It's so nice to be here with you on this special day of New Year’s Eve. It’s been a tough year for everyone, and most of us can’t wait for it to end… However, let’s try to not be sad today but send our positive thoughts and hopes into the upcoming 2021. The Universe should hear us…๐๐
Even so we can’t have big New Year parties now, the theme of dressing up fits quite well for today. And I’m coming to make you smile, dear soulmates, and enjoy our beloved guys looking like they’re actually having a fancy dress party! Also, I want to remind you what Brian has to say about wearing make-up and playing with his androgynous look๐
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| Photo credit: Neil Cooper |
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ.
“The fans want their Brian to be girly. If I went masculine they’d be disappointed.”
๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐?
“When I was really young, I used to have really long hair, much longer that it is now, and yeah, I remember walking around Dundee with my mum and we were going to visit my grandmother and her bumping into people that she knew from years ago and they’d say: 'So who’s your little girl then?’ So it started at that point, when I was about three. When I arrived in London, I let my hair grow again and I started being mistaken for a girl a lot of the time. And I’d worn make-up in theatre since I was 11, so I was kind of used to it. And I decided to play it up a bit. I just started making up to see if people’d be confused even more, and when the band came along I started putting more on. Nail polish is great if you play guitar because it looks really good on the fretboard as your fingers slide up and down.”
(๐๐๐: “๐ผ๐ก’๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐'๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐”, ๐ฝ๐ข๐'97)
๐๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐...
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: I guess so, I mean I guess I look like a girl but I kind of rock like a boy when we're on stage. I don't know what it is about a boy in make-up which really freaks people out, you know. Most of the time I just wear it for the same reason that you're wearing make-up, you know, just to try and make yourself look a little bit more attractive.
๐๐: ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ?
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: It's not an act, you know, it real, it's just a sort of you know an expression of who we are. It's our three personalities crammed into the music, it's not an act at all. It's not some sort of Ziggy-like attempt to create a character. I believe in honesty and nakedness and vulnerability in music, not acting in music, I leave that for Kylie.
(๐ผ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค "๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐", ๐ด๐ข๐'98)
''When I was a child, people thought I was a girl. And at the very beginning of Placebo, also. Even when I was not wearing make-up yet. So I thought it would be interesting to play with the preconceptions people have about men and women. And to play with this androgyny, since I obviously could not escape it. [...] Playing in a rock band gives you a lot of freedom [...] It's not about creating a character like Bowie did for Ziggy Stardust. But rather to slightly exaggerate a real aspect of our personality on stage."
(๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ , 2000)
“If I can encourage men to get in touch with their feminine side, that’s good.”
(๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ "๐๐ข๐ก ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ", ๐น๐๐'97)
"Glamour is something that I feel very comfortable with," Brian elaborates. "It's encouraging a lot of boys to wear make-up and I think it's about time for that again. It's a reaction against the anti-style and anti-glamour of grunge, it's something that's a lot larger than life. There's a lot of style involved and a much stronger sexual overtone to the whole thing."
(๐บ-๐๐๐๐ก "๐ด๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐", ๐๐๐ฆ'97)
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ซ๐ญ?
"Sure. Only my voice gave me away."
(๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ "๐ป๐๐๐'๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐", ๐๐๐ฆ'97)
"I like the idea of being as attractive to men as women," he smiles, before letting out a filthy chuckle. "And perhaps even being available."
(๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ "๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐", ๐ฝ๐๐'97)
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐’๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐?
"…Can I say that again one more time? I say as often as I can I use MAC and I would love it if they would sponsor me, you know."
(๐ถ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, 2010)
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| Photo credit: Scarlet Page |
In this lovely ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ Brian proudly (and ironically of course!) takes all the responsibility for making men to wear eyeliner.
⭐️ https://bit.ly/3fnwaBV ⭐️
I’m sure you all remember the lines where make-up brands are mentioned too:
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐, ๐ด๐จ๐ช ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐จ seems to really be the only Placebo happy love song but… the last line “๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ‘๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐?’” kind of turns it all upside down: it’s not that simple and obvious, it’s still Placebo ambiguous style.
Anyway, it sounds great to get into the festive mood, so let’s listen to it together.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐ ๐๐จ
๐ถ https://bit.ly/3nKXhtt
Dress up and put some make-up on tonight, dear soulmates, if you feel like that. If not, just enjoy Brian doing that๐๐ Anyway, have a great time and believe that your beautiful wishes come true next year: I’m pretty sure that one of them is finally seeing Placebo live again! Personally, I believe that by heart.
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