Here, Brian talks about the first two albums and songs that are very close to my rock soul, as well as the experiences that shaped their career at the very beginning.
"Desperate" is Brian Molko's one word to summarize his band's music. "Desperate, but also romantic," he adds, as he tries to encapsulate the edgy, nervous music and often intensely personal lyrics which stain Placebo's albums.
"The first record was quite enthusiastic, fresh record, full of lust, vigour and the energy of youth," says Molko, an American who makes music with a Swede (Stefan Olsdal on bass, guitar and keyboards) and a Briton (drummer Steve Hewitt).
"This time we're slightly more world-weary, broken-hearted and melancholic. It's more of a post-coital kind of record. A lot of the songs have to do with break-ups and loss."
Placebo is a band that wears its heart on its sleeve. The trio are open about sexuality and substance abuse, subjects featured in songs as well as several frank interviews with the band. More than most of the bands, Placebo takes the listener for a trip through their lives, which is sometimes a wild and frightening roller coaster.
๐ป๐๐๐ "๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐", ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ'๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐.
"๐โ๐๐ก'๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ก, ๐๐ก'๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐," ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ . "๐ผ๐ก'๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก. ๐โ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐โ๐๐๐. ๐ผ๐ก'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ ๐กโ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐. ๐ผ ๐กโ๐๐ข๐โ๐ก ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ ?@*-๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐."
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The story behind the song is that Brian forgot to take his name out of the phonebook after the first Placebo album was realeased and there was a message on his answer machine with a sort of Steven Hawking voice. It's a quiet creepy song.
"๐ป๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐*๐๐๐๐, ๐ผ'๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข. ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐คโ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฃ๐
๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐*๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ข๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐ด๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข๐กโ ๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐ค ๐๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ "
Evil Dildo official audio
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It's interesting, however, that the similar lyrics as from Brian's answering machine are used in a song by Irish musician ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง - ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ง from the Come To Daddy, which was released in 1997.
๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง - wikipedia
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The actual lyrics from Aphex Twin are:
"Come on little funny man, come on, come on! I would like to f*ck you up the bunghole, and then I will sneak into your room and cut your cock off and chew it up with my little pearlies."
๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง - ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ง, ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐
https://bit.ly/3anKJFa
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At the very end of the song is a very scary recording of an electronically distorted voice with this lyrics - I will f*ck you up the butt and I will sneak into your room and cut your cock off...
And stuff it in my mouth and chew it up with my little pearlies...
... even instead of the word butt, I would advocate the word "bunghole", from the original text of Aphex Twin, because the sound at that moment corresponds more to this word.
If you look above, the text of Aphex Twin is slightly different.
So how was it? Why is there a male voice in the song and an electronically distorted recording of the threat at the end? And why does it sound the same as a recording from a song released by another artist a year before, but still the lyrics are slightly different?
We will not solve this mystery, nor it is needed.
It's just one of the interesting things that should have been revealed and who knows, maybe one day the opportunity will come to ask Brian how it was ...
In any case, in my opinion, he dealt with these threats very well. Using them in such a song with such a name - guys, for me it's a masterpiece.
We will say goodbye today with ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 1997 and see you next week as this interview continues.
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