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| Ssreenshot of the video MTV Supersonic 2004, edit by Olga |
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐
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On October 24th, 2004, Placebo played live at the MTV Studios in Milan. The show was broadcasted one week later by MTV Italia.
๐ถ The ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ included 8 songs:
Taste in Men
The Bitter End
Black Eyed
Twenty Years
English Summer Rain
Special K
Pure Morning
Nancy Boy
Curious fact๐ According to the fan who attended the show as member of the FanClub "Placebo Italia", also ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ was played (just before Nancy Boy), but the band went wrong with the lyrics and the song wasn't added to the broadcasting. Well, happens๐
Brian, Stef and Steve Hewitt were interviewed right before the live show. They talked about their approach to the old stuff, recording of their first album, pop music they like to listen and their then new single Twenty Years.
To make it easier for you, I transcribed some excerpts of the interview. But of course, Iโd recommend you to watch it all because itโs really nice and funny.
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| Screenshot of the video MTV Supersonic 2004 |
๐ฐโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โฆ
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: You know, itโs important thing to stress that as soon as you release a song it ceases to be your story, you know, and it becomes other peopleโs story, so youโre kind of free of it, so itโs kind of like an exorcism. And thatโs fine because often you write songs for reasons, you know, itโs done. Songs are sometimes uncomfortable for you, but the big discomfort basically is all about the relationship that you have with your own art, particularly your early work. Some bandsโ early work is their best, some bands get much much better throughout their career. Iโd say weโre in the second category. And so, when you look back at those songs itโs often sort of like going to the house where youโre used to be living with your parents and going to your bedroom and finding a box of the bad poetry that you wrote when you were a teenager and then you start to read it again. Of course, the way that you relate to these songs is completely different to the way that other people, the people who love them, the people who had experiences to them โ their first kiss, their first party, the first time they got drunk or their first sense of identity - when they listen to these songs they kind of emerge, and they have a different relationship to these songs. Ours is a far far more critical one and uncomfortable one than of people who genuinely love these songs, but then Placebo fans. But the positive thing about that is that what it does is that it forces you to continuously look forward and it forces you to continuously improve, which I think is basically, you know, the goal. [โฆ] Thatโs what Iโm saying, you canโt sort of belittle the significance that they have, you know. Itโs just important to point out that your relationship with them is completely different. When you look back you just look back at things when you go โwell, I could have done this betterโ or โIโm not very proud of that lineโ or something like that. Unfortunately, itโs the cross that you have to bear as an artist. I really really doubt that Radiohead go back and listen to their first album. [โฆ] Listening to your own music is a bit like drinking your own sperm, you knowโฆ
๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 1996. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โฆ
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Yeah, strangely enough. I mean whatโs strange about that record is that I think it was incredibly commercial. Weโd kind of become less and less commercial with every album but somehow managed to sell more records, which I think is great. It seems that chasing this elusive pop hit isnโt necessary. Just keep doing what you think is correct at the time and put as much honesty as possible, and then people stay loyal to what youโre doing.
๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: What I remember, we were in Dublin in Ireland, so I remember drinking a lot of Guinness, a lot of fine Guinness, and putting on some weight because we drank so much Guinness but it was fun, it was good, yeah. Dublin is like the pub that stay open all day every day so a lot of black stuff was consumed. Oh, thatโd be nice if I can get a pint of Guinness right now!
[โฆ] It used to be a case that I refused to play any guitar that wasnโt older than me, the other guitars had to be really older! But now itโs getting a little bit difficult, you know (laugh) theyโre as young as I used to beโฆ now they have to be younger than me, you know. Itโs just a way, thereโre life changesโฆ
๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Itโs just things that you do for fun, the whole point of doing them is that itโs not work. Itโs kind of a vacation from your serious music. And you just try to have a laugh, try and enjoy it. Because you donโt write it, so you have a different relationship to it, youโre kind of a fan of the song as opposed to being the person who created the song so you can kind of have more carefree fun with it.
๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Yeah, Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler!
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Oh, yeah!
๐๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐: Unfortunately, heโs serious! (laugh)
Post by Olga
Photo credit: screenshot of the video MTV Supersonic 2004, edit by Olga
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