ONTD

11:45 am - 01/14/2013

Matt Bellamy of Muse Blasts Society 'Structures'


Matt Bellamy has blasted the ''structures'' keeping people ''in place'' within society.
Muse think young people are ''born into bondage''
The conspiracy theory-loving rockers feel younger generations are oppressed by subtle means, and hope their music finds its way to an audience who willing to question society's norms.
Frontman Matt Bellamy said: ''The structures keeping people in place these days are days are far more covert and coercive: Advertising, the media, the way corporations and governments function and so on.
''A lot of young people are born into bondage and don't necessarily know it. I'd like to think our songs have some influence on people who feel they don't want to fall in with everything.''
The 'Uprising' rocker feels his group are keeping up a ''tradition'' among bands of making young people think and question what's around them.
He added to Classic Rock magazine: ''I do feel we are keeping up that tradition, that it's the job of bands, musicians, artists in general to at least shed light on things people might not be aware of.
''I wouldn't pretend we're the starting point, but in combination with other artists out there, I think we collectively influence other people to come up with new ways of thinking. And they're the ones who will form policies in the future.''

Source: ContactMusic
ia with him about all of his political views tbh even though idk what's the context of this. I mean, Matt constantly rambles about conspiracies and all but would be great if the articles had given a bit of context
howlin_wolf_66 14th-Jan-2013 01:06 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I totally agree with you - but if it can possibly work for ANYBODY, and presumably different forms of media - then that in itself makes it less special for Matt to comment upon... If he had said 'all art can potentially alter people's perspective', then I wouldn't have batted an eyelid... but it's this idea of making musicians special that feels weird... It makes me wonder why he chose to comment on it, when, as you say, this occurrence is so widespread.

I guess that's where the megalomania comes in! :-)
fraubluecher 14th-Jan-2013 02:50 pm (UTC)
Because he cares about music, I guess. Don't see why he would have to mention "any art" when asked about his music.
howlin_wolf_66 14th-Jan-2013 03:42 pm (UTC)
I didn't get the impression that he was asked about his music, though... just asked about the way society is going, and then he chose to link it to his music. If he believes that music is responsible for big change, then the truly humble thing to do would be to link it only to other people, and not mention his own efforts at all.

If someone asks you whether you believe your own music has changed the world, it looks better if you're self-deprecating and brushing the idea off, rather than taking the notion and running with it. It's for other people to talk about the effect of his work, not him.


This page was loaded May 24th 2013, 8:51 pm GMT.