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Hi dear soulmates!
Last week I started telling you about Placebo ððŪðŽððŦððĨðĒðð§ ððĻðŪðŦ 2010. Now, I’m going to continue with another great ððððððððð that Brian did for Australian Radio Station ðŧððððð ðą on March 1st in Perth. Obviously, the interviewers were young and funny guys, so, together with Brian’s perfect sense of humour, the chat turned to be quite ridiculous at times but very honest as well.
Do you want to know if it's easy to become friends with Brian and how it’s like to play at the mountain ski resort at the end of December? Then here we go!
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Int. 1: ðūð’ðð ððððððð ðð ð ððððð ððððð. ð°ð’ð ðððð ððððð ððð ð ðð ðððððððððð… ð°ð'ð ðððð ððððð! ðūð’ðð ððððð ððððððððð , ððð ðð’ðð ððððððð ððð ðððð ð ðððð ðððððð ðððð ð·ðððððð, ðĐðððð ðīðððð. ðŊð ðĐðððð!
ð: Good morning!
Int. 1: ð°'ð ððððð, ðð ðððð ð ððð ððððððððð ððð ðð ðð ððð ðððð ðððððð ?
ð: Yeah, we've only just met, dude, you know.
I4nt. 1: ðūððð’ð ðððð ððððð ðððððððððð ðð ðððð ðð?
ð: It’s alright, you know, I think it's a cultural thing you notice. I think this is certain kind of familiarity that kind of comes with being an Australian. I'm used to it, I'm in a band with an American, you know, and it's kind of like ‘Hello, I’ve just met you, you’re my best friend!’ [imitates American accent and laughs]. So I'm kinda used to it.
Int. 1: ðšð ðð’ð ððð ððð’ðð ððð ðð ððð ðð ððð ðððð ? ðĐð ð ðððð ðððð?
ð: No, no.
Int. 2: ðķððð. ðŠðð ðð ðð ðððð ðððððð ð, ðĐðððð ðīðððð?
ð: No [laughs]
Int. 2: ðąðððð, ðððð , ðððð ! ðĩðð ððð'ðð ðð ððð ððððððð ððð ððð ðšðð ððð…
ð: It's way too early in the morning, you know, I haven’t had enough coffee yet to be friends with myself.
Int. 1: ð° ððððð ðð ððð ð ðððð ðððð ðð ððð-ðððððð ðð ððð ððð ð ðð’ð ðððð ðð ðððð...
ð: You've just blown the whole thing… [laughs]
Int. 1: ððð ðððð ððððð ðð ððð ððð ðšðððð ðððð ðððððððð. ðĐðððð ððð ððð ððð ðððððððð ððððððð ððð ððððð ððððð ððððð ðððððð ððð ððððððð, ðððððððð ð ðððð ðððððð ðððð ðððð ðððð ððð ððððð ð ððððððð ðððð-ðð. ðŊðð'ð ðð ððð ððððð?
ð: Oh it's going really well, yeah, so far so good, really.
Int. 1: ðððð ððððððððð ðððð ðð ððð?
ð: My favourite show was our own show that we played in Melbourne, at the Festival Hall, a few days ago. It was pretty magical, one of those moments of collective euphoria that just eveything’s just gonna slot into its place.
Int. 1: ð°ð ððððð ð ððððððð ðððð ðð ðððððð ðð ððð ððð… ðððð ððð ððð ð ðððð ðð ð ððððð ðð ððððð ðððð ðððððð ðððð ðððð ðððððð ðððð ðððð ðð ððððð ððððð ‘ðŧððð ðð ðððððð ðððð, ðð ððððð ððð ððððð ððððð ðððððð ððð ðððððð.’
ð: Yeah, song no.1 till song 22. [laughs]
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ð: That's kinda really takes off.
Int. 1: ðķðððððððð ððððððððð ðð'ð ððððð ðð ððððð ðððð ððð ððððð ððð ððððð ððððð, ðð’ð ðððð . ðĐðð ðððððððððð ððð ðð ðððð, ðĐðððð, ð ð ððð ðððð ðððð ðððððððððð ðð ððððððð, ðððð ðððð ðððððððð ð ðððð ð ððð ððð ðððððððð ðððððð, ððð ððð'ðð ððð ðððððð ðððð ðð, ððð ððð ð ðððððð ððð ððððð , ðððð ððð ðððð ððððð ðððððððð ðð ððððð ððððð ððððð ?
ð: Would you like a diplomatic answer or a truthful one?
Int. 1: ð° ððððð ðððð ð ðððððððð ððð.
ð: Everybody has a bad day, certainly it happens to everyone. I think the most recent one was on the 22nd of December, 2009, and we played in a ski resort in Italy, and the weather was terrible, it took us like 2 days to get up the mountain, when we got there it was like a football field covered in snow with 50 people in it. We’re on stage and the stage is leaking water, all the equipment is just breaking, and you just ask yourself like, "Why am I here? What am I doing?" It's 3 days from Christmas and I’m stuck up a mountain, nothing works, nobody's here, "What am I doing with my life?" and I was just like, I put some sunglasses on and just kind of grinned and bared it to the end. So obviously it's got a lot to do with the whole bunch of different conditions, really.
Int. 1: ðŊððð’ð ðĐðððð ðīðððð, ðððð ðððððð ðð ð·ðððððð, ððððððð ðð ðð ððð… ðīððð ðð ðððð ðððð’ð ðððððð ð ððð ððððð ðð ððð ðððð…
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Int. 2: ðūððð ð ðð ððð ððððð ðð ððð ðððð ððð ððððð ððð ððð, ðððð ððð ðððð ððððð ðððððððððð?
Int. 1: ð° ððððð ðð ððð ðððð .
Int. 2: ð―ððð ððððð!
Int. 1: ðŊð'ð ððððð ððððð.
Int. 2: ðšðððð ððð, ðððððð ððð.
Int. 1: ðŊð ððð ððððððð ð ððð, ððððððð ð ððððððð, ðððððððððð ððððð ð ððððð ðð ðððð ðð ððð’ðð ðð ð ðððð , ððð ððð ððð ðððð ðððð ðð.
Int. 2: ð° ððððððð ðð’ð ðððð , ðððð ð°'ðð ðððð ðððð ððð ððð ððððð, ðð ðððððð ðððð ððððððð ðððð ðððð ðð ðððððð ðððð 8 ððððð ððð. ðŊð ððð ððððððð ð ððð, ððððððð ð ððððððð, ðððððððððð ððððð ð ððððð ðð ðððð ðð ððð’ðð ðð ð ðððð , ððð ððð ððð ðððð ðððð ðð.
Int. 1: ðšðððð ðððð ðððð , ðð'ð ððððððð ððð…
Int. 2: ðŽðððð ððð ððððð ðð… ðŊð ððððð ðððð ððð ððððððð ð ðððð, ððððððð ð ðððð-ðð ðð…
Int. 2: ðŧððð ðð ðĐðððð ððððððð ððððð ðððð ðððð ð ðð’ð ðð ðð ðððð.
ð: For a band, when you’re kinda… when the instruments are not working or when you have technical problems, you just feel like an amputee on stage, that's one condition that makes it quite difficult. Everybody has a bad day, everybody wakes up occasionally at the wrong side of the bed, everybody has stuff going on in their life which can kind of influence a bad show sometimes as well, so we are only human. But the thing about the band is that regardless of all these factors, we try to pay maximum respect to the people who show up and so we do our best to give 100% whatever the conditions are. But, being human, this is only so much that we can do on certain days.
Int. 1: ðŊðð ðð ðððððð ðððððð ðð ððð'ðð ðððððð ððð ðð ððð ððð’ðð ðððð ðððððð ððð ð ððð ðððððð ðð ðððððððð ðððð ððððð ðððð ððð ðððð?
ð: Well, I think what you do from the time is that you learn to sort of become less precious, you kind of understand the context a lot more of what you're doing. When you are 22-23, every little tiny thing that goes wrong is sort of like a matter of life and death to you. I think you sort of get more distance and more balance from the whole thing, just through experience. So you’re a little bit kind of less emotional about the whole thing. You understand like ‘It’s quite ok, this too shall pass’, you know.
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▪️Source: Audio - Brian Molko Interview by Triple J, 1 March 2010, Australia
Part 1 https://bit.ly/3rNHs8b
Part 2 https://bit.ly/2MgWYsW
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