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| Photo credit: Screenshots from the video, single cover / edit by Marti |
13 years ago, April 20, 2009 single ๐ธ"๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐"๐ธ was released.
"๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก" is the first single from Placebo's sixth studio album Battle for the Sun and it was also the very first song the guys wrote for this album.
It debuted in the UK Singles Chart at No. 97 and was nominated for the ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐! Award for Best Single.
The single contains a cover of Nik Kershaw's "Wouldn't it be good" and a demo version of “For what it's worth” as b-sides.
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| Photo credit: Screenshot from the video |
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๐ธ๐ถ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก (๐๐๐ฆ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง)
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| Photo credit: Screenshot from the video |
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However, this great song is proof of Brian's boredom on the bus ride between New York and Boston. In addition, he wanted to create something dance-euphoric:
๐ธ๐ฌ .../***/ But the piece didn’t come out of emotional or erotic tension, but:
“Boredom, the most boring six hours of bus ride between New York and Boston. I was so annoyed that I wrote the song out of frustration.”
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๐ธ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐'๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Brian Molko: It's about time Placebo did a track that got people shaking their booty on the dancefloor!
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Brian Molko : You don't set out to do it, but when it starts to emerge that way, you're like, "Yeah, cool." It's always been part of what we do; possibly on Meds there wasn't much indie club dancefloor stuff. But this song has a disco beat, Memphis horns, soul diva backing vocals... it all contributes to, hopefully, a euphoric dancefloor experience.
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"It's got this real kind of Stax-esque, bluesy horn section on it, which makes sense to us because we grew up listening to Motown as much as we did listening to disco. It excites us too, the idea of freaking out the hardcore Goths, that part of our fan base."
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| Photo credit: single cover |
Maybe you were a little confused by the line "your God-shaped hole" …๐
๐ธ๐ฌ [Brian is] showing a wide, not very innocent smile, as if he’s waiting for something particular.
No. Please not. Blushing. On what the line “your god-shaped hole tonight” aims, seems to be the headword hoped for, at least Brian laughs happily:
“I already sensed this line would be open for interpretations. But it’s not about vaginas or other specific orifices of the body.”
His hands are meanwhile forming a circle, he pauses, “why am I doing this right now?”
Stefan blames the Freudian subconscious.
“No, the expression aims on the hole everyone carries in their souls. A lot of people fill it with God, Jesus, religion, others with humans, drugs or alcohol. It’s the little piece of you which is missing. The place of birth of all desires and all wishs and emotions – that’s what it relates to for me, but already when I wrote it, I was sure most people would understand it sexually. For me, the song is about the libidinous party of life. That’s not sexual, but rather like embracing the universe.”
This image of the libido surprises everyone and goes under in collective snorting.
“That’s as well a way to push your buttons before intercourse” Stefan giggles.
But the piece didn’t come out of emotional or erotic tension, but:
“Boredom, the most boring six hours of bus ride between New York and Boston. I was so annoyed that I wrote the song out of frustration.”
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| Photo credit: Screenshot from the video |
However, the sexual charge of this song is obvious:
๐ธ๐ฌ .../***/ ๐๐๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ "๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ".
๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?
Brian Molko : How does someone become less sexually charged? I don't know about that. (Laughs) Perhaps it's less on the surface. With Battle For The Sun, I started out wanting to make quite a libidinous record. A celebration of all sexuality, because it's such a part of life, the beauty of life. So it's there. It's there in songs like 'Kitty Litter', 'Speak In Tongues', 'For What It's Worth', "Come on lay with me / 'cause I'm on fire"? Do you need me to write that down for you, man?
Perhaps the sexuality is more subtle; it's not coming at you in terms of a transvestite on crystal meth."
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The video for this very expressive, surprisingly dance song is one of many clips directed by ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก, who started to work with the band in 1997 (Nancy Boy, Special K, Slave to The Wage, Bruise Pristine, The Bitter End).
๐ธ๐ถ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก (๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐จ)
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| Photo credit: Screenshot from the video |
⭐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป: “We worked with one of our favourite video directors, Howard Greenhalgh, who has been working with us for a long time. He has done loads of stuff for us including 'Nancy Boy', 'Bruise Pristine' and 'The Bitter End', so we had a long relationship with him that enabled us to feel more relaxed, especially now we are introducing a new member to the public. We wanted it to be quite performance based and the tags were basically about the fact that sometimes what you see, is not what is real. We wanted to play with that. People like to portray themselves as something that is completely the opposite of what is inside of them. With the lyrics, Brian describes them as being quite optimistic but if you listen to them on face value, "got no friends, got no lover", it's like "shit, you're in the gutter" but to him the song is like a celebration of life. It's that dichotomy of what you see and what you hear not always being what is actually there.“
⭐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐.: “You can take a photo and it can be two people, they can be hanging out and happy but if you put a label on, it completely changes the whole meaning of it. It could be like "cunt". My favourite bit is the guy with the suitcase walking to work and it's like "detonation". It's brilliant.“
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What to say at the end? A great, lively, danceable song, the lyrics of which have not only a sexy charge, but also a spiritual subtext.
So how do you fill the hole in your soul, dear friends?
I wish you all a beautiful evening!
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