Muse - Dark Shines (Live)

[MUSE1795]

5 people needa die.

[promathia1]

that solo is so sexy. Can't stop listening to this version

[DomHowardsFluoPants]

Tonight ! :p

[event1515308]

Matt is genius

[musicResistances]

back when MTV used to play real music

[crazydudetb]

Totally agree with LiveforMyMoment. This is the most underated MUSE SONG. Awesome arrangement, good mix of music and brilliant vocals from Mat.

[Dannypanify]

@crazydudetb It's because it sounds much better live; people hear it on the album and think "okay, this is decent." But you gotta hear it like this to appreciate it!

[o0Daaisy0o]

Muse are amazing! They're one of the very few bands i know that sound just as good (if not better) live as they do recorded!

[siempreloqueyodiga]

This song is about drugs.

Great song.

[recoa2k9]

this better be sex education for y9 :)

[xXFR057Xx]

muse is fucking amazing. they sound great live too. not too many bands can do that. everyones voice is doctored somehow today. matt is the most talented man in music.

[stelios984]

tears tears a lot of tears...

[hypermusic24]

Amazing guitar solo.

[Princesslildee]

Just got chills :)

[GagaChocolate]

Hoo god, this is SO good *.* <3

[MaggyMagie]

this song is amazing *__* ♫ ♥

[lambzchan]

one of the best by muse.

eerie, seductive, and beautiful.

[yusbellamy]

great song wif a great band

[dtrules7809]

my favourite muse song!!!

love this, its not very well know though

[19ZoSo93]

My favorite Muse song.

Barely anyone gives this song the love it deserves.

[nicoexogenesis]

yeah !!! one of da best song of Muse, The perfect Muse'touch !!!!!!!!!

[tara022]

One of Muses absolute best. Definitely underrated. This is the Muse I love. Not the Uprising, Neutron Star, Undisclosed Desisres stuff.

[TheJahtube]

THIS IS MUSE .. not neutron star bullshit ... matt WHY ??

[sovietsentinel]

@TheJahtube I feel your pain. They went from unique and groundbreaking to really typical soft rock it seems.

[AdrianWs6]

They are so fucking good!!! I love the studio version but the one thing that really took me a while to like was the jazz horn sounding thing at the end of every chorus. But live, matt plays those parts with the guitar and it sounds awesome.

[eremgame]

Darkshines is my favorite song, I don't know why peoples don't like it.

I prefer the chorus in the studio version...

Sorry for my bad english I am french ^^

[FatCak3s]

@eremgame Who cares if your french and you might not have good grammar the only good thing is that u like muse

[Frangf23]

MUSE ES LA HOSTIA

[akczenaiwok]

"dark shines bringing me down" option and "dark shine's bringing me down" option, how do you - the english, recognize what option do you hear? I have no idea; besides what are those "dark shines", I ask, becaue by Muse's songs, even TFD is useless

[MythOfEchelon]

@akczenaiwok Both those options mean exactly the same thing basically except "Shine's" means "Shine is"

[MythOfEchelon]

@akczenaiwok So one would be referring to the multiple "Dark Shines" and the other would be "The dark shine is bringing me down"

[akczenaiwok]

@MythOfEchelon [I don't want to be bothersome, but have a question] Could you tell me PLEASE, if you know, what are those "dark shines"? how can shines be dark? [I guess it is not any kind o freshwater fish, I know there is such a speceis, or genus, or black spot on eyes]; I found this: "shines" - (Informal) Pranks or tricks, is it "a good path"?

[MythOfEchelon]

@akczenaiwok Theres no such thing as a dark shine as shine refers to light and light cant be dark.

Umm, we tend to judge it based on the rest of the sentence before or after it.

[Maria20sagittarius]

@MythOfEchelon I think thats the beauty of it, at least thats what makes it surreally and eerie beautiful to me... we all know that the shine cant be dark, but when Matt sings it with such power and gives it a lethargy, love-sick feeling to it, he makes me believe that he has seen one :)

[aprilmetler]

one of my favorite bands of all time. i love this song. and I LOVE MATTHEW BELLAMY!

[Fliebertjesliefde]

1:13 !

So great, gotta love him...

[XxExPlOsIvEPaRaMoRe]

I love this song...

DAAARK SHIIIINES <3

[yanks606]

i am speechless.

[killingtimeagainxX]

I think this version seems a bit rushed and a little off (barely noticable but to one who has heard this song everyday on repeat for 2 weeks) DON'T GET ME WRONG, it's still amazing in everyway possible. Just rushed =/

[georgethepockyjedi]

They do tend to speed things up live. Just look at any live version of citizen erased compared to the original

[zfangride]

@killingtimeagainxX you are correct! It's one of my fav songs, and I've been listening to it a ton, and you're right. Listen to the version from Hullaballo... Big difference. Still amazing none the less!

[Krissy0412]

This is definitely one of the most amazing songs ever, if not THE most amazing.

[LiveForMyMoment]

If this solo is not "innovative" then no guitar solo nowadays is !

This is one of the best and most fascinating guitar solos I ve heard the past decade and is definitively a true testament to Matthew James Bellamy epic musical skills.

[BestNameEvar]

aaw, I love young lil' high-voiced matt

[seop]

omfg. im a huge fan since 2001, stumbled upon this gem and all i can say is that i am ashamged i did not fine it before tonight. .. never too late. this is perfection. imagine this live? fuck sake,.

[emy4me]

I love Muse so muchh!

They've been my favorite band since I was 7, I can't wait till the december 12th concert at Vegas when I get to see them :DD and i'm going to meet them :DDDDD backstage passsses! I thank god for them!

[hitmowaka]

OMG, please, might I kill you and steal your backstage passes plzplzplz?? xDD

Just kidding, you're ***** lucky lol, one of the few ppl I really envy in the world right now

MUSE ROCK

[emy4me]

I mett Matt :DDDDDDD

I was in heaven!

[karinitaav]

@emy4me really? :O!!! ooh you're so lucky!

[emy4me]

@karinitaav It was such a beautiful moment :')

[D1A2V3E4J]

Muse are my favorite band and i think they are the best band going atm.

BUT, im sorry, this isn't an innovative or phenomenal guitar solo, it's just the vocal melody exaggeratedly a bit.

[stevedarkin]

3:11

That's what I call an innovative solo. Or at least new from Muse. Awesomeness!

[Maquiladora83]

A quite wonderful version.

[LiveForMyMoment]

Most UNDERRATED Muse Track EVER

It's the perfect mix of jazz and rock, it has amazing explosive drums , ultra catchy jazzy bass line, phenomenal and innovative guitar solo....And last but not least beautiful lyrics sung by an ultra pasionnate and sensual voice

[Awesomality]

spoken like a true muse fan

[Zolic17]

@LiveForMyMoment I love you!

[Vomear]

@LiveForMyMoment I agree this is a Kick-ass song... which should be played more often... if at all

[omfgshade]

@LiveForMyMoment Yes I know your comment is a year old, but hell. Even two years ago, this song was NEVER underrated to begin with. lol

[RockBSB94]

i freaking love this song i love u matthew

[mitliko12]

Great song!

[IprototypeI]

thats one hell of a big ass guitar

[aspectra]

I wish they would resurrect this song for live performances. I know Matt doesn't like playing a few old songs because of high vocal strain but this song is wicked awesome.

[Gapiro]

@aspectra It will be back for Reading and Leeds festivals, they are playing through OOS in its entirety

[timegirl95]

love love love darkshines, but i miss the piano for this song. also, there was really nothing special about this performance, but i still liked it. matt's such an amazing guitarist.

[neezocrene]

its not a little-off bit of arrogance of matt u dumb..

it was his style like that...

robotic arms..

[lucestellare06]

Love this song!! Another spectacular performance by the amazing band, Muse.

[doopydoop123]

Seeing these in November!

[topliff12345]

ME TOO !

[elizabethbellamy]

OMG ! sexy (:

i love this song

[hbhill]

Awesome performance!!

And sex face at 4:16!! XDD

[ShinigamiLoveApple]

Awesomeness!!! One of my favourite just wish they would play this live more often and maybe add a crazy piano bit xD

[JoeEllis1026]

there is, in the bar before chorus in recorded version

[chordbreaker]

I'm pretty sure that's what he's talking about.

[Muse1901]

Oh Wow Didn't Know Matt Had Asthma, I Did Too When I Was A Baby, Almost Died From It, Then I Wouldn't Have Been Able To Listen To Muse And My Life Would Have Been Worthless And Wasted!

[bonuspants]

Actually I don't think Dark Shines comes across nearly as well as on the studio version. I much prefer the Roland trumpet synth to the Digitech Whammy, and the buttery, heart-melting reverb on the album version of 3:11 in this video is really what made the song for me. I don't feel like the song gained a whole lot live.

[hilikus540]

this song has a reference so sex but doesn't have to be about it.

nice, nice very unpredictable performance.

[duckpeter]

this song is purely about sex

[procrastinats]

SOOO much more respect for darkshines now.

[codebabe]

i love when he sings through the distorted mic!

[ZDude47]

I didn't really notice his gasping untill I read these comments

[Freegirl24]

Matthew has the asthma... but I actually love when he breathes loudly when he sings :)

[codebabe]

does he actually have asthma? that would explain it. because he does hold notes long in his music making him gasp alot.

[Kasad9]

Does he use a Digitech Whammy for the solos? I know on the album it's a... Hmm, Roland something with Trumpet effect...

[alexatetris]

People say Matt needs to work on his breath control, and sometimes it's true. But personally, I don't give a damn whether I can hear those gasps or not. I actally like them. Like, you freaking NEED to breath in order to blast out those ridiculously amazing vocals that he possesses.

[gregory06]

I heard it's cuz he has athsma. But regardless, i think it adds some crazy emotion to most parts of the music. After listening to their albums after a while it becomes natural and you don't really notice it, but you end up with more emotion than anything when you do notice it.

[alexatetris]

Very good point; it's not a set back at all for him, nor is it a burden on their music. It only adds to their already moving sound.

[britishkath]

WOW! Matt and his EXCELLENT perfomence are AMAZING, so wise, so genius!!! This guy is clever with his music. Dominic in drums is terrific!! MUSE ROCKS!!! What an AMAZING song, too. =O =D

[CrackBerryLove]

What about Chris?

[fokxeechic]

i actually prefer the recorded version. and a song i love more live then on cd are ALL of the strokes songs. they are all better live. more raw.

but Muse are amazing. maybe the best band ever in the whole existance on mankind!!!

[Joe22c]

Yeah I agree, Strokes are pretty good live too.

And yeah, I also agree Darkshines sounds better on the album because of the mashing piano keys making it sound more chaotic and badass.

But now that they have Morgan Nichols, you know, I'm sure another Darkshines performance would be fantastic. =)

Did you guys hear about the recent "Muse answers 30 questions" thing?

They're considering playing a show where the fans vote for some to most of the setlist.

haha, come on 'Falling Away With you'!

[King2E]

I dunno, the live chorus is better in almost every way every time..

[FanMadeProductions]

Come one Glorious!!

[alexatetris]

Haha, yeah I read them. They're incredibly intelligent and witty those Muse boys are.

[TaRtaRoS1000]

they souends like my bulbul

[arex82]

if you dont feel this song in your soul, you probably don't have one..

[0redthunder0]

I felt it the first time i heard it :)

[xxVeryaMUSEingxx]

this is the ONLY band i've ever known to have a song that sounds better live than on their album LONG LIVE THE BEST ROCK BAND EVER. MUSE! Fuck religion, i'm a Bellamian

[TheGlassBallerina66]

fucking amazing

[HyvelTjuven]

SHIT!

Good preformance...

[ZDude47]

This is the Muse I love Best, This Style, of course they're still awesome but this Style I love Most... That note at 1:16, the way he Plays it WOAH, AWESOME :D

[darknesrising1234]

One of the most underrated Muse songs ever

[Joe22c]

If Matt ever plays this live on piano, oh god that would just be Bliss. Well no, actually it would be Darkshines haha. Ok lame joke aside, that would be totally sweet. I'd kill to hear him do that piano mashing part.

[jakeyandhisbass]

lol. yeah, that was pretty lame

[nasoone]

BOO, YOU SUCK :]

[TheGreatH4x0r]

lol I thought it was actually funny

[MistaRowland]

I love this performance. The way every note Matt plays screams out at me and the way he switches up the lead parts makes me shiver.

[NickolasTorner]

what is the efect ?

[Dekkz0r]

Tubescreamer

[antsproson]

lol no its not... Its a roland pickup most of it, the rest is the fuzz factory, reverb and delay.

[Dekkz0r]

dude, please check out muse their own music books (wich are published on their web page) and find out they DO use the Tubescreamer and FYI No delay at all in this song... lol

[antsproson]

lol you turst their music books? ever listened to the CD that comeswith them? Lmfao. Studio version and here, line 6 echo delay - bitch - is used. There is no tube screamer in the studio version, they may be here, but i can almost garuntee it being heavy OD with the fuzz factory.

[cattycat6]

This might be my favorite Muse song (if thats possible, they're all so good!)

[zolium]

Who knows. But most likely the band won't play songs like this ever again, unfortunately. I remember in Absolution days in some interview, why he doesn't play Showbiz songs (besides the muscle museum,sunburn,random showbiz), because his voice has changed. He can still hit high notes, but his voice changed.

Origin of Symmetry songs too. This, Hyper Music, Dead Star (A-side), etc. has too much of a different voice now. He does play Hyper Music & Dead Star riffs live now though. Awesome.

[waddupzy]

I should add Muse to my top ten bands!!

[shane5792]

Top 5!

[c135203]

top 1 !

[nimpo46]

top 0!

[FanMadeProductions]

Top 1!

[antsproson]

Just awesome ^^

[AloneAgainNaturally]

i come from NAPLES and i've bben to their concert in the stadium....it was great....they are the best!!!!!

[GeoAl09]

i heard that they hated playing that song live, well in general too lol. which is kind of wierd because i think this song is way way better sounding live and such an amazing song. i love when he goes "beeeeeeee minnnnneeeeeeeeeEEeeEeEEee" i love his voice

[mxpredator]

best band on the whole world

don't know a band which is such less negative comments on youtube videos?

anytime thought of that?

[ToplessArt]

Matt is ONE of the best guitarists in the world; the only reason he isn't, and I mean the ONLY reason, is because of his age (29).

[theatricalrocker]

how do u mean i dont really see what age has to do with it ? lol

[ToplessArt]

Age = Experience, man. He can't be the best because there are admittedly much more seasoned guitarists with more experience and skill under their belt. Skill doesn't just happen, it improves over time.

[theatricalrocker]

true thats fair enough point you made but i think that you can only judge a musician on his music whatever his age and i rate matt bellamy highly lol

[ToplessArt]

Yeah seriously, he's definitely the best guitarist of our generation.

[ThisResurrection]

I love Matthew.

[sumkid15]

best guitarists on earth

[DeadStarExo]

Matthew Bellamy is a frickin guitar hero and rock star and owns all of the names you've used people

You're just frickin jealous of this musical genius, plain and simple

BELLAMY >>>>>> YOU

[drklabyrinth]

So i can't lie. I love Bellamy. However, an establish guitarist (Jimmy Page, Steve Vai, John Petrucci) has something that Bellamy will never be able to do. They moved the music industry. And It's hardly musical genius, he breaks apart chords. Jimmy Page played his guitar with a violin bow.  Which one is more genius?

All in all, Muse is amazing, though, hardly the best band in the history of music.

[tomhayward99]

Bellamy is an amazing composer...but hes pretty ave as a guitarist, as hard as it is to say. Chris is a brilliant bassist tho!

[thegoodusernameman]

Agreed. Matt does the job, but Chris is immense!!! Dom kicks balls as well.

[ecl411]

I totally agree. But honestly, how many people can be considered part of the special few that have changed the industry? As far as guitar skills, Bellamy is fantastic, but not the best. However, that's not where his genius lies. His skills as a pianist are amazing. He is obviously influenced by Thom Yorke, in his style of composition. But the way he manipulates opera, classical music, rock and electronica is something he excels at.

[ecl411]

Oh, and another thing: Muse is one of the only bands that moves my soul. I can listen to their records over and over. I think that's more important to me than musical virtuosity:)

[Aether77]

thank you, fantastic point. Exactly what people need to recognize, that the fact that musical virtuosity only goes so far. Amazing songwriting and emotion is limitless!

[azngreenteas]

this is the son of steve vai if he had one.

[antsproson]

He jsut simply isnt though is he...

[Hexxx777]

From 00:22 to 00:24 Matt kinda reminds of Christian Bale in American Psycho.

[cldply12]

really good song 4rm a great album,same with showbiz,absolution,sadly i cant say the same for Black Holes AND Revalations, sorry but it sucked.!!

[zanestickler]

i think black holes and revalations is the best album yet. that's my opinion, but im sure im not the only one who thinks it.

[azngreenteas]

no it isnt, plz keep ur opinion to ur self

[RussShoey25]

I agree, sir, it could easily be seen as the best album. How could people praise the other three albums but not Blackholes? Theres no logic involved. It is a genre defying piece of sublime songwriting skills and ideas. And it's the album they took to Wembley stadium in June, i bet you didn't complain about the album then.

[HumanSculpture]

hell they are all good..

Different but AMAZING in their own way

[gibby12100]

God youtube comments annoy me! (yes, i am aware of that statement being hippocritical because i am currently posting a commnent on youtube, but) One of the Main reasons that people think that Black Holes and Revelations isn't regarded as really equal to the others is because its the album that made fucking

[gibby12100]

nobheads like most of the people that have posted on this like them, which=, in my opinion, kind of ruined a unique band. 9/10 people that have posted here probably never liked muse before Black Holes and revelations.

On top of that, the music in Black Holes and revelations is just plain not as good (Yes i do know that doesnt really make sence)On top of that, Not related to the post i am replying to, Matt Belamy isnt really a very good guitarist,

[gibby12100]

Read from the first of my Posts, 3 Down

Muse are amazing composers, and Matt is an imense singer, but his guitar riffs are generally just simple with help of lots of effects.

[Spacecowboyy]

i disagree. i saw muse live last summer, and his guitar solo was fucking killerrr.

[franklindudeacough]

I agree with spacecowboyy, and you have to give it to muse they are good musicians.

[HumanSculpture]

this sing gives me chills..literally. It's so erie. I LOVE IT!!

[extravaganza69]

It should be definitely the single with official video, best song by Muse, ever.

"Dark shines, bringing me down... makin' my heart feel sore..."

[idioticmime]

gr8 improvisation..matt's da best guitarist ever..period~

[PooPoo2U]

batio takes him, hands down...

[theatricalrocker]

yeah but listen to batios songs lol they r kinda like the music from low budget 80s movies lol

[azngreenteas]

jimmy page is better

[satoshihiwatari12]

DANG...he's good...He's even better live! Now that's an accomplishment!

Loving Muse even more...

[GeoAl09]

i love this song. it sounds awesome live.

[7Umudo7]

Well they have Morgan Nicholls now on gigs, they can play this. I'm looking forward to hear this one live again...

[ohsosexydevinx3]

love this song^5 billion

[beneIIi762]

Hellbeansf,

its matts song to mess with, so who are you to judge. Muse is still amazing despite matt messing around/having fun with HIS songs.

[Milkman4ever]

this song is great ... i've listen to muse for like 6 months now... and just listened to this song today and its so good

[langlim]

this is def. one of my top 3 favorite muse songs. its incredibly underrated.

ive seem them twice, but i still havent seen them play this song!!

[KyleHyde770]

The band simply HATES this song (like hyper music or exo politics), enough to NOT playing it ANYMORE

BTW I've seen this band 8 times between 2001 and 2006 and the first two times, I GOT DARKSHINES and MAN did I melt on it.....

Pure sensuality at heart, like someone caressing gently your skin forever.....before making you melting for good

[accez24]

I cant see how they could hate those songs, why would they put them on an album if they didnt like them?

[daspare1]

Don't be ridiculous. They don't hate it. It doesn't get played as often because it's a mere album track (wasn't released as a single) and they have since released two albums after it.. meaning lots of other songs naturally get prioritised first. As great as it'd be, it's not possible to play every song they've ever made.

[MkNate]

Great song! Why don't they play it often on concerts?

[KyleHyde770]

To answer you and the other Darkshines Smarks here "why aren't they playing this masterpiece anymore ?"

Well there basically two reasons to it

1/ It wasn't one of OOS single and it's dated of 2001, two albums happened since it = zero chance about it to reappear

2/ It is related to the first fact, back on the OOS Era they were barely playing it each night and the last time ever they did was Dec 2 2001 in Osaka Japan (with an EXTRAORDINARY Guitar solo on it)

So my thoughts are :

[Hellbeansf]

Quite simple, this guy always botches his solos, and tries to make up for it with silly fills.

Less cocaine, more music please.

[ShvinktaProductions]

Well, Micro Cuts wasn't a solo and they stopped playing it, and they just recently started playing it again :)

I think they don't play this because the studio version is just so wonderful with the piano, and Matt simply can't play guitar and piano at the same time. The piano chords at the beginning of the chorus were my favorite part of the song and the live version is lacking without it..

[BestNameEvar]

As much as I fucking love the chaotic piano chords before the chorus, I still think this live version kicks ass. All things considered, they could easily bring back the piano/synth line now that they have Morgan.

I'm hoping that they'll bring this back in due time, and when they do I'm sure it'll bring a tear to my eye. I mean, hell, they played Unintended that one time in Wembley for the first time in 5-odd years.

[WIRN]

Great song, maybe Muse best

[Mindvygaudautas]

ja, really thanks for uploading this great song. this song is such one which represents MUSE in the best way. respect, peace :)

[peavy69]

thanks for this video. It's a song never play on stage.

IF someone has a live video of "falling away with you" Please upload it.

thx

[Dafid2006]

They have never played Falling Away With You live execpt once when they played a 30sec riff off it at Leeds 2002. Theres no vid, shame really

[fafaway]

Thanks for upload!!! Hardly to find the live version!!