Exogenesis
Apr. 2nd, 2010 08:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annissamazingMuse ended their last album with a symphony in 3 parts called "Exogenesis." I liked part 3 immediately, but the first 2 parts didn't really strike a chord (so to speak) until recently. Now I can't get it out of my head.
Firstly, the music is beautiful. I love the full orchestra sound mixed with the guitars and drums. I even like the falsetto vocals. The lyrics in part 1 are nearly indecipherable and I think that may be what took me so long to really get into it. I looked up the lyrics the other day and haven't been able to get it out of my head since.
Secondly, I like the idea of exogenesis. I don't believe in it (at least, not as far as life on Earth is concerned), but I think it's an interesting theory that can be a doorway to excellent stories. I've noticed similar ideas in some of their past music, most notably their video for "Sing for Absolution." The video shows the three band members suited up as astronauts and launching into space. You see an enormous bustling city around the rocket as it launches. They pass thousands of satellites and one gigantic billboard orbiting the planet as they leave the atmosphere. They go through a wormhole and end up crash landing on a brown planet who knows how far away from where they started. As the video ends, you see them standing in the ruins of London, a crumbling Big Ben in the distance.
Lastly, the story they tell is one I actually relate to well, even though I don't buy the theory behind it. It seems like more a question than a story. Are humans programmed to destroy their environment? Can we help it? Will we ever "get it right?"
Firstly, the music is beautiful. I love the full orchestra sound mixed with the guitars and drums. I even like the falsetto vocals. The lyrics in part 1 are nearly indecipherable and I think that may be what took me so long to really get into it. I looked up the lyrics the other day and haven't been able to get it out of my head since.
Secondly, I like the idea of exogenesis. I don't believe in it (at least, not as far as life on Earth is concerned), but I think it's an interesting theory that can be a doorway to excellent stories. I've noticed similar ideas in some of their past music, most notably their video for "Sing for Absolution." The video shows the three band members suited up as astronauts and launching into space. You see an enormous bustling city around the rocket as it launches. They pass thousands of satellites and one gigantic billboard orbiting the planet as they leave the atmosphere. They go through a wormhole and end up crash landing on a brown planet who knows how far away from where they started. As the video ends, you see them standing in the ruins of London, a crumbling Big Ben in the distance.
Lastly, the story they tell is one I actually relate to well, even though I don't buy the theory behind it. It seems like more a question than a story. Are humans programmed to destroy their environment? Can we help it? Will we ever "get it right?"