(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚅𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝟸0𝟷0)
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today I have memories for Greek fans.
Placebo does not miss Greece from theirs tours. The guys first visited Greece in 1999 and will play two concerts again this year.
🔸𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬.🔸
I have an interview for you that Brian gave to "Sunday Vima" magazine before the Greek part of the 2010 Battle For The Sun tour.
And I will be happy if you enjoy not only reading, but also some songs from Greek concerts that I have chosen for you.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 "𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞" 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗.
In connection with the interview, of course, I provocatively chose the memory of old placebo times ... skirts, dresses, tights ... you know that...😁
🔸𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 "𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄"🔸
"A disembodied soul floats overhead, observing the living. It's a ghost story, about somebody watching their lover make love to the person who killed them"
(𝙱𝙼, 𝙿𝙰𝚃 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿)
𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎
"𝐒𝐮𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥"
(𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑆𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑘𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠)
The English translation made by an unknown soulmate
Placebo's mastermind talks in "Vima" about the course and the changes of the adored, in our country, british band.
"Placebo's case is quite impressive. An overall punctual/dutiful band that is good but of not that big of a range in other countries, meets, in Greece, a success of a ..super band.
Since their first appearance in Rockwave Festival in 1999, their popularity has been constantly increasing.
Adoration and hysteria/frenzy/delirium for the tiny frontman, guitarist and singer of the band Brian Molko, who has managed to become a subject of discussions within the british music press since the beginning of his career in the midst of 90's, with both the lyrics of his songs (Nancy Boy), as well as the androgynous style which he launched.
Collaborations with their mentor David Bowie and the follow-up is all the more interesting with even greater hits (Taste In Men, Slave To The Wage, Special K).
Their new appearance in Athens and Thessaloniki is performed in the sphere of their worldwide tour for their new album Battle For The Sun.
Brian Molko with his familiar/typical style/vein and humour talked in "Sunday Vima" before his new visit to our country.
🔸𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒆, 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌?
"The truth is, that even though we are Northern, we have a great success in countries such as Greece, Italy, Spain, Latin America., all of them being countries of passion and warm climate. Maybe cause our music is passionate and honest and full of emotions, and that is getting across by people who live with the sun every day and have learnt to feel and express themselves."
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"To us, greek audience is unique, enthusiastic/passionate and generous, and this is something that was clear with our very first time in Greece.
We love it just as much, and we have lots of friends in Greece."
🔸𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔?
"The main reason why we keep doing it is, cause we have nothing else to do. I don't know how to drive so i can't be a taxi-driver, i'm not really good at programming/computers.. I'm basically unskilled,really.
What i know well is to play the guitar and write songs. Stefan is the same.
We've thought, at some points, to leave it all behind. But we have no other choice. What the hell am I supposed to do in my life?
I open my mouth and describe my feelings in all honesty and this, apparently, is getting clear by the audience ..and that's magical. It's a matter of honesty to manage to speak in the heart of so many people.
Besides, I don't have the slightest intention, as several hip-hop artists do, to have a career in the cinema at the same time. Or to be a judge in one of those fucking stupid t.v. shows. I'm only doing this cause I have nothing else to do, and I'm also doing it so that I won't go completely mad."
🔸𝑺𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅?
"It was a political move of us during the 90's. A sign to everyone who felt different and was afraid to admit it. We would tell them that there's no reason for them to hide. And it wasn't just about sexuality.
You know, there are a lot more people of a 'wrong' body compared to the people that meet the Hollywood standards. Not everyone is like Angelina Jolie, and not everyone can be like her.
We would talk about anyone that was an outcast/marginal, maybe because we felt we were like this ourselves as well.
After all, music has never met any norms/forms. I think that, with this move of us in 1990, we encouraged bands such as Gossip with Beth Ditto to be able to find their own word and stand out there."
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"Not at all. Crappy bands like Oasis, football homophobic music, bosh/nonsense about british pop and a whole bunch of other crap.
Well let's see which the true roots of rock n' roll are. Look at Little Richard or Elvis Presley. Talking about 2 heterosexual people whose figure created a sensation with/due to its difference. Richard, a black guy that would put on tons of make-up and talk about shaggings in the 50's.
This is the background of rock music, of these artists and of David Bowie and Iggy Pop who passed the baton later on."
🔸𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉..
"If you mean that we stopped wearing dresses then yes, we did stop, because all of a sudden aesthetics/style became the main subject/centre of attention and music came second. We had to get music back in the scene."
🔸𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅?
"Have I ever said that?"
🔸𝑻𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐.
(BM laughs)
🔸𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒚.
"I was definitely high, then! I'm definitely sexier than Oasis, though."
🔸𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏?
"This is probably kind of my fault, too, cause I was pretty arrogant and naive in the past, when I was younger. However, this is a must-combination if you want to survive in the beginning of your career."
🔸𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔? 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕?
"I think that they are just as interesting, and also boring sometimes, as always. Always have there been, and always will be, good and bad artists, good and bad albums."
🔸𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅?
"It's a matter of priority. When you have kids, priorities change and you have to realise that in due course."
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"𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐈'𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕
https://bit.ly/3NDDnOa
"𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗
https://bit.ly/3GG7iCR
"𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎
https://bit.ly/3O4Wu43
"𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
https://bit.ly/3x3LRbW
"𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐝" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
https://bit.ly/3wXwGQl
"𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
https://bit.ly/3GEFP4v
"𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
https://bit.ly/3ta4cS6
"𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞" 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕
https://bit.ly/3aaJxH4
🔸🎶🔸🎶🔸
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