Placebo and Sonic Youth

Hello, dear friends,
today we will follow up on the last week's post, because the theme of Brian's favorite music is, in my opinion, inexhaustible.
Brian's whole musical taste, as well as the direction in which his creation went, was influenced by the band, which is perhaps most often mentioned during the entire career of the band Placebo.
💢𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇💢

Credits at end of post

🔸𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. The band had five members, but at its birth we find two important names: 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐞 and 𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧. Their love lasted until 2011, when they broke up and the band Sonic Youth officially ended their career.
Sonic Youth were the representatives of the so-called "𝑵𝒐 𝑾𝒂𝒗𝒆", a direction that opposed the pop "𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑾𝒂𝒗𝒆" in the 1980s. They left a huge trace of their influence on later bands professing the grunge style - Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails and many others.
𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧 is often considered to be a sex symbol of American independent music.
Sonic Youth play very specific music and cannot simply be assigned to a musical genre. In the initial period, they were included in the post punk scene because they experimented with the sound and the raw sound of guitars excelled in their music.
However, their style of playing has changed and softened since the 1990s. Their songs have become more melodic and acceptable to a wider audience.
Sonic Youth's joint tour with the band Nirvana in 1991 was captured in the movie "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆".

Sonic Youth. Photo credit: Rick McGinnis

I admit, seeing these two bands together is an amazing experience for my rock soul.🔸
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Brian talks about Sonic Youth in this interview:
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🔷𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞🔷

𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 – "𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬"
“Me and my buddy Nick were 16, he came over to mine, we smoked a joint, turned the lights out and put ‘Goo’ on (Sonic Youth's sixth studio album from 1990 - my edit). I’d been playing guitar for about three years, but my entire perception of what was possible for what could be done with electric guitar changed that day. It opened up an entire new universe of possibilities. Sonic Youth remain possibly my biggest influence to this day. They’re the greatest rock’n’roll band of all time.”
NME.com Oct. 2017

𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 - "𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔" 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐
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Photo credit: Kevin Cummins

🔷𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐈 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞🔷

𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 “𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐢”, 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟖
“For me it sort of distils the essence of Sonic Youth in one song. It’s got the dissonance, but there’s also the unusual melodies which are very hooky, as well as the unique guitar sounds that Sonic Youth create. I did a fashion shoot once for Calvin Klein in New York, a lot of other musicians were doing it, and Kim Gordon [was one of them]. Now, Sonic Youth are my favourite band of all time, and we were sharing a space where we could get changed. She was off getting her photo taken, and I saw her sneakers, and on top of her sneakers were her socks. And I had this moment where I froze and I went, I want to smell Kim Gordon’s socks. I have to smell Kim Gordon’s socks! And there I am, staring at her socks and daring myself to smell them, and just as I’m about to bend down to pick them up, Kim Gordon walks into the make-up room. Thank fuck I didn’t do it! It would have been very embarrassing.”
RollingStone Australia, Sept.2017

𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 - "𝑯𝒆𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒊" 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 2007
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In 2007, Placebo played here in the Czech Republic and Brian gave a short but wonderful interview to the Czech music magazine Musicserver.cz. Enjoy it with me.❤

𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐?

🔸"Pretty sure, there I feel that this is exactly what I am looking for in music. Bands like Sonic Youth had a hard kickass music but there was a lot of creativity, emotions and great ideas put into it. Kim Gordon has always excited me. What do you say to her?"🔸

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒙 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒑 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏?

🔸"Strength and femininity that together create an incredible sex appeal. This is not the brute force that men put into rock music. It's incredibly sexy to see a girl on stage yelling rock songs. I think women could often capture the essence of rock'n'roll better."🔸

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 "𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌'𝒏'𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍" 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖?

🔸"Freedom, strength and expression."🔸

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔?

🔸"It's hard. It is something that completely demolishes and cuts me, something that removes my consciousness and in a way excites me. Sexy things are usually imperfect and unfinished. Perfection is boring, I don't understand people who are excited by ingenious proportions. It's really boring."🔸
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Kim Gordon. Photo credit: Tony Mott

Photo credits pic 1: Placebo - Scarlet Page
Placebo - unknown, credit to photographer, Pinterest
Sonic Youth - unknown, credit to photographer, Pinterest
Kim Gordon - Mick Hutson
Kim Gordon - unknown, credit to photographer, Pinterest
Photo edit: by Marti

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