🎵𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒' 𝐒𝐎𝐍🎵

🎶 “𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.
𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏.” 🎶

“𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒' 𝐒𝐎𝐍” was released as vinyl single on August 19th 2016, so today we celebrate its sixth ♦️𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘♦️. The song was Placebo's first sign of life after the album ”Loud like love” in September 2013, which marked a drastic change in their musical style. So everyone wondered what the new single would sound like.

Photo credit: Screenshots from the video, edit by Silke

🎬 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦' 𝗦𝗢𝗡 – 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢
🎵 http://bit.ly/2DbvQVM 🎵

The song was written by Brian, Stefan, Steve Forrest and Bill Lloyd. It was recorded at RAK Studios in London and produced and mixed by Adam Noble. Fiona Brice was responsible for the string arrangement.
The cover of the single features Brian's son Cody wearing an oxygen mask. On the b-side of “Jesus' son“ you can find the Talk Talk cover “Life's what you make it“. The original was released as single in 1985, it peaked at no. 16 in the UK Singles Chart and reached the Top 20 in numerous other countries. Brian described both tracks on Placebo's new record as ”possibly two of the most commercial that we’ve ever done” (see quotes below).


Apart from the limited 7" vinyl “Jesus' son“ was also released on the EP “Life's what you make it“ and the compilation album “A place for us to dream“, both released on October 7th 2016. The album title is borrowed from a line in the lyrics of “Narcoleptic“, a song from the band's 2000 album “Black market music“.


The music clip for “Jesus' son“ was shot at Scivu beach in Sardinia. ”I saw a video of a little festival that is called Duna Jam. Bands that played in Sardinia on this wonderful beach, and I said: that’s the place for my song”, Brian explained why he chose this special region.

📌 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢 📌
Duna Jam is a private festival held in Sardinia, Italy and active since 2006. Because of the unorthodox nature of the festival the audience is limited to 150 and more of a party than a proper festival. The event spans roughly an entire week with bands performing throughout that time period. Duna Jam is held on various parts of the island and much of the details are kept in secrecy, adding to the mysterious and inclusive nature of Duna Jam. Almost all of the live performances are held outside. As most events worldwide the festival was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to covid but this year in July it finally took place again.

Photo credit: Screenshots from the video

🎬 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 “𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦' 𝗦𝗢𝗡“
🎵 http://bit.ly/2PmIJni 🎵

Music video commissioner John Moule brought Placebo into contact with Joe Connor and Brian entrusted Joe with the video direction. Connor: ”The guys were lovely, and on the shoot day they were nothing but wonderful professionals. I had a great day working with them.”
The music clip for “Jesus' son“ combines shots of the band dressed in white and performing barefooted at the beach alongside traditional Sardinian carnival figures wearing bovine masks and sheepskin clothing. At the beginning of the video a voice says: "𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘢, 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘻𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘶 𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪 𝘥'𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘴" which means “We have no past, no present and no future. We have always been” in Sardinian.


📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦' 𝗦𝗢𝗡“ 📌
📢 ”Our last single ‘Jesus son’ and the Talk Talk cover ‘Life is what you make it’ are possibly two of the most commercial tracks that we’ve ever done.”
(NME, October 5th 2017)


📌 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦' 𝗦𝗢𝗡“ 📌
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺?
📢 “I think ‘Jesus’ son’, our latest release. It’s a more uplifting offering than a lot of our more recent material.“
(Latitude festival, May 2nd 2017)


📌 𝗝𝗢𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗡 “𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦' 𝗦𝗢𝗡“ 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢 📌
📢 "It was such a wonderful pleasure to help Placebo celebrate their 20th year in the industry by shooting this video with them. It was one of those special projects where the creative concept and the band really gelled. I wanted to make something arresting, energetic and bold for them, something that reintroduced them but in true Placebo style; something that felt otherworldly, special and unseen.”
(Promonews, August 23rd 2016)

📢 "I won’t explain too much as I feel the joy of this video is in letting the images and the culture presented in this video wash over you but needless to say it was a wonderful shoot in Sardinia and I’ll be travelling back to document the characters depicted in the promo in further detail later in the year. I loved making this one."
(Promonews, August 23rd 2016)

Photo credit: Screenshots from the video, edit by Silke

📜 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦
Custos contos,
no ana ora,
no ana prinzipiu e mai d'ana aere fine.
Sempes, semmos istados


Stand, stand to attention
The moment's passed you by
Now is the rest of your life
Dare, dare I to mention
Your laughter makes me cry
A speck of dust in my eye


And I am unafraid and blissful
Here I come
I am unashamed at getting nothing done
I'm a cavalcade that tumbles one by one
But I'm okay, just like Jesus' Son
Bone, bone of contention
I've lost the count of times
I've seen you fucking goodbye
So good, orderly direction
To pull you from the mire
Your universe on fire


And I am unafraid and blissful
Here I come
I am unashamed at getting nothing done
I'm a cavalcade that tumbles one by one
But I'm okay, just like Jesus' Son
And I am unafraid and blissful
Here I come
I am unashamed at getting nothing done
I'm a cavalcade that tumbles one by one
But I'm okay, just like Jesus' Son
I'm okay, just like Jesus' Son
I'm okay, just like Jesus' Son
I'm okay, just like Jesus' Son

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