it's Wednesday and therefore our favorite topic can continue again.
The first lullaby puts you in the mood for a gentle evening mainly thanks to Brian's voice, even though the lyrics take us again to the dark depths of the human ego.
๐น๐ถ„๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐“๐ถ๐น
the second single from Placebo’s fourth studio album "๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐".
Maybe you know it, maybe you don't, but this rock-punk version has an older sibling.
⭐„๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐“⭐ was originally written as a piano ballad but while in the studio, changed into a rock song. This latter version was included into the album. Luckily, an original version wasn’t also lost. Its live performance for ๐น๐ป๐ณ2 ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ was released on This Picture DVD single.
๐น๐ถ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ - ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
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๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ „๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐“ (acoustic version):
๐น๐ฌ„We wrote it on tour and it was a very REM piece, an atmospheric piano thing, quite abstract. Then we were in the studio, and we covered it in a pretty punk way...“
(๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐ฟ2, ๐๐๐๐โ 28๐กโ, 2003)
๐น๐ฌ“Those are images that keep following us around no matter where we go. You see them when you least expect it and at times when you don't really need it. It brings back everything because of a certain smell, song or place. I find it very interesting, the way things follow us around. And I'm very open: I live the genre of the song. When you look back on certain relationships you can see who the person really was, which you couldn't at the time you were in it. You understand reality and you see that the memories you have can make a person seem very different.“
(๐ท๐๐ด๐ ๐๐ฅ, ๐๐๐๐โ 2003)
๐น๐ฌ"Outwardly, 'This Picture' is crammed with basic SM imaging, but behind the metaphor, it denounces the self-destructive love relationships. It was a way to say that this state of mind doesn't interest me anymore. I've been damaged enough in such relationships in the past and now I've got nothing more to do there. I changed, I quit."
(๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐°382, ๐๐๐๐โ-๐ด๐๐๐๐ 2003)
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Sometimes I too 'burned' emotional cigarettes on the chest of the man who loved me. Such relationships are always self-destructive for both parties, because no matter how inflated your ego is, your heart will always show you that you have not behaved properly.
That's why I initially took this song as a mirror setting. That's what Placebo music can do. We are not always the victim in a relationship, sometimes it is necessary to admit that we have played the game on our side of the field and don't always play by the rules.
Today I know that self-awareness is the most important part of lived experiences. What my role was, what should I have understood from this situation and how important it is to be able to forgive, both myself and others.
„๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐“ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
It is important to know what we are willing to do to preserve a certain image we have of ourselves.
And it's important to remember that how we see ourselves can be different from how others see us.
~๐น~๐น~๐น~~๐น~๐น~๐น~~๐น~๐น~๐น~~๐น~๐น~๐น~~๐น~๐น~๐น~~๐น~๐น~๐น~~๐น
Let's go to the second gem of the evening. In order to share some live video, I chose a non-Placebo song.
The original version comes from unique singer Sinรฉad O'Connor. Do you already know which song we are talking about?
๐น๐ถ„๐๐๐๐๐๐“๐ถ๐น
”๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐” ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ⭐๐๐ข๐ง๐́๐๐ ๐'๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ซ⭐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ⭐“๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐”⭐.
Placebo covered the song in 2003 and released it on their single DVD “This Picture”. It can also be found on the album “Covers”.
It's Brian's very favorite cover, did you know?
๐น๐ฌ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ: „I guess my favorite was "Jackie," the Sinead O'Connor track, which is why I chose to include it in our MTV Unplugged performance. […]“
(๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ 13, 2016)
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ '๐๐๐๐๐๐':
๐น๐ฌ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ'๐ช๐๐๐๐๐. ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐...
๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ: A great artist who, I understand, decided to give it all up definitely. A pity ... Still, this song is beautiful. It is for a man who is leaving her. By covering it, as the three of us are guys, we somewhat perverted the meaning and we like that. It adds a sexual ambiguity that looks like us...
(๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐, 27๐กโ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ 2003)
This epic story can be interpreted in different ways, in any case, performed by Brian, it's a breathtaking lullaby.
This song always connects me to my meditative moments by the sea.
I live inland, but I have been to the sea many times and I return with love every time. I always need to find a quiet place where I can sit undisturbed, watch the waves move, feel the sand moving under my feet and just be... part of the whole universe...
And when I look at that amount of untamed water that has tremendous power, I can imagine the pain of millions of people who have lost a loved one at sea. This great mass of water gives and takes life.
Although Sinead's original Jackie is beautiful, Brian makes me feel more of the pain, the non-acceptance of reality, the denial that it can't be over yet. The false hope that everyone must have been wrong. My love is still alive and coming for me.
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