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{{Songbox
| Name = Sunburn
| Name = Recess
| Album = {{drop
| Album = [[Unintended (single) | Unintended]] <small>CD1 (2)</small>, [[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) | Hullabaloo Soundtrack]] <small>(3)</small>, <small>(JP) (2)</small>
|[[Showbiz (album)|Showbiz]] <small>(1)</small>
| Length = 3:35
|[[Sunburn (single)|Sunburn]] <small>CD1 (1,3), CD2 (1), vinyl (1,2), German Promo (1,4), US promo (1,2,3)</small>
| AltTitles = Recess at 8<ref name="Old One">[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/instantMUSEnger/conversations/messages/926]</ref>
|[[Muscle Museum (single)|Muscle Museum]] <small>US CD1 (3)</small>, [[Sunburn/Overdue (demo)|Sunburn/Overdue demo]] <small>(demo version) (1)</small>
| First = [[Exeter BBC Studios 1999 (gig) | 28{{supo|th}} September 1999]]
|[[Random 1-8 (EP)|Random 1-8]] <small>(9)</small>, [[Muse exclusive enhanced sampler (promo compilation)|Muse Sampler]] <small>(4)</small>
| Latest = [[Paris Bataclan 2000 (gig) | 18{{supo|th}} January 2000]]
|[[Sing for Absolution (single)|Sing for Absolution]] <small>BX CD1 (3)</small>, [[Absolution Tour (live)|Absolution Tour]] <small>(7)</small>
| Recorded = [[The Airfield Studios|The Airfield]], October 1999
}}
| Length = 3:54
| AltTitles = -
| First = Unknown <small>(guitar)</small><br />[[Nottingham Rock City 2001 (gig)|8{{supo|th}} April 2001]] <small>(piano)</small><br />[[Dundee Camperdown Park 2006 (gig)|13{{supo|th}} May 2006]] <small>(guitar+piano)</small>
| Latest = [[Sydney Metro Theatre 2004 (gig)|19{{supo|th}} January 2004]] <small>(guitar)</small><br />[[Brussels Palais 12 2016 - 16th (gig)|16{{supo|th}} March 2016]] <small>(piano)</small><br />[[Dundee Camperdown Park 2006 (gig)|13{{supo|th}} May 2006]] <small>(guitar+piano)</small>
| Recorded = 1999
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[John Leckie]]
| Producer = [[Paul Reeve]]
| Chart position = 22
| Chart position = -
}}
}}


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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxdMEEqnjg |Listen]]'''
'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQXzWvSbLR4 |Listen]]'''
 
==Description==
A piano arpeggios driven intro followed by a heavier guitar chorus. One of the last songs written for the album, if not the last. While most songs on the album had been written between 1996 and early 1998, Sunburn and Falling Down were the only two to have likely been written in late 1998. Despite going on to be the most played song from the album and the only song to make consistent appearances in every tour, Sunburn was originally performed very rarely live. Between January and June 1999, there are just two known performances of Sunburn. When the ban had entered studios in May 1999 to record the album, Sunburn had still featured the early lyrics seen in the famous Reading University 1999 performance. These would be changed towards the end of the sessions after releasing the demo on a promo CD with Overdue.
 
According to Dom, "Sunburn is a song that happened in the studio about two years ago. I remember Matt playing around with a line on the piano and then on the guitar. Then the rest of us joined in. It's a song we still love playing live and always will. It's about moving into a new world, mentally or physically, realising it's not what you thought it was going to be. It was written at a time of change for us - we'd gone from painting and decorating and signing on, to flying first class to LA!"<ref>Q Magazine - January 2000</ref>
 
[[Matthew Bellamy]] declared that while the band were recording, this song was one of his favourites, but found it a bit weak at first: "I wanted to make it sound good. So that was when [[John Leckie]], our producer, had this idea to work out the guitar part on the piano. That was the first time I played piano in years it seems, and I had to spend two or three days just practicing Sunburn, which is a pretty simple part".<ref>[http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/innocence-absolution/jun-05/9880 Innocence and Absolution keboardmag.com 200506]</ref>
 
Matthew said that Sunburn: "It's about, like a moth flying to the light bulb, it's like that but a spaceman going towards the sun wanting to get away from the earth 'cause it had nothing".<ref>
{{cite |
title= Muse - Sunburn on G-Spot | desc=Interview| date=2011-10-22 | auth=Vimeo| url=https://vimeo.com/30943238 | dom=Vimeo | fetch=2015-06-29 | type=ext
}}</ref>
and according to Matt, his own "lightbulb" are women, as he explained in 2000:<ref>
{{cite |
title= Melody Maker 23.02.2000 | desc=Interview| date=2000-02-23 | auth=Melody Maker| url=http://www.microcuts.net/gallery/photo-muse-press-4-2000-352-melody-maker-23.02.2000-4764.html | dom=Microcuts.net | fetch=2015-11-26 | type=ext
}}</ref>
<blockquote>
'''Matt:''' "Moths use the moon for navigational purposes when they want to mate, They don't know that, it's just programmed into their brain to fly at a certain angle to the moon all the time, non-stop. And then sometimes they hit a lightbulb. Can You Imagine what that feels like? Bzzt, Bzzzzt ... "
<br>'''Interviewer''': "What's your lightbulb?"
<br>'''Matt:''' "Women. The thing about the lightbulb is that it's a man-made instrument that's made a moth alter its course unnaturally..."
</blockquote>
 
==Information==
Matt wanted to play the song live with the piano, but couldn't learn how to do it properly in 2000 according to a speech given after doing TFI Friday in 2000. He finally managed to learn this in early 2001, where it was rotated between guitar and piano versions until Paris Bercy 2003, when the piano version has been the only version played since, with the only exception being at a show in Sydney in January 2004 where the guitar version was performed instead.
 
A staple of the live set prior to the [[Black Holes and Revelations (album)|Black Holes and Revelations]] tour, it has made occasional appearances throughout [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]] and [[The 2nd Law (album)|The 2nd Law]] tours as well as very rare appearances during the [[Drones (album)|Drones]] tour.


The band has continued playing this song once again during [[The 2nd Law (album) | The 2nd Law]] tour, along with Falling Down, but both were never played in the same gig. In the stadium leg, it is being played along with Unintended.
== Description ==
Creepy B-side which was played sometimes in the European tour promoting [[Showbiz (album) | Showbiz]].


According to Bellamy, Sunburn was composed whilst in the studio.
Features a powerful whammy solo.


Sunburn was added to Radio 1's C playlist on, or shortly before, 31{{supo|st}} January 2000.<ref>[http://microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/01312000-sunburn_on_radio_1.php Microcuts.net 20000131]</ref>
The bass appears to be played with an E-Bow.


As of 18{{supo|th}} July 2007, the piano and drums from the intro of Sunburn were used in the BBC's TV coverage of the Open golf championship
The repeating guitar riff at the start of the song bears a similarity to Light From a Dead Star by Lush.


==Interpretation==
== Live ==
It is possibly about the band struggling money wise before they were signed.  
The track was rarely played live and was only played between September 1999 and January 2000. While the known first gig is in September it is possible the song was premiered sometime before then. During the first half of January 2000 it was played at nearly every gig, however it was dropped sometime shortly after. Due to a lack of known setlists between February and April 2000, it is entirely possible, although unlikely, that the song was played up until then.


Lyrics could also suggest the possibility of it being about a stripper or prostitute, or a strip club.
[[Recess (live) | More here]]


''Alternative meaning'': seems to be about a girl who was associated with the band before they made it, who Bellamy regrets having to leave behind, due to him seeing her as a star.
== Additional information ==
The meaning is very similar to the themes of Showbiz. It was originally believed to be a Muscle Museum b-side, but held back for Unintended.<ref name="Old One"></ref>. There are also shared/similar lyrics to earlier versions of Sunburn.


===Alternate versions===
== Lyrics ==
An early demo recording of Sunburn features different lyrics and has an extended ending. The entire song is played on guitar, and is seemingly the original version, before [[John Leckie]] decided that a piano version would sound stronger. The lyrical focus of this early version appears to be the end of a relationship. Also a live performance of Sunburn acoustic was broadcasted over the radio [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te6-_3Wha4Q Watch]]
 
Three remixes were created entitled "Sunburn (Timo Maas Sunstroke Mix)", "Sunburn (Timo Maas Breakz Again Remix)" and "Sunburn (Steven McCreery Remix)".
 
==Live==
 
Sunburn was one of the last Showbiz songs to receive its live debut, likely sometime in late 1998. For the first half of 1999 the band had completely ignored Sunburn, only making two known appearances before July 1999. The famous Reading University 1999 performance was the only known performance from before June 1999 today. Sunburn would finally begin making regular appearances starting with the Paris New Morning 1999 performance, and it was performed at nearly every 1999 date from that point on. Early into the Showbiz tour, the band stated that Sunburn was a song that they loved to perform live and would always love to play.
 
[[Sunburn (live) | More here]]
 
==Lyrics==
{{lyrics
{{lyrics
|Come waste your millions here
|Resuscitate
Secretly she sneers
In my sleep
Another corporate show,
Awake to see
A guilty conscience grows
You're never here


And I'll feel a guilty conscience grow
And the losing yields
And I'll feel a guilty conscience grow
Another year
Facing hopes and fears


She burns like the sun
And I wish
and I can't look away
I could believe there was more
And she'll burn our horizons
Hope suffocating
make no mistakes
You've kissed my life


Come let the truth be shared
And the planes and trains
No one ever dared
Are to blame
To break these endless lies
For tempting us
Secretly she cries
To refrain
And to cut the chord
Dis every word
Of the truths absurd and I wish
I could believe there was more
Hope suffocating
And you've kissed my life


She burns like the sun
And I wish
And I can't look away
I could believe there was more
And she'll burn our horizons
Hope suffocating
Make no mistakes
Hope suffocating
Hope suffocating
And you've kissed my life
}}


And I'll hide from the world
=== Different take lyrics ===
Behind a broken frame
The following lyrics were used when the 'different take' version was sung at a BBC session in 1999. Note that they include lyrics reused from the [[Sunburn (song)#Demo version |demo version of Sunburn]] that was not included in [[Showbiz (album) |Showbiz]], but were dropped from the studio recording of Recess.
And I'll run forever
I can't face the shame
 
And I'll hide from the world
Behind a broken frame
And I'll run forever
I can't face the shame
}}


=== Alternative lyrics ===
Instead of
{{lyrics
|Another corporate show
}}
It was changed to, on some live versions:
{{lyrics
|Just like a virgin blows
}}
Whilst Showbiz was still being recorded it was:<ref>
{{cite |
desc=Making of Showbiz | date=2000 | auth=Muse | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JLp7MmnZ40 | dom=youtube.com | type=ext
}}</ref>
{{lyrics
{{lyrics
|Just like an angel glows
|Resuscitate
}}
In my sleep
Awake to see
You're never here
And the losing yields
Another year
Facing hopes and fears


===Demo version===
And the trains and planes
Are to blame
For tempting us
To refrain
And to cut the chord
Dis every word
Of the truths absurd and I wish
I could believe there was more
Hope suffocating
And you've kissed my life


{{lyrics
Let the truth be heard
|Let the truth be known
Life just carries on
Life just carries on
When you're dead and gone
When you're dead and gone
I'll still feel your glow
When you're dead and gone
Life just carries on
Let the truth be known


And I'll believe  
And I wish
I'll still feel your glow
I could believe there was more
And I'll believe
Hope suffocating
I'll still feel your glow
And you've kissed my life


She burns like the sun
Hope suffocating
And I can't look away
Hope suffocating
And she'll burn our horizons
Hope suffocating
Make no mistake
And you've kissed my life
 
}}
Let the truth be heard
True love is absurd
And I'll leave
Just to feel your glow


She burns like the sun
== Quotes ==
And I can't look away
* ''"recess at 8? (new song for b-side to muscle museum)"''<br>Matt discussing the Radio 1 session the band had just completed, 09/30/1999.
And she'll burn our horizons
* ''"recess at 8 (song that will be re-recorded as a b-side to muscle museum single next month along with `deux: we need this?` `conscience two con science`"''<br>Matt updating fans on the song's status, 10/01/1999.
Make no mistake
* ''"we also recorded a song, which i think might be called `recess` or something. This song has been recorded properly (totally different to the session) for a future B side."''<br>Matt talking about the song in a fan interview, 11/12/1999.
 
* ''"recess may be a b-side to unintended or on next album..."''<br>Matt discussing the fate of the song after it failed to appear on the Muscle Museum single, 01/05/2000.
She burns like the sun
* ''"recess - recorded as b-side to ``unintended`` single"''<br> Matt reveals the final fate of the song, 04/21/2000.
And I can't look away
And she'll burn our horizons
Make no mistake
 
She burns like the sun
And I can't look away
And she'll burn my horizons
Make no mistake
}}


==References==
== References ==
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==See also==
{{Backto | Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) | Hullabaloo Soundtrack}}
*[[Showbiz media use]]


{{Backto | Showbiz (album) | Showbiz}}
[[Category:B Sides]]

Revision as of 23:45, 13 December 2019

Muse song
Name Recess
Album/single Unintended CD1 (2), Hullabaloo Soundtrack (3), (JP) (2)
Length 3:35
Alternative titles Recess at 8[1]
First live performance 28th September 1999
Latest live performance 18th January 2000
Recorded The Airfield, October 1999
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Paul Reeve


[|Listen]

Description

Creepy B-side which was played sometimes in the European tour promoting Showbiz.

Features a powerful whammy solo.

The bass appears to be played with an E-Bow.

The repeating guitar riff at the start of the song bears a similarity to Light From a Dead Star by Lush.

Live

The track was rarely played live and was only played between September 1999 and January 2000. While the known first gig is in September it is possible the song was premiered sometime before then. During the first half of January 2000 it was played at nearly every gig, however it was dropped sometime shortly after. Due to a lack of known setlists between February and April 2000, it is entirely possible, although unlikely, that the song was played up until then.

More here

Additional information

The meaning is very similar to the themes of Showbiz. It was originally believed to be a Muscle Museum b-side, but held back for Unintended.[1]. There are also shared/similar lyrics to earlier versions of Sunburn.

Lyrics

Resuscitate

In my sleep Awake to see You're never here

And the losing yields Another year Facing hopes and fears

And I wish I could believe there was more Hope suffocating You've kissed my life

And the planes and trains Are to blame For tempting us To refrain And to cut the chord Dis every word Of the truths absurd and I wish I could believe there was more Hope suffocating And you've kissed my life

And I wish I could believe there was more Hope suffocating Hope suffocating Hope suffocating And you've kissed my life

Different take lyrics

The following lyrics were used when the 'different take' version was sung at a BBC session in 1999. Note that they include lyrics reused from the demo version of Sunburn that was not included in Showbiz, but were dropped from the studio recording of Recess.

Resuscitate

In my sleep Awake to see You're never here And the losing yields Another year Facing hopes and fears

And the trains and planes Are to blame For tempting us To refrain And to cut the chord Dis every word Of the truths absurd and I wish I could believe there was more Hope suffocating And you've kissed my life

Let the truth be heard Life just carries on When you're dead and gone When you're dead and gone Life just carries on Let the truth be known

And I wish I could believe there was more Hope suffocating And you've kissed my life

Hope suffocating Hope suffocating Hope suffocating And you've kissed my life

Quotes

  • "recess at 8? (new song for b-side to muscle museum)"
    Matt discussing the Radio 1 session the band had just completed, 09/30/1999.
  • "recess at 8 (song that will be re-recorded as a b-side to muscle museum single next month along with `deux: we need this?` `conscience two con science`"
    Matt updating fans on the song's status, 10/01/1999.
  • "we also recorded a song, which i think might be called `recess` or something. This song has been recorded properly (totally different to the session) for a future B side."
    Matt talking about the song in a fan interview, 11/12/1999.
  • "recess may be a b-side to unintended or on next album..."
    Matt discussing the fate of the song after it failed to appear on the Muscle Museum single, 01/05/2000.
  • "recess - recorded as b-side to ``unintended`` single"
    Matt reveals the final fate of the song, 04/21/2000.

References

  1. ↑ a b [1]


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