Monday, March 1, 2021

๐ŸŸชโ–ช๏ธ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐–๐‡๐€๐“ ๐ˆ๐“'๐’ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐“๐‡ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐“๐•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—โ–ช๏ธ๐ŸŸช

On May 24th, 2009, Placebo were invited to perform on the Italian TV program ๐‘ธ๐’–๐’†๐’๐’๐’Š ๐’„๐’‰๐’†... ๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’ in Milan. They played only one song ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก and did an interview that turned into a pure comedy๐Ÿ˜

Photo credits: Screenshots from the show, edit by Olga

Obviously, Brian was in a particularly playful, naughty mood. He started with the idea of speaking to the microphone that was pinned to the extremely low jumpsuit neckline of an Italian lady (Simona Ventura) who interviewed him.
As for the new album [Battle For The Sun], he said that itโ€™s โ€œfantasticoโ€ and going to change rock history. โ€œHow wonderful it is! Theyโ€™re modest as always,โ€ noticed an interviewer. Like it wasnโ€™t enough of the game, Brian got closer to Simonaโ€™s breast and came up with another brilliant thought: โ€œAll of a sudden I want a glass of milkโ€ฆโ€๐Ÿ˜‚



๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ - ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ, ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข ๐‚๐ก๐žโ€ฆ ๐ˆ๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐ข๐จ, ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’.๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“.๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—
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๐ŸŸช๐‘ธ๐’–๐’†๐’๐’๐’Š ๐’„๐’‰๐’†... ๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’ is a sports-themed entertainment television program initially broadcast on Italian TV during the period of activity of the Italian football championship (il calcio means โ€˜footballโ€™). Over the years, the format of the program was changed into a more youthful version. Not only famous footballers and sports journalists but Italian and international pop and rock stars have been its guests. The program airs from the TV studio 3 of the Rai production center in Milan.

๐ŸŸช๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก is the first single from Placebo's sixth studio album Battle for the Sun. It debuted in the UK Singles Chart at No. 97 and was nominated for the ๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ! Award for Best Single. It was played live 379 times, 117 of them during Battle For The Sun Tour.
Brian was pretty often asked to tell about For What It's Worth in the interviews. I decided to pick up some quotes to follow a playful theme we started with. I hope itโ€™s ok for you๐Ÿ˜‰


๐’€๐’๐’–'๐’—๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’๐’–๐’•๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’. ๐‘ถ๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’š ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’†๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” "๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’”๐’†๐’™๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’…". ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’…๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’•?
๐Ÿ“ข๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ: 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.
(๐ฝ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž, ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ 2009)

๐Ÿ“ข[Brian is] showing a wide, not very innocent smile, as if heโ€™s waiting for something particular. No. Please not. Blushing. On what the line โ€œyour god-shaped hole tonightโ€ aims, seems to be the headword hoped for, at least Brian laughs happily: โ€œI already sensed this line would be open for interpretations. But itโ€™s not about vaginas or other specific orifices of the body.โ€ His hands are meanwhile forming a circle, he pauses, โ€œwhy am I doing this right now?โ€ Stefan blames the Freudian subconscious. โ€œNo, the expression aims on the hole everyone carries in their souls. A lot of people fill it with God, Jesus, religion, others with humans, drugs or alcohol. Itโ€™s the little piece of you which is missing. The place of birth of all desires and all wishs and emotions โ€“ thatโ€™s what it relates to for me, but already when I wrote it, I was sure most people would understand it sexually. For me, the song is about the libidinous party of life. Thatโ€™s not sexual, but rather like embracing the universe.โ€ This image of the libido surprises everyone and goes under in collective snorting. โ€œThatโ€™s as well a way to push your buttons before intercourseโ€ Stefan giggles. But the piece didnโ€™t come out of emotional or erotic tension, but: โ€œBoredom, the most boring six hours of bus ride between New York and Boston. I was so annoyed that I wrote the song out of frustration.โ€
(๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘’ 2009)


Photo credits: Screenshots from the show

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