Muse : The Aftermath

M.U.S.E. Mindblowing, Unbelievable, Stunning Experience. Anyone who was lucky enough to be at Big Night Out 2010 yesterday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium will have to agree with me. I know it's easy to be caught in the post-concert euphoria but I'm sure I'll be talking about this one even after the dust has settled down. BNO 2010 featured 3 bands in total but there was no doubt who the headliner was on the night.

To say that Muse lived up to its billing would be an understatement. Muse was beyond awesome. Right from their very first song Uprising, it had the crowd jumping wildly and singing in unison. It was by far the craziest crowd I've been in. There was barely any room for me to jump but I did anyway, crashing and bumping into the unsuspecting random people around me. Such was the atmosphere that everyone was literally on a high, to the extent of oblivion to their immediate surroundings. And this is no exaggeration but at the end of the first song when I was finally on my two feet again, I saw the world spinning around me and for a while I thought that was how it felt to faint. It was that intense and energy-sapping, surviving the concert is a feat in itself.

Looking back at all the songs Muse played, it will be hard to pick one that truly stands out. But I thought Muse totally killed me by playing Hysteria and Stockholm Syndrome back-to-back. To hear the opening bass solo of Hysteria was surreal, it was exactly what I imagined it to be and more having listened to them on my mp3 all this while. And then there was the small matter of Matt Bellamy slaughtering the solos. It sounded so much the same you could easily have mistaken for it to be played off a CD. Special mention also has to be given to songs like Starlight and Time is Running Out which had the crowd singing its every word. I guess everyone has their personal song favourites but they were all equally brilliant to me. Knights of Cydonia was the perfect song to close the show. It was an ending that will be etched in my mind for a good while.

It gives me the chills just reminiscing about it now. I just cant explain in words how it felt to be in the moment, there and then. Musical orgasm, that will probably be it. In fact, I might have to check my pants. Itu seluardalam aku.

Muse Official Setlist: 3rd February, Singapore Indoor Stadium:

1. Uprising
2. Supermassive Black Hole
3. Map of the Problematique
4. Resistance
5. Interlude
6. Hysteria
7. Stockholm Syndrome
8. Nishe
9. United States Of Eurasia
10. Sunburn
11. Helsinki Jam
12. Undisclosed Desires
13. MK Ultra
14. Starlight
    
15. Time is Running Out
16. Unnatural Selection
17. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1
18. Plug in Baby
19. Knights of Cydonia
    

So as you can see, it was a full setlist so no misrep. Matrep ada ah.