Matt started to write the song thinking about Tex-Mex and Matt dad's band 'The Tornados' in mind, he was looking to do something more instrumental, without thinking in a vocal element, he liked the idea of writing a track that just had a lead guitar part as a vocal, with the intention of showing the more prog side of the band and looking for inspiration, he decided to listen to 'The Shadows' and watch some 'Clint Eastwood' movies like 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly', by those films he started to listen to Ennio Morricone. We wanted to depict a journey, to make it sound like Joe Meek. Howard: Matt was at the back of the bus in Arizona, repeating the jerky riff to death, outside we could see the desert rolling.all that went very well together. We knew we wanted to do something different." When we started it, we decided to be quite open going into it. Plus lots of fairly ridiculous '70s stuff too. and Chris also said: "When we wrote 'Knights,' we were listening to a lot of Morricone and stuff like Dick Dale, surf stuff like that. I think it’s the strength of the human spirit fighting against the forces that are manipulating it." Ĭhris has described the song as "40 years of rock history in six minutes". I think to me that’s very optimistic, this strength at the end of “Knights of Cydonia,” when I’m just saying, “No one is going to take me alive” and all that kind of stuff. Matt said about the meaning of Knights of Cydonia: "There is this feeling of waking up and trying to fight back, or it’s time to actually try and change yourself and the things that are going on around you. The track begins and ends in the key of E minor. The intro features sounds of horses neighing and galloping, as well as laser guns firing. Taking its cues from Mariachi bands and the 'Doctor Who' theme tune, the track sounds like a soundtrack to a spaghetti western set in the far reaches of the galaxy and features a chain-smoking trumpeter called Franco. New York Avatar/ Electric Lady Studios - 2005ġ0 (UK), 10 (US Modern Rock), 72 (UK Download) Live at Rome Olympic Stadium CD (6), DVD (7).
CD, DVD (2), iTunes Pre-Order (2, 17), UK, DA Promo, Promo DVD (3), FR Promo (1) Invincible CD (2), iTunes EP ( Remix)(4).Knights of Cydonia (1), iTunes EP, US Promo CD (1, 2), DVD (1, 2, 3).Black Holes and Revelations MY Videos Promo VCD (3).Black Holes and Revelations KROQ Sampler (2).Black Holes and Revelations Tour Edition Bonus DVD (3, 6).
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