The bridge between post-punk and alternative. Ian McCulloch claimed it was "the best song ever written." He might have been right. 40-21: The God-Tier Anthems 40. "Starlight" – Muse (2006) Muse takes the "alternative" label and stretches it into stadium sci-fi. The piano riff and bass pulse make this a modern classic of bombast.
Morrissey’s lyrics are the absolute apex of alternative self-pity turned to art: "I am the son and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar... I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does." TOP 100 ALTERNATIVE ROCK SONGS
The 2000s were about anxiety, not anger. The repeating piano loop and the desperate longing for escape define "adult alternative." The bridge between post-punk and alternative
The 2000s answer to Let It Bleed . A frantic, funk-punk-reggae hybrid about lycanthropy. It sounds like nothing before or since. "Starlight" – Muse (2006) Muse takes the "alternative"