They weren't really that big back then, a lot of people probably didn't know them or the song, so I expect most people would have been standing there like "Hey, these guys are pretty good..... Actually, these guys are almost as good as Radiohead.......! Wow!"
He doesn't even look fully grown here, but he's still SO FUCKING TALENTED. I honestly cannot think of anybody else, from any era, who's had such precise control over their voice, MUCH LESS while playing just about any instrument so flawlessly. That guy... how the fuck is it possible?! It ain't natural.
zer0 95 Oh you're not kidding man! I've just spend the whole night watching old shows of theirs. It's a little depressing knowing that I'll never be as good at _anything_ as he is at everything he does, but at least I get to watch and listen to him do it, thank God!
+spooky jose Because of the chilis being so popular some people don't realise he has some world class solo gear, Niandra lades, Smile from the streets you hold and The Empryean are some of the best albums I have ever heard.
VildStyle Oh he's on all manner of things, you can tell by his stance, eyes and facial expressions and he fucks up a couple of times in the performance
Matt has went on to be listed in the top 10 guitarists in the world. I would agree with that, some of the things he did in concert without messing up a single chord were amazing.
I am proud to say that Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dom Howard are pretty much the sole reason that I had the urge to pick up the guitar 9 years ago and start playing. I now play guitar, piano, bass, drums and I sing. I have also been planning a musical career since I started. Thank you Muse, you made me realize my life's path.
when mtv had some music still and the music business was about music (was and still is badly paid) but at least music mattered or nor radiohead nor muse would have been released (imagine them having to promote thru tik tok or instagram)... they looked quite "influenced by substances"
they might have gotten better with musicianship and production value through the years of extensive arena touring, but this was muse in their prime, still psyched of having the chance to let their song be known. Every legendary band has this phase and that's when you want to be there and witness it, before everything turns to routine and the raw emotion fades away
+Ha Kou Well the only one here appearing to have a giant razor up his ass is you. The old Muse was better in my opinion, they're still good, but it's my opinion. I liked them more back then. Grow the fuck up and accept that people will have different opinions.
I think this is one of the most funny plug in baby live performances, Matt sings with anger and I can't understand anything he says, he made the intro longer and with a faster rythm, at the end he sang very well, and appeared to be a good time, but very different from the other performances
Your truuuths are coming iin And I feel brokeeen next to youuuuu and I've been in troubleeeeeeeee Baby is riiiight And I've seen your loooooovin mine is gooooooooooooone But I've seen your loooooooooooooooooooooviiiiiiimn uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuauauauuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
That riff he does is so cool I remember him saying in an interview how difficult it was for him to figure out how to complete the riff to make it sound right for a song. These days the guys are just showing off by doing whatever genre they feel like and still sounding awesome. UK always has great rock bands.
It is great! I saw Muse a few times around 2000 and it is incredible how far they have morphed....still great though. I suggest you watch ACDC - Let there be rock, that is a fantastic live performance also....
Meilleure version de cette musique. Agressive, énergique, virulente. Tout ce que j’aime et qui me manque chez Muse. Un cri de désespoir ? Un élan de folie ? Je le ressens comme ça. Ça monte en toi comme ça grâce à la guitare de Matt et sa voix criarde qui atteint directement ton cœur, juste waw. (On oublie pas la basse et la batterie de Dom et Chris incroyables aussi)
One of the best version's of this song. Even in early stage of their career. Funny enough to see that the crowd is listening to one of the most iconic riff in rock and that song became a classic these days but they couldn't care less 😂🎉
It's a powerful song. Even from Matt's atheistic/agnostic perspective, he surely understands how much emotional charge singing about God carries. Also the next few lines - "In unbroken virgin realities, I'm tired of living" - sounds to me like someone renouncing faith; a VERY Bellamy theme.
There's just something about rock, punk, and metal when it is performed by youth. Just compare this performance to the later years. They didn't need all of the lights and extras because the fire was in their hearts. No matter what we do, that fire starts to fade as we age. Bands can try to change things up, but the fire of youth is just one thing you can't recapture once it goes. It's just the way life works, unfortunately.
*first riff* Random audience: wow what a nice riff he got! *when bass played* Audience: what the hell the song he played? *when drum kicks in* Audience: *goes deaf/jumpscared*
Super Saiyan Matt and Super Saiyan God Dom. I think the reaskn they don't do this anymore is so the music industry doesn't implode from the awesomeness xD
These guys have long time been one of my favorite rock bands ever. Saw them in concert and they were incredible but I've never seen footage this far back of Matt and crew... wow Matt was adorable.
Just saw them live in December and they played this! Was awesome to see! Yes MUSE have changed over the years, but so did sooo many other bands - take U2 for example? MUSE are the best live band I have ever seen - and have seen a lot! Rock on Matt and the boys!
![Muse - Plug in Baby live @ London Astoria 2000 [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XzSRcWiA324/mqdefault.jpg)
Before the world was ready.
@James LC hell yeah
@「M」 you thought
「M」 now we are!!
I was just about to write a similar sentence.
Compare this video to THIS monster!... ua-cam.com/video/XCUZSS54drI/v-deo.html
Matt starts SO fast. Chris's bass line..."let's compromise on the tempo"
Right 😂😂😂
Matt is all over the place in the intro before the band kicks in
On the tempo? Como assim?
No don't make no compromise
I know! so crazy! everyone is on a click right now! its awesome seeing the moments bands have to communicate pre live auto tune/click
Guess you guys aren't ready for that yet…but your kids are gonna love it!
The words "best comment ever" gets thrown around a lot, this is one in googolplex!
classic
That comment is on point
Thanks for the heads up Calvin.
True is am one of those kids
This performance had so much heart in it and the crowd was just like “😐”
@good life yea like the front 5 rows of people
@@youwhenyouyouwhenuhhhhyea5794 thats usually the people jumping.
They weren't really that big back then, a lot of people probably didn't know them or the song, so I expect most people would have been standing there like "Hey, these guys are pretty good..... Actually, these guys are almost as good as Radiohead.......! Wow!"
@@childofthesun32 almost
the album plug in baby is on wasn't even released until the following year. @@childofthesun32
the crowd has no idea what they are witnessing..
Speechless
History being made!
Its quite a poor performance tbh
lol
LOL
It’s sublime. The crowd were not ready for it.
Sublime were playing on another stage this is muse
@@BOBAFETT25882 😐
Probably because they hadn't released it yet
He doesn't even look fully grown here, but he's still SO FUCKING TALENTED. I honestly cannot think of anybody else, from any era, who's had such precise control over their voice, MUCH LESS while playing just about any instrument so flawlessly. That guy... how the fuck is it possible?! It ain't natural.
+schradeya and he was only like 21 or 22 here... but vocals on the end of Showbiz are insane
zer0 95 Oh you're not kidding man! I've just spend the whole night watching old shows of theirs. It's a little depressing knowing that I'll never be as good at _anything_ as he is at everything he does, but at least I get to watch and listen to him do it, thank God!
+spooky jose Because of the chilis being so popular some people don't realise he has some world class solo gear, Niandra lades, Smile from the streets you hold and The Empryean are some of the best albums I have ever heard.
+schradeya jeff buckley.
Jeff Buckley Painted the Possibility for Radiohead and Muse to Grow
I refuse to believe Matt was sober for this performance.
VildStyle Oh he's on all manner of things, you can tell by his stance, eyes and facial expressions and he fucks up a couple of times in the performance
Well he was the 22 years old frontman of a fucking rock band, future planetary rockstar. He shouldn´t be sober !!
Yeah I think he used to love the ekies. Lol
VildStyle you should see how the band I’m in acts when we play, this is amateur level of alcohol abuse
Man Matt is pulling off his Johnny rotten look lol
No one in the crowd knew that they were witnessing one of the special early stages of a band that would later become world famous.
Matt has went on to be listed in the top 10 guitarists in the world. I would agree with that, some of the things he did in concert without messing up a single chord were amazing.
@@someoneout-there2165 He's nowhere near top 10 imo. He even screws up in this video too, Very good guitarist/singer/songwriter though 100%
matt is on Super Saiyan here o.o
Matt on Mushrooms
+Robert Harry no he is just a little chick on here
+Nira Machina he looks like Kurt Cobain here
+luis ponce 😞😒😑
Robert Harry .
I am proud to say that Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dom Howard are pretty much the sole reason that I had the urge to pick up the guitar 9 years ago and start playing.
I now play guitar, piano, bass, drums and I sing. I have also been planning a musical career since I started.
Thank you Muse, you made me realize my life's path.
How's that working out? lol
real men don't need heroes
@@thepoplin real men don't exist
@@thepoplin however, they do need inspirations.
This is rock. so young, energetic, rebellious and give u hopes
Well said as hell!
The world was very different 20 years ago
Yes ty youtube for this video.
i dont know if smile or cry
when mtv had some music still
and the music business was about music (was and still is badly paid) but at least music mattered or nor radiohead nor muse would have been released (imagine them having to promote thru tik tok or instagram)... they looked quite "influenced by substances"
No sembrava ma la gente da molto quando è coinvolta e non solo una volta ❤
Yeah that's kinda how things work. "For things to stay the same everything must change." Don't be so afraid.
Epic then epic now. Crowd didn't know what epicness that was unfolding in front of their eyes.
I feel like this is the most passionate version of this song! It's just amazingly beautiful.
Just coming from their performance in Rome also on youtube and that is 500x better than this one.
@@danrichards9823 better? maybe, it's your opinion. more passionate? nope.
they might have gotten better with musicianship and production value through the years of extensive arena touring, but this was muse in their prime, still psyched of having the chance to let their song be known. Every legendary band has this phase and that's when you want to be there and witness it, before everything turns to routine and the raw emotion fades away
Old and new Muse it's like two different band
Tom Musics And the good it's the old one, in my opinion.
joanator97XD
in my opinion too
***** How so?
+Ha Kou Well the only one here appearing to have a giant razor up his ass is you. The old Muse was better in my opinion, they're still good, but it's my opinion. I liked them more back then. Grow the fuck up and accept that people will have different opinions.
+Tom Musics
So what? Some bands don't have"old" and "new" times
Wow, back when Matt had blonde hair and used to swallow the mic every 30 seconds.
@Victor Hugo Alvarez Damasceno BAHAHAHAHHAHA
He also used to confuse his voice with an electric guitar
3:50
HE NEEDS TO BRING IT BACK 😂
@@lordnehmi5890hahaha
And Dom had red hair LOL
I was there in that crowd! 15 years old and so big fan of MUSE... Already 20 years back... Les Eurocks... Toute ma jeunesse 😃
Lucky you
how could so many of the crowds there seemed too lifeless or asleep ? 🤔
@@sipenarekbecha7193 we were still waking up from grunge era,gen X was like this and it was great.I miss those days.
Hell yeah belfort tjrs au top, en esperant que ils repassent faire coucou un jour
Best performance ever, I love this version of Plug in baby *-*
Absolutely.
I look back at this and think how much muse's audience and style have changed over the last 14 years
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@@Kucleslegit that was commented 9 years ago
This was my first Muse gig!!!!! so much has changed in 10 years but they will always be my fav band, The Gods of Music!
Raptorbravo341 are you still alive bro
it’s morbin time
I think this is one of the most funny plug in baby live performances, Matt sings with anger and I can't understand anything he says, he made the intro longer and with a faster rythm, at the end he sang very well, and appeared to be a good time, but very different from the other performances
it was from way way before the actual song was released
came from watching this song live from rome olympic stadium and it just amazes me how far they've come
Ok ki oH ic
I think they should have kept the "GOD WAS IN MEEEEE!!!" Part
This should of been the final version.
Should have*
sorry
Totally agree, it fits so well!
Your truuuths are coming iin
And I feel brokeeen next to youuuuu and I've been in troubleeeeeeeee
Baby is riiiight
And I've seen your loooooovin mine is gooooooooooooone
But I've seen your loooooooooooooooooooooviiiiiiimn uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuauauauuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
willcathell naaaaa
He has improved a lot on guitar since then it's insane
Who'd have thought someone would improve at something with 20 years of practice? Crazy!
I think he was absolutely hammered. Good Luck playing when drunk.
@@mosley3485 Diminishing returns.
@@mosley3485 not everyone does! it takes work to improve! playing the same songs keeps u tight, but u gotta work to improve
@@mosley3485mate we’ve been at war for all of history we ain’t learn nothing from that?
People don't realise that not only is this one of the earliest versions of PIB, it's actually the best.
yep. pretty sure Matt changed it up in the end because singing over the main riff is so damn hard
Little did these people know that Muse would become one of the biggest bands in the world
the crowd have no idea that this band gonna rocks in few years later.
That riff he does is so cool I remember him saying in an interview how difficult it was for him to figure out how to complete the riff to make it sound right for a song. These days the guys are just showing off by doing whatever genre they feel like and still sounding awesome. UK always has great rock bands.
This is quite possibly the best live performance I've seen of any song ever.
It is great! I saw Muse a few times around 2000 and it is incredible how far they have morphed....still great though. I suggest you watch ACDC - Let there be rock, that is a fantastic live performance also....
Really?
Watch Iron Maiden at Rock in Rio 2001 and change your mind
Try watching it at Wembley much better
@@olivermorley7393 the extra verse makes this the best for me
So good and yet it sounds like Matt just heard this song for the first time an hour ago and has to perform it now. I want to BE THERE.
I just love that "dont you know" in the verse
I'm in shock, this is incredible, and the music sounds a little different. I didn't know this song was that old
Meilleure version de cette musique. Agressive, énergique, virulente. Tout ce que j’aime et qui me manque chez Muse. Un cri de désespoir ? Un élan de folie ? Je le ressens comme ça. Ça monte en toi comme ça grâce à la guitare de Matt et sa voix criarde qui atteint directement ton cœur, juste waw. (On oublie pas la basse et la batterie de Dom et Chris incroyables aussi)
This is my favourite live performance of a song ever
One of the best version's of this song. Even in early stage of their career. Funny enough to see that the crowd is listening to one of the most iconic riff in rock and that song became a classic these days but they couldn't care less 😂🎉
It's a powerful song. Even from Matt's atheistic/agnostic perspective, he surely understands how much emotional charge singing about God carries. Also the next few lines - "In unbroken virgin realities, I'm tired of living" - sounds to me like someone renouncing faith; a VERY Bellamy theme.
He is a deist
The best version of plug in baby
This is truly unbelievable vocals
love watching these old videos so weirldy nostalgic
He hits that note so flawlessly at the end. I dont think he can do that anymore. :D
It’s amazing he can do it at all tbf. What other 42 yr old can go that high?
He can.
Such a souvenir ! I was there.
My favourite version by miles, the amount of raw talent Matt shows here is phenomenal
Love this version, it's a nice mix between the old demo and the released version.
after this watch Plug in baby in 2013 olympic :)
and we can see how serious muse are to be a " huge band"
OMG SAME
the crowd was enjoying the performance there!
My favorite
Me too hahahaha
My all time favorite performance of the song, the alternate ending chorus is amazing
There's just something about rock, punk, and metal when it is performed by youth. Just compare this performance to the later years. They didn't need all of the lights and extras because the fire was in their hearts. No matter what we do, that fire starts to fade as we age. Bands can try to change things up, but the fire of youth is just one thing you can't recapture once it goes. It's just the way life works, unfortunately.
Well said👏🏻
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."
he really liked to show off his high pitched vocals back then, hell they dominate this song. Its flippin awesome.
matt's voice is heaven
Anyone notice the use of some of the first version's lyrics in the chorus when he says "God is in me"?
Yeah this is 2000 this is the first version. I wish he had kept god was in me I think that line is bloody awesome
Every time I hear it I think that he's saying God was fucking him
god? whats that? that isn't a real thing that exists is it?
+Jackity Yax super witty
which "God"???
*first riff*
Random audience: wow what a nice riff he got!
*when bass played*
Audience: what the hell the song he played?
*when drum kicks in*
Audience: *goes deaf/jumpscared*
Mmm in those times, nu metal was popular so maybe some of them thought they were as a experimental nu metal band :v
❤9
This is my favorite performance,and always be.
Super Saiyan Matt and Super Saiyan God Dom.
I think the reaskn they don't do this anymore is so the music industry doesn't implode from the awesomeness xD
Ace • Tђє Sιη σf Ɯяαтн do what anymore?
@@mychemicalromancewillpierc5241 have the blonde and red hair in the vid
WOW he was truly inspired that day! that was the best rendition ive seen so far of this song
These guys have long time been one of my favorite rock bands ever. Saw them in concert and they were incredible but I've never seen footage this far back of Matt and crew... wow Matt was adorable.
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it." Is all I think looking at that crowd.
Matt's hair is the most 90s thing I've ever seen
i love this version... the ending part so much lovely
Insane to see these guys perform this masterpiece at a smaller venue and then again at a sold out Wembly. Best band of the 2000s by a million miles.
Man, that early version was SOMETHIN' ELSE.....seriously! Might even be better than the studio version!
not much imo, the lyrics and the structure in general are much better and more catchy in the studio version (the 2001 one, not the remixed one)
Esta version simplemente es grandiosa!!! Me gustaria que en alguno de sus conciertos actuales la tocaran de nuevo!!!MUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just saw them live in December and they played this! Was awesome to see! Yes MUSE have changed over the years, but so did sooo many other bands - take U2 for example? MUSE are the best live band I have ever seen - and have seen a lot! Rock on Matt and the boys!
The crowd of Led Zeppelin's 1969 show was even quieter. Like this time, they didn't realize such a moment of music history.
He truly left no crumbs
November 2022 and I'm still listening to this insane performance.
creo que la gente no sabia de la gran banda que estaban viendo nacer!!! Ahora todos nos volvemos locos en sus conciertos!
wow, this is one of the first performances of plug in baby, thank you radio for putting a link to this video :D
matt's persona on stage back then was hilarious
Muse are plug in baby, Muse are Starlight, Muse are Showbiz, Muse are Resistance, Muse are Madness and Survival.
Muse are Muse untill the end.
Love the falsettos, he is just so gorgeous.
Saw them last year, it was epic, but this is on another level
Saw them in Dublin a month or so ago. Magnificent. This and that.
Que bonito ver los inicios de mi banda Favorita🤩
To put it in perspective, even in the UK they were headlining the smaller Radio 1 stage at Reading Festival that year.
“Heyyyy this isn’t sum 41” the crowd
Must have been disapointing for them :(
This is still my favorite version of plug in baby. I like the delayed bass and drums in the intro. And I agree, the ending is cool.
look! he so young!
The long ending in this early version ... love it!
LOL la gente está como WTF ??? parece Marty Mcfly cuando toca algo diferente delante de gente que nunca ha escuchado un sonido parecido. JAJAJAJA.
love you man
Nada más los de adelante están saltando y disfrutando la música JAJD.
Pensé lo mismo jajajaja
Parece como si se adelantaron a su época
Que buena versión lptm 👍👏
Gak ada bosan-bosannya dengerin early version dari plug in baby ini👍🏻
whose here on for the 20th year anniversary of plug in baby
That was quite simply THE MOST mazing thing I have ever seen in my entire life, I can now die a happy man.
One Day This band Will be famous
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The crowds were so lucky but nobody knew it back then...also Matt's voice is 100 times sharper than it is now
Stunning.
this is my favourite performance of this song :) CANT WAIT TO SEE THEM IN NOVEMBER!
How was the show?
3:57 Simply the best of his Era & Genre!
it just leaves me speachless. What breathtaking piece of music is this!!!!
I bought the plug in baby single before origin of s came out.i knew it was a great song
I half expected him to cup his hand behind his ear and throw it out to the audience on the second chorus there...but then I remembered....
And here we are 2023, arena shows for Will Of The People tour!
The day when Matt Bellamy took the same drug as Daron Malakian's
THIS
Xd is real hahaha
The duck tape holding Matt’s guitar together says it all 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They deserve the fame they have worked hard for it
I had this show on VHS! 😳 Good memories! 🤘
Holy shit I wasn't even born when they performed this
Also Matt's hair is amazing blonde, just throwing that out there
@@incognito9292 I was 6 and I remember Muse being one of my favourite bands even back then. I love all their albums but I do miss the old Muse.
your comment made me very happy. ive almost stopped coming to muse videos because the comments make me BEYOND angry.
Nothing better than the bass player dictating the tempo. awesome
When the world wasn't ready for a superstar.