The last three Saturdays I have been
talking to you about 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's
songs with similar lyrics, today we close this series with two great
songs: "𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝑩𝒚 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔"
and "𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑰'𝒎 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈".
Are you ready?
"𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝑩𝒚 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔"
is one of the oldest 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's
songs and the very first produced only by themselves. The song begins
with a bass line by 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏
𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍, which is
quite remarkable throughout the song. It gets louder on the chorus
part, because of 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏
𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐's guitars and we can
hear to 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕
𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒈
on drums. It was released as a 𝑩-𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆
in the band's second single, "𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆
𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆", in 1996, and later in the
10𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚
𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔
𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 of
𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's
first self-titled album.The band played it live 21 times in total
between the years of 1996 and 2001.
Enjoy watching the band in their early
years playing live this song!!
❤️ 𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝑩𝒚 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔
- 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 1996 ❤️
🎶 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬
🎶
Open up your heart, let me slip inside.
Such determination always tries to turn
the tide
Open up your arms, let me dive into
the big, big blue.
Try losing, this chromosome.
It's my choosing, down to the bone.
Open up your heart, let me slip inside.
Such imagination always helps the
feeling slide.
Open up your soul, falling back into
the big, big blue.
Try losing, this chromosome.
It's my choosing, down to the bone.
Blood, dive in
blood, drowning
blood, dive in
Open up your heart, let me slip inside.
Auto-flagellation always helps the
ghost to hide.
Open up your arms, let me dive into
the big, big blue.
Try losing, this chromosome.
It's my choosing, down to the bone.
Blood, dive in
blood, drowning
blood, dive in
•♫•♬• * •♫•♬• *
•.¸♡¸.• * •♫•♬• * •♫•♬•
During the soundchecks of their first
tour, they written many of the songs that later would be part of
their second album.
In 1997, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐
tried a new song at their live shows, which they played 7 times
before officially recording it. Now, let's watch the one they played
on May 22th,
1997 at 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒐𝒏
𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚, in
London.
♥️ 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑰'𝒎 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈
- 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒐
♥️
🎶 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬
🎶
Strange infatuation seems to grace the
evening tide.
I'll take it by your side.
Such imagination always helps the
feeling slide.
I'll take it by your side.
Instant correlation sucks and breeds a
pack of lies.
I'll take it by your side.
Oversaturation curls the skin and tans
the hide.
I'll take it by your side.
tick - tock tick - tock
tick - tock
tick - tick - tick - tick - tock
It's obscene and scattered dreams
And everytime we take a spin
Then I got you high and listen to your
breathing
And kiss you like a soft machine
You grow me like an evergreen
You never seen the lonely me at all
I...
Take the plan, spin it sideways.
I...
Fall.
Without you, I'm nothing.
Without you, I'm nothing.
Without you, I'm nothing.
Without you, I'm nothing at all.
•♫•♬• * •♫•♬• *
•.¸♡¸.• * •♫•♬• * •♫•♬•
As you may have already noticed
listening to the two previous songs, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐
used some lines from "𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝑩𝒚 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔"
to compose the lyrics of "𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑰'𝒎 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈".
Adding different words, verses, and with 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 on drums, the
song took a totally different meaning and sound, becoming that epic
and heartbreaking power ballad that gave title to their iconic second
album and one of the most important songs of 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's
history. We can never forget to mention that it was the song that the
legend, 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆,
chose to sing along with them. A unique and very special moment in
which the admiration, respect and friendship that existed between
𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 and 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐
were immortalized in some recordings, photos and, of course, their
hearts.
🔹𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠:
🎙️“That song is very
misunderstood. It is not a love song, the narrator is suffering from
pathological low self-esteem. It’s about co-dependence, feeling
like you don’t have an identity without somebody else.”
▪️𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗
𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚃𝚑𝚎
𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝,
2017.
🔹𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞:
🎙️“It's a very romantic
title and when we were demoing the album it seemed to sort of emerge
as something that... a way of getting the theme of the record across.
You know the record's like sort of primarily about an ever-pervading
loneliness and heartbreak really and you know there's quite a few
relationship songs in there so on one level it's kind of like us...
it's a message for us, from us to ourselves, to each other in the
band. It's a message to our fans and it's also sort of something
that's universal in the way that most people have felt that at least
once in their lives.“
▪️𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗
𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘
𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗
𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢
𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗,
1998.
❤️ 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑰'𝒎 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈
- 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 1998 ❤️
🎶 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬
🎶
Strange infatuation seems to grace the
evening tide.
I'll take it by your side.
Such imagination seems to help the
feeling slide.
I'll take it by your side.
Instant correlation sucks and breeds a
pack of lies.
I'll take it by your side.
Oversaturation curls the skin and tans
the hide.
I'll take it by your side.
tick - tock
tick - tick - tick - tick - tick - tock
I'm unclean, a libertine
And every time you vent your spleen,
I seem to lose the power of speech,
Your slipping slowly from my reach.
You grow me like an evergreen,
You've never seen the lonely me at all
I...
Take the plan, spin it sideways.
I...
Fall.
Without you, I'm Nothing.
Without you, I'm nothing.
Without you, I'm nothing.
Take the plan, spin it sideways.
Without you, I'm nothing at all.
•♫•♬• * •♫•♬• *
•.¸♡¸.• * •♫•♬• * •♫•♬•
🎶𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦
𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥
𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴
𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴!
🎶
It has been wonderful and exciting for
me to know a little more about the origin and evolution of these
songs together with you.
🪐𝑹𝒊𝒕𝒂🪐
📸 Photo Credits:
Pic 1: Band - Kevin Westenberg / Brian - Screenshot / Images from Pinterest / Edit made by Rita
Pic 2: unknown
Pic 3: Andy Willsher
Post by Rita
Pic 1: Band - Kevin Westenberg / Brian - Screenshot / Images from Pinterest / Edit made by Rita
Pic 2: unknown
Pic 3: Andy Willsher
Post by Rita
