♦️𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄♦️

Today we celebrate the ♦️𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 “𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄"♦️. It was released as single 24 years ago today on the 12th of May 1997 and reached no. 14 in the UK Singles Chart.

🎬 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘 – 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟳 / 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢
🎵 http://bit.ly/2ujucPY 🎵

Photo credit: Screenshots of the video, edit by Silke

The single version of “Bruise Pristine“ was recorded at Westland Studios in Dublin when Placebo were working on their first studio album with producer Brad Wood.
In its original version the song was released as split single with the band Soup by record label Fierce Panda in October 1995. It was then re-recorded for Placebo's self-titled debut album the following year and finally became the fifth and last single off “Placebo” in May 1997.
”Bruise Pristine” is a heavy riff-based track. It is notable for its "behind the bridge" guitar solo. The song is played in F-A-D-G-C-C tuning.

“Bruise Pristine“ has a special meaning to Stefan because it was the first time he ever heard himself getting played on the radio (for Brian it was “36 degrees“). But unfortunately the DJ played it at the wrong speed because he thought the voice was too high for a guy.

📀 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘 – 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱

🎵 http://bit.ly/2V68Lg3 🎵

Photo credit: Pat Pope

The official video for the song was directed by Howard Greenhalgh who had already worked with stars like Elton John, Pet Shop Boys, INXS, George Michael or Soundgarden before he got in touch with Placebo. Over the years Greenhalgh directed seven of the band's official videos. Starting with the music clips for ”Nancy Boy” and ”Bruise Pristine” he was also responsible for ”Special K”, ”Slave to the wage”, ”The bitter end”, ”For what it's worth” and ”This Picture”.
When asked by a journalist to describe his approach to music video direction Howard Greenhalgh explained that "With anything, it’s the lyrics that are everything. You pray that there are good lyrics in a track because that leads you immediately to what you’re going to do."
Obviously Placebo's lyrics were great because he perfectly knew how to translate them into some extraordinary and impressive videos.


📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘“ 📌
"𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵?
📢 "Yeah, our very first single, "Bruise Pristine", and it's about to be released on a Fierce Panda compilation," blurts Brian, without hesitation. "We really hate that version, it's so fast and, honestly, I do sound like Mickey Mouse on it. We were going to say no, but it's so ridiculous it has to be documented in some way. I can't really understand where this helium thing came from. My balls have dropped since then."
(Melody Maker, October 1998)

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