Wednesday, September 22, 2021

INTERVIEW WITH STEFAN OLSDAL – 1999

๐Ÿ”ธ⭐...๐’˜๐’† ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’†. ๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’, ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š๐’๐’๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’”๐’†๐’๐’—๐’†๐’” .. ⭐๐Ÿ”ธ

Tonight will again be marked by memories and humor.
I found a beautiful interview for you, which Stefan gave to the well-known Polish reporter Robert Sankowski in 1999.
The conversation in which we see the world of Placebo through Stefan's eyes is very nice and funny. So enjoy it with us.

๐€๐ƒ๐•๐€๐๐“๐€๐†๐„ - ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐“๐„๐…๐€๐ ๐Ž๐‹๐’๐ƒ๐€๐‹

Photo credit: Gilbert Blecken

The trick seems to be well known and played before by at least a few artists. We change into women's clothes, put on some makeup, give a few ambiguous interviews - and media attention is guaranteed. Placebo's leader Brian Molko plays this game exceptionally skilfully. And it constantly intrigues British journalists. With the bass player of the band, Stefan Olsdal, it's different. This one leaves no doubt. Instead of a certain mystery, he prefers to openly admit that he is more attracted to boys than girls ...
Oh, the decadent world of rock'n'roll .../.../


๐‘บ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’† 1997, ๐’‚ ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’…๐’“๐’–๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’“, ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’—๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’•, ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’š๐’๐’–. ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’… ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’?
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’‚๐’: "Oh yes! We didn't get along well with our previous drummer, Robert. We were all not satisfied with what we were doing. After all, playing in a band should be a lot of fun. You cannot go to rehearsals feeling like you are going to the next shift at the factory. And that's what playing Placebo was like. When Steve showed up, everything changed.
He brought a lot of life to the band. Both as a human being and as a musician. He is a very talented drummer. He plays great in many different styles. He brought a bit of a black feeling to Placebo. Although you cannot see it, I'm convinced that some African blood flows in his veins ..."


- ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“ …
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: Agreed.
- ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’”, ๐’Š๐’•'๐’” ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž 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’… ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’๐’๐’๐’š ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ...
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: Sure! Because we are not his accompanying band ...


- ๐‘ฐ๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’‰๐’š ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜๐’” ๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’†๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–?
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: The interview story began a few years ago. Initially, neither I nor Robert wanted to talk to the press. Besides, when we all were seating at one table, nothing good came of it. As I said, we didn't act very well together. So, Brian kept the contacts with journalists. As a result, all media attention was focused only on him.
Today we do it on a more democratic basis. We are a real band. Hence the change in approach to the media .. /.../


- ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’, ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’ˆ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’†๐’Œ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’, ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‚ ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’• ๐‘ฝ๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ...
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: Yes...
- ๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’”?
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: (laughs) I'm not very familiar with its content. I prefer The Simpsons ...
- ๐‘ซ๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’š๐’ƒ๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’‡ ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’๐’๐’?
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: Oh my! I don't know. It's hard to say. He's definitely got something from Lisa though ...

Photo credit: Gilbert Blecken

- ๐‘ฐ๐’•'๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’“๐’–๐’Ž๐’๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ช๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ (๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘บ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’”) ๐’•๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’‚ ๐’‰๐’–๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‚๐’”๐’Œ๐’†๐’… ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’Š๐’“ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š. ๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’…๐’๐’'๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’Ž ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’”๐’†๐’๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’”๐’๐’š ...
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: If you can't look at yourself with some distance from time to time, if you can't laugh at yourself, you become pouting and boring. And because of that, your music would suffer.
We, for example, don't treat our songs too seriously. We don't improve them endlessly like other bands do. It's all about having fun for us.


- ๐‘จ๐’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’” ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’š ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‘๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’…๐’๐’ (๐‘ฝ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’†๐’• ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’…๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’†)...
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: It was a really fun adventure. For a few days, we could fool around and look completely ridiculous in all those glam costumes. You know, sparkling clothes, bell-bottoms, platform shoes.
And we covered T-Rex's 20th Century Boy there. And it's a great song …


- ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ ๐’‹๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ต๐’†๐’˜ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’”. ๐‘ซ๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’„ ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ?
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: We have nothing to do with this. They only write this about us because Brian paints his nails and dyes his hair black ...
- ๐‘พ๐’†๐’๐’, ๐’‰๐’†'๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’š๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’๐’ ...
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: That's true. And this guy deserves to be called Goth more than Brian, me and Steve all together ...


- ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’›๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š. ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’…๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’•๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“?
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: (laughs) We are actually quite a strange combination. But we can all respect each other. We understand that we come from different worlds, different circles, and different cultures. That we are just different. And probably this diversity is our advantage./.../


- ๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’”๐’†๐’™๐’–๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ...
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: That's right.
- ๐‘บ๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“, ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’‘๐’Š๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“?
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: (laughs) Sure!
- ๐‘น๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š?
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: Yes! Does it surprise you?
- ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’๐’š, ๐’š๐’†๐’”. ๐‘ฐ ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’๐’๐’š ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’š ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” ...
๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡: You see, we attract all kinds of people.
In Placebo, everyone can find something for themselves ..
(๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–, ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ 1999)

Photo credit: Gilbert Blecken

Dear soulmates, do you long to know the story with Billy Corgan? Perhaps in the end I will conjure a smile on your face when I share it here for you:


"I'm really bad at jokes. I'm not a very good storyteller. One time, though- and this isn't actually a joke, as such- I went up to Billy Corgan very drunk, with tour laminates clipped on my nipples, and asked him whether his approach to music had changed since he shaved his head. He wasn't amused."
(”๐‘ˆ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘‚๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘™” ๐พ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”, 2000)
๐Ÿ”ธ⭐๐Ÿ”ธ

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