Brian has often said that writing requires discipline but is mostly cathartic for him.
๐ธ Today, I want to share with you the Placebo lyrics that, for me, are the most significant, both in their turn of phrase and in their meaning.
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๐ธ These are by far my favourite lyrics because they represent the naked truth. Relying only on yourself to achieve what you want and be what you want. I always have it in the back of my mind. It is also a way to protect myself from the various abuses (serious or not) that I might encounter in my life.
๐ฌ It's one of Placebo's classic themes of what we explore. It's a song about individuality [...] and the metaphor of Plasticine as Play dough is, do not allow yourself to be moulded by society, find your own voice. Don't forget to be the way you are, because it's natural. Don't feel that simply because you do not conform to an archetype that there is essentially something wrong with you. Vive la diffรฉrence !!
✔️ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ #๐ท๐ป (๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ - ๐น๐๐๐ ๐ธ00๐น)
๐ต ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง) ๐ต
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3SGY275
๐ธ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ
๐ธ Although this song was inspired by the war in Iraq and the title inspired by a friend of Brian's, I think that the more time passes, the more I realise that this sentence is not current, but a reality that has lasted for centuries. Times change but the methods remain the same.
๐ฌ Naturally the subject turned to the war in Iraq, which I had taken to the streets of London to protest against, and we all began to get angry. In his disarmingly heavy italian accent, Juri turned to me and said: "the world is run by clowns with trigger happy hands." A light went off in my head. The next morning as i sat on the Eurostar, nursing a hangover as heavy as a loaded gun, a wave of inspiration came over me, as it does, and I began to write, the lyrics to what was to become a song vomited themselves forward fully formed and remain unchanged to this day.
✔️ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐ธ๐ถ๐ท๐ถ.
๐ต๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ (๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐) ๐ต
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3dmwJig
๐ธ In response to these lyrics, I would add behind those of ๐.๐.๐.๐.๐: ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ / ๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ธ Being trigger-happy has terrible, irreversible consequences, but those in their "๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ค๐๐๐ " don't care...
๐ต๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ต
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3SDU4fP
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๐ธ ๐๐ ๐พ๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐ข๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ฆ
๐ธ Brian's favourite song from the Battle For The Sun album, these lyrics are a breath of fresh air in Placebo's entire repertoire, which tends to point to the flaws and foibles of the human spirit, as well as the malaise and unhappiness. These lyrics give me hope and confidence in the human race, but also give me courage on a more personal level, which would make me "๐ โ๐๐ข๐ก ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ผ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐" ๐
๐ข ๐พ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐ฌ Speak In Tongues. It starts off sounding like cocktail hour at the mental hospital, and half way through it becomes this really big stadium anthem. The hook of that song is the phrase that goes, 'we can build a better tomorrow today', and I think that kind of embodies the attitude behind this record.
✔️ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐พ๐บ! ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐น๐๐๐ ๐ธ00๐ฟ
๐ฌ On this one it would be ‘Speak in Tongues’ because of the refrain ‘We can build a new tomorrow today’, which is essentially what the album is about: hope for a better tomorrow, for yourself.”
✔️ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ท๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ00๐ฟ
๐ฌ I also really like the line: “We can build a new tomorrow, today,” from ‘Speak In Tongues’. I sincerely believe it’s a call to arms to build a more tolerant future. But the change has to start within ourselves first; we all have the choice to live our lives with more compassion and kindness. I see it as karma – the more you give selflessly, the more comes back your way.
✔️ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ, ๐ธ0๐ท๐บ
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๐ธ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐'๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ /๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข ๐๐๐๐
๐ธ A bit like Plasticine later on, these verses are a shout for independence and individuality. To be yourself without worrying about what others want you to be, to be yourself and to live your life unaffected by how society might look at you. When Brian said that Placebo is a band for outsiders by outsiders, I think these words are totally appropriate. It is society that makes people outsiders, not the other way around.
๐ฌ Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.
✔️ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐
๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐จ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ต
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3dnuCe3
๐ธ ๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐พ๐ ๐ถ ๐๐จ๐๐ญ
๐ธ I have to admit, these lyrics are some of my favourites as they were inspired by the Doctor Who series, and being a Whovian myself, the reference jumped out at me on first listen.
๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3zRxvLX
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๐ฌ Hugz for me fulfills part of the remit of what I wanted to do on this record, I wanted to talk about a kind of self-loathing which I've kind of touched on a lot in the past, but in terms of the sonics with Hugz, it very much reflects my reaction to what we've done before, our last tour, our last single, our last album, Hugz kind of epitomises the sort of the sonic brutality that I wanted to kind of inhabit on this record. And the initial inspiration comes from Doctor Who because it's a line that Peter Capaldi says, when he's hugging his companion, she wants a hug and so he gives her a hug, but he says it's just a way of hiding your face. And the first time I saw that episode of Doctor Who, I just went, OK, thank you, you know, there we go that's just perfect. I'm going to make a song out of that. A hug is just another way of hiding your face. It's that kind of duality that's interesting for me, you know, an act which is meant to be intimate also, it's about hiding yourself."
✔️ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.๐๐๐ - ๐ธ๐ป.๐ถ๐น.๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐ธ.
๐ต๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ ๐ต
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3papbC2
๐ธ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ ? ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ ? ๐ถ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐ฆ
๐ธ I know a lot of fans love that song and I understand that because a lot of them have been in that situation of lack, anger, extreme sadness.
๐ธ For me, this song was liberating to the point that it changed my life for the better. Those lyrics freed my mind from the evils that imprisoned it. Goodbye guilt. Welcome happiness ! The exact opposite effect of the song's theme.
๐ข ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ "๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐".
๐ฌ In "Exit Wounds" we have already arrived at the next step. Here someone has been abandoned and is thinking about whether he wants to go on living in general. People see the album title "Loud like Love" and think "Aha, all right, love songs." I would like to stress that this is not the case. Or that it is the case in a different way. Love, for me, is not just about the initial rush of infatuation and the blissful, cosy feeling of companionship. Love can also be very violent, brutal and insane. Love can destroy everything and everyone, not least yourself. The new songs undoubtedly contain more drama than optimism.
✔️ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ,.๐ธ0๐ท๐น
๐ต๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ-๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ (๐๐๐๐) ๐ต
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3PeJ6KJ
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๐ธ Many of their lyrics play an essential role in my life, sometimes being reminders or simply written in my life's story like a diary written by someone else.
๐ธ There's also a commitment against dogma and world politics that Placebo appeals to. It's great to hear these kinds of words and ideas being circulated. Music and art are much more than entertainment or an external support to our inner self. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ.
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