Wednesday, October 21, 2020

πŸ’₯𝐁𝐫𝐒𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐒𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 πƒπšπ―π’π 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐒𝐞πŸ’₯

Hello soulmates,
a lot of words have already been written about how the famous artist π˜Ώπ™–π™«π™žπ™™ π˜½π™€π™¬π™žπ™š influenced the artistic growth of the band π™‹π™‡π˜Όπ˜Ύπ™€π˜½π™Š.
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 π“π‘πž 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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πŸ“Œ Given Placebo’s history with the press, one might think that 𝐌𝐨π₯𝐀𝐨 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 ππ‹π€π‚π„ππŽ 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 ππ‹π€π‚π„ππŽ 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.
ππ‹π€π‚π„ππŽ 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 ππ‹π€π‚π„ππŽ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘’π‘›π‘‘ π‘›π‘œπ‘€ π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 21𝑠𝑑 π‘π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑒𝑛𝑑 π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 20π‘‘β„Ž.

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♦ β€œπ‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘’π‘ π‘ π‘Žπ‘”π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑀𝑒 π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘› 𝑀𝑒 π‘”π‘œ π‘Žπ‘›π‘¦π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘¦ π‘Ž π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑠 π‘Ž π‘šπ‘’π‘ π‘ π‘Žπ‘”π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘π‘œπ‘™π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’, π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘π‘π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑖𝑑’𝑠 π‘žπ‘’π‘–π‘‘π‘’ π‘Ž π‘€π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘“π‘’π‘™ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘”, π‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘’π‘ π‘’ π‘€β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘ƒπ‘™π‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘π‘œ π‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘šπ‘’ π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘¦ π‘œπ‘›, π‘€π‘Žπ‘  π‘Ž π‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘œπ‘’π‘‘π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘ , π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘“π‘–π‘‘π‘ , π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑝𝑒𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘™π‘’π‘ . π‘Šπ‘’ 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑑 π‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑏𝑒𝑑 π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘'𝑠 π‘€β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑀𝑒 π‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘šπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’ π‘šπ‘¦π‘ π‘’π‘™π‘“ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘†π‘‘π‘’π‘“π‘Žπ‘› π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘€ 𝑒𝑝 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘™π‘–π‘˜π‘’ 𝑀𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑛 π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑗𝑒𝑠𝑑 𝑏𝑦 π‘£π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘’π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 β„Žπ‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘œπ‘π‘’π‘› π‘Žπ‘π‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘, 𝑀𝑒 π‘Žπ‘π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘’π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘Ž π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘›π‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ π‘π‘’π‘œπ‘π‘™π‘’ π‘€β„Žπ‘œ 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑑 π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘ π‘›'𝑑 π‘›π‘’π‘π‘’π‘ π‘ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘™π‘¦ π‘Ž π‘£π‘œπ‘–π‘π‘’ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘š. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘’π‘’π‘  π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘‘π‘Žπ‘¦, π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘¦ 𝑏𝑖𝑔 π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘  π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘€π‘› π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘ 𝑒𝑠 π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑠 π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘€β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑀𝑒 π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘’π‘›π‘‘.”♦
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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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πŸ“Œ 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.

♦ β€œπ‘‡β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘ π‘œπ‘›π‘” 𝑖𝑠 π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘œπ‘‘β€ π‘ π‘Žπ‘¦π‘  π‘€π‘œπ‘™π‘˜π‘œ, β€œπ‘–π‘‘ 𝑖𝑠 π‘›π‘œπ‘‘ π‘Ž π‘™π‘œπ‘£π‘’ π‘ π‘œπ‘›π‘”, π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘›π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿ 𝑖𝑠 π‘ π‘’π‘“π‘“π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π‘π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘™π‘œπ‘”π‘–π‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘™π‘œπ‘€ 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘’π‘š. 𝐼𝑑’𝑠 π‘Žπ‘π‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘π‘œ-𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘™π‘–π‘˜π‘’ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œπ‘›β€™π‘‘ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘’ π‘Žπ‘› 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑦 π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘ π‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘π‘œπ‘‘π‘¦ 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒.”♦

πŸ“Œ Inevitably, the song has taken on a whole new meaning with a far deeper resonance for 𝐌𝐨π₯𝐀𝐨 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.

β™¦β€œπ‘Šπ‘’β€™π‘£π‘’ 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 π‘“π‘™π‘Žπ‘ β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” 𝑒𝑝 π‘–π‘šπ‘Žπ‘”π‘’π‘  π‘œπ‘“ π·π‘Žπ‘£π‘–π‘‘ π‘€β„Žπ‘–π‘™π‘ π‘‘ π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘¦π‘–π‘›π‘” β€˜π‘Šπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘Œπ‘œπ‘’ πΌβ€™π‘š π‘π‘œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘”β€™ π‘œπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘‘π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘ π‘œπ‘šπ‘’ π‘›π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘π‘  𝑖𝑑'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 π‘ π‘’π‘β„Ž π‘Žπ‘› π‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘Žπ‘™ 𝑒π‘₯π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘›π‘π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘’ π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘π‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œπ‘€π‘› π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘ " π‘€π‘œπ‘™π‘˜π‘œ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘“π‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘ .
"π‘‡β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘  π‘Ž π‘π‘œπ‘–π‘›π‘‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘’π‘šπ‘šπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝐼 π‘ π‘Žπ‘–π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘†π‘‘π‘’π‘“π‘Žπ‘› '𝐼'π‘š π‘›π‘œπ‘‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘œ π‘ π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘¦ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘¦π‘šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’, 𝑖𝑑'𝑠 π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘šπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘'.
𝐡𝑒𝑑 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 π‘”π‘œπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘›π‘œπ‘€ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘–π‘›π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘, 𝑖𝑑 β„Žπ‘Žπ‘  π‘π‘’π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘’ π‘Ž π‘π‘’π‘™π‘’π‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘œπ‘“ π‘€β„Žπ‘œ π·π‘Žπ‘£π‘–π‘‘ π΅π‘œπ‘€π‘–π‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘–π‘šπ‘π‘Žπ‘π‘‘ β„Žπ‘’ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘› π‘šπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘  π‘Ž β„Žπ‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘› 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔, π‘Žπ‘  𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑙 π‘Žπ‘  π‘Ž π‘šπ‘’π‘ π‘–π‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘›. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑑 π‘Žπ‘‘π‘£π‘–π‘π‘’ β„Žπ‘’ π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘”π‘Žπ‘£π‘’ 𝑒𝑠 π‘€π‘Žπ‘  'π‘€β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œ, π‘›π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘’ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘–π‘‘π‘¦'.
π·π‘Žπ‘£π‘–π‘‘ π‘€π‘Žπ‘  π‘Žπ‘™π‘€π‘Žπ‘¦π‘  π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑑-π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘›π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘”π‘œπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“π‘“ π‘œπ‘› π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘”π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝐼 π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘˜ β„Žπ‘’ 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑑 π‘Ž π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘”π‘’ 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑠 π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘π‘œ 𝑒π‘₯π‘Žπ‘π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘, π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ π‘Ÿπ‘’-𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑑 π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’π‘™π‘£π‘’π‘ .
π‘†π‘œ 𝑦𝑒𝑠 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘–π‘”π‘›π‘–π‘“π‘–π‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘  π‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”π‘’π‘‘, 𝑖𝑑'𝑠 π‘π‘’π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘’ π‘Ž π‘™π‘œπ‘‘ π‘šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘π‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π·π‘Žπ‘£π‘–π‘‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘šπ‘’, π‘€β„Žπ‘–π‘β„Ž 𝑖𝑠 π‘œπ‘˜. 𝐻𝑒'𝑠 π‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘šπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘, π‘€β„Žπ‘–π‘β„Ž 𝑖𝑠 π‘žπ‘’π‘–π‘‘π‘’ 𝑠𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑑 π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝐼 π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘“π‘™π‘’π‘π‘‘ π‘œπ‘› π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘ , π‘œπ‘› β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘Žπ‘‘π‘£π‘–π‘π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘€β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑑 π‘€π‘Žπ‘  π‘™π‘–π‘˜π‘’ π‘‘π‘œ 𝑠𝑒𝑒 β„Žπ‘–π‘š π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘¦ π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘›π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 π‘¦π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘  π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘› 𝑀𝑒 π‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œπ‘”π‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ; β„Žπ‘’'𝑠 π‘™π‘–π‘˜π‘’ π‘šπ‘¦ π‘”π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘› π‘Žπ‘›π‘”π‘’π‘™!” ♦

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

πŸ’’πŸ’’πŸ’’
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, 🎡𝐏π₯πšπœπžπ›π¨πŸ– 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?

πŸ’’πŸ’’πŸ’’

πŸ“Œ But what of the future of 𝐏π₯πšπœπžπ›π¨? 𝐌𝐨π₯𝐀𝐨 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.
β™¦β€œπΌ'𝑑 π‘™π‘–π‘˜π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑛𝑒π‘₯𝑑 π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘“π‘™π‘’π‘π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘›, π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘£π‘–π‘œπ‘™π‘’π‘›π‘π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑀𝑒'π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘œπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑛𝑒𝑀𝑠 π‘œπ‘› π‘Ž π‘‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘™π‘¦ π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘–π‘ β€ β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘Žπ‘¦π‘ .
β€œπΌ'𝑑 π‘™π‘–π‘˜π‘’ 𝑖𝑑 π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 π‘Ž π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’π‘  π‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘’π‘ π‘’ 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 πΏπ‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘œπ‘› π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ 27 π‘¦π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝐼 β„Žπ‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘’ π‘›π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 π‘Žπ‘›π‘¦π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘žπ‘’π‘–π‘‘π‘’ π‘™π‘–π‘˜π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘œπ‘™π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘π‘™π‘–π‘šπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’ π‘€π‘’β€™π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘π‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘¦, π‘π‘œπ‘‘β„Ž 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ˆπΎ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ˆπ‘†.
π‘Šπ‘’β€™π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘”π‘œπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘π‘Žπ‘π‘˜π‘€π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘  π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘› π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘€π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘ ; π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦π‘œπ‘›π‘’β€™π‘  π‘œπ‘› 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘Ž 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 π‘œπ‘“ π‘“π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿ π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘£π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘  π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘ π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘˜π‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘‘ π‘™π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œ 𝑀𝑖𝑝𝑒 π‘œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘  π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘“π‘Žπ‘π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘‘.
𝐴𝑛𝑑 π‘Žπ‘™π‘œπ‘›π‘”π‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘, 𝐼 π‘Žπ‘™π‘ π‘œ 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑀𝑒’𝑣𝑒 π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘œπ‘ π‘‘ π‘›π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘π‘–π‘ π‘ π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘ π‘Žπ‘”π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑒π‘₯π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘›π‘π‘’π‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 π‘šπ‘¦ π‘™π‘–π‘“π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘˜π‘  π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘¦ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘β„Žπ‘›π‘œπ‘™π‘œπ‘”π‘¦ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘  π‘‘π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘™π‘œπ‘π‘’π‘‘.
𝐼 π‘‘π‘œπ‘›'𝑑 π‘›π‘’π‘π‘’π‘ π‘ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘™π‘¦ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘˜ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 π‘œπ‘“ 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘™π‘’π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘ 𝑖𝑠 β„Žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘‘β„Žπ‘¦ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ 𝑒𝑠 π‘Žπ‘  π‘Ž π‘ π‘œπ‘π‘–π‘’π‘‘π‘¦. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’π‘ π‘’ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘–π‘›π‘ π‘π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’π‘  π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘’ 𝑑𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑠.”♦
𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑 10/19/2017

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πŸ’’πŸ’’πŸ’’
To make your evening and the memory of the amazing musician and very cordial man πƒπšπ―π’π 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐒𝐞 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.
πŸ”‰https://bit.ly/31lr7vN

This next video was mentioned in ππŒπ„:
πŸ“Œ π‘ƒπ‘™π‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘π‘œ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘’π‘‘ π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘“π‘œπ‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘”π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘–π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π·π‘Žπ‘£π‘–π‘‘ π΅π‘œπ‘€π‘–π‘’. π‘†π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘™π‘œπ‘£π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘š π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘“π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’ β„Žπ‘’ β„Žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘š, π΅π‘œπ‘€π‘–π‘’ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘“π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’ β„Žπ‘’ β„Žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ β€˜π‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘¦ π΅π‘œπ‘¦β€™, π‘ π‘Žπ‘¦π‘–π‘›π‘” β€œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘β€™π‘  π‘Ž π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘“π‘–π‘ π‘ π‘œπ‘›π‘” π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Ž π‘π‘’π‘›π‘β„Ž π‘œπ‘“ π‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘π‘  π‘‘π‘œ 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔”.
𝐻𝑒 π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ β„Žπ‘’β€™π‘‘ β€œπ‘’π‘›π‘—π‘œπ‘¦π‘’π‘‘ π‘€π‘Žπ‘‘π‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘š π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘€ – β„Žπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘“π‘’π‘™π‘™π‘¦ 𝐼 π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘€π‘Žπ‘‘π‘β„Ž π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘š π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘€ π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘œ π‘œπ‘™π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘”π‘’ π‘Žπ‘  𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑙.”
𝑁𝑀𝐸 14π‘‘β„Ž π‘†π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ 2017

and David's last sentence is:
πŸ™"𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰'π’Ž 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’…π’Šπ’†"πŸ™
πŸ”‰https://bit.ly/34a4tZm

Placebo interview and "20th Century Boy" with David Bowie at The Brit Awards (1999)
πŸ”‰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.
πŸ”‰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 π‘ƒπ‘™π‘Žπ‘π‘’ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘ˆπ‘  π‘‘π‘œ π·π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘š" - very interesting.
πŸ”‰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.
πŸ”‰https://bit.ly/2FLqqoc
πŸ”‰https://bit.ly/3o5klEr

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