Monday, November 1, 2021

๐ŸŒŸ⭐๐€ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐”๐ฌ ๐“๐จ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ – ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐จ๐ญ ๐Š๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ⭐๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ”ธI personally find the cover of ๐ด ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ˆ๐‘  ๐‘‡๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š quite powerful. The story behind this photograph is a bit unexpected and I am not surprised Placebo decided to use to illustrate their 20 ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. What this picture is about ?๐Ÿ”ธ

Photo credits: Maud Maillard (Brian & Stefan) / Richard Lam (cover) / edit by Laetitia

⭐๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’…⭐
๐Ÿ’ In June 2011, the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins were playing each other in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Canucks' defeat sent the team's fans into a frenzy and ended in a ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‰๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. The police had to intervene to contain the chaos that had settled in the city. Among the people present were also passers-by who just wanted to go home. And among these people was the couple featured on the cover of ๐ด ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ˆ๐‘  ๐‘‡๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š.

This photo was taken by photojournalist ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—บ who was covering the event that night. The photo became known around the world as '๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘น๐’Š๐’๐’• ๐‘ฒ๐’Š๐’”๐’” ', because it had a worldwide impact due to the striking contradiction between the two situations.

This couple (๐‘†๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘ก ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ ) were not participating in the riot. They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were stuck in the street as the police launched a charge. Alex was pushed by a police officer and inhaled tear gas and fell to the ground. She began to shake and panic. As a result, Scott leaned over her to try to calm her down in kissing her.๐Ÿ’ 

Photo credit unnkown

๐Ÿ”ธAccording to ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ผ, this picture represents "๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘œ๐‘ , ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ."

From my personal point of view, this photograph totally fits the world of Placebo, which always strives for the best in tormented songs. Light in the darkness. It was a genius idea to choose this photo to illustrate the 20 years of Placebo.The band has been through so much and has always overcome the problems they faced within the band. The picture can be seen as a mirror to Placebo's career.

Photo credit: Natalia

"๐ต๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘œ๐‘ "... isn't that what we, fans, feel when we press the 'Play' button? Through the lyrics, ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป has very often sung about the anguish, the pain and we all felt that it was directly addressed to us. We find sublimity in sadness.

Also, about this couple being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I can't help but think of ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘›'๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ฟ๐‘ข๐‘ฅ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘” where they were bored and which later inspired ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘„๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›.

It's not surprising that this photo caught the eye of ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป , who said in an interview in Hungary (2016):

๐Ÿ’ฌ "๐‘–๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘œ๐‘ . ๐ผ๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘›, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค. ๐ผ๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ".

As ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐พ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘  ends happily, Scott and Alex are still together today and raise a family in Australia, I'd like to share the song ๐‹๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐‹๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž, which fits the cover too I think and which is the last song of this wonderful musical retrospective. ๐Ÿ”ธ

๐Ÿ’•๐ŸŽถ ๐ŸŽถhttps://bit.ly/3ofNf7b๐ŸŽถ ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ’•

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