Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Placebo interview - Portugal 2001

ð‘ū𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 ð‘ąð’–ð’ ð‘ī. 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 ð‘ąð’‚ð’‘ð’‚ð’, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 ð‘Ļ𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 ð‘ąð’‚ð’‘ð’‚ð’ð’†ð’”ð’†. ð‘Đ𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔.
ð‘ū𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓 ð‘ąð’–ð’!! ✌ðŸŧ❤️
ð‘ŧ𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 ð‘Ļ𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚 ð‘ŧ𝒆𝒂𝒎 ð‘ŋð‘ŋð‘ŋ


*ð‘ĩ𝒐𝒕𝒆: This interview is from an archived Japanese fan site. Please be aware that a lot of things may have been lost in translation seeing it may have been translated from Portuguese to English to Japanese and now back to English! I couldn't find the source, but if anyone knows, contact me.


♦️𝙋𝙇𝘞ð˜ūð™€ð˜―ð™Š 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝙀𝙒 - 𝙄ð™Ģ 𝙋ð™Ī𝙧ð™Đð™Šð™œð™–ð™Ą (2001)♦️
ðƒðžðšð­ðĄ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ðĐ𝐚ðĒ𝐧. 𝐇ðĻ𝐰 𝐝ðĻ ðēðĻðŪ 𝐟𝐞𝐞ðĨ 𝐚𝐛ðĻðŪ𝐭 ð­ðĄðžðŽðž ð­ðĄðĒ𝐧𝐠𝐎?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: They're things that you live with and also can't escape from. They're a part of life.
𝐁ðŪ𝐭 ðēðĻðŪ 𝐚ðŦ𝐞 𝐚𝐟ðŦ𝐚ðĒ𝐝 ðĻ𝐟 ð­ðĄðžðĶ?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: Of course. But it's not worth it to fear pain. It's something you have to experience sooner or later. Death... You definitely can't run away from it either. I mean, I try not to think too much about the fear [of these things] itself. You have to live in the present and treasure life.
𝐒ðĻ, ð°ðĄðšð­ ðēðĻðŪ 𝐚ðŦ𝐞 ðĶðĻ𝐎𝐭 𝐚𝐟ðŦ𝐚ðĒ𝐝 ðĻ𝐟?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: Prison.
𝐇ðŪðĄ?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: Getting locked up, having your freedom stolen, that kind of power is bullsh*t.
𝐇ðĶ, 𝐚ðŦ𝐞 ðēðĻðŪ 𝐚𝐧𝐭ðĒ-𝐚ðŪ𝐭ðĻðŦðĒð­ðĄðē?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: That's my personal opinion... Maybe it's some trauma from my childhood. (laughs)
𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭ðĻ 𝐚𝐎ðĪ ðēðĻðŪ 𝐚𝐛ðĻðŪ𝐭 ð­ðĄðž 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚ðĶ𝐞. 𝐃ðĻ ðēðĻðŪ 𝐛𝐞ðĨðĒ𝐞ðŊ𝐞 ðĒ𝐧 ð­ðĄðž ðĐðĨ𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛ðĻ 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: Definitely! I recently heard a story about someone who cured themselves of cancer by sheer willpower... To be able to rule the body with the power of the mind is ideal. It's miraculous to have something happen just by concentrating on it. I personally think it's tremendous to have the power to be so confident in yourself…
𝐈𝐎 𝐜ðĻ𝐧𝐟ðĒ𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐎ðĻðĶðžð­ðĄðĒ𝐧𝐠 ðĒðĶðĐðĻðŦ𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭ðĻ ðēðĻðŪðŦ ðŽðĄðĻ𝐰𝐎?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: It's pretty much the same.
𝐘ðĻðŪ'ðŊ𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 5 𝐭ðĒðĶ𝐞𝐎 ðĒ𝐧 𝐏ðĻðŦ𝐭ðŪ𝐠𝐚ðĨ 𝐚ðĨðŦ𝐞𝐚𝐝ðē. ð–ðĄðšð­'𝐎 ðēðĻðŪðŦ ðŦ𝐞ðĨ𝐚𝐭ðĒðĻð§ðŽðĄðĒðĐ 𝐰ðĒð­ðĄ ð­ðĄðĒ𝐎 𝐜ðĻðŪ𝐧𝐭ðŦðē?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: Hm... A long distance relationship.
𝐇𝐚ðŊ𝐞 ðēðĻðŪ 𝐭ðŦðĒ𝐞𝐝 𝐏ðĻðŦ𝐭ðŪ𝐠ðŪ𝐞𝐎𝐞 𝐟ðĻðĻ𝐝?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: Yes, of course. Wherever we go, we try that place's local food. We're quite open in that aspect. We're different from King Richard who refused to eat any food that wasn't English.
ð–ðĄðšð­'𝐎 ðēðĻðŪðŦ 𝐟𝐚ðŊðĻðŦðĒ𝐭𝐞 𝐟ðĻðĻ𝐝?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: Meat.
𝐃ðĻ ðēðĻðŪ ðĨðĒðĪ𝐞 𝐚 ðĐ𝐚ðŦ𝐭ðĒ𝐜ðŪðĨ𝐚ðŦ 𝐝ðĒðŽðĄ?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: MEAT!
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Portugal is still one of the few countries where you can have high quality meat.
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: Great! I love meat! Bring us lots of meat! (laughs)
𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐎 𝐠ðĻ 𝐛𝐚𝐜ðĪ 𝐭ðĻ ð­ðĄðž 𝐭ðĻðĐðĒ𝐜 ðĻ𝐟 𝐰ðĻðŦðĪ... 𝐀ðŦ𝐞 ðēðĻðŪ 𝐰ðĻðŦðĪðĒ𝐧𝐠 ðĻ𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚ðĨ𝐛ðŪðĶ?
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: We're not 'working' on a new album. But we're writing songs... To us, to work on an album means something more along the lines of recording in the studio.
𝐁ðĨ𝐚𝐜ðĪ 𝐌𝐚ðŦðĪ𝐞𝐭 𝐌ðŪ𝐎ðĒ𝐜 ðĶ𝐚𝐝𝐞 ðēðĻðŪ 𝐚 𝐜ðĻðĶðĶ𝐞ðŦ𝐜ðĒ𝐚ðĨ 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝…
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: I wouldn't say that, it just made us more famous? ... No!
𝐁ðŪ𝐭 ðĒ𝐭 𝐎ðĻðĨ𝐝 𝐰𝐞ðĨðĨ.
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧: Sold well, huh? (laughs) To say it sold well means it sold much, much more.
Does the question mean that because the album sold well automatically we've turned into a commercial band? It was only the result of the last 7 years of activity and touring. We haven't stopped creating powerful sounds.
𝐋𝐚𝐎𝐭ðĨðē, ð°ðĄðšð­ ðĒ𝐎 ðēðĻðŪðŦ ðŪðĨ𝐭ðĒðĶ𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝ðŦ𝐞𝐚ðĶ?
𝐒𝐭𝐞ðŊ𝐞: To be like Sting, he's my ideal man.
(laughs)
Copyright credits to the original author of the text.
Interview translation credits: Jun M.
Source: https://bit.ly/2VhXGbx
ðŸ“ļ Photo credits: Karin Catt

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