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{{Songbox
{{Songbox
| Name = Futurism
| Name = Yes Please
| Album = {{drop
| Album =
|[[Origin_of_Muse_(box_set)#CD_7_.28Origin_of_Symmetry_Remastered.2 |Origin of Symmetry]] <small>Remastered (11)</small>
{{drop
|[[Origin of Symmetry|Origin of Symmetry]] <small>JP (11)</small>
| [[Sunburn (single)|Sunburn]] <small>CD2 (2)</small>, [[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) | Hullabaloo Soundtrack]] <small>(4)</small>, <small>(JP) (3)</small>
|[[Dead Star/In Your World (single)|Dead Star/In Your World CD1]] <small>(3)</small>, [[Dead Star/In Your World (single)|Dead Star EP]] <small>FR, FR re-release (3)</small>
| [[Random 1-8 (EP) | Random 1-8]] <small>(6)</small>
| [[Newton Abbot demo (demo) | Newton Abbot demo]] <small>(7)</small><ref name="nadnotes">
{{cite |
desc=Newton Abbot demo inlay | date=1996/1997 | doc=Newton Abbot demo (compilation) | type=int
}}</ref>
}}
| Length = 3:05
| AltTitles = Crazy Days<ref name="nadnotes"/>
| First = Unknown <small>(Demo state)</small><br>[[Liverpool L2 2000 (gig) |30th May 2000]] <small>(Finished state)</small>
| Latest = [[Paris Cigale 2018 (gig)|24{{supo|th}} February 2018]] <small>(short)</small>
| Recorded =
{{drop
| [[The Airfield Studios|The Airfield]], October 1999 <small>(Hullabaloo Soundtrack)</small>
| Newton Abbot, 1996-1997 <small>([[Newton Abbot demo (demo) | Newton Abbot demo]])</small><ref name="nadnotes"/>
}}
}}
| Length = 3:31
| AltTitles = Spectrum, Tesseract, Electro Empire, Apolitical
| First = [[Reading Little John's Farm 2000 (gig)|25{{supo|th}} August 2000]]
| Latest = [[London Shepherds Bush Empire 2017 (gig)|19{{supo|th}} August 2017]]
| Recorded = 2001
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[David Bottrill]]
| Producer = [[Paul Reeve]]
| Chart position = -
| Chart position = -
}}
}}


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| Current = Yes Please
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJDprTjZ14 Listen]'''
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==Additional information==
== Description ==
The song itself is about a futuristic world, hence the pre-release name of "Electro Empire", and fits into the theme of ''[[Origin of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]]'', but wasn't included due to its difficulty to play live. The song was otherwise called "Spectrum" and "Tesseract" whilst in production; tesseract being the name given to the 4-dimensional shape analogous to a cube.  
This song is very loud and distorted, with distorted vocals as well.


The song features a powerful bass line and is similar to [[Hysteria (song)|Hysteria's]]. According to Matt in a tweet, Futurism led to the idea for Hysteria bassline.<ref name="tweet2011/03/31">
== Additional information ==
{{cite/web |
This song is about [[Matthew Bellamy]]'s one time flat mate who dealt hard drugs, heroin in particular.<ref name="k20020622">{{cite/Kerrang 2002-06-22}}</ref> The song was recorded first as a demo towards the end of 1996, then entitled "Crazy Days".<ref name="nadnotes"/>  Bellamy's own paraphrased recollections have him moving from [[Teignmouth]] to Exeter when he was 18, which he became in July of the same year.<ref name="k20020622"/>  Thus, we can deduce that the song was composed sometime during the latter half of 1996.<ref name="k20020622"/><ref name="nadnotes"/>
  title=Twitter / Matt Bellamy: @purpleasuretard interesti ... | date=2011-03-31 | fetch=2011-04-02 | desc=tweet concerning Futurism | auth=Matthew Bellamy | pub=Twitter | url=https://twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt/status/53535370654126080 | dom=twitter.com | type=ext
}}</ref>


An alternative interpretation is that the song is about a near-future world formed as a result of modern developments, particularly the way social networking in fact keeps us apart from people ("grounded, boxed in") and the use of technology makes us like "silent gods".
The flat which Bellamy and this flatmate shared was situated above an erotic literature store.  He described it as having looked like "a scene from Trainspotting".<ref name="k20020622"/>


After playing the song twice in 2015, Matt cited Futurism and The Groove as two examples of b-sides he felt were better than some album tracks.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s4203543.htm]</ref>
The demo version outro is a short section of what later became [[Execution Commentary (song) | ''Execution Commentary'']].  Also in the demo version, the guitar is without as many effects as the later version on ''[[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) | Hullabaloo Soundtrack]]'' and Bellamy does not scream the second and fourth lines of each verse.  The Hullabaloo version, in contrast, has him screaming those parts with vocal effects applied.  Other parts added to the Hullabaloo recording include the band laughing and Bellamy saying "Jump on my pleasure pill?  Yes please!" between 0:20 and 0:32, with the band later laughing again at 1:50 and 2:50. Matt expressed the desire to rename the song, but never did.<ref>[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/instantMUSEnger/conversations/topics/2934]</ref>


The first seconds of the song bear a distinct resemblance to the song "Too Many Puppies" by [[Primus]] which has been occasionally played by Muse as a [[Riffs_and_jams#Too_Many_Puppies|riff]].
The Yes Please riff is practically identical to the riff (starting at roughly 4:20) in the [[Rage Against The Machine]] song 'Freedom'.
==Live==
A first version of ''Futurism'' was performed live for the first time at [[Reading Little John's Farm 2000 (gig)|Reading Festival 2000]] in 2000, in which lyrics of the song were slightly different (the original live version is also one of only four Muse songs that contains swearing). Despite the band said it can get difficult to play, the song was performed live for the second time ever at [[Tokyo Zepp 2013 (gig)|Zepp Tokyo]] in 2013.


Other performances of the song were during the [[Psycho UK Tour]] in 2015, in [[Wales Newport Centre 2015 (gig)|Newport]] and in [[Exeter Great Hall 2015 (gig)|Exeter]].
== Live ==
As with other early songs, it is unknown when the band started playing ''Yes Please''.  The two early live recordings that are available currently, those of [[Torquay English Riviera Centre 1994 (gig) | the Battle of the Bands in November 1994]] and [[Plymouth Hoe 1997 (gig) | the ''Soundwaves'' festival of August 1997]], do not include Yes Please. As the song has been dated back to 1996 it is likely the song was played in its unfinished state for several years.


[[Futurism (live) | More here]]
The song, from what we know, did not make an appearance during the 1999 tour, nor did it appear in the first half of 2000. The song was premiered in its finished state in late May 2000. For the first few gigs, the track was played instead of [[Agitated (song) | Agitated]]. It then became a common opener at festivals during July and August. It is believed to have been played between eighteen and thirty-five times in 2000, eighteen being the current known number of gigs and thirty-five including gigs with unknown setlists the song was possibly played at. After [[Tokyo Blitz 2000 (gig)|2000-10-14]], only riffs from the song were played, until it was performed in full again on [[Helsinki Olympiastadion 2013 (gig)|2013-07-27]]. It then made the occasional appearance during the latter half of The 2nd Law Tour and once in 2014.


==Futurism==
[[Yes Please (live) | More here]]
Futurism is actually an italian art movement started by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909. It containained the first glmpse of what is now known as modern art. The whole article can be found here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism]


==Lyrics==
== Lyrics ==
{{lyrics
{{lyrics
|Ignorance pulls
|I cannot sleep
Apostasy and apathy still rules
There's too much noise in my head
Yeah you know it's cool
I cannot sleep
Just suck and see
I want it here instead
A future turns us into silent gods
And I won't miss you at all


Grounded
I never thought that this could come to this
Boxed in
I just wanna look at your face in peace now
Like the evil in your veins
You will never miss
Grounded
But I can
Boxed in
I am stuck with you


Fate can't decide
I can not keep
Alignment of the planets in your hands
The shame that's clawed us out
Come on crush our plans
I will not keep
Just suck and see
Your shut up, shut up lies
A future that won't let you disagree
And I won't miss you at all


Grounded
I never thought that this could come to this
Boxed in
I just wanna live in bliss, in peace now
Like the evil in your veins
You will never miss
Grounded
But I can
Boxed in
I am stuck with you
 
Feel it, hear it, right apathy you are,
see it, be it, you'll see
}}
}}


===2000 live version===
=== Demo version ===
''Inaccurate''
{{lyrics
{{lyrics
|Ignorance pulls
|I cannot sleep
Apostasy and apathy still rules
There's too much noise in my head
Yeah you know it's cool
I cannot sleep
Can't wait and see
I wanna be here instead
A future turns us into silent gods
And I won't miss you at all


Grounded
'Cause when I look at you
Grounded
I know that you will never let me know
Like the evil in your veins
So why don't you just get out, out
Grounded
Boxed in
I am stuck with you


Pursue
I never thought that this could come to this
Alignment of the planets in your hands
I just wanna live my wedded bliss in peace now
Come on and fuck my plans
You could not hear my shout
Can't wait and see
But I can
A future won't just let you disagree
Won't miss you at all


Grounded
To my dismay
Boxed in
You went away
Like the evil in your veins
I cannot sleep
Grounded
There's too much noise in my head
Boxed in
I am stuck with you


Be it, Be it, Be it, Be it
When I look at you
I know that you will never let me know
So why don't you just get out, out
 
I never thought that this could come to this
I just wanna live my wedded bliss in peace now
You could never miss (shhh)
But I can
}}
}}


== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
* ''"<< spectrum (name??) >> this is actually bliss, the other one is unamed... by the way, the recording is RADICALLY different to the sketchy version we played at reading (both songs)"''<br>Matt clearing up the Spectrum confusion, 10/19/2000.
* ''"Yes Please (erm.. i think i will have to think of a better name for this one)"''<br>Matt talking about the Sunburn tracklisting, 01/27/2000.
 
== References ==
==References==
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{{Backto | Origin of Symmetry (album) | ''Origin of Symmetry''}}
{{Backto | Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) | Hullabaloo Soundtrack}}


[[Category:B Sides]]
[[Category:B Sides]]
Click here to listen to it on YouTube:
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3n4iN1s1s Yes Please] and
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcQnpSeFYUk Crazy Days]

Revision as of 14:36, 7 May 2021

Muse song
Name Yes Please
Album/single
Length 3:05
Alternative titles Crazy Days[1]
First live performance Unknown (Demo state)
30th May 2000 (Finished state)
Latest live performance 24th February 2018 (short)
Recorded
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Paul Reeve


Listen

Description

This song is very loud and distorted, with distorted vocals as well.

Additional information

This song is about Matthew Bellamy's one time flat mate who dealt hard drugs, heroin in particular.[2] The song was recorded first as a demo towards the end of 1996, then entitled "Crazy Days".[1] Bellamy's own paraphrased recollections have him moving from Teignmouth to Exeter when he was 18, which he became in July of the same year.[2] Thus, we can deduce that the song was composed sometime during the latter half of 1996.[2][1]

The flat which Bellamy and this flatmate shared was situated above an erotic literature store. He described it as having looked like "a scene from Trainspotting".[2]

The demo version outro is a short section of what later became Execution Commentary. Also in the demo version, the guitar is without as many effects as the later version on Hullabaloo Soundtrack and Bellamy does not scream the second and fourth lines of each verse. The Hullabaloo version, in contrast, has him screaming those parts with vocal effects applied. Other parts added to the Hullabaloo recording include the band laughing and Bellamy saying "Jump on my pleasure pill? Yes please!" between 0:20 and 0:32, with the band later laughing again at 1:50 and 2:50. Matt expressed the desire to rename the song, but never did.[3]

The Yes Please riff is practically identical to the riff (starting at roughly 4:20) in the Rage Against The Machine song 'Freedom'.

Live

As with other early songs, it is unknown when the band started playing Yes Please. The two early live recordings that are available currently, those of the Battle of the Bands in November 1994 and the Soundwaves festival of August 1997, do not include Yes Please. As the song has been dated back to 1996 it is likely the song was played in its unfinished state for several years.

The song, from what we know, did not make an appearance during the 1999 tour, nor did it appear in the first half of 2000. The song was premiered in its finished state in late May 2000. For the first few gigs, the track was played instead of Agitated. It then became a common opener at festivals during July and August. It is believed to have been played between eighteen and thirty-five times in 2000, eighteen being the current known number of gigs and thirty-five including gigs with unknown setlists the song was possibly played at. After 2000-10-14, only riffs from the song were played, until it was performed in full again on 2013-07-27. It then made the occasional appearance during the latter half of The 2nd Law Tour and once in 2014.

More here

Lyrics

I cannot sleep

There's too much noise in my head I cannot sleep I want it here instead

I never thought that this could come to this I just wanna look at your face in peace now You will never miss But I can

I can not keep The shame that's clawed us out I will not keep Your shut up, shut up lies

I never thought that this could come to this I just wanna live in bliss, in peace now You will never miss But I can

Demo version

Inaccurate

I cannot sleep

There's too much noise in my head I cannot sleep I wanna be here instead

'Cause when I look at you I know that you will never let me know So why don't you just get out, out

I never thought that this could come to this I just wanna live my wedded bliss in peace now You could not hear my shout But I can

To my dismay You went away I cannot sleep There's too much noise in my head

When I look at you I know that you will never let me know So why don't you just get out, out

I never thought that this could come to this I just wanna live my wedded bliss in peace now You could never miss (shhh) But I can

Quotes

  • "Yes Please (erm.. i think i will have to think of a better name for this one)"
    Matt talking about the Sunburn tracklisting, 01/27/2000.

References

  1. ↑ a b c d e (1996/1997). [Newton Abbot demo inlay]. [verify]
  2. ↑ a b c d The dark side of Matt Bellamy (2002-06-22). Kerrang, 909, 14. Retrieved 2008-03-11. [verify]
  3. ↑ [1]


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Click here to listen to it on YouTube: Yes Please and Crazy Days

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