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"
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
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!"
+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.
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.
@sunnaiko I agree, i think these lyrics just help matt feel the song more. I love the live in rome version, but it's clear matt is singing from his soul here, maybe having "seen their loving" and "losing theirs" more recently.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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)
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
*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*
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.
😁...for some reason i don't know really why This was the first New song(for me) that I learnt to play on guitar in 2015 after not playing for 25 years. I think it was stuck in my head at the time for some reason and I found it interesting. On a completely different note... when I was at school I had a part time job working at a bakery where the bass player Heinz worked. If you didn't know, he played in a rather famous band from the 60s with Matt's Dad George...look it up... you can easily see the resemblance! They had a big hit with the song Telstar. Heinz died in his 60s and they found loads of unreleased tracks in his loft! My memories of him were of his rather loud swearing, you could hear him easily above the machinery, from the other side of the factory!
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
the crowd has no idea what they are witnessing..
Speechless
History being made!
Its quite a poor performance tbh
lol
LOL
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
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 ❤
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
This performance had so much heart in it and the crowd was just like “😐”
No, it was not. The crowd was jumping all of over the song.
@@sergey098 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
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 .
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
It’s sublime. The crowd were not ready for it.
Sublime we’re playing on another stage this is muse
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 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 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.
@sunnaiko I agree, i think these lyrics just help matt feel the song more. I love the live in rome version, but it's clear matt is singing from his soul here, maybe having "seen their loving" and "losing theirs" more recently.
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
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.
This is rock. so young, energetic, rebellious and give u hopes
Well said as hell!
Epic then epic now. Crowd didn't know what epicness that was unfolding in front of their eyes.
matt's persona on stage back then was hilarious
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
Best performance ever, I love this version of Plug in baby *-*
Absolutely.
the crowd have no idea that this band gonna rocks in few years later.
I look back at this and think how much muse's audience and style have changed over the last 14 years
22
@@Kucleslegit that was commented 9 years ago
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 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
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 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
I just love that "dont you know" in the verse
Such a souvenir ! I was there.
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.
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.
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
love watching these old videos so weirldy nostalgic
This is my favourite live performance of a song ever
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?
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.
matt's voice is heaven
whose here on for the 20th year anniversary of plug in baby
Love this version, it's a nice mix between the old demo and the released version.
Dat falsetto, doe.
My favourite version by miles, the amount of raw talent Matt shows here is phenomenal
he really liked to show off his high pitched vocals back then, hell they dominate this song. Its flippin awesome.
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👏🏻
your comment made me very happy. ive almost stopped coming to muse videos because the comments make me BEYOND angry.
I'm in shock, this is incredible, and the music sounds a little different. I didn't know this song was that old
My all time favorite performance of the song, the alternate ending chorus is amazing
He truly left no crumbs
This is fire
Little did these people know that Muse would become one of the biggest bands in the world
look! he so young!
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)
Baby Muse.
Nothing better than the bass player dictating the tempo. awesome
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.
One Day This band Will be famous
xd
xd
The best version of plug in baby
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
This is my favorite performance,and always be.
i love this version... the ending part so much lovely
Matt's hair is the most 90s thing I've ever seen
This next song is caaalled plug in babyyyyy
“Heyyyy this isn’t sum 41” the crowd
Must have been disapointing for them :(
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"???
Saw them in Dublin a month or so ago. Magnificent. This and that.
Stunning.
WOW he was truly inspired that day! that was the best rendition ive seen so far of this song
*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
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
I saw Muse last night!!! 🥰
Esta version simplemente es grandiosa!!! Me gustaria que en alguno de sus conciertos actuales la tocaran de nuevo!!!MUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saw them last year, it was epic, but this is on another level
Thanks for uploading this live performance🖤
To put it in perspective, even in the UK they were headlining the smaller Radio 1 stage at Reading Festival that year.
creo que la gente no sabia de la gran banda que estaban viendo nacer!!! Ahora todos nos volvemos locos en sus conciertos!
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
THAT CROWD SUCKS
true
ha yeah it's kinda amazing to see because they just had absolutely no idea who Muse was or would become
these shows get recorded from the soundboard and usually does not pick up crowd cheering. so even if they cheer, you wouldn't hear it.
Noway yeah, kinda pisses me off when people bash the crowd for not cheering when they actually are lol.
mm mm
I had this show on VHS! 😳 Good memories! 🤘
3:57 Simply the best of his Era & Genre!
They deserve the fame they have worked hard for it
Love the falsettos, he is just so gorgeous.
😁...for some reason
i don't know really why
This was the first
New song(for me)
that I learnt to play on
guitar in 2015
after not playing
for 25 years.
I think it was stuck in my head at the time for some reason and I found it interesting.
On a completely different note... when I was at school I had a part time job working at a bakery where the bass player Heinz worked. If you didn't know, he played in a rather famous band from the 60s with Matt's Dad George...look it up... you can easily see the resemblance!
They had a big hit with the song
Telstar.
Heinz died in his 60s and they found loads of unreleased tracks in his loft! My memories of him were of his rather loud swearing, you could hear him easily above the machinery, from the other side of the factory!
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....
didn't knew draco malfoy could sing so well
Yeah man they exist!!
The day when Matt Bellamy took the same drug as Daron Malakian's
THIS
Xd is real hahaha
Me first time hear this: _da' hell is that_
Me now: OH MY PLUG IN BABYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Matt was so fucking weird 😂😂😂
I liked him best this way
He's still a bit weird if it makes you fell any better
+mrmonstergaia Bit too mainstream these days, for my taste anyway.
+mrmonstergaia Bit too mainstream these days, for my taste anyway.
+mrmonstergaia Bit too mainstream these days, for my taste anyway.
Just one guitar n covering it amazingly
November 2022 and I'm still listening to this insane performance.
Man how far they've come
Damn his ending note though
That was quite simply THE MOST mazing thing I have ever seen in my entire life, I can now die a happy man.
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.
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!
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)
This guy, he ja a God.
A classic plug in baby jyeahh
Que bonito ver los inicios de mi banda Favorita🤩
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.
The long ending in this early version ... love it!
Just WOW 😮