💥𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞💥

Hello soulmates,
a lot of words have already been written about how the famous artist 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙚 influenced the artistic growth of the band 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙀𝘽𝙊.
But even after David's death, their journey together is still a wonderful subject to discover.

Photo credit: Frank Ockenfels, unknown, screenshots (2 / edit by Marti

In 2017, an interview with Brian was published in 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, which I would like to share with you today in a shorten version. There are some beautiful mentions that led me to the idea of writing this post.

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📌 Given Placebo’s history with the press, one might think that 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 would be at best wary, at worst down-right hostile towards journalists. When I meet up with him prior to a rehearsal for the last leg of the band’s current retrospective tour however, any fears of a frosty reception are allayed almost immediately.
Instead this afternoon, he proves to be warm, friendly, engaging and never too far away from erupting into fits of laughter. He speaks slowly in that familial, nasal tone that gives 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 one of the distinct characteristics that people either adore or abhor and provides, considerate, well-thought out answers to all my questions, even being so gracious as to extend our interview not just once, but twice.

Twenty-one years have passed since the band first came into public consciousness and 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 are still here whilst Cool Britannia is most certainly not, replaced instead with a more overt, pervading sense of fear, bigotry and xenophobia – in 2017, we’re about as far away from the pervading mid-Nineties attitude of incandescent national pride as it’s possible to get.
𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 had the common sense not to ride the Britpop wave, which in 1996 was already beginning to show signs of dissipating, and have consequently remained whilst so many of their contemporaries fell by the wayside. In fact, one could argue (as Molko does) that 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 21𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 20𝑡ℎ.

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♦ “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”♦
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Brian's beautiful statement, with which I personally must agree. But let's go back to David, because Brian's memory of David's departure always touches the heart of each of us.
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📌 It was also around this time that the band collaborated with David Bowie on a re-recorded version of the title track from their sophomore album Without You I’m Nothing, arguably the band’s most beloved and cherished record to date.

♦ “𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑” 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, “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.”♦

📌 Inevitably, the song has taken on a whole new meaning with a far deeper resonance for 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 since Bowie’s death in January 2016. In Placebo’s early days, when critics were taking seemingly every opportunity they could to make cheap swipes at the band, it was Bowie’s patronage that garnered them credibility in the eyes of a music press that were dumb enough to be disorientated by a bloke in a dress. As was his wont, Bowie took the band under his wing, making regular live appearances with them, inviting them out on tour and providing sound counsel and mentorship.

♦“𝑊𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 ‘𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐼’𝑚 𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔’ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠" 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠.
"𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 '𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡'.
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑, 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 '𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜, 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡𝑦'.
𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡-𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒-𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠.
𝑆𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑘. 𝐻𝑒'𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟; ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙!” ♦

Brian and David at Looking Glass Studios in New York, March 1999.

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I had to shorten this beautiful interview, but I will allow myself to publish its end here. We are all looking forward to the birth of a new baby, 🎵𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝟖 is already on its way, it is being intensively prepared to appear to us in its absolute perfection. What will it be like? And what was Brian's idea in 2017?

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📌 But what of the future of 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨? 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 reveals that he is currently writing songs for the band’s as yet untitled eighth album, a project that will no doubt become the main focus of their 2018.
♦“𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠” ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠.
“𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 27 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝐾 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑆.
𝑊𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠; 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡.
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑑.
𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑠.”♦
𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 10/19/2017

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To make your evening and the memory of the amazing musician and very cordial man 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞 perfect, I share a few videos for you.


The first video I share with you is Placebo's performance in Moscow, October 2016, a song "Without You I'm Nothing" and Brian's heartbreaking sadness.
🔉https://bit.ly/31lr7vN

This next video was mentioned in 𝐍𝐌𝐄:
📌 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝐵𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 ‘𝑁𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝐵𝑜𝑦’, 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 “𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔”.
𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒’𝑑 “𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 – ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙.”
𝑁𝑀𝐸 14𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2017

and David's last sentence is:
🙏"𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆"🙏
🔉https://bit.ly/34a4tZm

Placebo interview and "20th Century Boy" with David Bowie at The Brit Awards (1999)
🔉https://bit.ly/2T7B3F1

2016, Brian jokes about the fateful phone call with David in Barbados and about recording WYIN. It's amazing how Stefan laughs at Brian's story, which he must have heard a thousand times.
🔉https://bit.ly/3dDsScW

Interview from Hungary 2016 - Brian talks about the pain of David's departure, but also about the cover of the album "𝐴 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑈𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚" - very interesting.
🔉https://bit.ly/31iuaFh

Two videos from Antwerp 2016, a 2-minute standing ovation from the auditorium in honor of David, and Brian wiping his tears.
🔉https://bit.ly/2FLqqoc
🔉https://bit.ly/3o5klEr

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