Tuesday, February 23, 2021

๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก โ€“ ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ


Photo credit: Alvaro Villarrubia, screenshots from the video / edit by Silke

Today we celebrate the โ™ฆ๏ธ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌโ™ฆ๏ธ of โ€œEnglish summer rainโ€, the fourth single from Placebo's album โ€œSleeping with ghostsโ€. It was released 17 years ago today, on February 23rd 2004, and reached no. 23 in the UK Singles Chart.

โ€œEnglish summer rainโ€ was the first song that Brian started to write on a drum kit. In an interview with Rock Sound he explained it like this: โ€œI was on a real DJ Shadow trip with this one.โ€

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก โ€“ ๐—ข๐—™๐—™๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ข
๐ŸŽต http://bit.ly/2GpzgVa ๐ŸŽต


The single was available in two different designs. The regular CD included โ€œEnglish summer rain (single version)โ€ and โ€I'll be yours (version 4am)โ€. The enhanced CD consisted of the album version, two remixes and an animated video. It was the official music clip for the song and directed by Grรจgoire Pinard. You can watch the video with the link at the beginning of this post.

โ€œEnglish summer rainโ€ was only played live from 2003 to 2005 during the โ€œSleeping with ghostsโ€ and โ€œOnce more with feelingโ€ tours. In total the song was performanced 108 times during that period.
Below you can find a live version recorded at Designerama 2004.

Photo credit: Alvaro Villarrubia

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก โ€“ ๐——๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—š๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—”๐— ๐—” ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ
๐ŸŽต https://bit.ly/2FMSE1u ๐ŸŽต


๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š ๐Ÿ“Œ
"I wanted to write something repetitive. A sort of mantra which speaks about leavingโ€ฆ My lover leaves me to travel, I watch the planes in the sky, I tell myself she is perhaps into one of them. I'm still in London, it's summertime, it's raining, it's boring and I miss her terribly."
(Les Inrockuptibles Nยฐ382, March-April 2003)

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ข ๐Ÿ“Œ
โ€This was the first time we ever used animation. In fact this video was sent to us by a fan from South Africa, so it proves that initiative and persistence pays off. We find it amusing to look at ourselves as puppets. He was at college when he did this and heโ€™d spend all his time not doing homework and doing this animation instead. Doing something useful. Itโ€™s kind of funny. It features Jesus on drums.โ€

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