♦️ 𝔸ℕℕ𝕀𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔸ℝ𝕐 ♦️ ♪ ♫ 𝐎𝐇 𝐎𝐇 𝐎𝐇... 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒 ! ♫ ♪

"𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 !” - 𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑨𝑵 𝑴𝑶𝑳𝑲𝑶

🎉 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 ! 🎉
⬛ On September 12, 2010, the album 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 by the band 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 was released, with 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 providing vocals on the track 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒔.

⬛ Before reading, I suggest you listen to this beautiful cover of the 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 song, 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒔 by 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬. Close your eyes and let yourself be carried away by the soaring.... and rhythmic atmosphere.

Photo credits: Daniele Barraco (Brian Molko), unknown (Losers) / Edit by Laetitia

𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒔
📢 https://bit.ly/3TDYvHF 🎵🌠

⬛ 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 is a London-based electro rock band, formed in 2007 by 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 and 𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐲. Their first album was 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑠, followed by 3 albums: 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑜 𝑊𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡 in 2013, ...𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑜 𝑊𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑇𝑤𝑜 in 2014 and finally 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑇𝑜 𝑅𝑢𝑖𝑛 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒'𝑠 𝐹𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 in 2016.

⬛ 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 ,the man of many talents (producer, DJ, radio host and TV host) is a good friend of 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧's. They met in 1998 on a Placebo MTV special. 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 asked Eddy to interview them, and he was touched.

💬 That was the first time I actually met them. I'd seen them playing before in a gig, I'd seen them already at festivals but MTV was where we first met, in 1998. It was a Placebo special on MTV. But I think they kind of liked my vibe and they asked MTV: 'Can Eddy do the interview ?' So I was very touched. And that was the first time we met. They played a gig and I did the interview with Brian, Stef and Steve at that time. And then Brian suggested that we went to a pub afterwards and had a few drinks, a chat, exchanged numbers and stay touched and over the years we became friends.
✅ 𝙴𝚍𝚍𝚢 𝚃𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚜 - 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢.𝚛𝚞

Photo ctedit: Eddy Temple Moris Instagram

⬛ Big fan of Jane's Addiction, 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐲 always wanted to cover this song with electronic sounds. Once the recording was done, the question was who would provide the vocals for the song. And this is the story of how 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 was selected:

💬 We first felt that Brian would overshadow us, so prepared to contact Robert, but we then switched sides, I think, because were both such huge Placebo fans and really relished the chance to work with Brian. But it was only a snowballs chance in hell, Brian was a busy man. I texted him and he replied that he knew and loved that song, but couldn’t make any promises. I sent the track, and within 24 hours had a hilarious message back saying: “I love it. I’m doing it. I won’t let you use anybody else on this, I’m free on ONE DAY this year, and I’m coming to your studio”.

He did. With a cold. But it was now or never. Brian had this incredible tea called ‘Throat Coat’, or something, an American, medicinal brew containing ‘slippery elm bark’. I tasted some and it was like magic! It literally coats the back of your throat in this yummy, slippery stuff, so you don’t get that horrid scratchy feeling from a sore throat. Brian said it’s the ‘singers’ best kept secret’. That combined with the brandy he sent me off to buy -purely for medicinal purposes – in miniature bottles did the trick and Brian laid down, I think, one of his best ever vocals. We really stretched him and he rocked it like the true pro he is.

I don’t think Brian has ever recorded a vocal in such scummy conditions, in front of a multi-stained, upturned sofa, masquerading as an impromptu vocal booth in the Coopers control room. Now I look forward to the day he sings it live with us.
✅ 𝙴𝚍𝚍𝚢 𝚃𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚜 - 𝙲𝙼𝚄 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜

Photo ctedit: Tom Bellamy

⬛ On the Losers' Bandcamp, you can read this anecdote, which is actually quite hilarious:

💬 The album features very special guest Brian Molko from Placebo singing on Losers cover of Jane Addiction’s Summertime Rolls’, the instrumental of which Eddy and Tom sent to Brian to consider putting the vocals onto. Within 24 hours of hearing the track Brian called the Losers to threaten them…..” If you let anyone else sing on this track I’ll have them killed !” Thankfully Robert Harvey of The Music, lives on.
✅ 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙

I understand Brian's reaction. The melody is captivating and hypnotic 🌟

¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

◾ 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 is a collection of ten pure electro tracks, which has led to Losers often being compared to 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒚. For the song 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒔 , the electro is very close to the sounds of the early 80s, a bit like 𝑶𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒆𝒖𝒗𝒓𝒆 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌. Which makes this song in particular a UFO among the other tracks (𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭... 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 😊 ). ◾

𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 📢 https://bit.ly/3RdMAyF 🎶✨

Photo ctedit unknown

📜 𝙇𝙔𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙎 📜

𝐹𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜
𝐴 𝑠𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠...
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙
𝑅𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒
𝑆𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑔 !
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 !

𝐻𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠
𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 !
𝐼'𝑚 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙...
𝑊ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒
𝑂𝑓 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙...
𝑌𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑝
𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝑂𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑡
𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑒
𝑀𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦
𝑂ℎ 𝑛𝑜...

𝑀𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑
𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑛𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑒𝑠
𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟
𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡...
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒
𝐼 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠
𝐴𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒...

𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠:
𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑
𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙...
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒
𝐼 𝑐𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒
𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒
𝐼𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑
𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒...
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑
𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟.... 𝑜ℎℎℎℎ...
𝑂ℎ, 𝑜ℎ, 𝑜ℎ... 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑠
𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟.... 𝑜ℎℎℎℎ...
𝑂ℎ, 𝑜ℎ, 𝑜ℎ... 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑠
𝑂ℎ 𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟.... 𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ...
𝑂ℎ, 𝑜ℎ, 𝑜ℎ... 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑠
𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟.... 𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ...
𝑂ℎ, 𝑜ℎ, 𝑜ℎ... 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑠

𝑀𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑
𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑎 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤,
𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡...
𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟
𝐼 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑡"𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠
𝐴𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒...

¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪
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🎊✨𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆✨🎊

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒 is a collaboration of Brian Molko and a British band 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬. Originally, the song is by 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 from their debut studio album “Nothing's shocking” (1988).

⭐️Today we celebrate the 11th anniversary of the cover’s release as a 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 (June 12th, 2011) but several months earlier, on September 12th, 2010, it was first out on Losers’ album “Beautiful Losers”.
The 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 includes the album version, radio edit and four remixes.

Photo credit: Eddy Temple-Morris and Brian Molko by Tom Bellamy; single cover / edit by Silke

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3ffDbpJ

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐇𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3eUpQ5G

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝟏)
➡️ https://bit.ly/2TyPllG

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝟐)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3j4p5sn

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐃𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐠𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3N6P7Iv

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3y7QPST

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⭐️𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐒 are 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔 and 𝑻𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒚.
Eddy Temple Morris is a British musician, DJ, record producer and TV presenter. He hosted London radio station XFM's specialist show The Remix for 15 years, before moving it to Soho Radio. He joined Virgin Radio UK in 2017 and currently presents mid-mornings on weekdays. Eddy is a “dance floor provocateur of the highest order. He coined the phrase ‘Ibiza Rocks’, was their first resident and has been largely credited with seducing a generation of rockers to loosen their belts and think with their hips.” (𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑜𝐵𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 2010) Another half of Losers is 𝑻𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒚, a keyboard, FX pedal and guitar player.


The 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 of how Summertime Rolls came into being is quite impressive.
📢𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬: “I'm a massive Jane's Addiction fan, and Perry Farrell, their lead singer, loves his electronic music. I always wanted to cover this electronically, and knew that it would be the last track on the album, so that, in a sense, the album would sonically follow a dynamic 'M' shape and leave you with this. […]
I played bass on this and Tom came up with the amazing guitar-like sounds on his laptop, and maybe using one of the array of synths in his collection.
When we finished, we thought about vocals and considered sending it to Perry Farrell to revoice it. I had a connection through the Hybrid boys, who've worked with him closely. But we kinda wanted it to be more 'ours' and felt a UK vocalist would be better. That left us with two choices, who we felt could do Perry's vocal justice. Brian Molko of Placebo, who I knew, and Robert Harvey of The Music, who my friend Danny McNamara knew.
We first felt that Brian would overshadow us, so prepared to contact Robert, but we then switched sides, I think, because were both such huge Placebo fans and really relished the chance to work with Brian. But it was only a snowballs chance in hell, Brian was a busy man. I texted him and he replied that he knew and loved that song but couldn't make any promises. I sent the track, and within 24 hours had a hilarious message back saying: "I love it. I'm doing it. I won't let you use anybody else on this, I'm free on ONE DAY this year, and I'm coming to your studio".
He did. With a cold. But it was now or never. Brian had this incredible tea called 'Throat Coat', or something, an American, medicinal brew containing 'slippery elm bark'. I tasted some and it was like magic! It literally coats the back of your throat in this yummy, slippery stuff, so you don't get that horrid scratchy feeling from a sore throat. Brian said it's the 'singers' best kept secret'. That combined with the brandy he sent me off to buy - purely for medicinal purposes - in miniature bottles did the trick and Brian laid down, I think, one of his best ever vocals. We really stretched him, and he rocked it like the true pro he is.
I don't think Brian has ever recorded a vocal in such scummy conditions, in front of a multi-stained, upturned sofa, masquerading as an impromptu vocal booth in the Coopers control room. Now I look forward to the day he sings it live with us.”
(𝐶𝑀𝑈, "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑠", 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 8𝑡ℎ, 2010)


Luckily for Eddy and Tom – and for us, of course! - complications didn’t stop Brian, so we’ve got this great cover done. However, I’m pretty sure they all had a lot of fun in the studio while recording😃

📍By the way, sometime earlier, in 2009, there was another kind of collaboration between Losers and Placebo: 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒙 (𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒙) of 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 was released on the single Ashtray Heart.

📍In the end, it would be unfair to not listen to the original song by Jane's Addiction.
𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3eWhZEG

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⭐️𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒⭐️
Fell into
A sea of grass
And disappeared among
The shady blades...
Children all
Ran over me
Screaming tag!
You are the one!
He trips her as
Her sandals fail
She says stop!
I'm a girl...
Whose fingernails are made
Of mother's pearl...
Yellow buttercup
Helicopters
Orange buttercat
Chasing after
The crazy bee
Mad about somebody...
Me and my girlfriend
Don't wear no shoes
Her nose is painted pepper
Sunlight...
She loves me
I mean it's serious
As serious can be...
She sings a song and
I listen to what it says:
If you want a friend
Feed any animal...
There was so much space
I cut me a piece
With some fine wine
It brought peace to my mind
In the summertime...
And it rolled
Summer... oh...
Oh... the summertime rolls Me and my girlfriend
We don't wear no clothes you know
Her nose is painted in pepper sunlight
I love her
I mean it's so so serious
As serious can be

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⭐️𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔 & 𝐃𝐉 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬⭐️

On December 15th, 2016, Placebo performed one of their 20-years-anniversary concerts at 𝑾𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂 in London. That night, there was an afterparty organized after the show where Losers’ frontman, producer, radio presenter – and Brian’s friend! - Eddy Temple Morris was invited to play a DJ set.

On the next day, Eddy posted the picture you can see below on his 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 with the following words:
📢 “Was such a huge pleasure to see this old friend again and tell him he was responsible for my crying at a gig for the fourth time in my life. I felt very honoured to have been asked to play the after show by him - for old times sake."
To tell you more about the evening at Wembley, I’d like to share some excerpts of Eddy’s 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 he once did for 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕. He beautifully talked about overwhelming emotions he experienced during Placebo show, recalled the times when his friendship with Brian began and revealed his profound feelings he’s got for Placebo in his heart.

Photo credit: Ben Steadman / Eddy Temple-Morris IG account

⭐️𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐘 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄-𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐒
"𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐎 𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆"⭐️
𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂: Hi, Eddy. Thank you for giving an interview. A year ago, I saw an interview where Placebo gave you an interview in 1998. Was it your first meeting with the band or had you known them before?
📢 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔: That was the first time I actually met them. I'd seen them playing before in a gig, I'd seen them already at festivals, but MTV was where we first met, in 1998. It was a Placebo special on MTV. But I think they kind of liked my vibe and they asked MTV: 'Can Eddy do the interview?' So, I was very touched. And that was the first time we met. They played a gig, and I did the interview with Brian, Stef and Steve at that time. And then Brian suggested that we went to a pub afterwards and had a few drinks, a chat, exchanged numbers and stay touched and over the years we became friends.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐓𝐕 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖
 https://bit.ly/3IcCUR3

𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂: Did you take more interviews with Placebo except this one or not?
📢 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔: It's the only interview that I have ever done with them. I would like to say – we became friends, I mean, me and Brian. And the next time we hang out was when I asked him to sing on my first album, the Losers first album. And he sang. I always wanted to do a cover of Summertime Rolls by Jane's Addiction. I thought there are only two people who can sing this song, aside from Perry Farrell. It could be Rob Harvey from The Music or Brian. I just asked Brian would he want to do it, he said: 'Yes, I love that song!" The rest is history.
[...]
And then I saw them at Wembley. And this amazing thing happened. The moment when they stopped playing and they just looked at the crowd. And the crowd started clapping. You know the one? And they clap, clap, clap, and clap. You know, at any normal gig a band say 'Thank you' and they come over playing after thirty seconds of clapping. They just let it happen. They just kept it going for minutes, and minutes, and minutes, didn't they? They just kept it going. If you leave a crowd normally to clap, they'll slowly stop clapping. But this is Placebo crowd just clapped like louder, louder and cheered screamed, louder and louder. And, you know, it was so much love there that I started crying. I had tears came up of my eyes because, you know, it was an emotion, it's really hard, you have to be some kind of a sociopath – not really, to react to that. Like involuntarily tears stared coming down my face, it was just such a moving moment. And it was only the fourth time in my life when I had tears at a gig. That was really special moment to me.

𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂: [...] What do you think about Placebo albums? Maybe you have a favourite one or ... a special one for you.
📢 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔: I guess it's different albums for different moods. I think my favourite track of Placebo is Pure Morning… I met Phil Vinall yesterday who was the producer of that track. And I said to him honestly if I have to take one Placebo song away and it was only one Placebo song that I'd listen to the rest of my life it would be Pure Morning. And he did that track. If you had to take one Placebo album with me to a desert island, I think it would be Sleeping with Ghosts bonus disk with only covers on it because there I got them doing T. Rex, I got them doing Kate Bush, I got them doing Pixies. There’s something really special about these covers. I love Placebo songs, but I really loved when they take a cover and they make it their own somebody else's song. And it's always cool songs because Brian has such a great taste…

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𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂: I've seen a photo of Brian on your Instagram and you wrote that you had played some music after the show at Wembley. Did I understand correctly?
📢 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔: Yes. So, Brian very sweetly asked for me to go DJ after that 20-years show at Wembley. I've got to see him a little after during my set and he came and I gave him a hug and a kiss, we had a chat. More profoundly he called me few weeks after that, just said: 'Listen, I wanted to say…' It was very sweet call, very, very honest. He called and said: 'I just wanted to say that I love you, I miss you and we asked you to come and play, not anyone else. We ask you for a reason because you've always been there for us and we've always been there for you. We just want to tell you that we love you that's why we wanted you to do this. It means a lot to us that you were there. You are kind of one of us'. I was very touched by that. And it was a huge honour to do; I mean that playing the aftershow. A gig of that size, a gig of this quality of a band what I really, really love. And I really do love Brian, he's a great guy – incredibly talented, very interesting character. So, I was really, really happy to do that.

𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂: It was the first time you played after Placebo gig as I understand. Or had you played before?
📢 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔: I think I played before. Think we did some festivals like MTV, and I was DJ'ing there. But it had nothing to do with them; I just had to be there. And sometimes I play before or after bands at these festivals. But this was like the first time when they did the anniversary show. Placebo fans and the band I feel like one big family. Brian coming and giving me a hug at the aftershow stuff. It definitely felt… and Stef giving me a hug and saying: 'Hello', and their manager… It all feels like a family. It all feels very warm and very valued, very close. I was very, very touched to be asked to do that.

𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂: Yes, it's a real sweet moment and I can understand you. You have been friends for a long time and as for me, it's interesting. Did Placebo influence you? [...]
📢 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔: Well, it's an interesting question. Have Placebo influenced me? I would say I use the word that is stronger for me –'inspiration'. They inspired me. And Brian has inspired me. And I feel there were points in my life where I needed to have Placebo musically just to help me get through. You know, to inspire me. I never listened to Placebo song and thought 'I want to write a song like this'. But I might listen to Placebo song and think 'it's so eloquent, the way that melody works with those lyrics.’ I definitely find Brian's lyrics very inspiring. I think he is a fantastic lyrics writer. I mean I love Placebo's music; they're one of my favourite bands of all time but I think not enough is said about what a great lyricist he is. And I often find myself just walking down the road like singing Placebo song all day long or just singing, maybe, just one line of Placebo song. It could be ‘Twenty years ago’, it could be a line from 'Nancy Boy' or just a line from couple years ago, it could be 'My computer thinks I’m gay I threw that piece of junk away On the Champs-Elysées'. I like singing a line to myself again and again. So, I'd say that rather than influence because like… I'm older than all of these guys. So, my influence has come from the very similar place, you know, from T. Rex or from Nine Inch Nails or whatever. So, I would say I'm inspired rather than influenced by Placebo but massively inspired and I do have a really strong emotional response to their music.
(𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡, 2017)
I hope you enjoyed the read, soulmates!

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♦️𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒♦️

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒 is a collaboration of a British band Losers and Brian Molko that was released on Losers’ album “Beautiful Losers” on this day, September 12th, 2010.
Originally, the song is by 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 from their debut studio album “Nothing's shocking” (1988).

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧)
🎶 https://bit.ly/3ffDbpJ 🎶

On June 12th, 2011, this cover of 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒 was also released by Losers as a single which included the album version, radio edit and four remixes.

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐇𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱)
🎶 https://bit.ly/3eUpQ5G 🎶

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝟏)
🎶 https://bit.ly/2TyPllG 🎶

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝟐)
 🎶 https://bit.ly/3j4p5sn 🎶

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭)
🎶 https://bit.ly/3y7QPST 🎶

Photo credits: Eddy Temple-Morris and Brian Molko by Tom Bellamy; album cover / edit by Olga

🔺 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐒 are 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔 and 𝑻𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒚.
𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔 is a British musician, DJ, record producer and TV presenter. He hosted London radio station XFM's specialist show The Remix for 15 years, before moving it to Soho Radio. He joined Virgin Radio UK in 2017 and currently presents mid-mornings on weekdays. Eddy is a “dance floor provocateur of the highest order. He coined the phrase ‘Ibiza Rocks’, was their first resident and has been largely credited with seducing a generation of rockers to loosen their belts and think with their hips.” (𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑜𝐵𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 2010) Another half of Losers is 𝑻𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒚, a keyboard, FX pedal and guitar player.

🔺 The 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 of how Summertime Rolls came into being is quite impressive.
𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬: “I'm a massive Jane's Addiction fan, and Perry Farrell, their lead singer, loves his electronic music. I always wanted to cover this electronically, and knew that it would be the last track on the album, so that, in a sense, the album would sonically follow a dynamic 'M' shape and leave you with this. […]
I played bass on this and Tom came up with the amazing guitar-like sounds on his laptop, and maybe using one of the array of synths in his collection.
When we finished, we thought about vocals and considered sending it to Perry Farrell to revoice it. I had a connection through the Hybrid boys, who've worked with him closely. But we kinda wanted it to be more 'ours' and felt a UK vocalist would be better. That left us with two choices, who we felt could do Perry's vocal justice. Brian Molko of Placebo, who I knew, and Robert Harvey of The Music, who my friend Danny McNamara knew.
We first felt that Brian would overshadow us, so prepared to contact Robert, but we then switched sides, I think, because were both such huge Placebo fans and really relished the chance to work with Brian. But it was only a snowballs chance in hell, Brian was a busy man. I texted him and he replied that he knew and loved that song but couldn't make any promises. I sent the track, and within 24 hours had a hilarious message back saying: "I love it. I'm doing it. I won't let you use anybody else on this, I'm free on ONE DAY this year, and I'm coming to your studio".
He did. With a cold. But it was now or never. Brian had this incredible tea called 'Throat Coat', or something, an American, medicinal brew containing 'slippery elm bark'. I tasted some and it was like magic! It literally coats the back of your throat in this yummy, slippery stuff, so you don't get that horrid scratchy feeling from a sore throat. Brian said it's the 'singers' best kept secret'. That combined with the brandy he sent me off to buy - purely for medicinal purposes - in miniature bottles did the trick and Brian laid down, I think, one of his best ever vocals. We really stretched him, and he rocked it like the true pro he is.
I don't think Brian has ever recorded a vocal in such scummy conditions, in front of a multi-stained, upturned sofa, masquerading as an impromptu vocal booth in the Coopers control room. Now I look forward to the day he sings it live with us.”
(𝐶𝑀𝑈, "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑠", 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 8𝑡ℎ, 2010)

Luckily for Eddy and Tom – and for us, of course! - complications didn’t stop Brian, so we’ve got this great cover done. However, I’m pretty sure they all had a lot of fun in the studio while recording.

By the way, sometime earlier, in 2009, there was another kind of collaboration between Losers and Placebo: 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒙 (𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒙) of 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 was released on the single Ashtray Heart.

In the end, it would be unfair to not listen to the original song by Jane's Addiction.
𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫)
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📜 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒
Fell into
A sea of grass
And disappeared among
The shady blades...
Children all
Ran over me
Screaming tag!
You are the one!

He trips her as
Her sandals fail
She says stop!
I'm a girl...
Whose fingernails are made
Of mother's pearl...
Yellow buttercup
Helicopters
Orange buttercat
Chasing after
The crazy bee
Mad about somebody...

Me and my girlfriend
Don't wear no shoes
Her nose is painted pepper
Sunlight...
She loves me
I mean it's serious
As serious can be...

She sings a song and
I listen to what it says:
If you want a friend
Feed any animal...
There was so much space
I cut me a piece
With some fine wine
It brought peace to my mind
In the summertime...
And it rolled

Summer... oh...
Oh... the summertime rolls Me and my girlfriend

We don't wear no clothes you know
Her nose is painted in pepper sunlight
I love her
I mean it's so so serious
As serious can be

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𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗦

Today we celebrate the ♦️𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬♦️ of ”𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘙𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘙𝘖𝘓𝘓𝘚”, a collaboration of British band Losers and Brian Molko. In fact it is not only a collaboration but also a cover version because the song was originally written and recorded by Jane's Addiction for their album ”Nothing's shocking” in 1988.


🎬 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗦 – 𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧
🎵 http://bit.ly/2MSnNjH 🎵

The rework with Brian on vocals first appeared on Losers album “Beautiful loser” on September 12th 2010. Exactly nine years ago today, on June 12th 2011, it was also released as a single which included the album version, a radio edit and four remixes.
“Summertime rolls” is not the only song that Brian and Losers worked on together. In 2009 a remix of Placebo's “For what it's worth” done by Losers was released on the single “Ashtray heart”.
And after Placebo's "20 years" anniversary concert at Wembley Arena in London on December 15th 2016 Losers frontman Eddie Temple-Morris played a DJ set at the aftershow party. He said that it was a big honor for him. "I love Brian very much, he is a great guy - incredibly talented, very interesting person. So I was very, very happy to play", Eddie explained (Placebo Story Project, 2016).

Photo credit unknown, edit by Silke

📀 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗦 – 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡
🎵 https://bit.ly/3cCRbJe 🎵

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗦
“When we finished, we thought about vocals and considered sending it to Perry Farrell to revoice it. I had a connection through the Hybrid boys, who've worked with him closely. But we kinda wanted it to be more 'ours' and felt a UK vocalist would be better. That left us with two choices, who we felt could do Perry's vocal justice. Brian Molko of Placebo, who I knew, and Robert Harvey of The Music, who my friend Danny McNamara knew.
We first felt that Brian would overshadow us, so prepared to contact Robert, but we then switched sides, I think, because were both such huge Placebo fans and really relished the chance to work with Brian. But it was only a snowballs chance in hell, Brian was a busy man. I texted him and he replied that he knew and loved that song, but couldn't make any promises. I sent the track, and within 24 hours had a hilarious message back saying: "I love it. I'm doing it. I won't let you use anybody else on this, I'm free on ONE DAY this year, and I'm coming to your studio".
He did. With a cold. But it was now or never. Brian had this incredible tea called 'Throat Coat', or something, an American, medicinal brew containing 'slippery elm bark'. I tasted some and it was like magic! It literally coats the back of your throat in this yummy, slippery stuff, so you don't get that horrid scratchy feeling from a sore throat. Brian said it's the 'singers' best kept secret'. That combined with the brandy he sent me off to buy -purely for medicinal purposes - in miniature bottles did the trick and Brian laid down, I think, one of his best ever vocals. We really stretched him and he rocked it like the true pro he is.
I don't think Brian has ever recorded a vocal in such scummy conditions, in front of a multi-stained, upturned sofa, masquerading as an impromptu vocal booth in the Coopers control room. Now I look forward to the day he sings it live with us.“
(Eddie Temple-Morris of Losers, CMU, September 8th 2010)

📀 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗦 – 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗭 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗫 𝟭
🎵 https://bit.ly/3czjxno 🎵

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