Okay, introducing Knights of Cydonia with the Prokofiev’s Dance of the Knights would be considered as an easy effect, but it works so well… don’t you ?
Muse : the stage entrance on the Dance of the Knights of Serge Prokofiev followed by Knights of Cydonia
Can’t we hear a little quote of the movie Close Encounters of the THird Kind (1’45) ?
Close Encounters of the THird Kind
B – C# – A – A low – E
Man with the harmonica followed by Knigts of Cydonia.
The same song with a different intro, like if Muse was saying « Cow-Boys are the knights of the modern time »
The Dance of the Knights excerpt from Romeo and Juliette of Serge Prokofiev
Well, we can admit it, the original version is not so bad too, don’t you ? Here the London Symphonic Orchestra is conducted by Valery Gergiev.
A 1990’s advert : The perfume’ Chanel, Egoïste, by Jean-Paul Goude.
I’m really sorry, because I must to confess you, when I hear the Dance of the Knights, I always think to this advertisement
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