๐ซ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ
I think we’ve changed through our career, so it would have to be from album to album. On the last one ‘Meds’ is definitely the defining track because it’s about a drug-induced psychological breakdown, which is kind of what was going on at the time. Before that, Sleeping With Ghosts was very much concerned with the ghosts of past loves and how one carries them around, so I would say the title track there. On this one it would be ‘Speak in Tongues’ because of the refrain ‘We can build a new tomorrow today’, which is essentially what the album is about: hope for a better tomorrow, for yourself.”
▪️๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ป๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ , ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 2009
✨ "๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐"✨
This is a beautiful phrase and that's why I thought this song was perfect for my first post of 2021.๐
"๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐" is the seventh song on ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐'s sixth studio album, "๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐บ๐๐"(2009). The title is a reference to the French kiss, as you will see later on this post. The lyrics are about a passionate relationship, in that unique way ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ has of writing about love and desire in his songs. ๐๐ฅ๐ถ
It is curious that in this song the name "๐ฒ๐๐๐๐" is mentioned again. The first time this name is mentioned on the album is in the title of the song "๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐", but until now it is a mystery if it's really the same character. It would be great to ask ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ about it...
๐น๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ? ๐๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ?
However, this is the only thing ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ has stated these songs have in common:
๐️๐๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ "๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐".๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ?
How does someone become less sexually charged? I don't know about that. (Laughs) Perhaps it's less on the surface. With Battle For The Sun, I started out wanting to make quite a libidinous record. A celebration of all sexuality, because it's such a part of life, the beauty of life. So it's there. It's there in songs like 'Kitty Litter', 'Speak In Tongues', 'For What It's Worth', "Come on lay with me / 'cause I'm on fire"? Do you need me to write that down for you, man?
Perhaps the sexuality is more subtle; it's not coming at you in terms of a transvestite on crystal meth."
▪️๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐, 2009.
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| Placebo at Main Square 2009. Photo credit unknown |
๐️๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐?
๐ต๐๐๐๐: I really like Speak in tongues.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ?
๐ต๐๐๐๐: cause it starts off sounding like cocktail hour at the lunatic asylum and …
๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ?
๐ต๐๐๐๐: in mine, they do. In my mind, in the ones that I invented (laughs) .
๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ , ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ.
๐ต๐๐๐๐: absolutely. Yeah. And a steam-room. And a hot tub. And don’t think most lunatic asylums have it, anyway it starts off like a cocktail hours at the loony bin and sort of metamorphosizes into massive, sort of arena filling rock song, with a really positive message like, we can build a new tomorrow, today. I hope people will find it inspiring, you know.
▪️๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ, 2009.
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| Placebo at Main Square 2009. Photo credit unknown |
▪️๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐, 2009
๐️"Brian and I share the same favourite song, 'Speak In Tongues'. The melody is very epic. It starts off sounding like cocktail hour and ends epic. To me it conjures up the image of a flickering light and at the end you need a seat-belt to get through the explosion. In Bible terms, it's when someone is possessed by the Holy Ghost and speaks in different languages. But what Brian means in this song is french kissing."
▪️๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก, ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ .๐๐, 2009.
Enjoy this beautiful song dear soulmates, may it fill you with ✨๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ positive vibes ⭐✨ and you have a wonderful year.
๐Lots of love! ๐๐
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