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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

⭐โ„๐”ธโ„™โ„™๐• ๐”น๐•€โ„๐•‹โ„๐”ป๐”ธ๐•, โ„•๐•€โ„‚๐•†๐•ƒ๐”ธ!‼๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฅ‚⭐


๐Ÿ”นHi soulmates๐Ÿ”น
today is another reason to celebrate.
๐Ÿ”น๐‘ต๐’Š๐’„๐’๐’๐’‚ ๐‘บ๐’Š๐’“๐’Œ๐’Š๐’”, ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’๐’•๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‘๐’๐’‘ ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’†, ๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’” ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘ ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’๐’….๐Ÿ”น

Photo credits down below

⭐โ„๐”ธโ„™โ„™๐• ๐”น๐•€โ„๐•‹โ„๐”ป๐”ธ๐•, โ„•๐•€โ„‚๐•†๐•ƒ๐”ธ!‼๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’ฅ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฅ‚⭐


Placebo fans know him and his band because of “๐๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ”, Brian's collaboration with ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ. There are three versions of the song, two of them feature Mr. Molko and were released on the album ”Alice & June Limited edition" in December 2005.

๐Ÿ”น๐ˆ๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ˆ.
๐ŸŽถ https://bit.ly/3xKFtp3

๐Ÿ”น๐ˆ๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐ˆ.
๐ŸŽถ https://bit.ly/3zUEC7S


We already know that Nicola and Brian have a long-standing friendship.

๐Ÿ˜๐‚๐จ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง:
๐Ÿ”น๐Ÿ’ฌ "๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ก๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ 1999, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ́๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด, ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ (๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ). ๐˜๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ. ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด...๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ."
(๐™ฝ๐š’๐šŒ๐š˜๐š•๐šŠ ๐š‚๐š’๐š›๐š”๐š’๐šœ - ๐š๐™พ๐™ฒ๐™บ ๐™ผ๐™ฐ๐™ถ - ๐š—°๐Ÿผ๐Ÿท, ๐™น๐šŠ๐š—. ๐Ÿธ00๐Ÿผ)

How do you like Nicola's words, dear soulmates? I am very happy that Laetitia managed to find it just today ...๐Ÿคฉ

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⭐๐’๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ:
Nicolas Henri Didier Sirchis, better known as Nicola Sirkis, was born on June 22nd 1959 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine in France.
Nicola is the leader and the only original member of the band Indochine, which he founded in 1981. His twin Stephane played with him almost from the beginning, but after years of fighting drug addiction he died in 1999 of hepatitis C.
Nicola still has an elder brother named Christophe.

๐Ÿ’ฅ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ.๐Ÿ’ฅ
On that occasion, in May 2022, they sold out the Stade de France in Paris, where 97,000 people came with them to celebrate this anniversary.
Here you can see that Nicola is still in great shape even at his age... The French love their Indochine... and certainly not just them.๐Ÿฅฐ
๐Ÿ”น๐ŸŽฌ https://bit.ly/3n8qHU8


Up to now the band has released 13 studio albums, a good number of live albums and compilations and more than 50 singles. They have sold over ten million records which makes them one of the best selling French bands.

In 1992 Nicola released the solo album “Dans la Lune“ on which he covered some of his favourite songs in French or English. He is also the author of the collection of short stories called "Les Mauvaises Nouvelles" that was published in 1998.


⭐Nicola is a great fighter against discrimination, racism and homophobia.
In his texts he writes about tolerance and understanding.
He helps victims of school bullying and fights against it. Related to this is a video clip for his single ๐Ÿ”น๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐Ÿ”น from 2013, which caused a big stir.
It's a very cruel video, but it's definitely worth seeing.
๐Ÿ”น๐ŸŽฌ https://bit.ly/3NdmXeO

⭐Nicola also supports LGBT community rights organizations.
It's amazing that right on the band's official website below you will find links to many of the organizations we usually know, such as ๐‘จ๐’Ž๐’๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’š ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’š ๐‘จ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’• ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’‘๐’‰๐’๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’‚, ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’†, ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’†๐’† ๐‘ป๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•, but also to ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’„๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’”๐’Ž, ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’'๐’” ๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š, ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’“๐’–๐’†๐’๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’–๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’Š๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’—๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’…, ๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ผ๐’Œ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’†.

Below I'm sharing parts of two interviews with Nicola from 2020 because they perfectly capture what has influenced his character.
Enjoy reading, dear soulmates, and feel free to write if you enjoyed getting to know this exceptional human being.

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๐Ÿ”น๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ – ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐’๐ข๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐  ๐ƒ๐š๐ก๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐

๐Ÿ”น.../***/ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘–๐‘” 40๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ด๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘› 2021, ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ?


- No, I actually sat down by myself. I’m very lucky that the band trusts me when it comes to bigger plans and visions for the band. 

I wanted to get away from the classic ”album release followed by an album tour” thinking, so with the 40th Anniversary of the band – which is totally crazy by the way – coming up, I thought about some sort of collection of what we have done so far. 

In the past I’ve been a bit skeptical of compilations. For example I’ve seen the blue and the red compilation albums by The Beatles and always thought ”how can you sum up a band’s career on just one or two compilations?”.
But this time I thought ”why not try it?”.

๐Ÿ”น๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’ ”๐‘๐‘œ๐‘  ๐ถ๐‘’́๐‘™๐‘’́๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ”? 


- It was a bit strange this time, because now all the focus was on just one song that would be put on a compilation of almost only number one hits from the past. Usually we work with a lot of different songs at once.



๐Ÿ”น๐‘Œ๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› 2015 ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ 100 ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ”13”. ๐ท๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก?


- I do write a lot of songs and I think I got to 66 songs for the ”13” album. So quite a lot of the song ideas end up in the trash bin.

๐Ÿ”น๐ด๐‘  ๐‘†๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐บ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ”๐‘๐‘œ๐‘  ๐ถ๐‘’́๐‘™๐‘’́๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ”. ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™?
- Yes, and Greta is really one of the… no, she’s the best thing that has happened for youths in the world today.

๐Ÿ”น๐ผ๐‘ก’๐‘  ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ . ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›? 


- We’ve been lucky here in Europe that we’ve been able to live and be creative in very secure and comfortable democracies. However, a risk with democracies is that we open up to lies and to people who lies. This is very clear nowadays when it comes to people like Boris Johnson and Donald Trump. 

For many years I mainly stayed as an observer of all this but lately it has become more important for me to also speak up. 

The video for ”College Boy”, which is about homophobia and bullying, got a very strong response. A lot of young people got in touch with us to say it strengthened them and gave them courage to go out in the world with their heads held high.
๐Ÿ”น๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ́๐—น๐—ฒ́๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ official video
๐Ÿ”น๐ŸŽฌ https://bit.ly/3QHcjQc
(๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ ๐™ผ๐šž๐šœ๐š’๐šŒ ๐™ผ๐šŠ๐š๐šŠ๐šฃ๐š’๐š—๐šŽ, ๐™ฐ๐šž๐š๐šž๐šœ๐š ๐Ÿธ0๐Ÿธ0)

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๐Ÿ”น๐Ÿ’ฌ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐’๐ข๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ฌ

๐Ÿ”น๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘… ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘?
This is the first time we have written a song on its own I mean without a complete album project. I'm always worried when a new record is released.

๐Ÿ”น๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘?
My 40 years of life within the band and going through all the different changes that happened in the world.

๐Ÿ”น๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ...
Things are very simple to be honest: when we arrive at the studio for a session, we just get going and let it go naturally and improvise as we go along, this is why it is always so magical when we go into a studio. It is just so natural for us to put a song together.

๐Ÿ”น๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’?
I would say a bird, more specifically a seagull as I love the idea of them having complete freedom to travel when and where they like.

๐Ÿ”น๐ท๐‘’๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘ …
Let’s say: dream, pop, rock, energetic, emotional.

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๐Ÿ”น๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›?
No doubt, Diamond Dogs by David Bowie.
.../***/
๐Ÿ”น๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š?
Aladdin Sane by David Bowie.

๐Ÿ”น๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›?
Prince and his “love sexy tour” in Paris.

๐Ÿ”น๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ ?
Never stop, No breaks, always up to date, always looking ahead of the next tour and new technologies.

๐Ÿ”น๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š?
Patti Smith. I'm a huge fan.

๐Ÿ”น๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘?
The most beautiful love song.

๐Ÿ”น๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘ฆ?
The Cure, Depeche Mode and U2 ... all are considered as the survivors of the 80s.

๐Ÿ”น๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘—๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’?
John Lennon

๐Ÿ”น๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’?
Heroes by David Bowie

๐Ÿ”น๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข?
Timothee Chalamet
(๐™ป๐šŠ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š‘๐š’๐š›๐šŽ ๐šƒ๐š’๐š–๐šŽ๐šœ, ๐™น๐šž๐š—๐šŽ ๐Ÿธ0๐Ÿธ0)

Photo credit pic 1: Photo credit: Nicola Sirkis by Stรฉphane Ridard, Brian and Nicola by Carole Epinette, screenshot from recording of Pink Water / edit by Marti

Post by Marti

Sunday, December 19, 2021

๐Ÿ’ฅ๐€๐๐๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐€๐‘๐˜: ๐๐ˆ๐๐Š ๐–๐€๐“๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐๐ˆ๐๐Š ๐–๐€๐“๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ

“๐๐ˆ๐๐Š ๐–๐€๐“๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ “๐๐ˆ๐๐Š ๐–๐€๐“๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ‘” are both collaborations of Brian and French band Indochine officiel. The songs were released 16 years ago on December 19th 2005. Three different versions were recorded: ”Pink water 2” is the English interpretation sung by Brian and Indochine frontman Nicola Sirkis. Their duet in French and English is called ”Pink water 3”.

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๐Ÿ’ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฎ
๐ŸŽต http://bit.ly/2U2IAE3 ๐ŸŽต
Both songs were released on Indochine's album ”Alice and June Limited edition” , the French one also appears on the regular album. The single edit doesn't feature Brian because the bands' record labels decided to put out a version without Brian as guest vocalist. Nicola Sirkis: ”[…] his own record company refused to let us release it with him.” I don't understand this decision, but I agree with Nicola who also said: ”What is important is that the song exists, it is historic, and it comes in different versions.”
 
๐Ÿ’ฟ  ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฏ
๐ŸŽต https://bit.ly/30OZZpy ๐ŸŽต

In an interview with Rock Sound Brian explained how the song came into being: “Nicola wanted to write something in English. He called me and asked me to help correct his grammatical errors”. Sirkis made it more concrete: "In fact, I had started working on a text in French but on an English gibberish. I asked him to help me with that, because I wanted an English version of this song, but consequently he made me a full text and even added voice melodies” (Indofr, 2005).
Brian also agreed to be on hand when Indochine would record ”Pink water” so he could help the French artist with the phonetics. A few days before the meeting he called Sirkis and offered that he'd sing it as a duet wit him. Nicola about the session: ”We did the recording on a Sunday in a studio near his home, Brian came with a bottle of Chablis and we spent the afternoon together”. Sounds nice, doesn't it?

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—”๐— ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐Ÿ“Œ
Pink water is a distinct type of wastewater associated with TNT. It is produced from equipment washing processes after munitions filling or demilitarization operations.

 Brian Molko and Nicola Sirkis in Nimes, France. Photo credit unknown 


๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ข๐—ก “๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ” ๐Ÿ“Œ
๐Ÿ“ข “It’s a song i’m proud of. I wrote it in my hotel room in Bangkok, when i spent time in Thailand.“
(Rock Magazine, December 2005)

๐Ÿ“ข “We did that song for us, for our own pleasure, because we adore each other and to have the opportunity to work together. Many people have asked us to know if we were going to work together. We just had to find the good context, the reason to do it, and there was this song. We didn’t want to please the others, but we wanted to please us!“
(Rock Magazine, December 2005)


๐Ÿ“น ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฏ (๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป)
๐ŸŽต http://bit.ly/2FS3tyS ๐ŸŽต

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ก “๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ” ๐Ÿ“Œ
๐Ÿ“ข ”It's quite interesting because his own record company refused to let us release it with him (it's the version with Nicola alone that was released as a single of Alice & June). I told him: "Look, you have written the lyrics, you could do what you want". Anyway, it proves that he likes the song and that, once again, his own record compagny is a big shit (laughs)! And nevermind, it doesn't matter, it's the business. What is important is that the song exists, it is historic, and it comes in different versions ...
I have seen him, he was in Paris in February, and the video was played, and he was disgusted that it was this version wich was released. On the other hand, I think that if he had really wanted to, he could have stressed and made his own record company give in. It is a bit strange, what happened with this song. I find it great, he found it great, we did it together, and so, the story ends there ...”
(Rock Mag N°78, June 2007)

Brian Molko and Nicola Sirkis in Nimes, France. Photo credit unknown

๐Ÿ“œ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฎ
Sky, I’m gonna leave tonight
You know, I’ve got a life to live
And it’s getting late
So I’m gonna leave tonight

I can’t decide
If I’m the one you need
Or what you want out of life
I always thought
You’d be the one to leave
The one to change your mind

I’m on a rocket
To a dying star
You have to stay behind
Can’t take you with me
‘cause it’s very far
And you don’t have the time

Get me out of this place
Get me out of this place
Get me out of this place

Sky, I’m gonna leave tonight
You know, I’ve got a life to live
And it’s getting late

I can’t decide
If I’m the one you need
Or what you want out of life
I always thought
You’d be the one to leave
The one to change your mind

I’m on a rocket
To a dying star
You have to stay behind
Before I met you
I was crushing cars
And I was doing fine

Get me out of this place
Get me out of this town
Before I drown in your deep
Pink water

I won’t remember your face
I can’t remember your frown
Because I’ll drown in your deep
Pink water

10 ... 9 ... 8 ... 7 ... 6 ...
5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1
Sky, I’m gonna leave tonight
You know, I’ve got a life to live
And it’s getting late

I’m on a rocket
To a dying star
You have to stay behind
Can’t take you with me
‘cause it’s very far
And you don’t have the time
I’m on a rocket
To a dying star
You have to stay behind

Before I met you
I was crushing cars
And I was doing fine

Get me out of this place
Get me out of this town
Before I drown in your deep
Pink water

I won’t remember your face
I can’t remember your frown
Because I’ll drown in your deep
Pink water

๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š:
๐Ÿ‘‰ http://bit.ly/2FTFD5N

๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™–:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.facebook.com/Indochineofficiel
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.instagram.com/indochineofficiel/

Photo credit pic 1: Main picture taken at Nimes, France (2000) – photographer unknown, Stephane Ridard, Pfingsttag Emilie, rest unknown / edit by Silke

Post by Silke

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ฆ' ๐—•๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก

Today Nicola Sirkis, frontman of French pop rock and new wave band Indochine, turns 62 years old.

๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ท๐‘ท๐’€ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€, ๐‘ต๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ณ๐‘จ! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽˆ

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Placebo fans know him and his band because of “Pink water”, Brian's collaboration with Indochine officiel. There are three versions of the song, two of them feature Mr. Molko and were released on the album ”Alice & June Limited edition" in December 2005.

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ
๐ŸŽต https://bit.ly/3dytHFk ๐ŸŽต

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ก๐—™๐—ข ๐Ÿ“Œ
Nicolas Henri Didier Sirchis, better known as Nicola Sirkis, was born on June 22nd 1959 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine in France. He is the frontman of the French pop rock and new wave band Indochine officiel. Sirkis is the only remaining member of the original line-up of the band which he formed with a friend in Paris in 1981. Up to now the band has released 13 studio albums, a good number of live albums and compilations and more than 50 singles. They have sold over ten million records which makes them one of the best selling French bands.

๐Ÿ“€ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฎ
๐ŸŽต http://bit.ly/32UzKgN ๐ŸŽต

In 1992 Nicola Sirkis released the solo album “Dans la Lune“ on which he covered some of his favourite songs in French or English. He is also the author of the collection of short stories called "Les Mauvaises Nouvelles" that was published in 1998.

๐Ÿ“€ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฏ
๐ŸŽต http://bit.ly/3csBFx6 ๐ŸŽต

Sirkis' twin brother Stรจphane was a band member of Indochine until he died from hepatitis C in 1999 after years of struggling with drug addiction. Nicola still has an elder brother named Christophe..
Nicola Sirkis was married and divorced three times by now. He has a daughter and two sons.

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For the second part of this post I hand over to our French soulmate Penny Molk. She will recommend some more Indochine songs and talk about the band and her live experiences with them.

•♫•♬• * •♫•♬• * •.¸ ♡ ¸.• * •♫•♬• * •♫•♬•

๐™‹๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ:
A very difficult choice to pick some songs for you because of Indochine's long career and so many songs and live performances. Nicola is a very brilliant songwriter and the author of most of the lyrics of the songs. He has often admitted that he wasn't a good singer or a musician but it works!!! As you must know, Nicola is the only survivor of the band Indochine, created in 1981. He's the creator, the soul of the band. In my very humble opinion and as a fan for so many years, I think live performances are the best ways to express who Nicola Sirkis is as an artist, a performer and as a human being. So, I have chosen the most stunning, amazing and moving performances. But so difficult to make the best choice.

๐ŸŽฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž – ๐‰'๐š๐ข ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž́ ๐š̀ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ( ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐๐ž ๐š๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐๐ž ๐๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ)
๐ŸŽต https://bit.ly/2T2m4PO ๐ŸŽต

Indochine's first concert at le Stade de France, 80,000 people. The first French Rock band to perform in that huge place. A very moving performance, Nicola 's eyes full of tears. I watched that concert live on my PC. So GREAT!!! A DVD was released later luckily. It's called “Putain de Stade“ which means Fucking Stadium. It's not vulgar at all. It's a compliment. Usually when Nicola is happy, he often says fucking. Fucking audience, fucking concert, fucking Paris, fucking stadium, fucking...

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ – ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ( ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ)
๐ŸŽต https://bit.ly/3frP8YD ๐ŸŽต

Two concerts at the Stade de France, on June 27th and 28th 2014. My daughter Maud and I were there on June 27th. Enormous!!! On the next day, June 28th it was raining cats and dogs but according to some friends of ours who were there, it was even greater. I love this part of the concert because, Nicola is never afraid of walking through the crowd, hugging and kissing his fans while singing and of course been hugged and kissed back by his fans. It must be very dangerous but I think he loves that physical contact. And fans get really crazy. It's also a way to express his love and gratitude towards the audience. You must know, if Indochine is still there, it's not because of medias who after three great albums, threw the band away because Record Companies hadn't bet on the right horse. But the fans have always been there. Every concert has always been sold out in a few days without any publicity and now you need to be a warrior to get tickets. The 6 concerts in five huge stadiums in France for Indochine 40th anniversary, Central Tour 2021, have been sold out in a few hours. Unfortunately, impossible this year but for next year 2022. Maud and I will go to le Stade de France, Paris and Stade Pierre Maurois in Lille. That song, “Trois Nuits par Semaine“ has been inspired by a novel by Marguerite Duras, “L' Amant“ (“The lover“), a very sensual and erotic love story in the ancient French colony Indochina (in French Indochine), now called Vietnam. Nicola Sirkis loves Marguerite Duras 's novels.

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๐ŸŽฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ – ๐—Ÿ' ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ( ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ)
๐ŸŽต https://bit.ly/3wjZfVV ๐ŸŽต

“L' Aventurier“, that is the song which made Indochine famous from their very first album. The band have never stopped playing it live since its release. A kind of fireworks at the end of each concert with a collective crazy euphoria. That was the case at the Stade de France in 2014. The stadium was on fire and so were we!!! Confetti rain and balloons!! What a great souvenir !!! (Video from that DVD again, a mix of June 27th and 28th 2014) “L' Aventurier“ is a very naive song, dealing with a comic strip hero called Bob Morane. But what a music!!! It was very inoventive and unusual at that time. Through the years, songs have dealt with very serious topics, like homophobia, racism, discrimination, tolerance and understanding.

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ – ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ( ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น)
๐ŸŽต https://bit.ly/2QtzUtt ๐ŸŽต

Now two official video clips which show how Nicola is very open-minded to tolerance and understanding. The first one is “Marilyn“ from album Paradize 2003. No comment, everything is said. It's with that album “Paradize“ that Indochine came back officially under the spotlights. Hypocrite TV journalists were kneeling and crawling before Nicola whereas a few years before they had thrown him into the mud. Indochine received a lot of rewards for this album but Nicola has always dedicated them to his audience because the music business didn't deserve his gratitude, specially when his twin brother, Stรฉphane died. I don't think Nicola has forgiven that attitude but he's never said a word. Ignorance is sometimes bitter than words. Hope those nasty sharks have understood the message.

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ & ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป – ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ซ (๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ
๐ŸŽต https://bit.ly/2RstZFD ๐ŸŽต

The second official video: Christine and The Queen is a very talented young French singer, songwriter. Maybe you know her because she also has an international career. She's a lovely little Lady with a charming ambiguity, no wonder Nicola has asked her to make a re-make or cover version of that old song called “3รจme Sexe“. That song deals with: boys and girls, boys and boys, girls and girls. Brian would have said, in between. I know some old Indochine fans hate that version but I love it.

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๐ŸŽฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ
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๐ŸŽฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ – ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ
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And now, If you don't mind, I want to add full concerts. Up to soulmates to watch them or not because Indochine usually last two hours and a half which is very great and generous, all the concerts are very cheap because it's Nicola 's priority to make them cheap in order to make any fan to be able to buy tickets. Nicola is the producer of these concerts, he manages everything, he's the boss. For these kind of events a lot of people are employed. It's a huge enterprise. Everyone is paid but no benefit is made. Nicola's aim is to make his fans having a good time, be happy and so is he and his talented band too. Let's never forget that.

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ – ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ & ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ̀ ๐—น'๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ́๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ถ̈, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฒ)
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A beautiful concert of Indochine in Hanoรฏ, Vietnam, 2006 with a symphonic orchestra. A special wink to our beloved Brian!!! I wish I could have shared Indochine 13 Tour concerts. My daughter Maud and I saw five of them in 2018, but there are no official videos, only videos by fans 's but they have no good quality . Amazing concerts with huge screens on the ceiling. I feel a bit disappointed just like not having official videos from Placebo's “20 Years“ Tour. But maybe, one day we'll enjoy those pearls.

A big ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” to our dear soulmate ๐๐„๐๐๐˜ for finding all those great videos and sharing so much info and personal experiences with us! I hope you all liked our cooperation.

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