And there are some bands you love.
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Muse is that band to me. Muse is that band that I love. Why that sounds grammatically incorrect is probably because it is grammatically incorrect. Whatever.
I've been a fan of theirs going on ten years. Mid 2005 is when I first heard of them and I became a fan later on that year. I was in 5th grade and I thought I discovered the best band in the world.
And spoiler alert: I totally did. What's up.
Back in 2005, all I listened to was the mainstream stuff on the radio and church music. And I never heard the radio play Muse so I was stoked that I found a band that clearly no one else listened to. And I stayed a fan. And I ended up seeing them live for the first time in 2007. I remember begging and pleading one of my parents to take me because I loved them so much and it was all I ever wanted!!*
It was the coolest first Muse concert ever. I'm 99% sure it was at the Paramount. Too cool.
Fast forward to 2012 (skipping over album releases and seeing them live a few more times):
If you know me, you'd know that 2012 wasn't a fun year for me. 2012 held my junior and senior years of high school, and early to mid 2012 wasn't good. I developed eating disorders and was self harming and eventually I was diagnosed as suicidal. Nothing was going right for me at that time and I was trying to help myself, but I was actually doing more harm to myself than good.
During that summer, the 2012 London Summer Olympics was happening. I'm always a sucker for the Olympics, even if the summer ones are so much better than the winter ones.
//sry//
I knew for awhile that Muse did the official song for those Olympics.
But backstory again.
Elton John (you heard that right) hit up Matt Bellamy to do a collab song for the Olympics like a year prior. And Matt was like "yeah okay cool" but the thing never really panned out and people pulled Elton John from it and when they were recording and shizz for their newest album at the time, Matt was probably like "okay I'll just finish this myself like the hardcore fool I am".
^ that's probably 100% exactly how it happened tbh.
That song ended up being Survival, and it's like.. what a relatable song to have for the Olympics. Idk I thought it was pretty neat when I learned about it. But granted I didn't know it before the Olympics or anything.
I actually saw it post meltdown in my bathroom. I can't remember what day it was, but it was around the starting point of the Olympics in 2012. I was having a massive meltdown crisis in my bathroom and was screaming and crying and other yucky things that don't need to be talked about. I pulled out my phone when I contained myself and saw that it was new on iTunes. OBVIOUSLY since they're my favorite band, I made the purchase immediately. And I listened to it.
And I listened to it again.
And again.
And again.
The lyrics were so fitting for the time, and I can relate to them still. It was so perfect to listen to it in the setting I was in. It was probably the only song I listened to for a straight month.
Some people think it's silly when someone claims that a song or a band saved their life, but music saves lives, people. It really does. I can say without doubt that that song and that band saved my life. You can tell me otherwise, that my inner strength saved myself instead, but the drive to do that came from that song.
I haven't seen them live since Salt Lake City 2013. And now I'm going to be seeing them in Seattle on December 12th. Ten days before my birthday. And I couldn't be more excited already. I had the option of going to Seattle or Vegas to see them (Vegas is on the 6th of December), but I chose Seattle because my family is nearby and I'm always a sucker for seeing my mom, sister, and brother whenever I can. Even though the drive to Vegas would have been much shorter. Oh well!
Muse is just a really great band and they have good lyrics and neat albums. Even though I don't like Drones as much as I did The 2nd Law, the theme of military and government blah blahs is kinda cool. I do have a favorite song or two off the newest album, and if they don't play said song(s), I'll be real pissed.
That's a possible jk.
lolz.
I love Muse. And I can't wait to see them again.
xx
* = always being so overdramatic. (;
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