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Muse – Take a Bow (4:34)

On Black Holes and Revelations

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Take a Bow calls on world leaders to take responsibility for their actions. Muse move through three musical stages: starting off as a classical piece before moving into a techno mid-section and a heavy “apocalyptic rock” ending. Initially described “a looping epic which morphs into a gothic fairytale”. The chord structure moves in fourths upwards, by using the augmented fifth in between to move.

Initially called “Hex”, “Take a Bow” was originally going to be at the end of the album. Two months later, Chris indicated it could become the opening track. Put first on the album because it ends in the key of B which is the key of the second track. .

Wolstenholme: We wrote it at the end of the Absolution sessions, and it sounds similar . It has evolved a lot since then, but it’s principle remains the same: a change of periodic agreements which are at the brink of exploding. Its structure is mathematical, the main idea being a formula with neither chorus nor verse. Dom’s never played like that, with very jazzy rhythms, slow ones, followed by more chaotic bits integrated into the whole.

Take a Bow was often played as a piano interlude between Citizen Erased and Space Dementia on the Absolution tour. It was also used in a cinematic trailer for the film Watchmen.
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    9 days ago

  • atomicgabriel

    The awesomeness of this music is above my level of comprehension.

    28 days ago

  • violirra

    the best and the MOST favorite song ever!

    last month

  • Playpet

    2:35 oh my god jizz all over my computer what the fuck this is just oh my hhgns

    last month

  • Abello966

    Only good song of the album among with Knights of Cydonia

    March 2012

  • jeanalisson2006

    \/ haha, I love that noise.

    February 2012

  • rasusto

    Horrible ringing noise in this track at 15.6khz. Hopefully this was done on purpose to make people uncomfortable, if not, somebody at the studio messed up big time!

    February 2012

  • BBXINHOW

    AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!

    February 2012

  • MindFyre101

    This song made the Watchmen trailer 10x cooler.

    January 2012

  • nrohit92

    What A song!!!

    January 2012

  • zubie7a

    Listening to this song gives me a lot of shivers a DAMN lot.

    January 2012

  • tardisgirl71

    EPIC build-up and quiet explosion @ 1:40. Now freedom's consuming itself...

    December 2011

  • qatlover12

    the best!

    December 2011

  • velvethopes

    I'm pretty sure there's a part in the Bible that mentions this song. [4]

    November 2011

  • silvasonicsurfa

    ...oh boy, I'm blessed this morning, two Muse tracks first Invincible, then this.........

    November 2011

  • A7X-30STM

    That build-up, THAT FUCKING BUILD-UP <3! [5]

    November 2011

  • eliinnn

    Seriously if someone would sing this song to me I would kill myself. This is so fucking freaking me out, so amazing 0___0

    October 2011

  • Own1ngSn1p3r

    I hope to see these guys live again someday.

    October 2011

  • RobCanning

    Lose your head at 2:35

    October 2011

  • RobCanning

    This song is on God's iPod.

    September 2011
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