(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙻𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟸𝟼𝚝𝚑 𝟸00𝟿)
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| Photo credit: Stuart Mostyn |
after a break caused by several important anniversaries, today we return to our beloved Placebo Lullabies.
Tonight is going to be special. I have two gems that give the term Placebo lullaby its true meaning.
I chose these two songs from 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐒 album today also because they were both part of Placebo's 🔹𝐌𝟔 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔🔹 and followed each other, so it was very easy to upload a video with both songs at once.
So today you can enjoy a unique concert with Brian's fragile expression of a shy puppy, which I personally really love and recommend to anyone who doesn't know Placebo yet.
𝙇𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜...
A ballad that I just had to listen to over and over again...
And even now, I play it several times in a row when I'm feeling down.
🔹🎶 '𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 '🔹🎶
🔹𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
https://bit.ly/3XfUZog
The 12th track from the dark album MEDS.
Apart from the album version there's also a demo with slightly different lyrics which can be found on the “Meds” Special edition.
🔹'𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 ' 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
https://bit.ly/3k397mh
So dark, so melancholic, so intense... almost hypnotic... Leonard Cohen's influence is absolutely clear in this song.
I'm always struck at first by Brian's low-pitched voice, full of total surrender to bitter reality.
“𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.”
(𝚇𝙵𝙼, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟸00𝟼)
"𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 7𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 '𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴? 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯." 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 "𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦."
(𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚐, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟼)
For me, ⭐'𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆'⭐ is a recurring misunderstanding of the narrator's life journey...
As if, thanks to a certain loop in reality, he kept experiencing the same thing...
A wild night full of drug highs and sex and a bitter morning when he is disgusted with himself when he looks in the mirror...
Everyone else wakes up to normal life...
And he again judges his experience as the height of hypocrisy, because it was yet another night as an escape from himself...
🔹„...𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 ...𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘺𝘢𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 ...𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩
...𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 ...𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩
...𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘴 ...𝘈 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦
...𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘰'𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 ...𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵...“🔹
Although I've never tried hard drugs, this song is a reliable way for me to feel even worse in moments of self-disgust and enjoy the feeling, as crazy as it sounds.
It's a way for me to cry about not being in control of my life, and I know that relief will come right after because I will feel hope in my heart.
Hope for another day.
That everything I failed again will pass with the sunrise and I can try again.
And that I don't have to repeat the same mistake again.
For me personally, it's a beautiful and honest ballad about hope.
In the morning I will hear the kettle with hot water whistling again and the day will begin full of new opportunities for change.
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Photo credit: Vincent Lignier |
If the first ballad is about hope, the second one is about pure human pain and knowing other forms of love.
🔹🎶'𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐍'🔹🎶
The ninth track from MEDS.
🔹𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
https://bit.ly/3ZqIDLM
🔹𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
https://bit.ly/3QvF82m
🔹💬 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 “𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐍”✨
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: It's about destructive, violent relationships. After having written it, I realized that it might be a family relationship as well as a love one. A lot of songs - mostly country - talk about women being hit by their husbands. On the contrary, in “Pierrot the clown”, the target of the violence is a man. A vulnerable man, trapped in a violent and destructive relationship. The title of this track reflects my obsession with clowns and my passion for the circus. In high school, I even thought about getting into a school for clowns and become a...
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: (teasing) That's what you do!
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: (Laughter) But fortunately for everyone, I was accepted at university! When I was a kid, I would go to the circus. It was a celebration, but a person, Pierrot, was always sad. I felt compassion for him. Pierrot the Clown, it's also the role played by David Bowie in his video Ashes To Ashes. It's a powerful image for me, with which I wanted to express how you can feel alone in a couple, how much you can let yourself being beaten physically and mentally by someone. Very cheerful, huh? "
(𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚐, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟼)
Brian's voice so intimate again.... I'm very sensitive to these ballads, where the musical arrangement only very subtly adds to what initially gives this song its soul...
Brian's voice expressing the story of the narrator.
🔹„𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.
𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯....“🔹
Thanks to the clear message in the text, we don't have to doubt the desperation of this story...
But we can only speculate if Brian experienced the weight of physical abuse first hand.
🔹„𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥...“
„...𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴,
...𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴...“🔹
This is the lullaby that always makes me cry when I let myself get carried away by this sad musical energy at night before bed.
Brian, in the form of a crying Pierrot, is in my mind and I can only add to that - '𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧.'
If the victim of abuse gets over such brutal life experiences and understands their meaning, if he can then forgive himself and the other person with love, he will find his value and achieve a very deep spiritual knowledge.
⭐'𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆' was played live only 4 times and ⭐'𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐍' 6 times.
I think it's a great shame because these songs are also indicators of Brian's masterful songwriting talent and Placebo's music made them unforgettable gems.
Dear friends, my post ends today. Enjoy part of this private concert from 2006, and as always, I look forward to hearing your feelings about these two wonderful lullabies. Tell me, which one do you like better and why? And how do you like the demo versions.
🌛◾Have a good night and take care of yourselves.◾🌜
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