Muse – Knights of Cydonia

March 24, 2007

 Muse – Knights of Cydonia

This is the best video clip ever, it has: an eagle, a unicorn, a bikini clad beauty, good Vs evil, bad kungfu sequences, a western feel meets star trek, a blonde hottie, some sweet sweet lov`n, a datsun with a bull horn on the bonnet & rockets, laser beams, poop, bad facial hair, a holigram juke box, a break down with some falsetto vocals remeniscient of Bohemia Rhapsody, big rock coda, killer art direction & an old skool Cylon from the original battlerstar galactica.

My only gripe is the baddies teeth are too white, a bit of funk would of been good.

Thanks to Wikipedia I have found out it was directed by Joseph Kahn (his web site has a directors cut including a sex scene which was cut for  TV), the clip references & pays homage to around 18 feature films (Star Wars, The Matrix, Planet of the Apes, Westworld, Mad Max, The Lone Ranger, Batman, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 21st Century, Kung Fu, High Plains Drifter, Legend, Maverick, Heavy Metal, The Searchers, Oblivion, High Noon, Blade Runner).

The KOC video was shot over 5 days (3 in Romania, 1 day in London & 1 day in Red Rock California), & interestingly, some viewers on You Tube have been upset by the references to Romania.

Im 1/2 Romanian, 1/2 Austrian & 1/2 Australian, I didn`t mind too much.

If anyone knows what he takes from his lovers jewelery box please drop me an email.

FYI: at time code 03:15 you can see the crew in the left hand side of the shot looking very 80s.

Thanks MUSE! Thanks Joseph!

Pure gold!

J : P