Talk about biting the hand that feeds….
Talking on BBC1’s Newsbeat (via MTV) Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme talked about the difficulty of breaking into the American marketplace and the things that bands must do to get exposure they otherwise wouldn’t receive — such as appearing on the soundtrack to “Twilight: Eclipse” and “New Moon.” “I’m not sure how cool it is to be on those kind of things, but sometimes you’ve just got to get your music out there in different ways,” Wolstenholme said.
He could’ve left it there and this probably wouldn’t be a story, but he continues saying, “It’s very difficult in America, because you don’t have anything like Radio 1, nothing is national,” he said. “You have to take every opportunity you get over there, and sometimes you have to sell your soul.” Ouch.
For those of you aren’t familiar with the “Twilight” soundtracks (aka Indie Music For Dummies), Muse has appeared on all three soundtracks for each installment of the franchise with the songs “Supermassive Black Hole,” “I Belong to You (New Moon Remix)” and “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)” finding their way to the tracklists. If the band sold their soul, they definitely didn’t trade it in for non-ridiculous sounding song titles.
We’re sort of tickled by the thought of Muse — who are by no means struggling for fans or exposure — agonizing over whether or not to put some tunes on the “Twilight” soundtrack. We wish they had sold their souls instead to write some better music.
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here in LA? They play Muse constantly on the radio. I used to like them and now? sick to death of them. If I ever hear another Muse song it will be too soon because radio is beating them to death.
I resisted seeing the Twilight movies-and only saw it on cable-then I rented New Moon—the best thing that cameout of it for me-was an exposure to Muse–who had a few songs on it-i listened to the other songs on the soundtracks-and only liked Paramore and Florence and the Machine-which I'd already was a fan of– but Muse ..BLEW ME AWAY!! I had to get everything they did and my son loves them now-and all the people they stated were their influences were already faves of mine. So I, for one-am eternally grateful they "sold out"—the hell with that kind of talk—selling out is when you change to please others and stop playing for the love of it. I love love love Muse. Their music fits my every mood and I think they should have been the ONLY ones on the Twilight soundtracks–every song could fit.
We wish they had sold their souls instead to write some better music.
I once thought as you do. See them live, then we'll talk again.