Thursday, June 10, 2021

๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐„๐– ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‹๐Š๐Ž in ๐‘ด๐‘จ๐‘ฟ๐‘ฐ๐‘ด magazine, 2006

Dear soulmates!
Today, I have an ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐„๐– ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‹๐Š๐Ž which I translated for you from Russian. It was published in ๐‘ด๐‘จ๐‘ฟ๐‘ฐ๐‘ด magazine in 2006, just before the release of the album ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ฌ.
Enjoy reading and let me know what answers you like most! 

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Weโ€™re always ready to hang out with Placebo frontman Brian Molko for no reason. What to say about those rare cases when your favorite band is about to release a new album!

๐‘น๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’š, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’›๐’Š๐’๐’† "๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ!" ๐’๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’… ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’…๐’†. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’„๐’† ๐’–๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’”๐’Œ: ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’”๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“, ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’†๐’• ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’‰๐’–๐’•?
Come on, during ten years Iโ€™ve just got a full taste of it! We finally achieved some kind of mastery and began to enjoy our own concerts. Before, I often sang almost without regaining consciousness. Now, the alcoholic intoxication on stage is over: I try to give the audience the best I can and get the same back. Weโ€™ve grown up, and although we still love to dress up in a specific way and put on make-up, now you wonโ€™t see me running around the stage in a designer dress.

๐‘ป๐’†๐’๐’ ๐’–๐’” ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž "๐‘ด๐’†๐’…๐’”".
I wanted to get back to the raw emotionality of the first Placebo album and its pure heavy guitar sound. Also, the time has come to destroy our reputation of a highly intellectual band: tired of confirming.

๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’”, ๐’š๐’๐’–'๐’“๐’† ๐’’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’๐’†๐’”' ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐‘บ๐’๐’, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“, ๐‘ฐ ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’…๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’๐’š ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’Š๐’†๐’„๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘ช๐’๐’‰๐’†๐’.
Yes, in the song "In The Cold Light of Morning". Since I was a kid, I was a massive fan of Cohen. Distorted country guitar that will be heard on our new album is also something from him.

๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’„ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’š ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–. ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’•'๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’…๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž?
I think Follow The Cops Back Home. In short, this is a song about booze. The character of this song gets insanely drunk, and the worst of ideas is born in his head: to follow the cops driving home from work and try to rob their houses.

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๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’†. ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’๐’š๐’˜๐’๐’๐’…?
For a long time, we wanted to record something similar to what Air did for the film "The Virgin Suicides", thatโ€™s it, a full soundtrack which could be later released as a separate album. But unfortunately, we havenโ€™t yet found a suitable film. We already have a lot of instrumental tracks which we donโ€™t release waiting for "our" film.

๐’€๐’๐’–'๐’—๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’Ž๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’”, ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’š๐’†๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚๐’Ž ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฝ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’†๐’• ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’…๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’†. ๐‘จ๐’“๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ?
I donโ€™t know. So far, what is offered doesnโ€™t suit me. And I'm somehow afraid to embark on this adventure again. Even Bowie had failures: along with The Man Who Fell to Earth, he had films like Labyrinth. I really want to act. But if they finally offer something worthy, I would have to go back to drama school for some crash course in acting, because I would have forgotten everything.

๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’“๐’๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’…๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’?
I donโ€™t want to be a faded copy of myself, so I donโ€™t even go through scripts about rock stars. About vampires too - thanks, but I will not drink your blood! But if you buy my album ... (Laughs.)

๐‘จ๐’• ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’• ๐’…๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’—๐’† ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’˜๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’•?
If the song works with one instrument and vocals only then you understand that this is a really strong thing. If you record a song composed six years ago and you still like it, that's also a good sign. "Pierrot The Clown" from the new album is just such a case.

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๐‘น๐’๐’„๐’Œ 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’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”?
Very close. As a child, I adored the circus: I was fascinated by clowns. But I have always associated myself not with a cheerful redhead but with a sad clown. I even decided that if I was not admitted to college for drama department I would go to a circus school to become a clown. I had to go to the same school as Steve-O from "Jackass"! My life would most likely have turned out in a bit different way but I would still be good. By the way, I still know how to juggle and perform magic tricks.

๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‚! ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐‘ฐ'๐’—๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’–๐’‘ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–. ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’š ๐’…๐’๐’'๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– (๐’๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’…๐’๐’๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’) ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’“๐’–๐’Š๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“? ๐‘จ๐’• 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’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’”๐’˜๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’–๐’Ž๐’†๐’”.
Yes, touring with a girl band would be fun. But we have girls in our crew: a guitar technician and a make-up artist. They tour with us and of course, beautify our road life. But I like your idea, I will seriously think of it for the next tour.

๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚ ๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’”๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’†๐’† ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’‡๐’–๐’. ๐‘พ๐’†'๐’—๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’, ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’๐’•, ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐’–๐’‘ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’ˆ.
Someone really beat me, but I don't remember exactly why. I think I insulted some girl, and her husband happened to stand next to me. He just lifted me up and threw me across the room, and I think I landed on the table where Trickey was drinking. So, I wasn't very popular that evening. Good story, nice to remember. Don't ask me what Iโ€™ve been doing at the Spice Girls party though.

๐‘พ๐’‚๐’” ๐’Š๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ '๐’' ๐’“๐’๐’๐’ ๐’†๐’‘๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’†๐’”?
Well, we flew a private U2 jet for the entire tour when we opened up for them. We came on the stage of the largest rock festivals of the world by helicopter. Once โ€“ well, you have to do that at least once in your life! - I broke the TV in the hotel room and was almost taken to jail for that. It was in Monaco. Enough of rock 'n' roll for you? I have some stories to tell my grandkids, no worries!
(๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ฅ๐‘–๐‘š, 2006)

โ–ช๏ธ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘…๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘‚๐‘™๐‘”๐‘Ž ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ ๐ด๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ

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