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| | The '''Tokyo Zepp''' is one of the Zepp halls in Japan. The music halls are spread around every area of Japan and play host to many international tours. They are a popular stop for many Japanese musicians. The company is a subsiduary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan and is sponsored by Asahi Breweries.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zepp_Music_Halls</ref> |
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| | Name = Defector
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| | Album = [[Drones (album)|Drones]] <small>(8)</small>
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| | Length = 4:32
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| | First = [[Brussels Ancienne Belgique 2015 (gig)|16{{supo|th}} September 2015]]
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| | Latest = [[Oslo Telenor Arena 2016 (gig) | 12{{supo|th}} June 2016]]
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| | Recorded = 2014/2015 - [[The Warehouse Studio]], Vancouver, Canada
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| | Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
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| | Producer = [[Muse]], [[Robert "Mutt" Lange]]
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| '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzbFxLNpguM Listen]]''' | | The Zepp Tokyo had a capacity of 3,009 (if full), was founded in March 1999 at the VenusFort shopping mall, and was closed on January 1st, 2022. It's not to be confused with [[Zepp DiverCity (TOKYO)]], located at DiverCity Plaza. The Zepp Tokyo was the second largest of the bunch. You can check out the Wikipedia of the Zepp venues for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zepp more info]. |
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| == Information == | | == Muse appearances == |
| [[File:MuseRecordingDefector01.png| thumb | 250px | right | Muse recording Defector]]
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| Defector it’s about making your own decisions by yourself.<ref>
| | * [[Tokyo Zepp 2001 - 29th (gig) | 2001-11-29]] |
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| | * [[Tokyo Zepp 2001 - 28th (gig) | 2001-11-28]] |
| title=Interview: Muse on their new album, Drones | desc=Radio interview | date=2015-06-10 | fetch=2015-06-10 | pub=Xfm | url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/artists/muse/albums/drones/#yuuMuDRtPjz74bHW.97 | dom=xfm.co.uk | med=Webpage | type=ext
| | * [[Tokyo Zepp 2001-07 (gig) | 2001-07-15]] |
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| According to Matt, in this track along with Revolt, the protagonist of the story takes again control of his life and fights against the dark forces who are trying to control him.<ref name="MattBellamy2015/03/23">{{cite|title = Matt Bellamy on BBC Radio 1 - Dead Inside Premiere|desc=News|date=2015-03-23|auth=Matt Bellamy|url= |dom=|fetch=2015-03-23|type=ext }}</ref>
| | == References == |
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| In this song the protagonist begins to feel "free" from the system and the society as a whole, and Matt uses different "colorful images" to describe the person trying to control him.<ref>
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| title=Que vaut le nouvel album de Muse? | date=2015-05-18 | fetch=2015-05-18 | desc=Album Review| auth=L'édition du Soir by Philippe Richard | pub=Ouest-france | url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/leditiondusoir/data/490/reader/reader.html?t=1431966224668#!preferred/1/package/490/pub/491/page/13 | dom=ouest-france.fr/ | type=ext
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| }}</ref>. The term 'Yellow belly' is an expression meaning 'coward', 'Green mind' is a slang for someone who's dirty minded or greedy and "Blue blood" is a reference to royal blood.
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| The song's making of video was leaked/uploaded on Vimeo on March 29th, 2015. The song is reminiscent of 80s hard rock, and has a Queen and an AC/DC feel to it.
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| == Instrumentation ==
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| The song is played fairly heavily, but in a major key. The vocals feature very Queen-like choir moments. The guitar is distorted, as well as the bass that stands out in the verses. It features an extensive use of Whammy pedal, including a Whammy pedal solo.
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| ==Trivia==
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| According to Matt, this song was the hardest one to record, alongside [[The Globalist (song)|The Globalist]], and took the longest amount of time. Muse recorded the song in a couple of days, but they later realised it is too fast. They dropped the tempo by 1 BPM, recorded it again, and realised it was too slow, so they had to make a compromise and record it 0.5 BPM faster.
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| ==Live==
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| Defector has been a fan favourite off of the album, with many fans begging for it to be played live before its debut. By September, half of the album had still yet to be played live (the entire latter half of the album after JFK). It made its debut at the Music for Life gig on September 16 2015 and made no further appearances until may 2016. The gig was viewed as "special" for one reason or another, as Agitated and United States of Eurasia were also performed (two songs that had been played very rarely during the tour).
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| [[Defector (live) | More here]]
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| ==Lyrics==
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| |Free, yeah, I'm free
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| From your inciting
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| You can't brainwash me
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| You've got a problem
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| Free, yeah I’m free
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| From society.
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| You can't control me
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| I'm a defector.
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| You think you're strong
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| And you can't be broken
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| But you empire is dissolving.
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| You thought, You thought
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| I was weak
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| But you got it wrong
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| Look into my eyes, I'm a defector.
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| Free, yeah I’m free
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| from your inciting
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| You can't brainwash me
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| You've got a problem
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| Free, yeah I’m free
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| From society
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| You can't control me, I'm a defector.
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| Your blood is blue and
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| Your minds turned green and
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| Your belly is all yellow.
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| You believe
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| Your throne is too high
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| To be overthrown
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| We'll watch it get razed
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| By a defector
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| Free, yeah I’m free
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| From your inciting
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| You can't brainwash me
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| You've got a problem
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| Free, yeah I’m free
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| From society
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| You can’t control me. I’m a defector
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| I'm a defector
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| Free, yeah I’m free
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| From your inciting
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| You can't brainwash me
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| You've got a problem
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| Free, yeah I’m free
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| From society
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| You can’t control me. I’m a defector
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| [John F. Kennedy Speech]
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| We look for strength and assistance
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| Confident that with your help
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| Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.
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| ==References== | |
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| | * [https://www.zepp.co.jp/ The Zepp website (in Japanese)] |
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