♦️𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒♦️

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒 is a collaboration of a British band Losers and Brian Molko that was released on Losers’ album “Beautiful Losers” on this day, September 12th, 2010.
Originally, the song is by 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 from their debut studio album “Nothing's shocking” (1988).

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧)
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On June 12th, 2011, this cover of 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒 was also released by Losers as a single which included the album version, radio edit and four remixes.

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐇𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱)
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𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝟏)
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𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝟐)
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𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭)
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Photo credits: Eddy Temple-Morris and Brian Molko by Tom Bellamy; album cover / edit by Olga

🔺 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐒 are 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔 and 𝑻𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒚.
𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔 is a British musician, DJ, record producer and TV presenter. He hosted London radio station XFM's specialist show The Remix for 15 years, before moving it to Soho Radio. He joined Virgin Radio UK in 2017 and currently presents mid-mornings on weekdays. Eddy is a “dance floor provocateur of the highest order. He coined the phrase ‘Ibiza Rocks’, was their first resident and has been largely credited with seducing a generation of rockers to loosen their belts and think with their hips.” (𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑜𝐵𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 2010) Another half of Losers is 𝑻𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒚, a keyboard, FX pedal and guitar player.

🔺 The 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 of how Summertime Rolls came into being is quite impressive.
𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬: “I'm a massive Jane's Addiction fan, and Perry Farrell, their lead singer, loves his electronic music. I always wanted to cover this electronically, and knew that it would be the last track on the album, so that, in a sense, the album would sonically follow a dynamic 'M' shape and leave you with this. […]
I played bass on this and Tom came up with the amazing guitar-like sounds on his laptop, and maybe using one of the array of synths in his collection.
When we finished, we thought about vocals and considered sending it to Perry Farrell to revoice it. I had a connection through the Hybrid boys, who've worked with him closely. But we kinda wanted it to be more 'ours' and felt a UK vocalist would be better. That left us with two choices, who we felt could do Perry's vocal justice. Brian Molko of Placebo, who I knew, and Robert Harvey of The Music, who my friend Danny McNamara knew.
We first felt that Brian would overshadow us, so prepared to contact Robert, but we then switched sides, I think, because were both such huge Placebo fans and really relished the chance to work with Brian. But it was only a snowballs chance in hell, Brian was a busy man. I texted him and he replied that he knew and loved that song but couldn't make any promises. I sent the track, and within 24 hours had a hilarious message back saying: "I love it. I'm doing it. I won't let you use anybody else on this, I'm free on ONE DAY this year, and I'm coming to your studio".
He did. With a cold. But it was now or never. Brian had this incredible tea called 'Throat Coat', or something, an American, medicinal brew containing 'slippery elm bark'. I tasted some and it was like magic! It literally coats the back of your throat in this yummy, slippery stuff, so you don't get that horrid scratchy feeling from a sore throat. Brian said it's the 'singers' best kept secret'. That combined with the brandy he sent me off to buy - purely for medicinal purposes - in miniature bottles did the trick and Brian laid down, I think, one of his best ever vocals. We really stretched him, and he rocked it like the true pro he is.
I don't think Brian has ever recorded a vocal in such scummy conditions, in front of a multi-stained, upturned sofa, masquerading as an impromptu vocal booth in the Coopers control room. Now I look forward to the day he sings it live with us.”
(𝐶𝑀𝑈, "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑠", 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 8𝑡ℎ, 2010)

Luckily for Eddy and Tom – and for us, of course! - complications didn’t stop Brian, so we’ve got this great cover done. However, I’m pretty sure they all had a lot of fun in the studio while recording.

By the way, sometime earlier, in 2009, there was another kind of collaboration between Losers and Placebo: 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒙 (𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒙) of 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 was released on the single Ashtray Heart.

In the end, it would be unfair to not listen to the original song by Jane's Addiction.
𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫)
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📜 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒
Fell into
A sea of grass
And disappeared among
The shady blades...
Children all
Ran over me
Screaming tag!
You are the one!

He trips her as
Her sandals fail
She says stop!
I'm a girl...
Whose fingernails are made
Of mother's pearl...
Yellow buttercup
Helicopters
Orange buttercat
Chasing after
The crazy bee
Mad about somebody...

Me and my girlfriend
Don't wear no shoes
Her nose is painted pepper
Sunlight...
She loves me
I mean it's serious
As serious can be...

She sings a song and
I listen to what it says:
If you want a friend
Feed any animal...
There was so much space
I cut me a piece
With some fine wine
It brought peace to my mind
In the summertime...
And it rolled

Summer... oh...
Oh... the summertime rolls Me and my girlfriend

We don't wear no clothes you know
Her nose is painted in pepper sunlight
I love her
I mean it's so so serious
As serious can be

Post by Olga