⭐✨ 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝐆𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐍! ✨👏

🔸 Born Dave Callcott on May 9, 1962, 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒏, 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆's lead singer turns 60 today!

Photo credit: Wenn, Violator cover / edit by Laetitia

🔸 On the flip side of Placebo, we remember Placebo's cover of the song 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒀𝒐𝒖, released on cassette in 1999, and then on Covers in 2003.

𝑰 𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒀𝒐𝒖 (𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3FnGU06 🎶

🔸 This Depeche Mode song was released in February 1993 on the album Songs Of Faith And Devotion.

🔸 But the link between Dave and Placebo doesn't stop there ! 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 has, since the beginning of Placebo's career, claimed his "𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 (ℎ𝑖𝑚) 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦." (𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭)


💬 "𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒. 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 '𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑂𝑓 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛' 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡. 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑥 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒, 𝑖𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒." (𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯)


▪ 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚. 𝘼 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤-𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚...

💬 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦, 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 ! 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛, 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 ! 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑓. 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑜, ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑟, 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐻𝑒𝑦, 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 !
✔️ 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭 - 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘦 - 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 2003

Photo credit: Stefan's Instagram

𝑰 𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 (𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆)
🎥 https://bit.ly/38VwXuE 🎶

🔸 While reading articles about Dave, Depeche Mode and Placebo, I could only see that their thoughts were similar, that the connection did not stop with the music.

🌹 𝘿𝘼𝙑𝙀 Joy comes from moments when you least expect it. It's usually simple things, like watching my son play basketball or walking through Central Park when the flowers are blooming.

🎸 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉 When I spend time with my son, it is the best thing in the world.

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🌹 𝘿𝘼𝙑𝙀 For me, it's always been a challenge to look for the light: to look for those spaces in your heart where there is hope and faith and try to embrace that rather than crush it.

🎸 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉 The gasoline in the band's car was tension since 1996. After 15 years of this tension, we decided to look for harmony. [...] We told ourselves that this time we wanted to do something with hope in it, with a lot of colour. That's the only thing we said to ourselves before we went into the studio (𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯)

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🌹 𝘿𝘼𝙑𝙀 I have to feel the audience. I like that sense of community. There's something spiritual about it in many ways. It's like we're all doing it together.

🎸 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉 That immediate response from the audience that fills you with a kind of euphoria and every time you go on stage to create a collective euphoria in the hall.

Photo credit:  Paul Bergen

🌹 𝘿𝘼𝙑𝙀 There's no money you could offer me to do reality TV.

🎸 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉 I'd tell people not to let their hearts be stolen by this idea. The one who profit from it are the record copanies, the producers and the phone operators. If you want to be in a band, it takes a lot of work. It's not not a prize you're going to win.

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🌹 𝘿𝘼𝙑𝙀 I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful to want more of everything I need - even chocolate.

🎸 No quote but this quote from Dave makes me think to Protect Me From What I Want lyrics.

🔸 In 2009, Dave was unwell and Depeche Mode had to cancel their performance at Europe's oldest festival, Pinkpop. At Placebo's show that night, Brian naturally sent a get-well message to Dave, in unison with the fans. It just goes to show that Depeche Mode has a very special place in Placebo's heart. 💖

𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒑𝒐𝒑
🎥 https://bit.ly/3w70tWf 🎶


🔸 "𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝐵𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑒" was sung by the audience in Antwerpen in 2017 when Dave turned 55. What a heartwarming moment ! 💗

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 !
🎥 https://bit.ly/37lSCf0 🎶

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