🌛◾ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼𝔹𝕆 𝕃𝕌𝕃𝕃𝔸𝔹𝕀𝔼𝕊 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕍𝕀𝕀.◾🌜

🔹“𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.“🔹
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌, 𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛, 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸0𝚝𝚑 𝟸000)

Hello friends,
it's another Wednesday and once again an evening spent with beloved Placebo lullabies.

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🌛◾ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼𝔹𝕆 𝕃𝕌𝕃𝕃𝔸𝔹𝕀𝔼𝕊 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕍𝕀𝕀.◾🌜
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In just a few days we will celebrate ✨𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂✨, Placebo's third and absolutely iconic album.
The following lullabies are from that album and have something else in common:

𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰:

🎵🎬 https://bit.ly/3SVX2LJ

The acoustic show for FNAC in Ancienne Belgique, known as 🔴ℂ𝔸𝔹𝔸ℝ𝔼𝕋 𝕆𝔽 𝔻𝔼𝕊𝕀ℝ𝔼🔴, held in 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏 was surprising in that several songs from the new album underwent an interesting change.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴.
Let's go to the first one:


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🎵🌛"𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐊"🌜🎵

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𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
🎵 https://bit.ly/3e2KDal

Photo credit: Screenshot from Special K video

A song that was played right at the beginning of this very intimate gig.

The original almost punk version in a fast rhythm has a completely different effect on our minds than this beauty, which you can hear in the link below.
Just remember the recent post by Olga, which beautifully describes that during this song it is simply impossible to do anything else at the concert but to be loud and show the connection with the band with your whole body and that is why "𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐊" is part of the setlist again, so that we all leave our mobile phones in our pockets.
I absolutely agree with her observation. However, the complete opposite is the slow version of this gem.

If you let yourself be affected by the lyrics you already know by heart in a slow version, maybe, like me, you will feel that its wildness and electrifying charge is gone, leaving only a wounded soul that maybe wants to give up on everything.

📌💬 ”𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴: 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺, 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳'𝘴 𝘌𝘷𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.”
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚅𝚒𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚊 𝙼𝚎𝚐𝚊, 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟸00𝟷)

That is why I find Brian's reference in these verses very interesting:

🔹„𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹
𝗢𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗹?“🔹

The 🔹𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐋🔹 is an old film by 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗻. It tells the fiction of a knight returning from a crusade across a plague-stricken landscape. On this journey, the knight meets Death, with whom he plays a chess game for his life.
If you haven't seen the film, I recommend it.

Photo credit: Benoit Bouchez

However, the reference to the seventh seal may also refer to the biblical apocalypse described by St. John in his Revelation. It is a prophetic vision of the end of the present world, the Last Judgement, and the coming of the New Jerusalem.
Interesting, isn't it?


𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 "𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐊" 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.
✨”𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥...”(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝙲𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸𝚗𝚍 𝟸00𝟷)

🎵🎬 https://bit.ly/3CzFIXH

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Right at the end of this concert, the guys played the second gem of the evening:

Photo credit: Jamie Beeden

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🎵🌛"𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐄"🌜🎵

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𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
🎵🎬 https://bit.ly/3UWKjKC


Many posts have been written by us about this song.
In the fast version, it's a really great song that will get us all singing and dancing en masse.
However, the slow acoustic version takes me to a whole other dimension.

✨𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤'𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙡𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙨.✨

The slow version of "𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐄" gives Brian's message in the lyrics a completely different energy.

For me, it is a highly spiritual song, expressing even more loving support to keep breaking down our boundaries and constantly overcome our limits...

When I hear Brian's honey voice singing
🔹𝘙𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮
𝘙𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦 ...",🔹

...it's like I'm floating in a universe that shows me an infinite number of ways to spend every other minute of my life.

It gets me into a deeper meditation where I feel that my desires for self-realization can handle obstacles with more ease than when my waking ego, full of fears and worries about what others will say, steps in.
And as David Bowie says "...𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴...𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵".

Photo credit: Robin

📌💬 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞:
"It’s about following your dreams and not getting stuck in the nine to five machinery. It’s about promoting individuality."
(𝙷𝚒𝚙 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝚜𝚝, 𝟸00𝟷)

📌💬 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞:
“It's a song about chasing your dreams. …/.../ It's basically saying, promoting individuality and saying that you don't have to follow society's rules in order to become a personal success. It often involves a bit of risk taking and courage. But we're certainly living proof of the fact that these decisions that we made when we were very young, we're living proof embodied that the road less traveled can be incredibly fruitful, if you stay true to yourself, if you have the desire to be an individual, if you have the desire and the courage to chase your dreams. …/.../ And if you're prepared to make sacrifices and take risks, if you're lucky, if your karma is good, then these things will payoff in the end. Which I think it's a positive message really.“
(𝚅𝚘𝚡 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝟸00𝟷)

Dear friends,
the song 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞 was performed in a slow version at another very special concert.
This brilliant piece was part of the setlist at 𝐌𝐓𝐕 𝐔𝐧𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓.
Here you can compare the two live shows separated by 14 years.

✨𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗠𝗧𝗩 𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱✨
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