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๐ข “Very powerful words that conjure up so many strong emotions. From something that can be very happy to something that can be very destructive, disturbing and difficult.”
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ?
๐ข “Excitement and joy, pleasure and comfort, and, hopefully, some things to make them feel, as well as sounds and songs to make them contemplative.
There are a lot of emotions and colour in this record. It’s both emotional and exciting at the same time.”
๐ช๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐ฆ๐ '๐ง๐ข๐ข ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ' ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ “๐๐ข๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐”?
๐ข “It just kind of shows itself. (The song) just seemed to present itself from the way it starts with the piano, which... reminds us of the epic pop songs of the 1980s, like Total Eclipse Of The Heart, and then, with the big chorus, it just seemed to be the obvious single for us.”
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฌ?
๐ข “I have a few other projects with friends. I like to make music for fun, to write, record and make videos for a transvestite here in London.
I’m also starting to work and produce a Spanish female recording artist.
These are things that I like to have on the side, in order for me to have a more objective perspective on Placebo, which is my main driving force.”
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐?
๐ข “'Bosco', the last track off the new record. The song that, for me, kind of transcends what I never expected Placebo to do.”
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๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ?
๐ข “Music without distorted guitars, that doesn’t resemble what we do.
It has to be contemplative, modern, piano music. Classical piano. Players like Nils Frahm from Germany and Olafur Arnalds from Iceland.
Just music that takes me away from conventional pop structures or rock music, or music with lyrics. I find that it gives me a break, and refreshes and restores my musical brain.
Otherwise, if I listen to the same type of music all the time, I would feel saturated.”
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐๐ฅ๐?
๐ข “We’d like for people to hear the new songs when the record comes out, rather than on a badly recorded YouTube clip that someone had filmed at the concert, so we’re not going to play that many songs from the new record. But there will be a few.
Then, as always, we will try to choose a set list that we feel we can connect with emotionally and, at the same time, try to play some songs that have been crowd favourites in the past.”
(The Straits Times, August 2013)
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