Tuesday, March 9, 2021

๐Ÿ”น๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐„๐๐Ž ๐€๐“ ๐“๐„๐‘๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐Ÿ“, ๐๐˜๐‚, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘: ๐‘๐„๐•๐ˆ๐„๐– & ๐๐‘๐„๐€๐“๐‡๐„ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐–๐€๐“๐„๐‘๐Ÿ”น

Dear soulmates!
Today weโ€™re back to the concert at ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐˜๐‚ on October 15, 2013. Jesca Hoop opened for Placebo that night, as I told you in my previous post. I found several reviews of this show but thereโ€™s one which made me sincerely smile and feel so good. Itโ€™s written in such a brilliant style with a perfect sense of humour that I canโ€™t resist sharing it with you all.

 Placebo at Terminal, 2013. Photo credit: Dana (distortion) Yavin

โœจ๐‚๐Ž๐๐‚๐„๐‘๐“ ๐‘๐„๐•๐ˆ๐„๐–: ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐˜๐‚โ€™๐ฌ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ“โœจ
Iโ€™m not going to lie to you... on the night of October 15, 2013, I had absolutely no interest in seeing Placebo play at Terminal 5. I ventured over to the way west side of Manhattan to see them for one reason - it was my girlfriendโ€™s birthday and the band happens to be her favorite. Time and time again, sheโ€™s tried to push their music onto me to no avail. It appears Iโ€™ve prided myself on remaining stubborn in my opinions; however, seeing as they have not played in New York City in six years (possibly the States), I knew I was going. My boyfriend-ly duties trumped those aforementioned feelings; I succumbed to her wishes...

Yes, Iโ€™m reviewing this concert.

Now, having said all that, Iโ€™m man enough to admit when Iโ€™m wrong. And in this case, I probably deserve a huge โ€œIDIOTโ€ sticker placed upon my forehead.

The band stepped foot onstage just after 9pm, after their track - B3 - played them in, and proceeded to rock the entire venue for the next hour and forty minutes. Truthfully, should they have decided to continue playing, I probably wouldnโ€™t have minded, even if it meant me missing my bus. After the opener - Jesca Hoop, who was both adorable and remarkable at the same time - left the stage, โ€œFor What Itโ€™s Worthโ€ kicked us off, causing a craze to take over the audience like one rarely seen at some concerts. Not in a mosh pit, letโ€™s kill each other kind of way; more of a letโ€™s experience the music together and dance kind of vibe. And yes, I dug it. Led by the never-fading voice of Brian Molko, the band played a wonderful mixture of their past fan favorites - including: โ€œEvery You Every Me,โ€ โ€œMeds,โ€ and the famed Kate Bush cover of โ€œRunning Up That Hillโ€ - along with new beloveds from the latest album, โ€œLoud Like Loveโ€ - such as the title track (which was fantastic), โ€œA Million Little Pieces,โ€ and โ€œRob the Bank.โ€ No matter the tune, it didnโ€™t seem to matter. We (yes, including me) loved it all. In fact, itโ€™s safe to say from the ecstatically packed room (all three levels) that Placebo delivered an A+ performance, with each song earning high praises from us all. Among the many highs of the night, the bandโ€™s slowed-down version of โ€œBreathe Underwaterโ€ sticks out to me. I found it absolutely flawless, leaving me quite emotional and somewhat shocked.

If I had one piece of advice for the band itโ€™d be to put out some current live content because it is their live shows that prove their true talents. So, am I a fan? Yes, Iโ€™d say so... but donโ€™t tell my girlfriend.
(๐‘€๐‘๐‘ƒโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘™, ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘ก 17, 2013, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐พ๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”)

Phoro credit: Artistree.fm

๐ŸŽถ I hope you donโ€™t mind watching an admirable performance of ๐๐‘๐„๐€๐“๐‡๐„ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐–๐€๐“๐„๐‘ which moved the author of the review so much.
That evening, it was introduced by ๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง saying "๐‘พ๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† 80'๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“, ๐’˜๐’† ๐’๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐’…๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’”."
In my opinion, it's a perfect example of this kind of cover!๐Ÿ’–

๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ - ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ) - ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ“, ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘
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Enjoy, dear soulmates! And keep dreaming of time when we can express our own excitement about upcoming Placebo concertsโ€ฆ

โœจ๐’๐„๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“โœจ
B3
For What Itโ€™s Worth
Too Many Friends
Loud Like Love
Twenty Years
Every You Every Me
Scene of the Crime
A Million Little Pieces
Rob the Bank
Purify
Breath Underwater (slow version)
Song to Say Goodbye
Exit Wounds
Begin the End
Meds
Special K
The Bitter End

๐ธ๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’:
Teenage Angst
Running Up The Kill (Kate Bush cover)
Post Blue
Infra-red

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