Robert Palmer was born on 19 January 1949 in England. He spent his childhood on the island of Malta where his father, an officer in the Royal Navy, was based. He listened to Lena Horne, Nat "King" Cole and Billie Holiday on the American Armed Forces Radio. He moved to London in 1969 and spent a few years experimenting with bands such as Dada'and Vinegar Joe. When Vinegar Joe broke up, he left for the United States. He recorded his first album ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐' ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐โ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐โ๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ฆ. He migrates to New York and experiments with new music. He incorporated some reggae sounds on ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ (1975), and ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ท๐ ๐โ๐๐ก ๐โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ (1976). His first real success came with the album ๐ท๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐น๐ข๐ (1978), followed by several albums that also received critical acclaim. In the 80's, Robert Palmer changed his musical style once again by incorporating synthesizers. ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ป๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ด๐๐ ๐โ๐ ๐ฟ๐ข๐๐ confirmed his popularity with the public. He chose to focus on jazz on his 1992 album ๐ ๐๐๐๐' ๐ป๐๐โ, a record of jazz standards immortalised by Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, among others. The public did not seem to like this new experimentation. However, they remained faithful and each album release was appreciated. Robert Palmer died on September 26, 2003, at the age of 54 years old in Paris, after the release of his last album ๐ท๐๐๐ฃ๐. Despite variations in style, Robert Palmer still maintains a Blues and Rhythm & Blues vein.
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| Photo credits: Unknown (Placebo), Michael Ochs (Robert Palmer) / edit by Laetitia |
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/32IviG3 ๐ต
๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ค
๐ธ Placebo covered ๐ฝ๐โ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ and can be found as a Bside on ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐. Originaly, this song was released as a single in 1980. ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ was Palmer's twelfth single and the first single from the album ๐ถ๐๐ข๐๐ , released the same year. It received a moderate response from the public in the UK and did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. However, it was in Europe that the song did best in the charts, reaching the top 10 in some countries, including France, where the single was a huge commercial success in terms of sales - it was certified gold - and was later used as the theme for Renault advertisements.
๐ธ Virgin Radio puiblished a post in 2021 to remind Placebo's cover and to inform their version was used in the new Renault commercial.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ 2003, ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐
Back in the 2000's, when Placebo covered Robert Palmer and it's to be (re)discovered on Virgin Radio.
A bit of nostalgia never hurts! In 2003, Placebo covered ๐ฝ๐โ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ- a song signed by Robert Palmer. 18 years later, the song is getting a second lease of life by accompanying the Renault Pro + advert - a way for the world to (re)discover one of the most popular covers of ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, the album released by ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐'s band.
While there's nothing quite like delving into the band's past, fans of the band are still waiting for a new album. As a reminder, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐'s last opus (entitled ๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐) was released in 2016. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ should have performed in France on the 4th of July, but due to the pandemic, we will have to wait a little longer before seeing the band on stage... be patient! In the meantime, Virgin Radio will let you (re)discover the song. ๐
(๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ.๐ง๐ณ - ๐๐ข๐บ 3๐ณ๐ฅ, 2021)
๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3zpXHwv
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| Photo credit: AP |
๐ฌ "I've been pissing off Steve and Stefan for years to do a cover of Robert Palmer's Johnny & Mary. Because beyond the theme that has illustrated commercials, it's a very beautiful and sad song. It's about the relationship of a couple who don't talk to each other anymore and in which everyone is very lonely. And that's something that happens too often in the life of a couple."
(๐ฎ๐ค๐ฎ.๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต)
๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐
๐ฌ "When we do a cover version, the idea is not to interpret only artists who are close to us, but songs that have had an impact on us. I don't like everything Robert Palmer has done but this one works well, it's very catchy. Brian kept humming the tune in the studio, the only way to make him stop was to record the song."
(๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ - ๐๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ)
Let's listen to both versions ✨ ๐ถ ✨
๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3eHCvIG ๐ต
๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3EHv27j ๐ต
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