Placere (Latin) - to please What is the
Placebo effect?
by Mirko Djurovic - audio visual producer for Placebo Anyway
The definition of the word 'placebo' usually boils down to
'something that has no therapeutic effect'.
In the year 1996, with the release
of the 'Placebo' album, the definition changed forever into 'something that
does have a therapeutic effect'. This definition has been solidifying for the
past 20 years, through many songs that penetrates our hearts and our souls with
indescribable pleasure.
It is a therapeutic effect, making definitions we see
in encyclopedia look... Well, not entirely correct. We need a new 'Placebo'
definition. It's not easy catching the eye of a massive audience with your
first album and making the first step into musical history.
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However, we won't
be dealing with history, but with the Placebo Effect. How to achieve this? 'You
have to believe...' Is something that we heard a thousand times so it must be
true. Except it's not.
Of course, there is no 'recipe' for it, but there is a
million little pieces that make up the complete picture: working in brick shithouse
when it's 36 degrees, hanging to your IQ, crawling for answers, breathing
underwater, battling for the Sun, being passive-aggressive, with all these
special needs...
Hoping that the end won't be bitter. It's extremely hard. You
have to be very loud while carrying your wounds from the past, covered in
bruises.
But, for what it's worth, you have to keep on fighting. You need to
have a huge heart.
But when your heart is like an ashtray, the pain can be
unbearable. Sometimes, craving for the Sweet Prince who is the only valuable
friend that can fix all the pain away is inevitable.
It's a wonderful thing,
though, to have the one who will ask you if you can handle all the good and bad
things in this day and age. Still, if you have lots of soulmates around the globe
- you know you are on the right path. That is the way to change a definition.
Or make a new one that one day will be written in every encyclopedia.
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| Mirko Djuvoirc - audio visual producer from Montenegro. Visit his profile Visit Placebo Anyway on Facebook |
