On the next day, Eddy posted the picture you can see below on his ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ with the following words:
๐ข “Was such a huge pleasure to see this old friend again and tell him he was responsible for my crying at a gig for the fourth time in my life. I felt very honoured to have been asked to play the after show by him - for old times sake."
To tell you more about the evening at Wembley, I’d like to share some excerpts of Eddy’s ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ he once did for ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐. He beautifully talked about overwhelming emotions he experienced during Placebo show, recalled the times when his friendship with Brian began and revealed his profound feelings he’s got for Placebo in his heart.
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| Photo credit: Ben Steadman / Eddy Temple-Morris IG account |
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๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: Hi, Eddy. Thank you for giving an interview. A year ago, I saw an interview where Placebo gave you an interview in 1998. Was it your first meeting with the band or had you known them before?
๐ข ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐-๐ด๐๐๐๐๐: That was the first time I actually met them. I'd seen them playing before in a gig, I'd seen them already at festivals, but MTV was where we first met, in 1998. It was a Placebo special on MTV. But I think they kind of liked my vibe and they asked MTV: 'Can Eddy do the interview?' So, I was very touched. And that was the first time we met. They played a gig, and I did the interview with Brian, Stef and Steve at that time. And then Brian suggested that we went to a pub afterwards and had a few drinks, a chat, exchanged numbers and stay touched and over the years we became friends.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐-๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐, ๐๐๐๐
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๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: Did you take more interviews with Placebo except this one or not?
๐ข ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐-๐ด๐๐๐๐๐: It's the only interview that I have ever done with them. I would like to say – we became friends, I mean, me and Brian. And the next time we hang out was when I asked him to sing on my first album, the Losers first album. And he sang. I always wanted to do a cover of Summertime Rolls by Jane's Addiction. I thought there are only two people who can sing this song, aside from Perry Farrell. It could be Rob Harvey from The Music or Brian. I just asked Brian would he want to do it, he said: 'Yes, I love that song!" The rest is history.
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And then I saw them at Wembley. And this amazing thing happened. The moment when they stopped playing and they just looked at the crowd. And the crowd started clapping. You know the one? And they clap, clap, clap, and clap. You know, at any normal gig a band say 'Thank you' and they come over playing after thirty seconds of clapping. They just let it happen. They just kept it going for minutes, and minutes, and minutes, didn't they? They just kept it going. If you leave a crowd normally to clap, they'll slowly stop clapping. But this is Placebo crowd just clapped like louder, louder and cheered screamed, louder and louder. And, you know, it was so much love there that I started crying. I had tears came up of my eyes because, you know, it was an emotion, it's really hard, you have to be some kind of a sociopath – not really, to react to that. Like involuntarily tears stared coming down my face, it was just such a moving moment. And it was only the fourth time in my life when I had tears at a gig. That was really special moment to me.
๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: [...] What do you think about Placebo albums? Maybe you have a favourite one or ... a special one for you.
๐ข ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐-๐ด๐๐๐๐๐: I guess it's different albums for different moods. I think my favourite track of Placebo is Pure Morning… I met Phil Vinall yesterday who was the producer of that track. And I said to him honestly if I have to take one Placebo song away and it was only one Placebo song that I'd listen to the rest of my life it would be Pure Morning. And he did that track. If you had to take one Placebo album with me to a desert island, I think it would be Sleeping with Ghosts bonus disk with only covers on it because there I got them doing T. Rex, I got them doing Kate Bush, I got them doing Pixies. There’s something really special about these covers. I love Placebo songs, but I really loved when they take a cover and they make it their own somebody else's song. And it's always cool songs because Brian has such a great taste…
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๐ข ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐-๐ด๐๐๐๐๐: Yes. So, Brian very sweetly asked for me to go DJ after that 20-years show at Wembley. I've got to see him a little after during my set and he came and I gave him a hug and a kiss, we had a chat. More profoundly he called me few weeks after that, just said: 'Listen, I wanted to say…' It was very sweet call, very, very honest. He called and said: 'I just wanted to say that I love you, I miss you and we asked you to come and play, not anyone else. We ask you for a reason because you've always been there for us and we've always been there for you. We just want to tell you that we love you that's why we wanted you to do this. It means a lot to us that you were there. You are kind of one of us'. I was very touched by that. And it was a huge honour to do; I mean that playing the aftershow. A gig of that size, a gig of this quality of a band what I really, really love. And I really do love Brian, he's a great guy – incredibly talented, very interesting character. So, I was really, really happy to do that.
๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: It was the first time you played after Placebo gig as I understand. Or had you played before?
๐ข ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐-๐ด๐๐๐๐๐: I think I played before. Think we did some festivals like MTV, and I was DJ'ing there. But it had nothing to do with them; I just had to be there. And sometimes I play before or after bands at these festivals. But this was like the first time when they did the anniversary show. Placebo fans and the band I feel like one big family. Brian coming and giving me a hug at the aftershow stuff. It definitely felt… and Stef giving me a hug and saying: 'Hello', and their manager… It all feels like a family. It all feels very warm and very valued, very close. I was very, very touched to be asked to do that.
๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: Yes, it's a real sweet moment and I can understand you. You have been friends for a long time and as for me, it's interesting. Did Placebo influence you? [...]
๐ข ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐-๐ด๐๐๐๐๐: Well, it's an interesting question. Have Placebo influenced me? I would say I use the word that is stronger for me –'inspiration'. They inspired me. And Brian has inspired me. And I feel there were points in my life where I needed to have Placebo musically just to help me get through. You know, to inspire me. I never listened to Placebo song and thought 'I want to write a song like this'. But I might listen to Placebo song and think 'it's so eloquent, the way that melody works with those lyrics.’ I definitely find Brian's lyrics very inspiring. I think he is a fantastic lyrics writer. I mean I love Placebo's music; they're one of my favourite bands of all time but I think not enough is said about what a great lyricist he is. And I often find myself just walking down the road like singing Placebo song all day long or just singing, maybe, just one line of Placebo song. It could be ‘Twenty years ago’, it could be a line from 'Nancy Boy' or just a line from couple years ago, it could be 'My computer thinks I’m gay I threw that piece of junk away On the Champs-Elysรฉes'. I like singing a line to myself again and again. So, I'd say that rather than influence because like… I'm older than all of these guys. So, my influence has come from the very similar place, you know, from T. Rex or from Nine Inch Nails or whatever. So, I would say I'm inspired rather than influenced by Placebo but massively inspired and I do have a really strong emotional response to their music.
(๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก, 2017)
I hope you enjoyed the read, soulmates!
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