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Muse performs the official song of the London 2012 Olympics, Survival, during the Closing Ceremony.
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[@Olympics]

Let us know your unforgettable Olympic Opening or Closing Ceremony moment and we will add them to a future #MusicMonday!

[@WendyHatsumomo]

Olympic CL & EXO please

[@AmandaRodrigues-lt6ok]

Incredible, without words here; Extraordinary music, best choice without a doubt.

[@renapeppers20]

The 2012 Olympic games are my favorite. Everything was amazing.

[@albertolizardo1083]

Invite Muse again, please 🙌

[@clarkbautista1946]

Muse again please

[@luciad.6487]

So 11 years old me really watched this without knowing Muse was gonna be one of my favourites bands ever

[@theimperialkerbalunion7568]

I was literally thinking the same thing, I am acc shocked I never knew about them b4 2015. My 10 year old self was completely unaware 7 years later he would be listening to muse on repeat daily.

[@trixnglz1871]

Exactly the same for me, but I don't remember watching this!!

[@andreameixueiro]

Same for me :(

[@saujonn8972]

Same ha ha

[@snookerwither9955]

I was only 9 and I never saw this, I wish I had because I would have liked them back then already

[@johanneskristian3888]

Muse should be perform at every Olympics opening ceremony tbh.

[@Kim.2595]

where do I sign to make this real

[@mochi7311]

i agree.

[@mnzen2442]

Dom cracking up at Matt's flamboyant behaviour😂

[@richardlaurente1078]

The best

[@awaludintribowo1407]

SURE!!!!!!!!

[@langl4033]

the stage is shaking from Chris's headbanging

[@AJ20008]

All of us are

[@Kimgolden_wal]

2024년에 듣는 사람??

[@일상에서-e4z]

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@sonofabdoel9346]

Muse is millenium version of Queen

[@gavilanMACR]

But without VIH+ and with pants

[@Profiterol94]

SOMEONE FINALLY SAID THAT

[@uzefulvideos3440]

I've always thought of their style as a mix of Pink Floyd and System of a Down.

[@mbee1591]

Whatever made you say that?

[@zookacchi]

@@mbee1591 Obvious Queen influences, and their music is as grand and bombastic as Queen's is.

[@GeniusLad32]

Proving how much they hate playback XD

[@miguelinpinpin]

@@SyazwanSaidan voice was live

[@Shr00b]

They don’t care where they’re playing, even if it’s the Olympics closing closing ceremony, you never make them use a playback.

[@Inkompetenzist]

@@Shr00b the track is a Playback. They sing live. The guitars and Drums are definetly not live.

[@charlie172011]

@@miguelinpinpin 3:28 clearly shows that there was voice playback

[@mr_nemo24]

The only thing is not live are the voices of the choir. They can´t afford in their performances to go with all the musicians that work with them always. I see jelous people here. XD

[@mashiakira7783]

its a year 2024 and here i am still listening to the best olimpic song! 😁

[@regancashman4436]

The backing singers haunt my dreams.

[@mrz3r068]

underrrated comment lol

[@PierreSarlac]

I agree. Never a choregraphy has been that sober and, yet, completely electrifying.

[@kostasperdikaris4309]

Well Matt literally revealed his strength to the human race after all.

[@Koragh_]

Seeing pink floyd , tool and muse live make you feel alive

[@pinkpapermint]

헐써 9년 되었구나 ㅠ ㅠ 이거 티비로 봤을때 진짜 개미쳤었음

[@chang-woorhee760]

2024년에서 왔습니다 ㅠㅠ 이젠 12년됬내요...

[@citizenerrased]

12...

[@Radiomannn]

Underrated Band.. The band with the best live performances for the last 20 years

[@iDrunkRS]

Underrated? Don't use that word so liberally, lmfao. They're the biggest rock band of our generation with multiple platinum albums. No one hasn't heard of Muse.

[@felixoum7901]

@@iDrunkRS I don't know where you're from but we are not in your country my friend.. Here in Canada yes their fanbase is huge and strong and they mostly sell out the few dates they usually play here but in everyday life in the street most people of any age doesn't know about Muse. I know it because I am a Muser walking in the street of Canada (Montreal where they have the biggest fanbase in North America)

[@misteryhs]

Coldplay>Muse

[@citizenerrased]

underrated? are you serious?

[@felixoum7901]

@@citizenerrased Ill bring you back to my earlier comment

[@robcampbell6178]

Now this is how to perform at an olympic ceremony! They should have invited Muse to Paris.

[@StardustYT]

Paris was opening ceremony. This is the closing ceremony

[@vitalzab1]

So Paris won’t have closing ceremony?

[@StardustYT]

@@vitalzab1 what I say is usually, concerts are during the closing, not the opening.

[@bentonf001]

Gojira were outstanding though

[@ho66o6]

​@@bentonf001 i agree Dude, and they're also the first Metal Artist to perform at the Olympics so that makes it much better.

[@greekmythologyisrealxd5509]

I have simple needs: I see Muse I click

[@corinomms9980]

Freddie Mercury would be proud. 😢😢😢😢😍😍😍

[@dinacamposlopes]

Ahahahahahahahaha

[@fabzzz999]

Same thought ever!

[@ignacioalvarez4871]

@@dinacamposlopes ????

[@suxus12]

???

[@joebryant8500]

Proud of what?

[@dianadiaz962]

Some people are not prepared for music as exciting as Muse's, they are surely dead inside.

[@darrenng9828]

Yup and Muse still wrote a song for them 😂

[@mabisq1226]

this remind me of marty mcfly and his solo.. guess the audience wasn't ready .. but your kids are gonna love it

[@bikeshop2002]

that movie made it look like a white boy invented rock and roll. yuck.

[@crouchingturtle6351]

@@bikeshop2002 Chill. That's not the point of this comment referring to muse

[@PeterPing]

@@bikeshop2002 You mean Elvis Presley?

[@reasonablyserious]

​@@bikeshop2002I don't think we want to start counting who's invented what exactly

[@jayborn2610]

@@bikeshop2002 gee sorry... let's see,...... what did white people do?...( invent)........OK: >>>>>>> the piano, the guitar, the trombone, the base guitar , the drum set: (complete), the keyboard in general, computers, virtually every single instrument played in all the orchestra's of the world, all ( that is,).... ALL of the opera's of the world,all the music of all the operas of the world, German, Italian, etc. etc.......now your going to tell me the blacks invented rock and roll?????? REALLY????? the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, oh yeah. and a few very talented educated blacks helped also.... THAT'S REALITY.......

[@ederarzate9877]

Muse, una de las bandas más infravaloradas de la historia; es una completa locura

[@carlaalejandravillegas6043]

Definitivamente los amo y no creo ver otra olimpiada con ese nivel.

Still, after all these years I'm getting goosebumps hearing this song and seeing that performance. Out of this world. Incredible.

[@Matt-ln6xv]

I've just come back to it after years and watching Matt play this so easily is just ridiculous 😅

[@Stealth360stealth]

something about Survival just suits the spirit of the Olympics so well

[@xxgeorgexx4408]

Dom cracking up at Matt's flamboyant behaviour😂

[@jassie138]

Hes cracking up at Matt making it incredibly obvious they are having to playback (which is something Muse has done throughout history). Which is incidentally also why he is acting so flamboyantly. You can hear some whammy bar action in this, but Matt doesn't even have a whammy on his guitar (nor a Kaoss pad to emulate it). At 3:25 you can also hear the guitar start climbing the fretboard, whilst Matt punches his arm into the air, and then quickly adjusts to fake the guitar playing.

[@Miguel-lu4ry]

Muse rarely do playbacks. SMH

[@Masetorq]

It's live.

[@MrBurnsy81]

@@Miguel-lu4ry You need to look up the times they have though, generally on talk shows where the hosts have no idea who they are so they swap instruments and ham it up big time hah!

[@jenlr81]

Hahahahaa yeeesssss, I loved it!!

[@MrDOOlevrai]

Muse? Playback? Doesn't fit. So what? So let us have some fun watching a band who doesn't do what they were told to do! haha! Perfect.

[@washburnepiphone]

Mr.DOO they do everything that were told to do...

[@AlexIsiv]

guitar, drums, some samples and bass are actually playback

[@jonaslinter]

washburnepiphone Not at all. They don't like playback therefor they make the playback obvious

[@washburnepiphone]

No, they simply respond to their "Handler" (their manager and music company), thats the reason they make now pop music and play with playback in the olympics.

[@MattJames1958]

washburnepiphone He's kinda making it obvious, which is something they weren't told to do

[@coolbae1998]

I love that they led the choir choose their own personal style of dressing up and their choreography is everything

[@louie8604]

They haunt my dreams

[@martinfreekie7659]

@@louie8604 you need to find the footage, an hour, after this, when they sang backing for Elbow, and where happy and full of smiles.

[@lachlanitis2311]

Imagine being your countries pride and joy rock band and being asked to make and perform an Olympic song. One of my favourite songs of theirs.

[@DepopsAU]

Love that, when asked by the IOC to write the official song of the London games, Muse respond by writing one of their most metal songs ever and dressing it up with a campy bow tie. Seeing Muse perform this in the Seoul Olympic stadium in 2013 might be the best concert experience of my life.

[@rodrigoquinteros4420]

La Rapsodia Bohemia del Siglo XXI.

[@serceband]

nice of you to post it almost 6 years too late.

[@elmermauricio5819]

Excelente banda

[@195511SM]

I remember seeing it posted shortly after the 2012 Olympics. What made me kind of angry......was THIS was the official song of the 2012 Olympics. NBC didn't bother to air this bit of the Closing Ceremonies. Instead, they cut to the studio.....to interview some American who had won a meddle for something.

[@jenlr81]

Naaahhh never too late.

[@flaviamichelotto4050]

Muse deserve much more of this...great band,few like them!! 👏😘

[@neryordo62]

CUANDO ERAN UNOS VERDADEROS JUEGOS OLIMPICOS, NO LA COSA WOKE DE AHORA

[@sombronia]

Good to see musicians making forced playback obvious, even if they have to tone down the obviusness

[@Zheroe28]

Came back to watch this again 🫶🏼

[@LoveMuse222]

That guy at 01:34 looks so motivated XD

[@hachiroku2612]

Passion 😂

[@zackzallie8735]

That guy is me listening to Muse in my room. lol

[@LoveMuse222]

@@zackzallie8735 haha same 🤣

[@belvis1511]

bro is thrusting

[@alancjones64]

I'm not sure if the choir is marking the closing of the Olympic games or announcing the imminent arrival of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

[@DimitriPappas]

M.Bellamy is an absolute GENIUS

[@adrianatienzo293]

Watching Gojira in Paris 2024 remembering this moment

[@bamarine247]

1:10 Chris headbangs any harder, his head is gonna fly off

[@Mirrland1]

Should be the official song of every Olympics tbh ;)

[@koregamer1996]

Will Martin pretty sure it was

[@goossens130756]

agree

[@kabband]

It was.

[@TheJzai]

@@koregamer1996 The keyword was "every". Everyone knows it was the official song.

[@hernendezsanchez7646]

Such an underrated live performance. The real MVP here is Matt who still managed to play the piano with it rocking like a boat in rough seas.

[@dirtyharry1881]

I doubt the piano or the guitar is live. For the guitar, as a guitarist, I'm 100% sure it's prerecorded.

[@user-qz2ld3vt2d]

@@dirtyharry1881 yep, muse wanted to play live but only got to do the vocals. It is in part why frontman matt is acting so over the top

[@Profiterol94]

I've watched some Olympic openings and closing ceremonies in my life, but I think I have never seen and will never see one who will get my heart more than London 2012! I mean the Queen starred in a SHORT MOVIE with Daniel Craig! And Timothy Spall as Churchill, Rowan Atkinson! And Great Britain definetely gave us the greatest music of all times, and they pulled it ALL out for the ceremonies! I remember I was a teenager and Muse have been my favorite band since I was nine years old, I've had the time of my life seeing them at the closing ceremony! Thank you London 2012 for this amazing shows, this Italian girl with a British heart will never, ever forget them!

[@solangecharette6380]

Amazing! The choir is fabulous, it gives me chills.

[@grimfiddle578]

That choir needs to calm down

[@louie8604]

Lmao

[@LukeKetchum7003]

No way! A choir all fired up like this turns me on!

[@iw_has_gone]

@@LukeKetchum7003 excuse me?

[@rubinho388]

@@iw_has_gone haha xD

[@bradneerhof2320]

I love how at the end he gives a simple hand flip. He's thoughts must have been " nailed that one, your welcome world"

[@alexdeleon1463]

Such a simple gesture but it's so comical 😅

[@timstarkey-smith8842]

Job done ! 😂 👍👏

[@larissanascimento1035]

I watched this performance on TV during the Olympics, I was very happy to see my favorite band play this epic act! Wonderful! This song is a true hymn!

[@c.kirchhoefer]

The olympics where made for this song

[@aicila-nk6es]

Después de ver esto más ganas tengo de ir a un concierto de Muse.🤩🤩

[@Wick1042]

No se si haz ido a algún pero como alguien que los ha visto más de 11 veces es algo que tienes wue vivir

[@aicila-nk6es]

@@Wick1042 No he ido, pero me encantaría ir a uno pronto.

[@oscargrajeda4102]

It's been 12 years and I still can't get over it. All time classic.

[@corneliuszz7699]

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[@bebnofca]

Just remember one thing - never ever force Muse to play with playback...

[@dianeburgess3467]

I love this song. It has the vibe of a Gothic musical and I can just imagine Matt being on a theatrical stage, singing this with such energy and passion.

[@ElizabethMconkey]

it also has a thundering rock beat to the song as well

[@aldeayeah]

Honestly, I think it's about time that Muse fully embrace their cheesy side and write a musical/rock opera. Most of their newer albums starting with The Resistance are already halfway there!

[@zafarrustamkulov7860]

guitar channel is pre-recorded. Matt uses his 7-string for this song, but here he's holding a 6 string.

[@owencanas2895]

if I remember correct only the vocals for bands were live. Everything else was pre-recorded, which we know Muse doesnt like.

[@alpacajones]

Owen Canas And they didn't like.

[@jassie138]

you can also hear some whammy action here and there, but he doesnt have a whammy (nor Kaoss pad to emulate it). And at 3:25 he makes it incredibly obvious by throwing his hand in the air whilst the guitar track starts strumming up the neck.

[@FrostIceAndFire]

Additionally and more obviously the guitar isn't plugged in??😅

[@jassie138]

@@FrostIceAndFire Wireless guitar transmitters exist.

[@davidchanona1211]

MUSE > opening Paris 2024

[@geoffreym769]

1:11 Chris's head is gonna drop out of his body

[@Kiki-reads]

Geoffrey MASSON I was expecting it to fall off and roll down the front of the stage goodness

[@WillyWonkaaaaoreads]

I was a 17 years old teenager when I witnessed this. one of the greatest performance ever !

[@emanuelguzman4900]

Es una obra maestra, la escucho cada vez que siento que me van a vencer y sacó fuerzas de donde no hay para avanzar...

[@Antitodo1984]

Ese el verdadero fin de la música!!! Transmitir energía...

[@JButtowsky]

literalmente yo

[@edwardb.bartra]

Esta es una de esas canciones que te hacen creer que todo es posible, una obra maestra atemporal, siempre que la escucho vuelvo a aquel 2012 y me pone la piel erizada, simplemente perfecta

[@junss17]

프랑스가 이걸 이길려면 다프트펑크라도 불러와야될듯

[@marilynseptember21]

It's and I come back to watch this many times and also Elbow. The best Olympics ever.

[@KimTmomof3]

As much as I love to watch Muse, I couldn't tear my eyes away from the bizarro chorus singers.

[@곰탱이쿵쿵]

런던 올림픽, 영국이 예전만큼 경제강국은 아니어도 지구에서 영향력은 미국 다음이란걸 다시 한 번 확인하는 무대였다.

[@fernandogutierrez6538]

Completamente de acuerdo

[@elangeluto]

Love the energy of the choir!

[@vaneskeyan]

El baterista también hizo un buen trabajo

[@ujang3288]

Can’t believe this was 10 years ago. Still remembered I stayed up all night just to wait for them to perform😂

[@carlosfind]

No puedo creer que al fin la espera haya terminado, después de cinco años y pico lo suban al canal olímpico. Aunque tengo que decir que ya lo había visto en su cuenta pero lo habían borrado o bloqueado pensé que nunca más lo iba a ver. Esa pequeña parte se llama felicidad ☺ 👍

[@miriamtalamantes3727]

Es lo unico que recuerdo de la edicion de esos juegos olimpicos, este performance me dejó alucinada.

[@carlaalejandravillegas6043]

Yo creo que a mis 42 años fue 2012 laz mejores olimpiadas de inicio y clausura. No recuerdo otra. Con tan espectacular repertorio de artistas. 👋👋👋👌🥰

[@lordqueso1305]

Pwoper way to start 2018

[@ollydyer3082]

Lord Queso Pwoper good mate

[@hyalinamusic18]

Lord Queso It's now 2019. I wonder if Matt still has a Pwoblem of them but being able to play the whole thing live.

[@brynb-r2528]

@@hyalinamusic18 still wondering the same thing in 2020

[@_Chris_D_3004]

This would have made more sense during the opening ceremony?

[@gizmo4639]

Lo que ha faltado en París.

[@StardustYT]

Paris was opening ceremony. This is the closing ceremony

[@IKurtC]

This should be the official Olympic song at every olympics loved it since 2012

[@Werezeb]

Am I the only one to see Nicole Kidman in the Chorus (at 00:59)? 😉😅

[@jamiebedwell2391]

Absolutely not! That was also my first thought when I saw it live 😄

[@samueledwards3483]

When you can’t get to sleep at night because this song floods your mind.

[@louie8604]

I can't sleep at night because of the choir

[@darviel]

If a got a bad day, i play this on my spotify...

[@Melissa-tw2gp]

That choir looked cool as fuck. Like musical Vikings.

[@julienhede1133]

Et nous on a Angèle et Nakamura , punaise les anglais sont bien meilleurs que nous pour la musique faut bien l'admettre . Qu'est ce que j'aime muse ❤

[@PaddysPubPatron]

Back when we all had souls. T_T Epic.

[@paquito2042]

Estás si es una canción oficial de una olimpiada :v

[@ceciliaguzman6856]

His voice is to much for this world, his like a god or something like that 😍❤

[@Esmeetjaaah]

This song and performance is so underrated, they are so good!

[@fabivazquez95]

No puedo creer que ya han pasado nueve años de esto ToT fue simplemente increíble!!

[@musicaargentina9675]

Tenía 13 años cuando vi estos hermosos juegos olímpicos de Londres

[@bangjali8007]

Im gonna put the choirs massive respect to complete this song and the performance itself. The combination are just perfect. Underrated performance in oympics ever

[@kennyfenny8435]

One of the best live tv performances of all time.

[@dirtyharry1881]

That's because it's not really live.

[@autoscanremaps]

Yeah that performance wasn't live tho. I've seen them live and these guys can deliver 100%. There is no reason for them to duck out on this other than orders from above.

[@dianavillegas7839]

Esperé cinco años para ver este vídeo en su canal 💘

[@GZeta789]

Me acuerdo que en su momento estaba desesperado buscando un video en internet de esto porque no lo pude ver en vivo y no había en ningún lado.

[@octaviusfernandez]

También yo. :D Gracias a Londres 2012 conocí a Muse; entonces yo tenía 16 años y los vi por la televisión, quedé asombrado. :o

[@juanmarcani2057]

Increíble. A mi me ocurrio los mismo

[@jonathandiegomorales1190]

Usaron playback pero su voy no jaja

[@ManuelMartinez-oj6rn]

Conociendo a Matt se ve que se exagero todo y más cuando Dom se empieza a reír

[@Mr.HotDogShirtGuy]

This performance shook Mount Olympus and made the Gods tremble.

[@valluckyv4742]

Кто бы мог подумать ... через несколько лет звучит, как никогда актуально - в нашем новом десятилетии 2020 Muse - Super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@QDebode]

it's award winning playback performance, that's for sure 😂

[@rileybanks1191]

the vocals aren't playback, it's just everything else

[@rileybanks1191]

@Simon W he does that on most performances of survival, he points his mouth away from the mic to reduce the volume, because he is really, really loud on that note

[@hannahg8439]

Bellamy doesn't sing playback. Like, at all.

[@rileybanks1191]

@@hannahg8439 there is clearly some playback here, they were forced into it.

[@hannahg8439]

@@rileybanks1191 the instruments, yes. His vocals, no.

[@Wredna.wiedzma]

Everybody admires Matt and Chris, so I want to appreciate Dominic ☺️☺️

[@SignoreMP]

3:36 He's like a shy and modest god. Love that gesture!

[@TheOmniReview]

Is there a reason why they haven't done the superbowl yet?

[@necessitousfox]

I guess it bc they haven't sold their souls completely yet

[@evelyngs]

Not mainstream enough which is why they’re still so awesome!! 💕

[@АняЧурчур]

Это было офигеть как эпично.

[@michaelgjoyce]

The backup singers rock, some much intensity.

[@drdeadbeat1604]

What the UK does best!

[@marcusrohlupuiaralte22]

Amzing performance

[@anonymouscarrot2965]

@@marcusrohlupuiaralte22 it would have been if it was live

[@someguywholikesmuse7697]

I feel so lucky to have grown up with this band

[@nohemizuniga3296]

EL COROOOOOO todo en vivo, que emocion hubiera tenido si hubiera estado ahi :3

[@aladdin2751]

Coming back here to cleanse my ears after Paris Olympic.

[@marto877]

2:01 he is so good that he plays with his mind 😱

[@chloejade5659]

Yep, the were forced to do a playback, which they hate. Hence why Matt is very dramatic with the guitar.

[@alexdeleon1463]

​@@chloejade5659One of the reasons I love them, but wasn't just the guitar playback which is just dumb while everything else is live.

[@TerryTrowbridge]

So epic, glad Matt has lost the goatee thing though.

[@samanthacabrerafigueroa469]

Desde que la escuché en el 2012 me enamoró tanto que hasta en el presente la busco!!! Que joya de canción tiene tanta energía!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ SIN PALABRAS

[@bow711054]

I feel that too

[@DianaAlmario-j1x]

Igual

[@denispieri7648]

Are the people in the audience alive? Or they would be walking dead?

[@roddo1955]

Most were looking at the compilation video on the big screens. The people behind the stage are members of the orchestra, waiting for their turn.

[@Kimpastabuger]

이 때의 올림픽 다시 내놔 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[@nerea4327]

Needed to rewatch this to cleanse my eyes of the horros of Paris.

[@saintjimmy7365]

same

[@TheArchange90]

Gojira was insane!

[@picklesandwich5949]

What was wrong with the Gojira one?

[@bugs972]

@@picklesandwich5949Gojira were amazing🤘

[@theakyosmith]

Sorry, Paris but we British do it better. Matthew Bellamy delivered such an iconic performance! ❤

[@myrinphoto]

Absolutely, totally agree

[@manonmandala6472]

Victor le Masne apporte tellement d'émotions c'était épique jo Paris

[@flambouyantdude]

i still hate NBC for cutting the performance after a minute to talk about something else...like why would you cut the official song off...oh wait because the american audience doesn't like rock music.

[@idontneedthisplease]

The stage is rocking.... hard.

[@Verderrs]

Sad that they were forced to playback the instruments, Matt makes it very clear here that he's not playing the guitar :D

[@adrianatienzo293]

This song became my go-to motivational song before a competition to this day

[@carlaalejandravillegas6043]

Desde Bolivia mi banda favorita los amo simplemente interpretación genial 2012 nunca lo olvidare ese momento estará plasmado en mi corazón por siempre mi amado MUSE¡

[@helga4936]

Aquí otra de Bo. Fue simplemente espectacular!!!

[@mrgoldenmember]

Desde el altiplano te digo que tienes un súper gustazo y con gustazo te invito un café...