10 Amazing Things You Didn't Know About Matt Bellamy

3. The First Song He Ever Learned Was The Dallas Theme Tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c02gBveKq70

All great things spring from humble beginnings, and the musical genius of Matt Bellamy is no different. Something of a virtuoso on the piano and guitar, it would be entirely possible to believe that the first thing Bellamy ever played was a piece by Bach or Mozart, sitting down at the piano and letting the music flow through him.

Of course, reality is often more amusing. In actuality, the first thing Bellamy ever learned to play was the theme tune to the American soap opera Dallas. Speaking to NME in 2001, when asked what his first musical endeavour was, Matt had this to say:

"The theme tune from Dallas. When I was about three, my brother used to hold me in front of the TV, and then put me at the piano and make me work it out with one finger. Then he'd show his friends and say, look, he's a machine! I remember being picked up and carried from the TV to the piano."

If you don't know what the theme tune to Dallas sounds like, take a listen below. It may not be what you'd expect, but it's undeniably catchy as hell, and set Matt on his way to becoming a rock superstar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsBYBugvDek