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| Album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]] <small>(4)</small>, [[United States of Eurasia (single)|United States of Eurasia]] <small>(1)</small> | | Album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]] <small>(4)</small>, [[United States of Eurasia (single)|United States of Eurasia]] <small>(1)</small> | ||
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A song featuring stringed instrumentation and vocals | A song featuring stringed instrumentation reminiscent of the ''Lawrence of Arabia'' soundtrack by Maurice Jarre<ref name="le200907"/> and falsetto<ref name="le200907"/> vocals reminiscent of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by [[Queen]].<ref>{{cite/nme20090707}}</ref> ''United States of Eurasia'' ends with the sound of a missile launching.<ref name="le200907"/> | ||
==Additional information== | ==Additional information== | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 10 July 2009
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| Name | United States of Eurasia |
| Album/single | The Resistance (4), United States of Eurasia (1) |
| Length | 5:47[1] |
| Alternative titles | - |
| First live performance | - |
| Latest live performance | Unknown |
| Recorded | Milan, Italy, 2009 |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard, Christopher Wolstenholme |
| Producer | Muse |
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Description
A song featuring stringed instrumentation reminiscent of the Lawrence of Arabia soundtrack by Maurice Jarre[1] and falsetto[1] vocals reminiscent of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.[2] United States of Eurasia ends with the sound of a missile launching.[1]
Additional information
The song title was found by Muse fans from a picture on Twitter of Matt holding a score.[3] The name comes from the book The Grand Chessboard by Zbigniew Brzeziński, who puts forward the view that Eurasia must be controlled by the USA to secure oil supplies.[4]
In addition, it draws influence from Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell,[4] in which Eurasia arbitrarily changes between ally and enemy of Big Brother country Oceania. This is where the idiom "We have always been at war with Eurasia/Eastasia" came from, typically employed in response to the most obvious political uses of the exposure effect to convince a populace that a ruling figure or party said or did the opposite of that which was in fact actually said or done.
References
- ↑ a b c d Julien Bordier. (2009-07-0?). Jai ecoute le nouveau Muse. L'Express. Retrieved 2009-07-10 from www.muselive.com. [verify]
- ↑ Dean Chalkley. (2009-07-07). Muse New Album - First Listen. NME magazine. Retrieved 2009-07-08. [verify]
- ↑ Muse. (2009-05-22). New Album Title. Official Muse website. Retrieved 2009-05-22 from muse.mu.
- ↑ a b Ray Wilkinson. (2009-07). Progressive stadium rock three dream up album five. Mojo magazine, 1802. Retrieved 2009-07-05 from www.muselive.com. [verify]