Both Brian and Stefan always try and stay up to date about what’s going on in the artistic world, whether it comes to music, books, movies, visual arts or any other kind of creativity – let it just be meaningful and thought-provoking.
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So, here’s an excerpt of the ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ which became a starting point for my today’s post.
The fifth track on Never Let Me Go, ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ, pairs a downbeat vocal with spritely orchestral swells. On a record characterised by a love of synthesisers, this organic sound makes it something of a one-off. The track started out differently, though, strikingly similar to the Pixies classic Where Is My Mind? in fact, before producer Adam Noble suggested a change of approach. The finished version is more reminiscent of Eleanor Rigby, bringing Brian and Stefan’s shared love of The Beatles to the fore.
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๐ต https://bit.ly/38OsLx6 ๐ต
๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 1969. “I felt privileged to be there, that close to one of my favourite bands,” enthuses ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐. “It’s a gift. And it’s very brave that they let people that close to them.”
Those expecting Placebo to open the archives as freely will be in for a similarly long wait, though, if any such footage exists at all. “That invasion of privacy kind of scares me,” squirms ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ in response to the idea of doing something similarly fly-on-the-wall. He certainly practices what he preaches when it comes to avoiding oversharing; earlier when K! asked the location of the studio he’s calling from, he’ll only divulge that it’s “on Planet Earth”.
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ has his reasons. “When we started the band, it was something of a dawning for the age of modern technology,” he explains. “We led our lives in private and there wasn’t much intrusion, and we certainly didn’t want to parade ourselves on the red carpet. And that continues today. We’re still private people who don’t feel we need or want to share our personal moments, or intimate moments, or creative moments. It just doesn’t feature on our radar. We’ve chosen to control the narrative as much as possible, so rather than divulging too much, we’ve held back a little.”
๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ agrees, though understands this ethos isn’t for everyone, which is why he wrote Surrounded By Spies; a sleek, throbbing treatise on navigating a world in which some decry being surveilled too much, while others desperately yearn for more limelight. “If you want to talk about your most private moments on social media, if you get validation from that or if you find therapeutic relief from that, or you just want to post your dinner, it’s your prerogative,” reasons ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐. “But just because you do, don’t expect me to. Why should I make the same deal with the devil you made?”
If you’re reading this and are about to suggest that, as someone whose art has put them in the public eye, ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ can’t have it both ways, then we suggest you don’t. Not to him, anyway. “There’s a kind of tacit pressure for people who are quiet and private like me, that we should be exposing ourselves because you’re a performer,” continues ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐. “But I don’t. I don’t have a Faustian pact with the media. I don’t actively go out there and search for column inches.”
(๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐โ 23, 2022)
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So, let’s take a closer look at the documentary that impressed Brian and Stefan a lot, entertained them during the gloomy lockdown days and inspired creating a truly magical orchestration for ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ
๐ต https://bit.ly/3GicDQR ๐ต
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ is a 2021 documentary series that covers the making of the band's 1970 album ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ (which had the working title of ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค). It’s directed and produced by ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐, the acclaimed director of the ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ film trilogy, and co-produced by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the widows of John Lennon (Yoko Ono) and George Harrison (Olivia Harrison).
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ: ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค (๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ)
๐ต https://bit.ly/3wOvRco ๐ต
The film is based on over 56 hours of archival never-before-seen footage, shot in January 1969, and over 150 hours of audio stemming. Largely, it’s an unused footage and audio material originally captured for the 1970 documentary Let It Be by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
The final cut covers 21 ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ as they rehearse for a forthcoming album, concert and film project, and climaxes with the full 42-minute rooftop concert.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ: ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค - ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ง
๐ต https://bit.ly/3MQ93zQ ๐ต
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The docuseries has a total runtime of nearly ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, consisting of ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ between two and three hours, each covering roughly weekly periods of the studio time.
It premiered with three consecutive daily releases on Disney+ on the Thanksgiving weekend of 25, 26 and 27 November 2021. A portion of it, titled ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ: ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค – ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ, was given a theatrical release in IMAX theatres across numerous US cities on 30 January 2022. It was then released internationally between 11 and 13 February 2022.
๐ข Upon viewing the footage, ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ later stated, he "was relieved to discover the reality is very different to the myth ... Sure, there's moments of drama – but none of the discord this project has long been associated with."
๐ข In a news release, ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ said: "I am really happy that Peter has delved into our archives to make a film that shows the truth about the Beatles recording together", while ๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ echoed: "There was hours and hours of us just laughing and playing music, not at all like the Let It Be film that came out [in 1970]. There was a lot of joy and I think Peter will show that."
Indeed, ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ confirmed that the footage shows The Beatles working under extreme pressure and even as cracks in the relationships show, the music and creativity always shone through๐
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