small>
|[[Showbiz (album)|Showbiz]] <small>(10)</small>, <small>(JP) (11)</small>
|[[Muse (EP)|Muse EP]] <small>(4)</small>
}}
| Length = 3:19 <small>([[Muse (EP)|Muse EP]])</small>, 3:31 <small>([[Showbiz (album)|Showbiz]])</small>
| AltTitles = You're Meaningless, [[Escape Your Meaningless (song) | Escape Your Meaningless]]
| First = ''Unknown''<!--before Soundwaves 1997-->
| Latest = [[Tokyo Blitz 2000 (gig)|14th October 2000]]
| Recorded = ''Unknown''
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[John Leckie]], [[Paul Reeve]] <small>(Muse EP version)</small>
| Chart position = -
}}


== Analysis and Explanation ==
{{AlbumNav
The Helsinki Jam was named after its debut performance in Helsinki. Though replaced at the Glasgow 2009 show by the [[Glasgow Jam (live)|Glasgow Jam]] instead (Helsinki Jam with bagpipes), anyone who saw the European 2009 tour was guaranteed to have seen this jam live. After being performed at nearly every show up to and including April 2010, the jam was retired for the 2010 Summer Stadium tour. With the sole exception of Fuji Rock Festival 2010, it would not appear again until September 22nd, 2010. At shows where [[MK Jam (live)|MK Jam]] was performed, Helsinki Jam was skipped (again, with the only exception being Fuji Rock Festival).
| Previous = [[Spiral Static (song) | Spiral Static]]
| Current = Escape
| Next = [[Overdue (song) | Overdue]]
}}
<br>
{{AlbumNav2
| Previous =  
| Current = [[Showbiz (album) | Showbiz ''(1999)'']]
| Next = [[Origin of Symmetry (album) | Origin of Symmetry ''(2001)'']]
}}


The jam was not performed during the 2011 U2 Support Tour, though it returned for the remainder of the year upon the end of this tour. It was replaced by the [[Monty Jam (live)|Monty Jam]] starting with 2012, although the jam reappeared for the first time in seven years at the [[Paris Cigale 2018 (gig)|2018 Paris Cigale]] show. With this in mind, it is known that the band can remember how to play this jam and are capable of doing it live, though perhaps their focus on playing the [[Munich Jam (live)|Munich Jam]] has left this jam out of setlists for the time being.
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TVx-gmmPu0 |Listen]]


== Drones era ==
==Description==
=== 2018 ===
The song starts off mellow, then explodes, and becomes quite heavy.
{| class="gigtable sortable wikitable"
! # || Date || Venue || Location || Link
|-
| 1 || 2018-02-24 || [[Paris Cigale 2018 (gig) | La Cigale]] || Paris, France || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiTZfNeqYuA Watch here]
|}


== The Resistance era ==
==Information==
=== 2011 ===
The [[Showbiz (album)|Showbiz]] version is substantially different to the version on the [[Muse (EP)|''Muse'' EP]]. The song retains its original title of [[Escape Your Meaningless (song)]], still under copyright to Warner/Chappell and Matt to the present, on CD-R promos of the ''Muse'' EP.
{| class="gigtable sortable wikitable"
! # || Date || Venue || Location || Link
|-
| 10 || 2011-08-28 || [[Reading Little John's Farm 2011 (gig) | Little John's Farm]] (Reading Festival) || Reading, UK
|-
| 9 || 2011-08-26 || [[Leeds Bramham Park 2011 (gig) | Bramham Park]] (Leeds Festival) || Leeds, UK
|-
| 8 || 2011-08-13 || [[San Francisco Golden Gate Park 2011 (gig) | Golden Gate Park]] (Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival) || San Francisco, CA, USA
|-
| 7 || 2011-08-06 || [[Kansas City Speedway 2011 (gig) | Kansas Speedway]] (Kanrocksas Music Festival) || Kansas, KS, USA
|-
| 6 || 2011-08-05 || [[Chicago Grant Park 2011 (gig) | Grant Park]] (Lollapalooza) || Chicago, IL, USA
|-
| 5 || 2011-08-03 || [[Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center 2011 (gig) | Verizon Wireless Music Center]] || Noblesville, IN, USA
|-
| 4 || 2011-07-30 || [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 2011 (gig) | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] (L.A. Rising) || Los Angeles, CA, USA
|-
| 3 || 2011-05-24 || [[Kyiv Palats Sportu 2011 (gig) | Kyivskyi Palats Sportu]] || Kyiv, Ukraine
|-
| 2 || 2011-05-22 || [[Moscow Olympic Stadium 2011 (gig) | Olympic Stadium]] || Moscow, Russia
|-
| 1 || 2011-05-20 || [[Saint Petersburg Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex 2011 (gig) | Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex]]  || Saint Petersburg, Russia
|}


=== 2010 ===
In November 2008 one of the thirty fan created and selected questions was "Tell us a song that you really love, but you think is underrated by the fans." Chris responded:
{| class="gigtable sortable wikitable"
"I really liked Escape from the [[Showbiz (album)|first album]]. It's not a track that we ever really played much live and not a track that I've ever heard anyone say it was their favourite. Shame."<ref>{{Template:Cite/museboard20081128}}</ref>
! # || Date || Venue || Location || Link
|-
| 56 || 2010-12-19 || [[Perth Bassendean Oval 2010 (gig) | Bassendean Oval]] || Perth, WA, Australia
|-
| 55 || 2010-12-15 || [[Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 2010 - 15th (gig) | Rod Laver Arena]] || Melbourne, VI, Australia
|-
| 54 || 2010-12-14 || [[Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 2010 - 14th (gig) | Rod Laver Arena]] || Melbourne, VI, Australia
|-
| 53 || 2010-12-10 || [[Sydney Acer Arena 2010 - 10th (gig) | Acer Arena]] || Sydney, NS, Australia
|-
| 52 || 2010-12-09 || [[Sydney Acer Arena 2010 - 9th (gig) | Acer Arena]] || Sydney, NS, Australia
|-
| 51 || 2010-12-06 || [[Brisbane Entertainment Centre 2010 - 6th (gig) | Brisbane Entertainment Centre]] || Brisbane, QL, Australia
|-
| 50 || 2010-12-05 || [[Brisbane Entertainment Centre 2010 - 5th (gig) | Brisbane Entertainment Centre]] || Brisbane, QL, Australia
|-
| 49 || 2010-10-27 || [[Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena 2010 (gig) | John Paul Jones Arena]] || Charlottesville, VA, USA
|-
| 48 || 2010-10-26 || [[Raleigh RBC Center 2010 (gig) | RBC Center]] || Raleigh, NC, USA
|-
| 47 || 2010-10-24 || [[Newark Prudential Center 2010 (gig) | Prudential Center]] || Newark, NJ, USA
|-
| 46 || 2010-10-23 || [[Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 2010 (gig) | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum]] || Uniondale, NY, USA
|-
| 45 || 2010-10-21 || [[Québec City Colisée Pepsi 2010 (gig) | Colisée Pepsi]] || Québec City, QC, Canada
|-
| 44 || 2010-10-12 || [[Columbus Schottenstein Center 2010 (gig) | Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center]] || Columbus, OH, USA
|-
| 43 || 2010-10-01 || [[Río Rancho Santa Ana Star Center 2010 (gig) | Santa Ana Star Center]] || Río Rancho, NM, USA
|-
| 42 || 2010-09-28 || [[Sacramento Arco Arena 2010 (gig) | Arco Arena]] || Sacramento, CA, USA
|-
| 41 || 2010-09-26 || [[Los Angeles Staples Center 2010 - 26th (gig) | Staples Center]] || Los Angeles, CA, USA
|-
| 40 || 2010-09-25 || [[Los Angeles Staples Center 2010 - 25th (gig) | Staples Center]] || Los Angeles, CA, USA
|-
| 39 || 2010-09-23 || [[Anaheim Honda Center 2010 (gig) | Honda Center]] || Anaheim, CA, USA
|-
| 38 || 2010-09-22 || [[San Diego Viejas Arena 2010 (gig) | Viejas Arena]] || San Diego, CA, USA
|-
| 37 || 2010-07-30 || [[Yuzawa-machi Naeba Ski Resort 2010 (gig) | Naeba Ski Resort]] (Fuji Rock Festival) || Yuzawa-machi, Japan
|-
| 36 || 2010-04-20 || [[Mexico City Foro Sol 2010 (gig) | Foro Sol]] || Mexico City, Mexico
|-
| 35 || 2010-04-17 || [[Indio Empire Polo Field 2010 (gig) | Empire Polo Field]] (Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival) || Indio, CA, USA
|-
| 34 || 2010-04-14 || [[Oakland Oracle Arena 2010 (gig) | Oracle Arena]] || Oakland, CA, USA
|-
| 33 || 2010-04-10 || [[Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center 2010 (gig) | Mandalay Bay Events Center]] || Las Vegas, NV, USA
|-
| 32 || 2010-04-09 || [[Phoenix US Airways Center 2010 (gig) | US Airways Center]] || Phoenix, AZ, USA
|-
| 31 || 2010-04-05 || [[West Valley City E Center 2010 (gig) | E Center]] || West Valley City, UT, USA
|-
| 30 || 2010-04-03 || [[Portland Rose Garden 2010 (gig) | Rose Garden]] || Portland, OR, USA
|-
| 29 || 2010-04-02 || [[Seattle KeyArena 2010 (gig) | KeyArena]] || Seattle, WA, USA
|-
| 28 || 2010-04-01 || [[Vancouver Pacific Coliseum 2010 (gig) | Pacific Coliseum]] || Vancouver, BC, Canada
|-
| 27 || 2010-03-30 || [[Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome 2010 (gig) | Pengrowth Saddledome]] || Calgary, AB, Canada
|-
| 26 || 2010-03-29 || [[Edmonton Rexall Place 2010 (gig) | Rexall Place]] || Edmonton, AB, Canada
|-
| 25 || 2010-03-18 || [[Houston Toyota Center 2010 (gig) | Toyota Center]] || Houston, TX, USA
|-
| 24 || 2010-03-17 || [[Fort Worth Convention Center 2010 (gig) | Fort Worth Convention Center]] || Fort Worth, TX, USA
|-
| 23 || 2010-03-15 || [[Nashville Sommet Center 2010 (gig) | Sommet Center]] || Nashville, TN, USA
|-
| 22 || 2010-03-13 || [[Detroit Palace of Auburn Hills 2010 (gig) | The Palace of Auburn Hills]] || Detroit, MI, USA
|-
| 21 || 2010-03-12 || [[Chicago United Center 2010 (gig) | United Center]] || Chicago, IL, USA
|-
| 20 || 2010-03-10 || [[Montreal Centre Bell 2010 (gig) | Centre Bell]] || Montreal, QC, Canada
|-
| 19 || 2010-03-08 || [[Toronto Air Canada Centre 2010 (gig) | Air Canada Centre]] || Toronto, ON, Canada
|-
| 18 || 2010-03-06 || [[Boston TD Garden 2010 (gig) | TD Garden]] || Boston, MA, USA
|-
| 17 || 2010-03-05 || [[New York City Madison Square Garden 2010 (gig) | Madison Square Garden]] || New York City, NY, USA
|-
| 16 || 2010-03-03 || [[Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena 2010 (gig) | 1st Mariner Arena]] || Baltimore, MD, USA
|-
| 15 || 2010-03-02 || [[Philadelphia Wachovia Center 2010 (gig) | Wachovia Center]] || Philadelphia, PA, USA
|-
| 14 || 2010-03-01 || [[Fairfax Patriot Center 2010 (gig) | Patriot Center]] || Fairfax, VA, USA
|-
| 13 || 2010-02-27 || [[Atlanta Gwinnett Arena 2010 (gig) | Gwinnett Arena]] || Atlanta, GA, USA
|-
| 12 || 2010-02-06 || [[Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo 2010 (gig) | AsiaWorld-Expo]] || Hong Kong, China
|-
| 11 || 2010-02-03 || [[Singapore Indoor Stadium 2010 (gig) | Singapore Indoor Stadium]] (Big Night Out) || Singapore
|-
| 10 || 2010-01-29 || [[Adelaide Royal Showground 2010 (gig) | Royal Showground]] (Big Day Out) || Adelaide, SA, Australia
|-
| 9 || 2010-01-26 || [[Melbourne Flemington Racecourse 2010 (gig) | Flemington Racecourse]] (Big Day Out) || Melbourne, VI, Australia
|-
| 8 || 2010-01-23 || [[Sydney Showground 2010 - 23rd (gig) | Sydney Showground]] (Big Day Out) || Sydney, NS, Australia
|-
| 7 || 2010-01-22 || [[Sydney Showground 2010 - 22nd (gig) | Sydney Showground]] (Big Day Out) || Sydney, NS, Australia
|-
| 6 || 2010-01-17 || [[Gold Coast Parklands 2010 (gig) | Parklands]] (Big Day Out) || Gold Coast, QL, Australia
|-
| 5 || 2010-01-15 || [[Auckland Mt Smart Stadium 2010 (gig) | Mt Smart Stadium]] (Big Day Out) || Auckland, New Zealand
|-
| 4 || 2010-01-12 || [[Tokyo Nippon Budōkan 2010 (gig) | Nippon Budōkan]] || Tokyo, Japan
|-
| 3 || 2010-01-11 || [[Nagoya Aichi Taiiku-Kan 2010 (gig) | Aichi Taiiku-Kan]] || Nagoya, Japan
|-
| 2 || 2010-01-09 || [[Osaka jō Hall 2010 (gig)| Osaka-jō Hall]] || Osaka, Japan
|-
| 1 || 2010-01-07 || [[Seoul Olympic Park 2010 (gig) | The Seoul Olympic Park]] || Seoul, South Korea
|}


=== 2009 ===
Matt blew up an amp during the recording of this song. It was an "old Burman combo". This was revealed on the Gonzo interview in 2003.
{| class="gigtable sortable wikitable"
! # || Date || Venue || Location || Link
|-
| 30 || 2009-12-04 || [[Turin Palasport Olimpico 2009 (gig) | Torino Palasport Olimpico]] || Turin, TO, Italy
|-
| 29 || 2009-12-02 || [[Dijon Zénith 2009 (gig) | Zénith de Dijon]] || Dijon, France
|-
| 28 || 2009-12-01 || [[Limoges Zénith 2009 (gig) | Zénith]] || Limoges, France
|-
| 27 || 2009-11-29 || [[Lisbon Pavilhão Atlântico 2009 (gig) | Pavilhão Atlântico]] || Lisbon, Portugal
|-
| 26 || 2009-11-28 || [[Madrid Palacio de Deportes 2009 (gig) | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid]] || Madrid, Spain
|-
| 25 || 2009-11-25 || [[Toulouse Zénith 2009 (gig) | Zénith]] || Toulouse, France
|-
| 24 || 2009-11-24 || [[Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi 2009 (gig) | Palau Sant Jordi]] || Barcelona, Spain
|-
| 23 || 2009-11-22 || [[Lyon Halle Tony Garnier 2009 (gig) | Halle Tony Garnier]] || Lyon, France
|-
| 22 || 2009-11-21 || [[Casalecchio di Reno Futurshow Station 2009 (gig) | Futurshow Station]] || Casalecchio di Reno, BO, Italy
|-
| 21 || 2009-11-20 || [[Munich Olympiahalle 2009 (gig) | Olympiahalle]] || Munich, BY, Germany
|-
| 20 || 2009-11-18 || [[Zürich Hallenstadion 2009 (gig) | Hallenstadion]] || Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
|-
| 19 || 2009-11-17 || [[Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 2009 (gig) | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy]] || Paris, France
|-
| 18 || 2009-11-16 || [[Cologne Lanxess Arena 2009 (gig) | Lanxess Arena]] || Cologne, NW, Germany
|-
| 17 || 2009-11-14 || [[Rotterdam Ahoy 2009 (gig) | Ahoy Rotterdam]] || Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands
|-
| 16 || 2009-11-13 || [[London O2 Arena 2009 - 13th (gig) | O<sub>2</sub> Arena]] || London, UK
|-
| 15 || 2009-11-12 || [[London O2 Arena 2009 - 12th (gig) | O<sub>2</sub> Arena]] || London, UK
|-
| 14 || 2009-11-12 || [[London Royal Albert Hall 2009 (gig) | Royal Albert Hall]] (Children in Need) || London, UK
|-
| 13 || 2009-11-10 || [[Birmingham National Indoor Arena 2009 (gig) | National Indoor Arena]] || Birmingham, UK
|-
| 12 || 2009-11-06 || [[Dublin O2 Depot 2009 (gig) | O<sub>2</sub> Depot]] || Dublin, Ireland
|-
| 11 || 2009-11-05 || [[Liverpool Echo Arena 2009 (gig) | Echo Arena]] || Liverpool, UK
|-
| 10 || 2009-11-04 || [[Sheffield Arena 2009 (gig) | Sheffield Arena]] || Sheffield, UK
|-
| 9 || 2009-11-02 || [[Antwerp Sportpaleis 2009 (gig) | Sportpaleis Antwerp]] || Antwerp, Belgium
|-
| 8 || 2009-11-01 || [[Amnéville-les-Thermes Galaxie Mega Hall 2009 (gig) | Galaxie Mega Hall]] || Amnéville-les-Thermes, France
|-
| 7 || 2009-10-31 || [[Liévin Stade Couvert Régional 2009 (gig) | Stade Couvert Régional]] || Liévin, France
|-
| 6 || 2009-10-29 || [[Berlin O2 World 2009 (gig) | O<sub>2</sub> World]] || Berlin, BE, Germany
|-
| 5 || 2009-10-28 || [[Hamburg Color Line Arena 2009 (gig) | Color Line Arena]] || Hamburg, HH, Germany
|-
| 4 || 2009-10-26 || [[Copenhagen Parken 2009 (gig) | Parken]] || Copenhagen, Denmark
|-
| 3 || 2009-10-25 || [[Oslo Spektrum 2009 (gig) | Oslo Spektrum]] || Oslo, Norway
|-
| 2 || 2009-10-24 || [[Stockholm Hovet 2009 (gig) | Hovet]] || Stockholm, Sweden
|-
| 1 || 2009-10-22 || [[Helsinki Hartwall Areena 2009 (gig) | Hartwall Areena]] || Helsinki, ES, Finland
|}


==Interpretation==
#About a man who is questioning himself about his actions to his loved one which may caused her to leave him and bring depression to the man. In the end, he now believes his life is meaningless and insignificant and there's no one that can change his view on it. He then now chooses to Escape his life by killing himself.
#Possibly a song about the divorce of Bellamy's parents. The line "Why can't you just love her?" could be Bellamy begging his dad to stay with his mum. "But I'll still take all the blame" could be a reference to how children feel it is their fault when their parents get divorced.


== See also ==
==Live==
{{LiveCoversJams}}
Although it was played in 1997 it is unknown exactly how often due to a lack of known setlists between 1997 and 1998. It was not played for the first half of 1999 based off of what we currently know, only to be performed for the first time of the Showbiz tour on [[Paris New Morning 1999 (gig) |July 12th 1999]]. After September it was rarely played with the one known exception being the [[Paris Cigale 1999 (gig) |November 6th performance]].


{{LiveNavBack}}
It then returned to the set in January 2000 where it was played at almost every gig for the first half of the month. After this it was played semi-occasionally until March 2000 when it was dropped for the remainder of the year. In October 2000 it returned briefly for just three gigs.
 
[[Escape (live) | More here]]
 
==Lyrics==
{{lyrics
|You would say anything
And you would try anything
To escape your meaningless
And your insignificance
You're uncontrollable
And we are unlovable
And I don't want you to think that I care
I never would, I never could again
 
Why can't you just love her?
Why be such a monster?
You bully from a distance
Your brain needs some assistance
But I'll still take all the blame
'Cause you and me are both one and the same
And its driving me mad
And its driving me mad
 
I'll take back all the things that I said
I didn't realize I was talking to the living dead
And I don't want you to think that I care
I never would, I never could again
 
You would say anything
And you would try anything
To escape your meaningless
And your insignificance
}}
 
==References==
<references/>
 
 
Back to [[Showbiz (album)|Showbiz]]

Revision as of 15:46, 18 December 2019

Muse song
Name Escape
Album/single
Length 3:19 (Muse EP), 3:31 (Showbiz)
Alternative titles You're Meaningless, Escape Your Meaningless
First live performance Unknown
Latest live performance 14th October 2000
Recorded Unknown
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer John Leckie, Paul Reeve (Muse EP version)


[|Listen]

Description

The song starts off mellow, then explodes, and becomes quite heavy.

Information

The Showbiz version is substantially different to the version on the Muse EP. The song retains its original title of Escape Your Meaningless (song), still under copyright to Warner/Chappell and Matt to the present, on CD-R promos of the Muse EP.

In November 2008 one of the thirty fan created and selected questions was "Tell us a song that you really love, but you think is underrated by the fans." Chris responded: "I really liked Escape from the first album. It's not a track that we ever really played much live and not a track that I've ever heard anyone say it was their favourite. Shame."[1]

Matt blew up an amp during the recording of this song. It was an "old Burman combo". This was revealed on the Gonzo interview in 2003.

Interpretation

  1. About a man who is questioning himself about his actions to his loved one which may caused her to leave him and bring depression to the man. In the end, he now believes his life is meaningless and insignificant and there's no one that can change his view on it. He then now chooses to Escape his life by killing himself.
  2. Possibly a song about the divorce of Bellamy's parents. The line "Why can't you just love her?" could be Bellamy begging his dad to stay with his mum. "But I'll still take all the blame" could be a reference to how children feel it is their fault when their parents get divorced.

Live

Although it was played in 1997 it is unknown exactly how often due to a lack of known setlists between 1997 and 1998. It was not played for the first half of 1999 based off of what we currently know, only to be performed for the first time of the Showbiz tour on July 12th 1999. After September it was rarely played with the one known exception being the November 6th performance.

It then returned to the set in January 2000 where it was played at almost every gig for the first half of the month. After this it was played semi-occasionally until March 2000 when it was dropped for the remainder of the year. In October 2000 it returned briefly for just three gigs.

More here

Lyrics

You would say anything

And you would try anything To escape your meaningless And your insignificance You're uncontrollable And we are unlovable And I don't want you to think that I care I never would, I never could again

Why can't you just love her? Why be such a monster? You bully from a distance Your brain needs some assistance But I'll still take all the blame 'Cause you and me are both one and the same And its driving me mad And its driving me mad

I'll take back all the things that I said I didn't realize I was talking to the living dead And I don't want you to think that I care I never would, I never could again

You would say anything And you would try anything To escape your meaningless And your insignificance

References

  1. News (2008-11-28). Muse website. Retrieved 2008-11-29 from board.muse.mu. [verify]


Back to Showbiz