🔸⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 “𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐈𝐑“⭐🔸

🔸...𝟏𝟒𝟑 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬...
🔸… 𝟒𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬...
🔸...𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐,𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞...
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 „𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫“ (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗-𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎)

Dear soulmates, today I invite you to watch a document that does not appear here very often.

🔸⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 „𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐈𝐑“⭐🔸

Photo credit: screenshots from documentary,  edit by Marti

The hour-long film 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐢𝐫 is part of the DVD Deluxe Edition "We Come In Pieces", which was released in October 2011.
"We Come In Pieces" is a recording of Placebo concert from Brixton Academy in London 2010 at the end of their world tour in support of the album "Battle For The Sun" released previous year.
In this edition, you can also find a short film "Trigger Happy Hands".


⭐𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 "𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑼𝒑 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒊𝒓" 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕-𝑨𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒔.⭐
He’s an English film director known by his work in music, fashion, beauty industry and commercials. Charlie's creative work for Placebo is very long. In addition to the aforementioned documentary, he has made several song videos, such as Exit Wounds, A Million Little Pieces, Placebo videos from events for Mercedes Benz and, above all, a film that is still carefully hidden from fans - Placebo: Alt Russia.


⭐𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅?⭐

"I've been working with Placebo since 2008. I was brought in by Alex Weston their manager to make something of the band's personal footage when they recorded Battle for the Sun. I edited a film together that they liked and it went from there. It was a time when YouTube and video in general was becoming more and more important and Alex wanted someone to make several different types of films for the new album campaign. I started then making everything from interviews for their EPK to behind the scenes videos of their rehearsals and a small multicam shoot of their showcase of that album. I then edited all of that footage into a short 10 minute documentary aiming to be shown on Channel 4 in the UK when they had a late night music show called 4Music. After that was picked up by Channel 4 and was aired I went to Alex and pitched a feature documentary that became Coming Up for Air that was premiered at Sundance London in 2012. Since then I have made various films in different guises for the band.

Photo credit: Thomas M. Jackson

…/.../ Working with a band like Placebo sends me to places all over the world where I briefly encounter different people and cultures that I feel builds my life experience, something I feel is key for a director. Placebo are always trying to look for new and interesting ways to do things that opens my eyes and always keeps me rethinking what I am doing in my own work.”
(𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝-𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚜, 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝟸0𝟷𝟼)
🔸⭐🔸


𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 "𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑼𝒑 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒊𝒓". 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒎 𝒚𝒆𝒕?
For a better description of this Targett-Adams' work, I will use the words of a review from one magazine:


📌 A film that documents Placebo’s world tour in 2009 and 2010, Charlie Targett-Adams’ Coming Up For Air is essential viewing for fans of the band.
To promote their album ‘Battle for the Sun’, music band Placebo embarked on a lengthy tour that saw them playing diverse locations all over the globe. The film follows the band on tour, illustrating a life of travelling, preparation, performances and interviews…
Placebo: Coming Up For Air is a documentary that is based solely on the tour, rather than being a biographical look at the band. This is not to say that elements of the band’s history are not touched upon under the wider remit. Nonetheless, the emphasis remains on their tour and aspects relating to this.


Charlie Targett-Adams crafts the film well. There appears to be a considered method to how the documentary pans out. Different topics are compartmentalised so that each area is dealt with in its own segment.
Owing to this, the film feels like it has more of a narrative than some other documentaries.
Throughout the film, the band members are interviewed about touring, their music, and dealing with the side effects of their profession.
Unsurprisingly, Brian Molko dominates in terms of screen time. Insights offered by Molko and other members of the band are interesting for the most part.
Perhaps most fascinating are the scenes focused on drummer Steve Forrest. As a relative newcomer, his views seem both objective and subjective in talking about the band and the impact the tour has had on him personally.📌
(𝙸𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚐., 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙵𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝟸0𝟷𝟸)
🔸⭐🔸

Photo credit: Steve Gerrard

Yes, being on tour for so long is a very exhausting for the band, both physically and mentally. Especially young Steve, our sunshine boy, felt very exhausted at the end of the tour. So it was very brave of him to vent his emotions in this video.


📌 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 "𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐈𝐑":
"There are a lot of really intense moments [on the DVD documentary]. There was a bit where I had a really big breakdown at the end of the tour. We decided to leave it in, since it shows a lot of the realness of what we went through. The sad and dark shit show people what it’s really like on tour. But there are also the good times, when we’re a family and having fun. It shows both sides of it. People want to see what's really going on, so we’re happy to show them that. There are a lot of really intimate moments in there that you wouldn’t normally see."
(𝙽𝙼𝙴 𝚖𝚊𝚐., 𝚂𝚎𝚙. 𝟸0𝟷𝟷)


📌 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 "𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐈𝐑":
"Besides capturing Placebo’s final tour performance at London’s Brixton Academy, “We Came in Pieces” also features a short film called “Trigger Happy Hands” as well as a documentary, “Coming Up For Air,” directed by Charlie Targett-Adams.
“We just kind of let him have pretty much access all areas,” Olsdal recalls. “Some bits in there are still uncomfortable for us to view, but a the same time it shows what life is like on the road. It’s not all fun and games; there’s good days and there’s times when the weight of the world crashes on you, when you’re flying 13 hours and get right off the plane and have a show that night, and you can’t put on the show you expect from yourself and that you want to give the people. It shows that side of touring life as well.”
(𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚐., 𝙽𝚘𝚟.𝟸0𝟷𝟷)

Placebo at Main Square 2009. Photo credit: Screenshot

Dear friends, it is best to end this evening with a link to this documentary. It's still possible to watch it on Vimeo, but you have to log in.
I hope you enjoy this video and write to me in the comments how you liked it.
🔸🎬 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 "𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐢𝐫" 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏
https://vimeo.com/32155059

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