Muse - Hyper Music @ The Mayan Theater in LA 2015-5-15

From the barrier, Muse performing Hyper Music at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles on Friday May 15, 2015. This song was requested by numerous fans in the audience who were holding up cards reading "HYPER MUSIC" and was the first time Muse played Hyper Music in the US. There's a brief shot of a Hyper Music sign at the end of my Supermassive Black Hole video: • Muse - Supermassive Bl...

[@victormaciel550]

shout out to the light operator, who had to improvise the light effects to match a song that wasn't even rehearsed

[@forsain4533]

Certainly, everyone always gives the band credit (rightly so, what a performance) but nobody ever mentions the crew that have to keep up with the band 😂

[@ikerina]

I'd like to think the operator already familiar with this song so it helps LOL 😂

[@errrick]

they sure had balls to play this without any previous rehearsal considering how rarely this is played and therefore practiced .. I wish they could do this sort of thing more often ...

[@sharonla]

checked the set-lists of the shows in the months prior to the Mayan, and saw that they played Hyper Music at Manchester Academy in March, so I thought we might have a (very small) chance to get them to play it--and IT WORKED!!

[@errrick]

before leeds 2011, this was last played in 2003. then, it's only been played 9 times in 4 years across 2 different stadium and festival world tours. do the math. right, they had played it 2 months before this gig, regardless of that tell me one good reason they'd spend any time practising it and HEY, it wasn't even in the original setlist so YES, I can safely assume they hadn't rehearsed much more than assuming they had, and kudos to them because they pulled it off beautifully.

[@cedarflags]

I love how you can hear Chris sooo clearly here. So many bands don’t have loud bass lines

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

maybe my single favorite thing about Muse

[@sharonla]

I just stumbled upon this video! Here's the story behind Muse playing Hyper Music at the Mayan in Los Angeles: My daughter won a trip from LA to see Muse at the iHeart show in NYC (tiny 200 person show), which was one week before the Mayan show. During our meet and greet after the iHeart show we gave them a (wish) set-list for the Mayan show (it was hilarious: Matt "do we have to play them all?" Us: "well, as many as you can. U.S. fans want the rarities too!" Hyper Music was at the top of the list. For the Mayan show were were on the barricade right in front of Matt, and brought 5 small identical signs that said Hyper Music Please. We showed them to Matt every time he looked at us (which took a while, because he didn't really seem to look at the audience until after 5 or 6 songs. But then he stood in front of us and asked us if we wanted them to play it! We said YES!!!! (I think we may have been jumping too lol). Then he walked over to Dom and Chris and asked if they should do it, AND THEY DID! BEST MUSE MOMENT OF MY LIFE! Anyway, so no, they were not playing this anyway haha (and yes, that's us screaming alot on the video, we were to the left of the person who shot the video)

[@hyena269]

this is super late but thanks so much for asking them to play this, it's the only time I've ever heard this live (and probably ever will, haha).

[@Marlon-Ortiz]

Awesome

[@TheAmateurListener]

I do appreciate the request and this recording. I was there too and it was fantastic (although strange that they didn't sing the "I don't want you" part and that we had to fill in that blank). When I watched the pro-shot recording later I was sad this wasn't included so extra happy for fans posting it!!!

[@vibecheck4581]

Hell yeah their good sports for taking your request😂

[@semhendrix]

​@@TheAmateurListenerChris actually sings the chorus of Hyper Music since around 2010 (?), but it's not very clear on this video

[@robertdodds1028]

How amazing to request a really rare song at a Muse gig and get it How amazing also that they can just play this off the bat after years and years

[@lewisbarron5454]

They probably still practice it occasionally

[@furonet138]

+Lewis Barron (legitimateOpTic) yeah they played it a bit during the psycho tour in march of this year, so it wasn't totally out of nowhere

[@MrGeewiz1]

Lol they knew they were going to play it. They just don’t want you to know that. So they would have rehearsed this beforehand

[@Hayougotnuked]

Best recording of this, amazing that they changed setlist due to crowd hahah, although hyper music should always be played anyway :)

[@Hunkeykung]

The bass line starting at 1:39 still gives me goosebumps after 20 years. Chris is a genius.

[@nicknameaccount6193]

YES

[@muhgtra2sd]

I'm addicted to this band and I never stop listening to muse though a few records didn't suit my expectations. Anyway I truly believe this band drives out hatred and all of the negative feelings, their music is meant to be flawless but the search of a commercial approach instilled a weird culture and it recently determined a progress we all know; that's a change that slowly made the sound become more popular, it turned into some ballads and it scared many fans off because when you're not as original and personal as previously the keenest fans feel betrayed, struck into their soul. I don't want to bash a band for a change because they were clearly looking for a breakthrough and for a successful age and they never fail over a concert. Their gigs are fantastic, after watching them live you realize there's no one who can be compared to Muse for the charm on stage and the way they unleash the crowd. Queuing up for one of their gigs is theatrical and it is also addictive the speed of the images. They break the mould! If i hadn't come across the discovery of these talented guys I might never have loved and commended the alternative scene and the indie tendencies, whose fathers are performing in the video above. Love them and if you're a great fan, keep it up! Never feel ashamed of bearing their name! Muse can totally encompass love, dedication and faith and each other word can be excessive!

[@michaelwong5759]

15 April 2024 Still gives me chills. Muse to the end ❤

[@edwarddeavila1099]

Why is this not on the guitar center session?!

[@pchelyndus]

oh God Hyper Music is a perfect song! Thanks for video.

[@JalepenoHunter]

It sounded so good! That was such a good show :)

[@luckyjinx]

This is so awesome. I wanted to be there so bad but I wasn't able to get a ticket! So I'm glad I was able to watch this :D Thanks for recording!

[@cpjds1]

Way cool to hear, other than Matt obviously saving his voice by not singing any of the choruses.

[@raisiqueirapinheiro3962]

Chris sings the chorus since 2011, it also was like this when they performed Origin fully at Reading on that year.

[@sharr3766]

this really gave me chills. this was my favorite track by muse in the early 2000s, my dad bought a special cd player to carry in the car because his radio was dead, and we would listen to this track + plug in baby back to back for hours. Now he is dead, and I have the feeling no one aside from us ever listened or appreciated the track Hyper music, since nobody talks about it and its never played live. So seeing the audience freak out here is amazing, I never expected people to react in such a intense way to it; I wouldve lost my mind if I was there

[@agnesgyebnar3271]

Very song, very good MUSE! THANK YOU!

[@danielmccarthy1256]

Thanks for recording this Jack! Cheers.

[@kevinvalentinoartdecola]

Found this,feel blessed

[@Tottenhamie]

So epic!

[@0edit0]

“We haven’t got that one have we?” Meaning that they haven’t got a backing track. Muse use a lot of backing tracks/midi nonsense these days. Then Matt says to his guitar tech that he will do his own pedals (very rare) and goes on to tune his guitar down to drop D and just goes for it - like old muse! Wonderful!

[@isaakfoley1861]

he says "I don't know if we've ever played that one have we? over here" because they never played it in the us before

[@isaakfoley1861]

And I don't even know what the rest of your comment means lol

[@henribest4637]

I think he'd probably be talking about the click track that's playes in their IEMs to keep time.

[@BeauFerchaud]

this mix sounds better than the actual TV special.

[@furymuso4483]

Nah mate... just nah.

[@cactuzblade1751]

Really good filming

[@alexisgomez3015]

Epic!

[@gustavobuezas]

best show

[@mjarre100]

WOW =) AWESOME!!!!

[@JessicaSarahS]

Great vid!

[@erradate6425]

I had chill srsly

[@mused932]

Hyper loveee ❤❤❤❤❤

[@iliana4284]

lol what was matt saying in the beginning? i can't understand him

[@ballisticpineapples3513]

It's something to Dom or Chris like "remember that one?", then "do you all wanna hear that one?", then some mumbling about it being on the second album, a "you wanna do it?", then him announcing the song. I think, at least. I could be wrong.

[@oksanatrofimova5214]

🤣🤣🤣SO FUNNY THIS PERFORMENSE MUSE !! OK68 REALLY LIKED CROUD HELP YOU SING -ITS SO FUNNY!!😂😂😂

[@MaquiladoraIII]

Museheads: has Matt ever sang the brilliant falsetto intro live?

[@vibecheck4581]

0:47 what effect is that?

[@Stovesrx]

digitech whammy

[@corneygeez7346]

Not the first time they performed this song in the USA actually.

[@danielmccarthy1256]

Corey Goff Hasn't been played here, unless it's one of the "missing" Absolution gigs.

[@castrejonandy39]

+Corey Goff in full it is. the only other time it was played in the US was in 2007 at the Kroq AAC

[@MKUltraCuts]

+Andrew Castrejon The '07 KROQ AAC was my 4th Muse show and they played a very Hendrix influenced HM outro.

[@adelaa01]

he didnt even try to sing the chorus :(

[@furonet138]

+Paulina Bochen He hasn't in like 13 years. Chris has sung it in all recent performances

[@BT-cp4lq]

I think its because it would really hurt probably

[@luischarla9501]

@@BT-cp4lqwhat if he played futurism... he will crack af

[@BT-cp4lq]

@@luischarla9501 he probably could its just that it would damage his vocal chords, the thing is with hyper music is that its like screaming at the same time as singing not just straight singing like futurism

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

​@@BT-cp4lq I am very much in support of him not damaging his lovely vocal cords lol

[@nicknameaccount6193]

it's like they don't understand their fans at all. We want the deep cuts. We want the good stuff. We don't give a crap about the stuff that plays well on the radio, give us the real stuff. I can't believe they don't do this more.

[@iqbalmuhammad2920]

RHCP played almost totally new songs for their 2023 concert in Australia, and deservingly got a lot of criticism LOL. Muse at least played their iconic songs for most of the time, roughly 50% of their setlist, which is very fair for me. This is true also until 2023.

[@PhotosByFinch]

lol at anyone who thinks they weren't playing this anyway

[@sharonla]

see my post above! haha

[@adelaa01]

he didnt even try to sing the chorus :(

[@MrAgent00i]

That's because Chris always sings it live...

[@brandonb.5304]

Chris sung it. Chris has been singing the chorus since 2011, when they performed HM at Reading and Leeds.