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About This Track
Begins with a guitar riff which uses a pedal note throughout supported by a moving bass line which is continued in the verse. Drum part is rhythmically imitative of the guitar riff. The chorus is heavily chromatic. Both the guitar and vocal parts ascend chromatically, and when it moves out of this chromatic motif the guitar continues to imitate the vocal line melodically. The piece is brought to a close initially with the original guitar riff and then by a variation of the riff but with the same bass line. The song is bookended by 33 randomly overdubbed guitars, which eventually resolve to a B major chord to end the track.
When played live, this song was referred to as DES due to a name printed on a set list. DES is the name of the keyboard technician - During the performance of Fillip for Bizarre 1999, there is a problem with the sound (a video of this can be downloaded here) and at the time, Matt made a beckoning gesture aimed backstage and he is heard saying “Des! Des!”. It could also be a reference to DES, an American government cipher which would fit with the apparent cryptographic theme of the album. DES became a backronym for “Dead End Street” when some fans thought it was the title for the new song.
Matt first referred to this song in his October message on the Official messaged board stating that “the 33 randomised guitar overdubs on the church of sub genius … have high chance of making it “, Church of the SubGenius being the song’s pre-release title.
When played live, this song was referred to as DES due to a name printed on a set list. DES is the name of the keyboard technician - During the performance of Fillip for Bizarre 1999, there is a problem with the sound (a video of this can be downloaded here) and at the time, Matt made a beckoning gesture aimed backstage and he is heard saying “Des! Des!”. It could also be a reference to DES, an American government cipher which would fit with the apparent cryptographic theme of the album. DES became a backronym for “Dead End Street” when some fans thought it was the title for the new song.
Matt first referred to this song in his October message on the Official messaged board stating that “the 33 randomised guitar overdubs on the church of sub genius … have high chance of making it “, Church of the SubGenius being the song’s pre-release title.
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xVictimOfADownx wrote:
wow.....this song is simply incredibly groovy and beautiful......
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VGKS wrote:
I, for one, like supermassive black hole, but Glorious is so awesome! Why couldn't they replace this two songs
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magsja wrote:
My favorite Muse song, it is simply Glorious! [2]
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nintenho wrote:
My favorite Muse song, it is simply Glorious!
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greenbean1 wrote:
Glorious!
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maeuncensored wrote:
Amazing song. Makes you feel like you can do anything~
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the_cwtimes wrote:
so great..
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AcklesMOD wrote:
<3
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Robck27 wrote:
monster of a song
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cynthiaraphaela wrote:
Believes we could be glooorious! :D
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magsja wrote:
I think I'm addicted
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danita61 wrote:
Anyway... the song is absolutely Glorious!!! Love the lyrics and the guitar riffs xD OOOhhhhh!
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danita61 wrote:
How come you haven't listened to it? It is in the Black Holes and Revelations album. Well, at least in mine and I'm not Japanse hehe.
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CptL wrote:
Why do the Japanese always get the best versions of Muse's stuff. :(
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tarantulacat wrote:
I hadn't heard this Muse song before... YEOWZA! [2] How is this possible?!
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The_Groove_Girl wrote:
this is amazing
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CheezyNoodles wrote:
Muse's biggest mistake was not including this song on the album...i'm still mad at them for this. [15]
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IceSpoon wrote:
Muse's biggest mistake was not including this song on the album...i'm still mad at them for this. [14]
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zalvastardust wrote:
I hadn't heard this Muse song before... YEOWZA! [2]
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ferociousdanny wrote:
I hadn't heard this Muse song before... YEOWZA!
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