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🌹𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬,🌹
tonight we're going to enjoy another evening with Placebo lullabies.

I have prepared for you 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 that were originally recorded in a fast version and then slowed down after a few years for the 2010 album ⭐"𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐗 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜"⭐.
The release of this special edition was proudly announced by the band:
🔹💬“𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂, 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙.
𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦."

Photo credit:  Benni Valsson

𝐈. ⭐𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒⭐
To avoid confusion, I should put everything about this song in perspective:
𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 is a rockier, more guitar driven version of the studio song 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 from the 2003 same-titled album.
This heavier version was released first as the 𝐛-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 in 2003, and then also on the album 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐁-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐀 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔.
However, we all know this version from concerts, because Placebo included it in the setlist instead of the original Sleeping With Ghosts.

Another difference is that “Soulmates” was recorded at Livingstone Studios in London and produced by Dimitri Tikovoi while “Sleeping with ghosts” was recorded at The Townhouse Studios (also located in London) and produced by Jim Abbiss.

🔹🎶𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 - 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
https://bit.ly/3Eaw1iH


🔹💬𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦“ 
"𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤."
(𝙻𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙽°𝟹𝟾𝟸, 𝙼𝚊𝚌𝚑-𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹)

Photo credit: Thomas Rabsch

Okay, but we're here today for the 🌛𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐲🌜 that the guys created for the "𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐗 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍" and I'm very grateful for that.
Brian changed the order of the verses in the chorus a little bit to make this lullaby absolutely perfect.

At the beginning there are only simple piano notes... After a while, Brian's voice joins in, full of tenderness and so vulnerable...
🔹"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢'𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 ...𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦...
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺...
𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯... 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦...
𝘏𝘶𝘴𝘩... 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺...
...𝘋𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦
...𝘋𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦"🔹

In the second verse, Brian's voice is joined by the sound of bells and violin, which is soft at first and gradually becomes more and more insistent...

🔹"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯... 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦...
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯... 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘦...
𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵... 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨... 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴...
𝘏𝘶𝘴𝘩... 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺...
...𝘋𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦
...𝘋𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦"🔹

Brian repeats these lines very gently a few times before he concludes

🔹"'𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦...
...𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦...
...𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦... ...𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦..."🔹

Listening to this version, you will simply melt away, overwhelmed by your love of Placebo's music. Plus, the lyrics remind me that now more than ever, this song sadly fits the events of this time... when none of us know what tomorrow will bring, as the powers of this world play dice with our lives...
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰:

🔹🎶𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 - 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐗 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
https://bit.ly/40ScRbn

Today's second lullaby is just as beautiful as the first.
It comes from a song that in its fast, I would say almost rock punk form, reminds me of Placebo from the first album...

Photo credit:  Joseph Llanes

𝐈𝐈. 🌛𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑🌜
- 11. track from the album Battle For The Sun form 2009.

🔹🎶𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
https://bit.ly/3lHelFi

As I wrote above - this song was also reworked into a slower version for the "𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐗 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍" in 2010:

🔹💬" 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚, 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡, 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑘𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔, 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑜-𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐵𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑜. ”
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚅𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝟸0𝟷𝟹)


The prominent noisy guitars were swapped for piano and this again made space for Brian's even more challenging voice, turning the starkly punk version into a breathtaking confession of his desire for life change.

There is so much truth in those verses that touches me personally so I always feel very moved when I listen to this song.
You can read the lyrics to the song here:

🔹𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 - 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒🔹
https://bit.ly/3YJeuGm

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐔𝐒𝐀 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑.
Lucky those who were there...
Here's a mention of this song from a review of a concert at Terminal 5, New York City:

🔹💬"𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥-𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 “𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳” 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥."
(𝑀𝑐𝑃ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑙, 𝑂𝑐𝑡 17, 2013, 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑦 𝐾𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝐷𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔)

That evening, it was introduced by 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 saying "𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 80'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔."

And today you can watch this breathtaking version that I uploaded for you.
Take a moment for yourself and share your open hearts with me.💖

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