for a long time now I have had a need to share with you my passion for the kind of songs that stand out in some way from Placebo's catalog.
Although they sound gentle, they are musically very expressive and often have brutally honest lyrics full of pain, which is a definite Placebo signature.
Therefore, these songs are often the best way for many of us to get out of feelings of sadness or, on the contrary, let these feelings control us.
And what I personally find most beautiful in Placebo's creation - slow versions of Placebo fast rock burners.
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๐ฅ๐▪️โ๐๐ธโ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ธ๐น๐๐ผ๐▪️๐๐ฅ
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๐ถ☮️▪️๐๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ'๐จ ๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ.▪️☮️๐ถ
It will be my pleasure to guide you through this topic and let the emotions of sadness, falling in love and abandonment, forgiveness, cruelty of abuse, regret and compassion▪️ flow.
๐ถ☮️▪️๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ (๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ...).▪️☮️๐ถ
๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐'๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป.๐ฅ
The first song I would like to enjoy with you today is a slow version of a song from the debut album.
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๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: „๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐“๐ถ
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๐ถDid you know that the original demo version of this song is completely different from the one that was later recorded on the album?๐ถ
Musically, the demo is very rough energetic, with the incredible Brian's voice... I get goosebumps every time I hear that song... but it's far from the lullaby that was subsequently reworked for the debut album.
๐ถ▪️๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ - ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ ๐๐๐๐▪️๐ถ
https://bit.ly/2A4toOk
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๐ถThe lyrics of the demo, which, among other things, also mention incest, are as brutal and depressing as its musical accompaniment. Moreover - part of this lyric was used in the demo version of ▪️"๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐"▪️ a year later.๐ถ
๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐'๐จ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ฉ:๐ฅ
https://bit.ly/3wa0FVp
Let's move on to the official version.
๐ถ▪️๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ - ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ▪️๐ถ
https://bit.ly/2STNzpp
Stefan wrote about this song that he himself really likes the musical aspect that accompanies Brian's lyrics:
๐น๐ฌ "My favourite song is `IQ' [Hang On To Your IQ]," he comments. "I just think it's the most dynamic and beautiful - musically and melodically. It has a toy piano in there - and it's my best playing as well. The thing with a three-piece is it forces you to get into your instrument a lot more. It's a very triangular thing, and Brian's guitar playing and my bass playing tend to work hand in hand. I'm not a big fan of the big, fat E-string. I find that it can be a bit boring. There's much more you can do with the bass; there are some really nice tonal qualities to it. I'm approaching bass now to take it somewhere new; I'm playing it more like a guitar in someways."
(๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ'97)
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๐น๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ญ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ?
"Priapic slut? Oh wow! I don't know. Well, if you listen to `Hang on to your IQ', ther's a very anti-priapic line in there: `I'm a fool who's tool is small, it's so minuscule it's no tool at all'. But, I'm not actually describing my own anatomy, that's just the state of the character in that song. He's at a point of such low self-esteem that that's the most self-deprecating thing that he can say about himself at that point. `Not only am I an idiot, but I've got a small dick, and I just feel so disgusted with myself.' which I guess, I have certainly felt at certain points in my life... I know that I have a reputation."
(๐๐๐ฅ, ๐น๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ 1997)
๐น๐ถ๐น
๐น๐ฌ "Elsewhere, on the deceptively sublime 'Hang On To Your IQ', Molko sings: "I'm a fool whose tool is small / it's so minuscule it's no tool at all", which is a candid confession for any man, nevermind a blossoming rock star. "Well," he explains, "my lyrics reveal the truth about how I feel, and experiences I've had. I don't see why I should be shy and coy and hide behind macho rock posturing. That's not what I'm about."
(๐โ๐๐ก'๐ ๐๐, ๐น๐๐'97)
๐น๐ถ๐น
๐น๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ '๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐'? ๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต: “๐พ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐จ/ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ช๐จ/ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฉ/ ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ง๐ช๐๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐ก๐ช๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ง๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฉ”. . ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต? ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐๐'๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด.
“Well, it all makes perfect sense to me!” he says haughtily. “That's the most story-like song on the album. The person in 'Hang On To Your IQ' is so self-conscious they can't operate properly sexually, which we all go through at certain times in our lives.”
(๐๐๐ธ 1996)
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We already know Brian's explanation for the lyrics of this ๐"๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฒ"๐...
But my thoughts go back to drug addiction... Drugs are something that first allows you to discover parts of your inner universe that you might never have otherwise discovered. Of course, it's a two-sided coin, and sooner or later that path will lead you to hell, where you can lose yourself.
๐น๐ฅWhat Brian is saying with this song is - just appreciate what makes you different from others. Cherish the tool you have in your head and do everything you can to make sure your tool is not small and useless.๐ฅ๐น
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