💦 ⭐ 💦 𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐈𝐑𝐄 💦⭐ 💦

🔷 𝙑𝙞𝙫𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙤𝙡𝙖'𝙨 𝙆𝙚𝙮. 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐'𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 2006.
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 Brian Molko and Nicolas Bazoge at Festival Terra Neuvas - 2007. Photo credit: Bobital 

💦 𝑵𝑶𝑳𝑨'𝑺 𝑲𝑬𝒀 💦

🔷 𝑵𝒐𝒍𝒂'𝒔 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 2005 𝒃𝒚 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒈𝒆, a French artist who has a very particular approach to art. He finds inspiration in many fields, from "𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠". On his website, Nicolas introduces Nola's Key in the following terms: "𝑁𝑜𝑙𝑎'𝑠 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠".
✔️ 𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚢.𝚌𝚘𝚖


🔷 𝑵𝒐𝒍𝒂'𝒔 𝑲𝒆𝒚 used several 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 tracks for this mix. It starts with the instrumental 𝑰𝒐𝒏, the B-side of 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑼𝒔, followed by 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒈𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑴𝒆, 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑶𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔, 𝑨𝒔𝒌 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑲, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒅, 𝑻𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝑰𝒏 𝑴𝒆𝒏, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒏𝒅, 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚. The result is quite captivating.✨💗

🔷 The drums and some arrangements were added by Nicolas himself.

🔷 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏's voice is taken from an interview he did at France Inter in 2003, according to 𝑵𝒐𝒍𝒂'𝒔 𝑲𝒆𝒚 . I searched for this interview and found no trace of it... and that's a crying shame ! 😒

Photo credit:  Han Myung-Gu

🔷 Here are the words that 𝑵𝒐𝒍𝒂'𝒔 𝑲𝒆𝒚 selected for this mash-up, followed by the translation:

𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦
𝘌𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦
𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦
𝘠 𝘢 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦
𝘚𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴
𝘊'𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘪 𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤 ?
𝘊'𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘪 𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤 𝘲𝘶𝘪 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘵𝘦̂𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘭 𝘺 𝘢 𝘥𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢̀ 𝘭𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘪 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘲𝘶'𝘶𝘯 𝘥'𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘦 ?
𝘑𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦̀𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘶𝘹 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘲𝘶'𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘭
𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘪 𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫'𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦 ?
𝘑𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪 𝘫'𝘢𝘪 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦́ 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦́𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦
𝘓𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦
𝘓𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘭
𝘌𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 ?
𝘝𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦̂𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦 ?
𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘪 𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫'𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦 ?
𝘗𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘪 𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫'𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦 ?
𝘛𝘶 𝘯'𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰̂𝘭𝘦
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦
𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦̀𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦́𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦
𝘓'𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘦
𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦
𝘠 𝘢 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦
𝘛𝘶 𝘯'𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰̂𝘭𝘦
𝘚𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴
𝘑𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦̀𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘶𝘹 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘲𝘶'𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘭
𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘪 𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫'𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦 ?
𝘑𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪 𝘫'𝘢𝘪 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦́ 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦́𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦
𝘓𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦
𝘌𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦
𝘌𝘵 𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘭
𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦

Photo credit: Christin Burns

♪♫ 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 ♫♪
𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦
𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛
𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝐼 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓
𝐴𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ?
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 ?
𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑒
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 ?
𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑓 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟
𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠
𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ?
𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟 ?
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 ?
𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 ?
𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙
𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ
𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚
𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙
𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠
𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑒
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 ?
𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑓 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟
𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒
𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟
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🔷 Knowing that 𝑵𝒐𝒍𝒂'𝒔 𝑲𝒆𝒚 approaches his creations in a philosophical way, it is very interesting to note the "meaning of life" side he has given to this sound montage. The selected sentences ask questions about loneliness and emotional dependence, learning life lessons from mistakes, but moving on regardless. 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 has often stated in interviews his insecurities and lack of self-confidence, which he compensates for on stage or transfers into his often cathartic lyrics.

💬 I invented a character very confident, brash, yelling - that was an exaggeration of myself. A circus freak and a party freak... It is a way to stop feeling anything, to deceive my lack of confidence, the hate of myself... And also part ways with a chronic depression that follows me since adolescence. Because if I could speak through songs, I was unable to do it everyday...
✔️ 𝙻𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 - 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 - 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟸00𝟿

💬 I don't have confidence in a great deal of things in my life, but I have an unfaltering confidence in the ability of Placebo to put on an amazing live rock'n'roll show, because we give a shit !
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 - 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟸, 𝟸0𝟷𝟽


🔷 On the subject of 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, this quote from 1997 says a lot about the weight it has on 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏:
💬 I didn’t envisage all this would be such hard work. You lose touch with your friends, and it has a really bad effect on relationships with people who have meant a hell of a lot to you. In fact, my job has contributed to the falling apart of the last meaningful relationship that I had, which happened quite recently. It gets very lonely, you spend a lot of time in the limelight and then - Bang ! - five minutes later you aren’t.
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝙽𝙼𝙴 - 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟽
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🔷 Not knowing the original interview, I am therefore unable to say whether 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 has left these sentences as they are or whether he has truncated and combined the sentences to give them a totally new and different meaning.

🔷 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 ? Simply thanks to 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒁𝒆́𝒈𝒖𝒕, a great friend of Placebo ! 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 played 𝑽𝒊𝒗𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒓𝒆 on his radio show 𝑷𝒐𝒑 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and by word of mouth, that's how 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 knew it decided to 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓.

💬 At that time Facebook was just starting to take its first steps, and Nicolas Bazoge had no idea of the buzz the remix was creating among fans.

It was only much later, when he discovered by chance the number of views of an unofficial video of the remix on Youtube that he understood.

After several months of twists and turns, Nicolas finally met the power trio backstage at the Terra-Neuvas festival in Bobital in 2007, marking the end of a story that would remain one of the most exciting and creative moments of his early life, and Placebo, the most significant musical revelation of his adolescence.
✔️ 𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚢.𝚌𝚘𝚖
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🔷 There are few videos of the opening of the Meds Tour. How proud Nicolas can be of himself ! 😄

🎵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗵𝗼𝘆, 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲 🎵
🎥 https://bit.ly/3ScEcQb

🎵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮, 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲 🎵
🎥 https://bit.ly/3BRfbEI
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🔷 I really like the remix and the story behind it. 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 has repeatedly shown interest in the creativity of fans by using their creation. I can easily understand why they liked this mix by 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆. It is captivating, clever, deep, ingenious, inventive ! ⭐💖 ⭐

🔷 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑓 𝑵𝒐𝒍𝒂'𝒔 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐺ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑡?
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🌟❤𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎: 𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐎❤🌟

Dear soulmates let's enjoy today the very first and only acoustic session that 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 has performed in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐, a private concert that took place at the 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 on March 12, 2007 where only a few lucky fans could attend and which was recorded to close the first season of the series "𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝑺 𝒄𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒐", a concert and interview 𝑻𝑽 show created and hosted by 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒐 that premiered just one month later on April 12, 2007.

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📌 𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 📌
The 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 is a venue located south of 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 that, due to its imposing dimensions and high social and humanist content, attempts to call human beings to establish freedom, welfare and justice on earth through art. It was built in 1966 and inaugurated in 1971 and is a true work of art in every way, first for its innovative architectural design, a dodecahedron on the outside and an octagon on the inside, that is, 12 walls on the facade and 8 inside the building; and second because in its installations it is the largest mural in the world entitled 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 by the 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 painter 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑨𝒍𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒐 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔, that is why 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝑺𝒖𝒂́𝒓𝒆𝒛 𝒚 𝑺𝒖𝒂́𝒓𝒆𝒛 named the venue in honor of him.

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The mural has an area of 2,400 meters and covers from side to side and from ceiling to floor of the 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍 (main hall of the 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎). The work is divided into four zones and is a mixture of pictorial styles ranging from new realism, through expressionism and abstractionism, showing the evolution of humanity from the past to the present, as well as a vision of the future. In addition, part of the interior mural is three-dimensional, which gives an immersive sensation typical of 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔' surrealist and expressionist influences. About his work, 𝑺𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 wrote:
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕; 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈".

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The building consists of several spaces: the 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍, the 𝑬𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 (𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆), and the 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 inspired by circular theater in the classic 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒌 style with a capacity for 500 people, in which cultural, political and social activities are held. Since 2017, the 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 closed its doors for a restoration that to date has not finished, but you can take a virtual tour through 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒑𝒔 or if you want to see what the venue looks like, you can click on the link below.
👉 https://bit.ly/3lp5Ivw

Back to 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, in March 2007 the band visited 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 for the second time with the "𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓", this acoustic concert was the first of five concerts they would offer in that second visit, since after this one they performed in 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒚, 𝑮𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒓𝒂 and two nights in a row in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚.
Besides the magnificent soulful interpretations, it was wonderful to see the smiling faces of 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 throughout the acoustic session. They must have been very happy and grateful for the warm reception from the 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 fans who at the end of each song were clapping euphorically and shouting: "𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐!
𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑳𝒆𝒆 accompanied them on stage playing guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel and doing backing vocals, while 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 participated as audio engineer and in audio post-production.

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📢 "𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 15 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥-𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘚 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰."
𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚘.𝚌𝚘𝚖

🎬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐒 𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕 (𝐹𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝒉𝑜𝑤 + 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤) 
https://bit.ly/3wsEwlG

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🎶🌟 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 🌟 🎶

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬

𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭

𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞

**𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰**

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞

𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞

💢 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 💢
💫𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 played "𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒆" again because the first went wrong.
💫In the interview of this session we only see 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 talking, but there is another recording of this program which includes a question that 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 answered and you can see it from minute 15:40 here:
🎬 https://bit.ly/3Lt0MAr
💫This was one of 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's last concerts in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 with 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 on drums.
🎶 Please, let me know your thoughts and feelings about this acoustic session. 🎶

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💊“𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐒” 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑💊

The “𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐒” 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 started on February 19th 2006 at 100 Rock Festival in Bangkok, Thailand. It was a short gig consisting of only 13 songs. Altogether 177 shows were played during the tour. The last one took place in France on July 12th 2007.
After a very short break Placebo were part the Project Revolution Tour, a music festival in the USA hosted by Linkin Park (July 25th – September 3rd). It was the last time the band played with drummer Steve Hewitt.

Photo credit: Placebo at Beijing Pop festival, China, Sept. 9th 2006 / photographer unknown

📜 𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥
1. Infra-Red
2. Meds
3. Because I want you
4. Drag
5. Space Monkey
6. Post Blue
7. Song to say goodbye
8. Follow the cops back home
9. Every you Every me
10. Special needs
11. One of a kind
12. Blind
13. Special K
14. The bitter end
15. Twenty years

Encore
16. Running up that hill
17. Taste in men


🎬 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲 (𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄)
🎵 https://bit.ly/33UX02p 🎵

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⭐𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 – 𝗘𝗚𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗚. 𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳⭐

⭐"𝙇𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮 - 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘..."⭐
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙱𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝟸00𝟽)


Dear friends, our virtual stop today will be in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is a beautiful country on the Black Sea coast, full of very warm and friendly people, I like to go there.
Are there Bulgarian fans among you?

Placebo have performed 4 times in Bulgaria so far. The first performance was in 2003, the last in 2017.
I found an interview for you, which Brian gave before the concert in 2007.

🔸 There are a few points that interested me - first, at the beginning, the reporter recalls the first Placebo Bulgarian concert as not very successful. I tried to find some information, but I only found out that this concert took place in a hall with seats and it was quite a big obstacle for the fans, which they probably tried to deal with in their own way.
Anyway, thanks to the reporter's mention, we know that Brian still enjoyed it😁.

🔸 I just want to talk the second point - I realized again how many life experiences the guys have gained throughout their careers so far...
You will notice this with the question about the work on the cover and the final image of their albums.

And in this post, I share with you the only quality video from this show. The song "Infra-Red" opened the setlist and this video is just amazing.
Enjoy Placebo from the MEDS era with me.


𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍

Dressed in black, with perfectly epilated chest, not taking off his sunglasses and with boots on in spite of the heat. We have an appointment with the greatest alternative singer from the Island after Thom Yorke.


Three years ago Placebo played in Bulgaria, disappointed with the venue and charmed by the audience. After he recklessly threw himself into the audience, the singer shared with us that he hadn't been touched by so many people for the last 5 years. This time Placebo were even more emotional, they changed guitars for each song and staked on long codes. An hour before the concert I am sitting with Brian in a stuffy room somewhere along the Winter Palace's corridors. He lights a cig. A nicotine one.


𝗦𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃: 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹, 𝘁𝗼𝗼!
Brian Molko: Well, let's hope next time I come I won't smoke any, ha-ha.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺, 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝘀?
B.M.: Ha-ha, no. Why are you so negative? Are you bored?


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝘆𝗲𝘁?
B.M.: Here it goes again. You're tired blah blah blah. You've said it again!?

𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.
B.M.: You are going to make me feel bad even before going onstage. Today is a beautiful sunny day. All girls are walking around almost without any clothes on.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄. (𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀.𝗯𝗴)
B.M.: Well... in that case you have to hurry up, my friend.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?
B.M.: No. We had some tiny ideas, but we are focused on doing amazing gigs.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗔𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁?
B.M.: Oh, at the final one. How can you deal with things like these without the finished product which would inspire it? The aim of the artwork is to give the final touch and to present our ideas even better.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗮?
B.M.: Let's say it this way - as an artist I would feel very bad to be more famous for my narco problems than for my music. Anyone can sleep with Kate Moss and take drugs. But I am more tempted to touch people with my art , to write something that can converse with them. What's the point of being the next rock&roll cliche?


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆?
B.M.: The last albums of the Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal. As well as Arcade Fire.

Photo credit: Nigel Crane

𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗽𝗛𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴?
B.M.: I despise gangsta' rap and all the money, women, and big cars that go with it. We've tried to experiment with such elements in songs like “Spite and Malice" from the album Black Market Music, but we don't feel like repeating.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗲, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲?
B.M.: I would be pleased to do something with Bjork. She is one of the most fantastic musicians of the last few years. But first we should make an appropriate song. I'm certainly not walking around with a list of people who we would like to work with, although there are volunteers all the time.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦?
B.M.: NO, but we want to, ha-ha. Now we are going on one big tour with Linkin Park, HIM, and My Chemical Romance, so we'll see.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴! 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻?
B.M.: It's almost unbelievable what kind of things people can write. I could not care less about this.


𝗦.𝗣.: 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆?
B.M.: You fukin' fukin' motherf***er.
(𝙴𝙶𝙾 𝚖𝚊𝚐. 𝙱𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸00𝟽)

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✨𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗦✨

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 '𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔' 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒆”(Brian Molko, Les Inrockuptibles, 2009)

I think we all know that Placebo's fifth studio album “Meds” (2006) marked a turning point in their career. Things had gone downhill for quite a while, there was a lot of drug use and alcohol involved before and during the production of the record. The friendship between Brian, Stefan and Steve Hewitt had become a dysfunctional working alliance. The world tour that followed the release of “Meds” was the death knell for the triangle, and as result Steve had to leave the band. But that's not the topic of this post.

Today we will have a closer look at what Brian and Stefan said about “Meds” from shortly before its release on March 13th 2006 until the follow-up album “Battle for the sun” came out in 2009.

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📌 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 “𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐒” 📌
📢 “We went to the studio with electronic ideas, with hip hop influences, but what was finally recorded is completely different! I dunno what happenned, but we immediately started with simplicity… Instead of doing something very cerebral, we did something instantaneous. A return to Placebo’s roots.“
(Brian, Rock Magazine, December 2005)

𝘛𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪, 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳?
📢 “Yes, it is! We had an argument the first week, the kind of « Why do you treat me this way? I’m your friend! » But after the first week, it became very easy. Since the clash was ended, we take the roles established between producer and artists, then it become really easy because no one is afraid of hurt the ego of the other.“
(Brian, Rock Magazine, December 2005)

📢 “When we started we had twenty songs for the album, and from there, by an elimination process, we left the ones included in the album. Fortunately, our record label gave us the freedom to work at our own pace, contrary to the release of the singles compillation. With 'Meds' we had more freedom regarding time and preparation, and more in things such as releasing dates and other things, because the six week previous to the album's release are the hardest for us because we sometimes have to be in different cities in the same day.“
(Brian, Scars, 2006)

📢 “While I was writing the songs, I was interested in what the people in the modern world need to survive the day and what they use as medication. The meds could be religion, love or a variety of medication that allows them emotional survival… I’m talking about those kinds of meds.“
(Brian, OK!, 2006)

📢 “The album is bizarre, we let the pieces obtain what they wanted, what they needed. The album will be different to what we’ve been able to do, but you’ll still be able to recognise our sound: melodic, fast, punky in places and depressing in others. The fans should feel comfortable with it, while being surprised… hopefully!“
(Stefan, Rock Magazine, January 2#meds

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🎬 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 – 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲
🎵 https://bit.ly/3Drkuc7 🎵

📢 “I think it kinda makes sense, you know. All the people who live and inhabit the songs in the album are under some form of anaesthetic, whether it's chemical, emotional or spiritual. And I think during the song writing process, it sort of interested me - the different form of anaesthetic that people use in order to get through the day, to survive. I suppose this album to a certain degree explores that.“
(Brian, Bangkok Post, March 1st 2006)

📢 ”When I started working on this record, I only had two subjects to write about: love and addiction. I don't want to follow the path of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix or Kurt Cobain. Or even worse: Pete Doherty. I've also always had a problem with the glorification of addicted rock stars. A junkie in the gutter is a junkie in the gutter. But I can't deny it: I had also taken that dead-end road - one day I realised there was a chance I might be the next rock casualty.”
(Brian, Humo, March 2006)

📢 “I think the group’s image has evolved a bit over the years. Placebo became something slightly obscure, a bit too intelligent, a band with a dark and simultaneously complex side. This return to the roots was necessary. ... We’ll soon see what the media makes of this album. But nobody will be able to say that this album was made with this or that goal, that it’s commercial or something else. It’s just a breath of fresh air, and most importantly, an album that feels like us.“
(Brian, Rock Sound, March 2006)

📢 “Well, actually, I think this is probably our darkest, most tortured record. But I think there's a freshness and an immediacy and a directness about it sonically that probably makes it a bit more accessible. I think in the past we've kind of been wilfully obscured or purposefully oblique in our approach, and now we've stripped everything down and returned to the core or the essence of this band, which is a tight, urgent rock band.“
(Brian, Boyz, April 2006)

📢 ”There wasn’t a generational gap or a cultural gap between us [Dimitri Tikovoi]. In fact, we were born on the same day of the same year so we were very good friends before we started working on this record. He realized that we’d found a comfort zone which was Vince’s synthesizers. He wanted to pull us out of that comfort zone and make us stare at ourselves in the mirror to make us realize that in essence we are a rock band.”
(Brian, Suicide Girls, May 14th 2006)

📢 "I mean, 'Meds' is an album about anesthesia and addiction. It's an album that I don't think we could have made five, six, seven years ago, simply because the negative effects of the rock lifestyle weren't as apparent then, y'know? Perhaps we were too young.”
(Brian, Sydney Morning Herald, September 8th 2006)

Photo credit:  Benni Valsson

📢 ”I think with 'Meds' we explored personal human pain, it was quite under the microscope and so, it is really hard to get any darker and bleaker than 'Meds'.”
(Stefan, Clic Music, April 2009)

📢 "Now i can look at it from a distance, 'Meds' was a bit of a bleek/pale record in which you'd find a lot of pain and hardly any hope. Now i wanted to make something with a lot of light and neon. I believe in that, that is my state of mind at the moment. At the time i also believed in 'Meds', but you have to be alert/carefull that you don't lose yourself in the darkness."
(Brian, De Limburger, May 28th 2009)

📢 “'Meds' sounded claustrophobic, without a sparkle of hope. The album felt like a grainy black and white film.“
(Brian, De Standaat, May 30th 2009)

📢 “If you look back at our last album 'Meds', it sort of looks like a black and white grainy film. This time we wanted to make something in 17mm technicolour wide screen.“
(Brian, OK! Magazine Australia, June 2009)

📢 “The recording of 'Meds' was a veritable orgy of drugs and abuse. This was the way we draped ourselves in the veil of denial, refusing to see that Placebo was not doing well ... I was totally addicted to drugs and alcohol, I went to a clinic to heal (silence). Four days after I left the hospital, I went on tour. In solidarity, Stefan has also stopped to drink, it was the first time we were touring sober, it was terrifying [...]”.
(Brian, Les Inrockuptibles, May 26th 2009)

📢 ”We left the studio without pride, disunited, washed out. But there was a tour to achieve, then we marched to the front lines, as if nothing had happened. I hoped it would heal the wounds: it bruised them. For two years on the road, I really felt alone.”
(Brian, Les Inrockuptibles, May 26th 2009)

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🔸PLACEBO IN BANGKOK & DAVE MCLEAN'S OASIS DIET🔸

Dear friends, the idea for today's post came to me from two sides.

🔸Firstly, I found an amazing interview that Brian gave at the Sonic Bang Festival in Bangkok in 2013 and that I will share with you next time.
The interview mentions that Placebo performed in Bangkok for the third time.
🔸And then I read a couple of loving and very funny articles earlier this year, where Dave McLean of Riverman Management was interviewed about two sequels to his film Schemers, which are being prepared for filming.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒊𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑺𝑻 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 𝑭𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳 𝑰𝑵 𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑲𝑶𝑲.

Photo credit: Kevin Cummins, unknown / edit by Marti

📌“The third one is about a festival I did in Bangkok with Oasis and Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, Placebo and Ian Brown of the Stone Roses on the bill.
“I actually call it the Oasis diet because I lost 12 kilos while I was promoting them.
“Why is the film called Knitted Smoke?
My dad once said: ‘Why you doing that festival, son? It’d be easier knitting smoke!’
I thought that just nailed it!"
(Dave McLean, The Courier Jan 2021)

Photo credit: Kevin Cummins

🔸*🔸💢𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐊𝐎𝐊 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔💢🔸*🔸

📌 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩
"Years later, I met a drinks promoter in Bangkok called Cyril Legrande. He said: “I really want to put on a festival. I’ll sponsor $2m providing you book Oasis.”
We got Oasis, Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand and Ian Brown. Then I got a fax:
“The sponsorship has gone down to $1m.” Then another: “$500,000.” The Thai promoter said: “You’ll have to cut the band fees – is it absolutely necessary to have Mr Franz and Mr Ferdinand? Can’t we just have one?” 😁😁😁
Then he added: “You need to guarantee that Oasis turn up, or else you will have to pay their $500,000 fee.”
This was when Oasis were renowned for cancelling.
I woke up the next day and thought: “I’m going to have to sell my house.”
When they walked out on stage I leapt in the air with ecstasy. My girlfriend went: “I never knew you liked Oasis so much … ”
(Dave McLean, The Guardian Sep 2020)

📌“The gig happens, the crowd turns up, it’s a big success,” adds McLean. “I kept going backstage to see if everything’s okay because at that time they were a bit frosty, anything could happen. So when they went on stage I jumped up and punched the air singing ‘you gotta roll with it!’
My partner said: ‘I never thought you liked Oasis that much!’ She never knew that I’d guaranteed £500,000 of my own money. I actually call it the Oasis diet because I lost 12 kilos in six weeks while I was promoting them.”
(Dave McLean, NME Sep 2020)

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Brian with Oasis singer Liam Gallagher.

Do you like Dave's memories?😁😍🥰
The festival was organized despite all the possible problems and the first year was really unforgettable.
A few mentions that could be found on the Internet:

📌 Held at Lakeside Muangthong Thani, an expansive carpark site situated about a 30-minute drive from the Bangkok city centre, the festival boasted a bill that read like a who’s who of British indie rock.
On the first day last Saturday, Britpop giants 𝐎𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 headlined a bill that also included Scottish art rockers
𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝, ex-Stone Roses frontman 𝐈𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧
and Belgian experimentalist outfit 𝐃𝐞𝐮𝐬. It was some feat pulling together such an indie treat. Day two saw art-school punks the Futureheads and Mercury Prize-nominated quartet Maximo Park sharing the bill with indie heavy hitters
𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 and 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨. Not too bad either.
Although there were some teething problems for the organisers (Riverman, Matching Entertainment and Pernod Ricard), which is understandable as it was the first time they had attempted to stage an event of this magnitude, the festival was generally very well organised. Logistical support from the Thai government was a big plus.
Headliners 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 worked hard to get the crowd going but as much as 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 tore into a nearly indie metal-sounding set, the night really belonged to Snow Patrol and their singer Gary Lightbody who sang beautifully throughout with soul and emotion.
(Live4ever.proboards.com Feb 2006)
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Photo credit: Kevin Cummins

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2006, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑘𝑜𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒.

📌At dusk between the crowded market stalls of Patpong, Bangkok's touristy red light district, Placebo are brandishing copies of their new album for the first time. The band are more incredulous than proud, however, as they have just handed over 100 Baht (Pounds 1.45) each to buy some illegal bootleg CDs from a street vendor.
Meds, the fifth Placebo album, is not due on shelves anywhere until next month.

"Hey, this is us! This is our new album," Brian Molko, the band's diminutive singer and guitarist, berates the Thai teenager sitting behind dozens of racks of counterfeit discs. The stallholder looks nonplussed, scrutinising the unofficial sleeve artwork, cobbled together from magazine images. Looking back in turn at Molko's mascara-lined, milky-blue eyes, the improbably tall bassist Stefan Olsdal and the lank-haired drummer Steve Hewitt, confusion turns to astonishment as he realises who his latest customers are.😍
Molko might have been expected to throw a tantrum at the stall, given his reputation as the bisexual ringleader of a drug-fuelled glam-rock'n'roll circus...(...)

But, ten years on, Placebo prefer to laugh off their black- market encounter. Over drinks in a bar where bored-looking Thais in bikinis dance for sex tourists, Molko checks the spelling of his lyrics on the bogus sleevenotes. "You have to have a sense of humour about it," he chuckles, "I mean, did you see the look on the guy's face?"
Hewitt, a straight-talking Mancunian, is more forthright. "It's like someone shagging your missus, it feels that personal," he fumes.
"I've not even held the finished thing in my hand and already you can get it here. That makes me really irate."
Molko shrugs. "It's something that would have really bugged me a few years ago but now I try not to let it," he says, further confounding his reputation as a drama queen.
"What's the point of trying to stop something you can't control? When the album was leaked on the internet (there have been 26,000 illegal downloads since), I got really upset that day - you are minded to get very vengeful - but you have to move on."

Although Placebo are content to celebrate long into the night, confirmation of how much they have calmed down comes as their afterparty, fuelled by alcoholic drinks company sponsors, is suddenly hijacked by a teetotal Ian Brown.
Silencing the DJ with a show of Mancunian bravado, the former Stone Roses singer loudly protests that he has lost his favourite pair of camouflage-print sunglasses, which - after much effing and blinding and threats to strip-search everyone - turn up in a fridge. Brown switches back into amiable mode as if nothing has happened and the party goes on.
"And you were expecting me to be a diva," Molko jokes, while remaining conspicuously out of harm's way.😊
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Placebo in Bangkok, 2006. Photo credit unkown

Unfortunately, I won't show you much from the band's concert itself, because the only recording is not in good quality. But that's the way it goes sometimes. Even so, it does not make this topic less attractive.
🎶 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐨𝐤 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟏𝟗.𝟎𝟐.𝟎𝟔)
https://bit.ly/3dfswLr

⭐Anyway, you can enjoy my collage of photos from this event.⭐

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