Sunday, January 17, 2021

๐Ÿ”ธ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐ ๐–๐„๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€ ๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐’๐’: ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ”ธ

On February 27th, 2006 Placebo played a concert and did an ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐„๐– on the French TV channel ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’+ for the show ๐‘ต๐’–๐’๐’๐’† ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐‘จ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’–๐’“๐’”. They were asked to watch and discuss their old performances. Today we’re going to focus on the part of this interview dedicated to Brian’s look back in 1996-1999 and his reaction on his own style choices. And of course, we’re going to watch some great videos mentioned in the chat.

May 27th 1998 - live at Shepherds Bush Empire (London).

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๐๐๐€: Well, we’re going to see your live performances on Canal+ at Nulle Part Ailleurs, so we start from October 1996 with "Teenage Angst".
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: I think I don't want to watch this…
๐๐๐€: Let's go!

๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ - ๐“๐ž๐ž๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ +, ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”
➡️ https://bit.ly/2K0s1Zq

๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: Enough, enough!
๐๐๐€: Ok guys, so what do you feel watching at yourselves ten years after?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: Awful! Yeah, yeah, it’s like looking at really bad photographs with you as a baby, you know, it’s just been embarrassing…
๐’๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ง: We never like to look back really. It was the same thing with the singles collection that even that was painful to look back, to listen to your old stuff. This is even more painful because this is visual as well.
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๐๐๐€: Let's go to the next album!
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: The number two?
๐๐๐€: Yeah! This song is Pure Morning. Let's go back to 1998.

๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ - ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ +, ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–
➡️ https://bit.ly/38wpBeF

๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: Ahh!!! Oh no! Am I wearing a fucking dress?
๐๐๐€: Yes!
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: Shiiit! Oh no! I just remember this, there’s gonna be more dress moments coming up. Shit! Ok, enough.
๐๐๐€: I have a question about it... Your look has radically changed…
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: Yeah, thanks God!
๐๐๐€: …but what for did you wear a dress? Was it for something like a provocation or...? Why has your look changed?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: I think I just thought I looked good in it but looking back on this I think I was sorely mistaken; you know… I don’t know, I guess I was really really young and you just sort of you’re giggling to yourself, it’s like ‘I’m going on TV wearing a dress – yeas, excellent!’ you know, kind of think ‘I can get away with this’ kind of thing… I don’t know, it’s really too shock, personally looking back I find it very shocking that I wore that. But I think it was just the idea of being able to get away with being on TV and wearing a really short dress. People were thinking it was cool but I don’t know, it’s getting more and more painful. (laughing)

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๐๐๐€: Well... I'm really sorry, Brian, but we’re going to see You Don't Care About Us and once again, you’re wearing a dress!
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: Yeah, I’m wearing a dress again! (laughing)
(Watching the video) That’s better, it’s getting better.
๐๐๐€: Your haircut has changed too!
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: Yeah, that’s better!
๐’๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ง: It’s probably the last time in your entire life! (about a dress)
(After the video)
๐๐๐€: I don’t think it looks too bad actually, you know. Looks like some kind of gothic secretary, you know.
๐’๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ง: …from Berlin.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: Yeah, from Berlin! (laughing) Yeah, it’s definitely kind of a look that’s more inspired by the film ‘Cabaret” I suppose, that kind of smoky Weimar, Germany, kind of Liza Minnelli kind of thing.
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๐’๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ง: Scared of Girls, actually that should have been a single, but hey.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: It’s too late. Go back with a single and I go back and change all my dresses, you know…
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๐๐๐€: So, we just saw 10 years of your life. How could you summarize your career?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: Extremely embarrassing! I never wanna do that again! If in ten years you ask us to do this again – no! (laughing)
๐๐๐€: If you could change something in these 10 years of career, what would it be?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง: I wouldn’t wear fucking dress, that’s for sure!

By the way, next ten years later Brian would talk about these 'dress moments' in a definitely calmer, easier, kind of reflective way... which is good, don't you think?

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