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⭐“𝙄 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚...
𝙣𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧”⭐

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

Hi soulmates,
it's another Wednesday with no important Placebo anniversary, so we meet again for our series of lullabies.

With today's beautiful ballad, we end the era of the Battle For The Sun album, which was not too inclined to slow songs compared to the previous Meds album.

Here we see that this also confirms the departure from the dark Med's ballads towards the light, which does not eliminate the problems of human coexistence, but helps to see them more clearly and positively. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

🎶🔹𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐄🔹🎶

🔹💬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗥𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗘”
”There is definitely a bigger sense of hope and optimism on this record, but Placebo's music and lyrics are never going to be like a dance in a field of flowers you know? There is always the fascination in there with the darker side of human emotions.”
(𝙲𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟿)

It's the tenth track on the BFTS album, right after Julien, whose energetic sound makes us dance... and then comes this bitter-ironic-melancholic and very emotional ballad.

🔹𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘍𝘛𝘚 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘌𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳,

"𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘦" 𝘢𝘯𝘥 "𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦".
🔹Gigwise music magazine included this song among the 11 underrated Placebo songs:
*𝟏𝟏 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐒: 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎*⭐'𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐞'
"A melodic break-up song, ‘Happy You’re Gone’ is rumoured to be about the band’s split from former drummer Steve Hewitt (although this has never been confirmed) and finds Molko in turmoil on its chorus “How many times? How many times? Now I can't look you in the eye”. The swelling strings and more restrained pace were a marker of this period of Placebo, pointing to the direction they’d take on next album Loud Like Love."

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

Okay, it could just be another sad song symbolizing the end of a relationship between two people.
But this lullaby describes exactly the state where you convince your mind that this stage of life is over, while your heart is full of living painful wounds, bleeding and crying.
And Brian really knows how to get me into these emotions.

Not only with his lyrics, but especially with his voice.

How gently he begins...

🔹"𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴... 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘳𝘺..."

When I heard it for the first time, I completely melted into the words...But I had no idea what would follow...

🔹"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘦... 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺...
𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦...
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴?
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦..."

And then so ironic..
🔹"𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦... 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥...
𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺..."

...as if the narrator wanted to say - the memories of what you did to me will haunt you even where you least expect it...

⭐𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦⭐
Breathe me every time you close your eyes
Taste me every time you cry
This memory will fade away and die
Just for today, breathe me and say goodbye
How many times? How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye
Now I can't look you in the eye
How many times? How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye
See me, in the eyes of another's child
Turn away, when you see me walking by
Once in a while
This melody will fade away and die
Just for today, breathe me and say goodbye
How many times? How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye
Now I can't look you in the eye
How many times? How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye
And I don't even want to try
My my
'Cause every word from you is a lie
My my
How many times? How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye
Now I can't look you in the eye
How many times? How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye

Photo credit: MTV Ema 2009 

Could this be a song about Steve Hewitt's bitter departure from the band? It certainly can, and many of you think so.
Honestly, I don't care whose departure cut such deep wounds in Brian's heart that he wrote this song.

Anyway, Brian has been at pains to point out in concerts 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 '𝑵𝑶𝑩𝑶𝑫𝒀'...

It's also possible that Brian is getting a little tired of people making so many parallels, searching for direct connections between each line of every song and his private life...
However, with Brian's sense of poisonous irony, we can also count on the fact that this was someone very important in his life...and maybe it's the rendition of more such relationship breakdowns, just suddenly, in some strange melancholic mood, this ballad was born in the composer's mind.

But...
...at the end of the video from 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗 I'm sharing with you, Brian said something very special💗.

Can this help us to better understand this lullaby?

💦“…𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒐𝒌, 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒚… 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒚, 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖?.. 𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖?!”💦

What made Brian make such a tender statement to all the men in the venue?
We probably won't know the exact reason.

But my thoughts lead me to the topic of men's mental health, which concerns both Brian and Stefan personally and Olga had the same idea in one of her old posts.
While preparing a post about Project Alpha, I learned that the percentage of male suicides in the UK is on the rise. The social paradigm is mainly to blame, it's the pressure that leads men to suppress their emotions because that's how the male role in society has historically been set up. And it is clear that this topic does not only concern men in the UK...
And since human consciousness has been undergoing a profound transformation in recent years, it is time to say:

💗𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 - 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍.

Soulmates, I hope you enjoy this lullaby as much as I do. And again I will be glad for your open hearts. Let me know in the comments if this song also touches you emotionally and if it connects you with a bittersweet memory. And what do you think of Brian's words at the end of the song?

Post by Marti

🌠💊 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙀𝘽𝙊: 𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙍𝙐𝙉 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝘿𝙄𝙎𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙀 💊 🌠

✨𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴!
I found a great interview with 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 published in the Swedish 𝒁𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 in 2001 that I hadn't read before and, of course, I want to share with you. Among the things 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 tells us here are 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's friendship with the 𝑮𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 band 𝑹𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏, how he feels about being Swedish and about the then novelty of consuming music in digital format. Wow, how much things have changed! So get comfortable and enjoy reading.

Photo Credits unknown / Edit by Rita 

🔸𝐵𝑦 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐽𝑎𝒉𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑𝑡

𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 is one of the most written about bands in the foreign music press. In 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏 you read a few reviews and a short interview in the evening papers, despite the fact that one of the country's biggest rock stars is in this international trio. Now they are in 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏.

They have played at 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆's 50th birthday party, supported 𝑼𝟐 and had a dozen singles on the 𝑼𝑲 charts. Their third album has been showered with critical acclaim and with that behind them they have been on tour pretty much all year. As if that wasn't enough, they're being chased by all the world's press wherever they go. In 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏, however, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 and 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 are relatively unknown. Mostly perhaps because 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 didn't grow up in 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏, but most likely because the media doesn't know about it yet. The group will be playing a Swedish show at the 𝑨𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 this summer, bringing with them songs from their incredibly strong album 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄. When they stopped off for a gig in 𝑨𝒎𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒎, I took the opportunity to call up the band's Swedish bassist 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍. A few digits on the phone and presto.

📞 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭?
🔹It's 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏's manager who answers, but he quickly hands the phone over to 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏.

📞 𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐰'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠?
💬 We're a bit tired today, we visited our friends from Rammstein and celebrated that their album is number one in the German charts and typically only number two in the Swedish one, he laughs. We went to one of their favourite places yesterday, some goth club, that's their style. Otherwise, the tour has been going on for a while now, so the break yesterday was nice. Today we're playing here in Amsterdam after we've done a lot of Eastern Europe.

📞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫?
💬 Well, we met Rammstein at a festival in Australia and we have so much fun together, so it's always fun to meet them. Otherwise we are good friends with PJ Harvey's band and some others but we don't have time to meet many people during the tour as there are gigs almost every day.

Photo credit: Mark C. O'Flaherty

📍𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 was born in 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏, but grew up in 𝑳𝒖𝒙𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒈 and went to the same school as the band's singer 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 . However, they hung out in different gangs at school. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 was popular, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 wasn't, if everything written about the band is to be believed. It wasn't until several years later that 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 bumped into 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 at 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 in 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 and they decided to start a band together. I guess the question is how Swedish he feels today.

💬 I guess I have mixed feelings about Sweden, it's mostly personal, then we're not that big there, he says happily. I was born in Gothenburg but we moved to Vällingby outside Stockholm quite soon. I lived there until I was eight and then we moved to Luxembourg, as I said. It's been a while since I've been home now, but I try to make time to visit Sweden from time to time.

💬 We're all living in London now but I don't know how long we'll be there, there's so much disease and shit there now.

📞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐬, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?
💬 No, that's very much why I want to get out of there. We've flown around so much that we don't feel at home anywhere, so moving doesn't feel strange in any way.


💫⭐ 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 ⭐ 💫
The group does not hide the fact that they are gay. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 points out to me that he is proud to be gay and that 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 is too and that 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 is bisexual. Often the media tries to focus on their orientation and other things, but as 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 puts it himself:

💬 They're trying but they're not going to succeed.The music is the most important thing and no matter how you twist and turn Placebo's music, it is quite timeless. The first album could be the last if it weren't for the production.

💬 We were quite young when we made the "Placebo" album, I was only 19 years old. It was a low-budget production and we only had three weeks, so it probably feels more like a good demo today. The songs I think still hold up and I'm very happy with them. We still play a couple of songs from that record live.

📞 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐩-𝐡𝐨𝐩. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝?
💬 It's not that strange. Brian and Steve have been listening to hip-hop for a long time and in "Spite & Malice" in particular there was a hole that we didn't know what to do with. We knew the rapper Justin Warfield from before and we said; why not try him? That's the way it is, and the type of music. I think it was very successful so it might come back.

🔊 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 & 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 - 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 🎶
https://bit.ly/2nYinIe

Photo credit: Mark C. O'Flaherty

📞 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲?
💬 I guess the three of us have in common that we all like PJ Harvey, and we hang out with her band a lot too. Her music is modern yet timeless, something I think our music is too, maybe that's why we like her. Otherwise, I guess I grew up with Depeche Mode as big idols. As a Swede I have listened to some Swedish synth bands too, Mobile Homes, but they have stopped now I think. Then I try to buy some Swedish music too. Lately I've been buying Kent's B-sides, Covenant, Bob Hund and Robots latest. Robot I think is very good, have you heard them?

📞 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬?
💬 I don't think it's that strange. On the last album we use a lot of machines, which I think is natural because I grew up with that kind of music. On the first records we used more of a normal set up with guitar, bass, drums and vocals. This time I think it's more modern sound, but of course it still sounds Placebo.

📞 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟?
💬 On the tour there will be so much guitar music, so once we listen it will be to music without guitars. Right now Red Snapper, Aphex Twin and David Simon are probably spinning the most.

📞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭?
💬 Napster is more like a jukebox, you discover music that you might otherwise never have come into contact with. I don't think it affects record sales either as the public still buys just as many records. Should it start to affect the sales of our records, it's not good, but for now it's okay.

⭐ 𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙣❓✨
🇸🇪 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧: 31 March 1974 in Gothenburg

🌠 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 and 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏's nickname for 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 is "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒖𝒍𝒄𝒂𝒏", taken from 𝑴𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒌 from 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒌, logical and serious. 🖖

🎸 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏's first electric guitar was yellow and he named it "𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒂". 🍌

🎵 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬: Depeche Mode and Abba
▪️ 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕, 𝚉𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟷.𝟶𝟷.𝟷𝟷.

Before I say goodbye, I invite you to watch the aforementioned 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's performance at the 𝑨𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍, one of the most important festivals in 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏 that was held annually between 1992 and 2010, in which initially mostly synth bands played and later also included pop, alternative rock and metal bands.also were included pop, alternative rock and metal bands.

✨🎶🎸 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒕 𝑨𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝟏𝟑.𝟎𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏 🎶✨
https://bit.ly/3YBi4Cx

Post by Rita

🎉✨🎈⚡'𝔼𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕐 𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝔼𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕐 𝕄𝔼' 𝕊𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝔸ℕℕ𝕀𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔸ℝ𝕐⚡🎈✨🎉

⭐“𝙒𝙝𝙤'𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩? 𝙄'𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙩. 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚. 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮... 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤'𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚. (𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙨) 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚.” (𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙨)⭐
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙸𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗, 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 '𝟿𝟾)

Dear friends, today we have a little break in the lullaby series again.
I'm honored to make a post to celebrate the song that was at the birth of my passion and long-standing love for the band Placebo.

Photo credit: single cover - Corinne Day, screenshot from video, soundtrack cover, Edit by Marti

The song 🔹𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄🔹 is the eighth track on the album '𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗜'𝗺 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴' from 1998 and was released as 🔹𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲🔹 from this album 🔹𝟐𝟒 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟓, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗🔹.


🔹🎶 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗘 - 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼
http://bit.ly/3dexwCq


𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟮𝟰 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀😍. 𝗦𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗺, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀.


⭐𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄 - 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎:⭐

🔹“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 '𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘡𝘰𝘰' 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦!“
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗, 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟾)

🌹The lyrics for the song were written by Brian with the help of his friend and AC Acoustics singer Paul Campion, who "𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 '𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘦' 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬." (𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝚂𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝙾𝙻 𝟸00𝟺)

🌹The song 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄 (along with the entire WYIN album - except Pure Morning) was recorded in early 1998 at Real World Studios with producer Steve Osborne.

🌹The single managed to chart at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, number 46 in Australia, and number 99 in Germany.

🌹It was voted from a poll of 500,000 votes to be ranked number 83 on the list of the Hottest 100 of All Time in July 2009, conducted by Australian radio station Triple J.

🌹The single was released as a 2-CD set and on cassette, but promotional copies on 12-inch vinyl also exist.

 Screenshot from the video

⭐𝐂𝐃 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞:
Every You Every Me (single mix)
Nancy Boy (Blue Amazon mix)
https://bit.ly/3JAGXaE
Every You Every Me (Jimmy Cauty's Infected by the Scourge of the Earth mix)
https://bit.ly/3qD49fz

⭐𝗖𝗗 𝟮
Every You Every Me (album version)
Every You Every Me (Sneaker Pimps version)
https://bit.ly/31hzuvH
Every You Every Me (Brothers in Rhythm Glam Club mix)
https://bit.ly/3HtTYRg


🌹This song was used as the theme song for the famous American drama ⭐𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒⭐ with Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair and Sarah Michelle Gellar. This film is based on the 1782 novel "𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬" 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬, which is set in the present day.

The plot concerns two high school step siblings from New York's high society, who are forever at war with each other and scheme and manipulate other people to achieve their goals, including sex and revenge. I think 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄 is a great choice for the overall experience of this drama. The lyrics reflect the tone and plot of the film, especially Ryan's character Sebastian.
Following a bet with his evil sister, he decides to hurt a girl who is very vulnerable and naive, and as a result, everything comes to an inescapably tragic end.

 Screenshot from the video

🔹💬𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒:
"𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 [𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴] 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥: '𝘐𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵.' 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭."
(𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚂𝚞𝚗, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟿𝚝𝚑, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿)

🔹🎶𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗) - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞
http://bit.ly/3WEqOpT


🌹𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲:

Two versions were filmed live at London's 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 on October 24th, 1998, during Without You I'm Nothing world tour.

🔹The version with only live footage was released in 1999 at the same time as the single.

🔹Another one, directed by Matthew Amos, includes clips from 𝑪𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 and was included into 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐕𝐃 (2004).

🔹🎶𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨) 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗
http://bit.ly/2SSBvbl
🔹🎶𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧)
https://bit.ly/3JrqIfQ

 Screenshot from the video, HD edit

🔹Third video for 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (so called 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐭 or 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧) was recorded on November 11th, 1998, but wasn’t released with the single due to management’s decision and remained buried in the band’s archive for 18 years!

It was revealed on October 7th, 2016, to mark the release of the compilation album 𝑨 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒔 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎. The scenes from this video were used as intro at the shows of 20 Years of Placebo tour.

🔹🎶𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)
https://bit.ly/2RTnQ2n


🌹𝐌𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬...🌹
It was 1999. MTV channel was playing on the TV. The first notes of the song came on, and the singer's voice rang inside my chest. That was my "Wooow PLACEBO!!!" first time. With my arms full - washed clothes in one hand and my almost one-year-old daughter in the other and a baby dummy in my mouth - I stood in front of the television and for several minutes I could not take my eyes off the ambiguous singing being. These memories are still as vivid and strong as if it were yesterday...

And to enjoy this evening even more - here you can see how time went with '𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄' live:

🔹🎶𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏
https://bit.ly/3mBFy92

🔹🎶𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑
https://bit.ly/402UpMM

🔹🎶𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔
https://bit.ly/3kxH66u

🔹🎶𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗
https://bit.ly/3iZxwcr

🔹🎶𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑
https://bit.ly/3JhQDcf

And there's also the unforgettable slow version from 🔹🎶𝐌𝐓𝐕 𝐔𝐍𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓 with Majke Voss Romme, thanks to which we have this song in our Placebo lullabies:
http://bit.ly/40eBdvF

Post by Marti

🌛◾ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼𝔹𝕆 𝕃𝕌𝕃𝕃𝔸𝔹𝕀𝔼𝕊 - 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕏𝕍.◾🌜

⭐„𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 “𝘴,” 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦… 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴... 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴.“⭐
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠, 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚇, 𝙹𝚞𝚕 𝟸00𝟽)

Photo credit: Charlie  Cravero

Dear friends, many of us experience these winter days worse than the rest of the year.

Short sunshine, cold weather, snow and frost...
In connection with various hardships in life, this period causes a more frequent tendency to depression and gloomy thoughts in many people, the world seems sadder, darker.

When you add to all of this the troubles with love, with the end of a relationship, when we are shocked, angry, aggressive or just totally desperate, it can knock us down to the very bottom.

For today's post, I have chosen a song that is the perfect anthem for all broken hearts.

🔥...𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥
𝘐'𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘥... 🔥

A perfect, heartbreaking anthem about the end of love. A drama about despair expressed in very moving words and complemented by a gentle combination of guitar and piano accompanied by a drum machine...


🔹🎶𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃🎶🔹

𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
https://bit.ly/3HeGcF6
~🔹~🔹~🔹~


⭐𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎:

“𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃” was written and recorded around 2002 when Placebo were working on covers with producer Dimitri Tikovoi.

Stefan: “We didn't want to make a B-side of it, so we kept the original recording for this album [“Meds”, released in 2006], just with vocals redone and more overdubs."

BLIND has been performed live 179 times, five of which were part of the setlist at intimate shows in 2022.

Lucky everyone who experienced this anthem about unrequited love live.

Photo credit unknown

⭐𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 "𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃"
" Blind, included in Meds, is a somewhat alike song (I Know). The end of a relationship is kind like death. You have a life with someone and just suddendly, everything stops. The saddest part is that the world goes on and people go on minding their own business, without knowing the paint you feel. It's very interesting for an author to write about that."
(𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝟸00𝟼)

⭐𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: It's a song for the girls.
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: I wrote it 4 years ago, like Post Blue, when we were recording our covers with Dimitri [Tikovoï]. The guitars are tuned in the same way on both tracks. At that time, we didn't want to make B-sides of them, we kept the original recording for this album [Meds], just with vocals redone and more overdubs.
(𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕, 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚐 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟼)
“One of the tracks you write for all the ladies out there.”
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚇𝙵𝙼, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟸00𝟼)
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

Okay, so anyone who thought this song came from Brian's broken heart, might be wrong.

Fans can only speculate what all of Brian's experiences are in the lyrics of this painful ballad, as according to the quotes, the song Blind is mainly Stefan's child.
But a song is often created by a team... Someone suggests a musical line on the guitar or piano, someone comes up with a piece of verse...

🔹💬𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉?
"There’re no rules in fact. We try to stay very open. When it’s me that make the song, I can begin with a voice melody, when it’s Stefan, it more with a guitar, and when it’s Steve, it’s with drums. We can also begin with a piano line that Stef or me find accidentally, It’s often accidental."
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝙳𝚎𝚌 𝟸00𝟻)

Photo credit: Virgin Megastore London, England

I think that even the verses for Blind were created as a team, partly by Stefan, supplemented and completed by Brian. .. maybe...

🔹💬 You have often been accused of being an intellectual band, sometimes you use somewhat complex phrasings. But for me, as you said, you're a band with a dark romanticism mood and I can not help but quote one of the most beautiful sentences that I have ever read in a song. Here's the quote. This is an excerpt from the title Blind.

You will tell me if my choice is right.

'...𝙄'𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙯𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 /...𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 /
...𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚...'

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮.
Yeah what I see, first, there is an incredible musicality. Afterwards, all you have to do is adding the music, but it's already there intrinsically in the sentence. And above all, tell us the truth, you're a Shakespeare fan? It's Romeo and Juliet. A bit like that.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 ... 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰.
(𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠, 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎' 𝙼𝟼, 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝟸00𝟼)
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

Of course, when we see Brian tearfully wailing into the microphone .... 🔥"𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥....𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦... 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦...."🔥 , we're not far from the idea that in that moment, in his role as narrator, he can recall any of his pain of an involuntarily ended relationship, the pain of a lost love, the pain of a loved one leaving💔

⭐For me, this ballad has always evoked my personal memory of a relationship between lovers that was affected by drug addiction.

It was about my friends from my youth and their suffering that almost resulted in the death of that girl. Fortunately, she eventually came out of her coma in the hospital and entered a drug addiction treatment facility.

Nevertheless, it was the end of great love, because the boy's parents, fearing for their son's life, moved so far away that the two lovers could no longer see each other. Life sometimes brings experiences that are very cruel and take a painful place in our souls for the rest of our lives.

Thanks to these experiences of my friends, I can't forget the very special movie 🔹'𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦'🔹, in which 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐨 played the main role. I agree with the fan who used bits from this movie as the 'official' video for the BLIND song.

🔹🎶 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝘆𝗲𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
http://bit.ly/3QL7PbW

For the end of today's post I have chosen a live performance from ⭐𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐱 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕, that is really very emotional...
It seems as if for Brian the microphone is the materialization of all his painful breakups...

🔥'...𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 ...𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥...'🔥

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🌛◾ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼𝔹𝕆 𝕃𝕌𝕃𝕃𝔸𝔹𝕀𝔼𝕊 - 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕏𝕀𝕍.◾🌜

⭐“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..."⭐
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙻𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟸𝟼𝚝𝚑 𝟸00𝟿)

Photo credit: Stuart Mostyn

Hello soulmates,
after a break caused by several important anniversaries, today we return to our beloved Placebo Lullabies.

Tonight is going to be special. I have two gems that give the term Placebo lullaby its true meaning.
I chose these two songs from 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐒 album today also because they were both part of Placebo's 🔹𝐌𝟔 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔🔹 and followed each other, so it was very easy to upload a video with both songs at once.

So today you can enjoy a unique concert with Brian's fragile expression of a shy puppy, which I personally really love and recommend to anyone who doesn't know Placebo yet.


𝙇𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜...

A ballad that I just had to listen to over and over again...
And even now, I play it several times in a row when I'm feeling down.

🔹🎶 '𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 '🔹🎶
🔹𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
https://bit.ly/3XfUZog

The 12th track from the dark album MEDS.
Apart from the album version there's also a demo with slightly different lyrics which can be found on the “Meds” Special edition.

🔹'𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 ' 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
https://bit.ly/3k397mh


So dark, so melancholic, so intense... almost hypnotic... Leonard Cohen's influence is absolutely clear in this song.
I'm always struck at first by Brian's low-pitched voice, full of total surrender to bitter reality.

🔹💬𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 '𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆'
“𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.”
(𝚇𝙵𝙼, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟸00𝟼)

"𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 7𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 '𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴? 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯." 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 "𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦."
(𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚐, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟼)

For me, ⭐'𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆'⭐ is a recurring misunderstanding of the narrator's life journey...

As if, thanks to a certain loop in reality, he kept experiencing the same thing...
A wild night full of drug highs and sex and a bitter morning when he is disgusted with himself when he looks in the mirror...
Everyone else wakes up to normal life...
And he again judges his experience as the height of hypocrisy, because it was yet another night as an escape from himself...

🔹„...𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 ...𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘺𝘢𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 ...𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩
...𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 ...𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩

...𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘴 ...𝘈 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦
...𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘰'𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 ...𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵...“🔹

Although I've never tried hard drugs, this song is a reliable way for me to feel even worse in moments of self-disgust and enjoy the feeling, as crazy as it sounds.
It's a way for me to cry about not being in control of my life, and I know that relief will come right after because I will feel hope in my heart.

Hope for another day.
That everything I failed again will pass with the sunrise and I can try again.
And that I don't have to repeat the same mistake again.
For me personally, it's a beautiful and honest ballad about hope.
In the morning I will hear the kettle with hot water whistling again and the day will begin full of new opportunities for change.

Photo credit: Vincent Lignier

If the first ballad is about hope, the second one is about pure human pain and knowing other forms of love.

🔹🎶'𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐍'🔹🎶

The ninth track from MEDS.

🔹𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
https://bit.ly/3ZqIDLM

🔹𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
https://bit.ly/3QvF82m


🔹💬 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 “𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐍”✨
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: It's about destructive, violent relationships. After having written it, I realized that it might be a family relationship as well as a love one. A lot of songs - mostly country - talk about women being hit by their husbands. On the contrary, in “Pierrot the clown”, the target of the violence is a man. A vulnerable man, trapped in a violent and destructive relationship. The title of this track reflects my obsession with clowns and my passion for the circus. In high school, I even thought about getting into a school for clowns and become a...

𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: (teasing) That's what you do!

𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: (Laughter) But fortunately for everyone, I was accepted at university! When I was a kid, I would go to the circus. It was a celebration, but a person, Pierrot, was always sad. I felt compassion for him. Pierrot the Clown, it's also the role played by David Bowie in his video Ashes To Ashes. It's a powerful image for me, with which I wanted to express how you can feel alone in a couple, how much you can let yourself being beaten physically and mentally by someone. Very cheerful, huh? "
(𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚐, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟼)

Brian's voice so intimate again.... I'm very sensitive to these ballads, where the musical arrangement only very subtly adds to what initially gives this song its soul...
Brian's voice expressing the story of the narrator.

🔹„𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.
𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯....“🔹


Thanks to the clear message in the text, we don't have to doubt the desperation of this story...
But we can only speculate if Brian experienced the weight of physical abuse first hand.

🔹„𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥...“

„...𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴,
...𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴...“🔹

This is the lullaby that always makes me cry when I let myself get carried away by this sad musical energy at night before bed.
Brian, in the form of a crying Pierrot, is in my mind and I can only add to that - '𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧.'

If the victim of abuse gets over such brutal life experiences and understands their meaning, if he can then forgive himself and the other person with love, he will find his value and achieve a very deep spiritual knowledge.

⭐'𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆' was played live only 4 times and ⭐'𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐍' 6 times.

I think it's a great shame because these songs are also indicators of Brian's masterful songwriting talent and Placebo's music made them unforgettable gems.


Dear friends, my post ends today. Enjoy part of this private concert from 2006, and as always, I look forward to hearing your feelings about these two wonderful lullabies. Tell me, which one do you like better and why? And how do you like the demo versions.

🌛◾Have a good night and take care of yourselves.◾🌜

Post by Marti

◾🌛ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼𝔹𝕆 𝕃𝕌𝕃𝕃𝔸𝔹𝕀𝔼𝕊 – 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕏𝕀𝕀.◾🌜

⭐𝐇𝐢 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬,
it's Wednesday and therefore our favorite topic can continue again.

The first lullaby puts you in the mood for a gentle evening mainly thanks to Brian's voice, even though the lyrics take us again to the dark depths of the human ego.


🔹🎶„𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄“🎶🔹
the second single from Placebo’s fourth studio album "𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔".
Maybe you know it, maybe you don't, but this rock-punk version has an older sibling.

⭐„𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄“⭐ was originally written as a piano ballad but while in the studio, changed into a rock song. This latter version was included into the album. Luckily, an original version wasn’t also lost. Its live performance for 𝑹𝑻𝑳2 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 was released on This Picture DVD single.

🔹🎶𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 - 𝐀𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
https://bit.ly/3HmtTH5

Screenshot from the official video

𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 „𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄“ (acoustic version):
🔹💬„We wrote it on tour and it was a very REM piece, an atmospheric piano thing, quite abstract. Then we were in the studio, and we covered it in a pretty punk way...“
(𝑃𝑜𝑝 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑅𝑇𝐿2, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 28𝑡ℎ, 2003)

🔹💬“Those are images that keep following us around no matter where we go. You see them when you least expect it and at times when you don't really need it. It brings back everything because of a certain smell, song or place. I find it very interesting, the way things follow us around. And I'm very open: I live the genre of the song. When you look back on certain relationships you can see who the person really was, which you couldn't at the time you were in it. You understand reality and you see that the memories you have can make a person seem very different.“
(𝐷𝑁𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑥, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2003)

🔹💬"Outwardly, 'This Picture' is crammed with basic SM imaging, but behind the metaphor, it denounces the self-destructive love relationships. It was a way to say that this state of mind doesn't interest me anymore. I've been damaged enough in such relationships in the past and now I've got nothing more to do there. I changed, I quit."
(𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑁°382, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ-𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 2003)

Screenshot from the official video

This piano ballad is a beautiful intimate confession of saying goodbye to my old self who was subject to self-destructive relationships. There are a lot of references to my old life... and some moments I'm really not proud of...

Sometimes I too 'burned' emotional cigarettes on the chest of the man who loved me. Such relationships are always self-destructive for both parties, because no matter how inflated your ego is, your heart will always show you that you have not behaved properly.

That's why I initially took this song as a mirror setting. That's what Placebo music can do. We are not always the victim in a relationship, sometimes it is necessary to admit that we have played the game on our side of the field and don't always play by the rules.

Today I know that self-awareness is the most important part of lived experiences. What my role was, what should I have understood from this situation and how important it is to be able to forgive, both myself and others.

„𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄“ 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.

It is important to know what we are willing to do to preserve a certain image we have of ourselves.
And it's important to remember that how we see ourselves can be different from how others see us.
~🔹~🔹~🔹~~🔹~🔹~🔹~~🔹~🔹~🔹~~🔹~🔹~🔹~~🔹~🔹~🔹~~🔹~🔹~🔹~~🔹


Let's go to the second gem of the evening. In order to share some live video, I chose a non-Placebo song.

The original version comes from unique singer Sinéad O'Connor. Do you already know which song we are talking about?


🔹🎶„𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐄“🎶🔹

”𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞” 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 ⭐𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐞́𝐚𝐝 𝐎'𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫⭐ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟕 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 ⭐“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐚”⭐.

Placebo covered the song in 2003 and released it on their single DVD “This Picture”. It can also be found on the album “Covers”.

It's Brian's very favorite cover, did you know?
🔹💬𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨: „I guess my favorite was "Jackie," the Sinead O'Connor track, which is why I chose to include it in our MTV Unplugged performance. […]“
(𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠, 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 13, 2016)

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 '𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐄':
🔹💬𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑶'𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒓. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕...
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐥𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐥: A great artist who, I understand, decided to give it all up definitely. A pity ... Still, this song is beautiful. It is for a man who is leaving her. By covering it, as the three of us are guys, we somewhat perverted the meaning and we like that. It adds a sexual ambiguity that looks like us...
(𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑖 𝐿𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑒, 27𝑡ℎ 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 2003)

This epic story can be interpreted in different ways, in any case, performed by Brian, it's a breathtaking lullaby.

This song always connects me to my meditative moments by the sea.
I live inland, but I have been to the sea many times and I return with love every time. I always need to find a quiet place where I can sit undisturbed, watch the waves move, feel the sand moving under my feet and just be... part of the whole universe...

And when I look at that amount of untamed water that has tremendous power, I can imagine the pain of millions of people who have lost a loved one at sea. This great mass of water gives and takes life.

Although Sinead's original Jackie is beautiful, Brian makes me feel more of the pain, the non-acceptance of reality, the denial that it can't be over yet. The false hope that everyone must have been wrong. My love is still alive and coming for me.

Enjoy a great live performance of Jackie from ⭐𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝟔 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔 and I'm really looking forward to

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🌛◾ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼𝔹𝕆 𝕃𝕌𝕃𝕃𝔸𝔹𝕀𝔼𝕊 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕏.◾🌜

Hi friends,
today we are going back to lullabies.
Did you miss them? Are you looking forward to today's episode?
Let's do it, I believe you won't regret it.

Photo credit: Carole Epinette

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘓𝘌𝘌𝘗𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘎𝘏𝘖𝘚𝘛𝘚 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮.

🔹𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 „𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐆𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒“𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦:🔹
"Although we have kept our rage, it's a very sentimental and melancholic record. An analytical summary of emotions we have felt in the last three years.“
(𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝟸00𝟹)

These three gems I want to talk about are unique because of Brian's talent, where he uses his singing in just the right way to elevate each of these songs to the highest level. Plus, we have two songs that are recorded in two versions, which is just something that pleases my ears again.
𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐲, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.


🎶🔹„ℙ𝕃𝔸𝕊𝕋𝕀ℂ𝕀ℕ𝔼“🔹🎶

🔹𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 '𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐄':🔹
“The one song that doesn’t fit into the relationships theme. A classic Placebo song with a classic Placebo theme – individuality.“
(𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹)

📌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘪𝘮 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 7𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮.

https://tinyurl.com/y7bnuvrc

📌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐄 -𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰'𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 “𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴” 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 “𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴” 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪 𝘛𝘪𝘬𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘪 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 “𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘴” 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥.

https://tinyurl.com/yhpk5b2y

Photo credit: Nigel Crane

🔹𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎:🔹
In this song Brian references lyrics from Sonic Youth's album Sister on "Plasticine" ("𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑦𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚" 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 "𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚" 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ'𝑠 "𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝐿𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑦𝑒").

The very first song and such a gem.
I'm talking about the slow version, of course, even though the original fast rock version is just amazing.
𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐄 -𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧...
Unfortunately, this song was never performed live either.
When you hear the verse ⭐"...𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦"⭐ for the first time, it's pure perfection put into a unique voice.

Brian's voice makes this song something absolutely tender, soft, something that wraps you in angelic wings and you wish it would never end.
At least that's how this song makes me feel.

The lyrics could support teenagers in their difficult time when they are trying to draw attention to their uniqueness.
It's a time when everyone feels the need to be more or less a rebel, to stand up for themselves.

But this song can also be understood from the other side - at the moment when a young person joins a group of other rebels and tries to impress others there, so as not to stand out from the crowd, then it is appropriate to use exactly that verse - ⭐"𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞".⭐

But this song lovingly suggests to each of us to reflect on our lives.
To what extent am I being myself and to what extent am I trying to behave in a way that fulfills others' idea of me?
I leave that reflection to you.

I lived most of my life to please everyone around me...mother, husband, children, boss at work...
Until I got seriously ill and it made me realize where my uniqueness had been lost.

Rebel anarchist in my youth, but suddenly I didn't recognize myself...
Yeah, that was a tough test.

It was only then that the lyrics of this song took on the right meaning for me. I can honestly say for myself that Placebo really is therapy. Because such songs are meant to make you think.


⭐𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞:⭐
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯... 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨...
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮... 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦...“

Photo credit: Tracey Griffin

And now we have another song from the series of „acid lullabies“:

🎶🔹"𝕀'𝕃𝕃 𝔹𝔼 𝕐𝕆𝕌ℝ𝕊" 🔹🎶
📌"I think we've gone back to what we do best which is writing twisted love stories. They have a certain darkness to them, an acid lullaby, which is important otherwise they become insipid and disposable."
(𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘, 𝙱𝙱𝙲 𝚁𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝟷, 𝟸00𝟹)

🔹𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎:🔹

The song '𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬' was also released in two versions.
📌"𝘈𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘻. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰, 𝘑𝘪𝘮 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴: "𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 '𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴', 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘻. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳-𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦. 𝘜𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘉-𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦!"
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙻𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙽𝚘.𝟹𝟾𝟸, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑-𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹)

So to be clear, the version that is on the 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 album is not the original version because Jim Abbiss needed to change the rhythm of the song from a waltz to a four beats. And thanks to this, we can now enjoy two lullabies instead of one!

Take a listen to the version '𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬' that was eventually released as the ninth song of the 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 album. You'll hear the onset of Steve's drums first, joined by the dark sound of Stefan's guitar.
Even this beginning is a foreshadowing that this is no romantic sweet lovesong.


'𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬' 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
https://tinyurl.com/4kj3t5kb

While the second version with piano may confuse us because it sounds more tender, the lyrics belie that impression.

'𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬' (𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟒 𝐀.𝐌.)
https://tinyurl.com/ac3dzv67


This original version called - 🔹"𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟒 𝐀.𝐌."🔹 was released as the B-side of the 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟒 and was re-released in 2016 on the compilation "𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐁-𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬" available only on digital platforms.

As far as I know, Placebo played live "𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟒 𝐀.𝐌." only at the private concert at 𝐋'𝐎𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟒, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐓𝐋𝟐.

Photo credit: Nigel Crane

🔹𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 "𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒":🔹
„I composed Protect Me From What I Want during Black Market Music at the same time as I'll Be Yours. This is two songs you vomit, which came out of me without my being aware of it. At the time I was weak. I was caught in a painful divorce and I needed to express it."
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙻𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙽𝚘.𝟹𝟾𝟸, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑-𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹)

”A disturbing track. Someone who wants to engulf another person completely in the name of love. Something I’ve been on the receiving end of and it’s scary.”
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹)


„𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳... 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯...𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦...
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳... 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯...𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦...

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳...𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳..
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳... 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴... 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴...

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳... 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦...
𝘚𝘰 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘳... 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺...“


To me, this song is an expression of the cruel boundless dependence of one person on another.
But be warned - it's not the tormented tone of Without You I'm Nothing song, it's not the dog's eyes full of desire to be noticed by the other person.
These are dark threats, just whatever you do, I'll lovingly hold you in my arms so you can't breathe.

For me it's like -

I'll be your water, I'll clear your thoughts and I'll keep a good eye on you so you don't escape.
I'll be your anchor, I'll hold you so you never leave these shores.
I'll be your drug, the demons don't stand a chance because you have me.

I'll be your everything, but don't you dare look anywhere else. It's me, I'm all you need. Nobody else. And you have no choice but to believe it and surrender.

Photo credit: Helena Berg

The third treasure at the end.
If the previous lullaby has dragged you down into the dark waters of human addiction, rest assured that there is no escape during the next track.


🎶🔹"ℂ𝔼ℕ𝕋ℝ𝔼𝔽𝕆𝕃𝔻𝕊"🔹🎶

is the last song on the album “Sleeping with ghosts” and maybe it deals with something that is long past, but the author clings to it and cannot get over it.

I imagine it can extend to idolizing a famous celebrity... All he thinks about every day is that the object of his desire he worships can't be happy with anyone but him.

And in his malice, he wishes his adored nothing good... „𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 (𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺.“

These verses ⭐"𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥... 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥... 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 …"⭐ are full of poison.

For me it means „..𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦... 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦... 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴...“

It's about self-degradation, total humiliation at any cost.

I have personally experienced several times a situation when I looked up in love to some important person from my surroundings, and in that moment, when your hormones are totally controlling you and every cell is screaming for his or her arms, it's pretty hard to handle the emotions.

It meant a lot of despair and crying nights for me...

Fate often tests us hard, how far we are willing to go, what humiliation we are able to achieve, just to be noticed by that person.

🔹𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐒:🔹
”Someone telling a washed-up celebrity 'I’m the best you can get now so you’d better be mine.' It’s about obsession, questions of status and self-degradation.”
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹)

”This is a track written by Stefan six years ago at the piano. It's about the role reversal in relationships, the lost power, a very desperate form of love, very unclean, impossible.”
(𝙻𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑-𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹)

“When you’re releasing your first couple of records you do think that you’re invincible. As a young artist there’s always this voice in the back of your head telling you you’re shit, that you’re not as good as the next guy. By the time you get to your fourth album that voice has changed. You know you can’t be shit because you’ve just sold X amount of records, but now it’s telling you you’re a has-been. As an artist that’s been on my mind and that’s why it’s crept into songs like ‘Centrefolds’ and ‘Special Needs’, this idea of washed-up celebrity.”
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹)
~🔹~🔹~🔹~


Dear soulmates, - the song 'Centrefolds' was played live only 69 times in total in 2003-2004.

Enjoy today's last lullaby in a live performance shared from 𝐃𝐕𝐃 „𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐞“ 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑.

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🎸 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐙𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 - 10𝑡ℎ 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2022 🎸

◾ 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠…𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐼 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜’𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡, 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑖𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ! 😍 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡. 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑖𝑡 😊
♪ ¨♪ ¨♪ ¨♪ ¨♪ ¨♪

Photo credits: Alexandre Marchini (Brian, Stefan, background) for L’Est Républicain,  Laetitia Evalia / Edit by Laetitia

🌠 What more can I say than what I already said about the concert in Luxembourg ?
It was a thousand times more magical ! But I'm not going to compare, because each concert has its own atmosphere.

🌠 People arrived rather late to line up. I arrived in the early afternoon. I was allocated number 7 and the wait began. The few fans present were very nice and there was no shortage of Placebo talk, of course 😊

🌠 The doors opened, we ran and stood in the centre at the barrier. The perfect place to enjoy a concert 🎶

🌠 The opening act, 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒏, was pretty good. A former French band from the 80s, they reunited 3 years ago. The rock they played, and updated, was powerful. For their last song they invited a man on stage (I can't remember his name !) who the singer introduced as the '𝑔𝑜𝑑𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜'. And 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 was present at the side of the stage to admire the band. The song was called '𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺, a tribute song to the singer Johnny Hallyday., a famous rock French singer.

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

♦️ 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨'𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧...The smell of incense lit before the set permeates the atmosphere... tears come to my eyes. A sweet smell that foreshadows an intense emotional moment ⭐. The set list was the same as for the other concerts. When the first notes of 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔

started, the crowd went wild and so did I. The tracks follow one another... 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑺𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝑯𝒖𝒈𝒛... an electric atmosphere. The audience was in total communion and the band was visibly satisfied with the fans' reception who came to appreciate them live. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 greeted the audience warmly. '𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ! 𝑪𝒂 𝒗𝒂 ?'. And meanwhile, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 smiled in the distance ✨

🌠 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 began. It was impossible to hold back the tears that were welling up in my eyes. This song has that indescribable touch that transcends you. It strips you bare and you can't help but be swept away by its flood of emotions 💖. This was followed by 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄, which swept away the happy sadness of 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 and gave way to a wave of phenomenal power. The same goes for 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔. As for 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔, I spent half the song with my eyes closed, surrendering to the somewhat surreal atmosphere that the song provides live. The next three songs, 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔, 𝑺𝒂𝒅 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 are a logical continuation of the set list. Why ? I have no idea ! It's just the way I feel about it. This is surely due to their rhythm, which drew me even deeper into the heart of the moment. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔... It's so good to hear them live again 🌟

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

🌠 𝑾𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈… Last time in Luxembourg, this song didn't have a particular effect on me. It is beautiful, that goes without any doubt ! But yesterday in Nancy, it enveloped me in a captivating bubble. The guitar squeezed my heart with a gentle delicacy. I was in the grip of a mesmerizing sublimity 💗

🌠 The band went backstage for the usual break. But before that, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 gave a child in the audience a guitar pick with that beautiful smile on his face reflecting his joy and gratitude. Again, that smell of incense in the air and again that strange turmoil took hold of me. A sweet turmoil 💫.
The crowd grew impatient in a joyous mood and the band reappeared.

🌠 The last three songs of the set went on, still in this crazy atmosphere. The band and the audience were moving in unison.

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

♦️ What can I say about 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧... They were both very happy to be on stage, proud to play their new songs and satisfied with the reception of the audience. Smiles between them, smiles from 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 towards the crowd, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏's numerous interactions with people, encouraging them to clap, encouraging them to shout. 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 was silent, as usual, but you could see the satisfaction in his eyes and his attitude. 𝙉𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.❤️

🌠 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 came down to greet the audience before leaving. He took his time to enjoy the experience. What a magical moment to see his contentment 😍. Yes, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 was bright and flamboyant. There is no doubt seeing the joy of the audience !

🌠 I was able to get a set list that will go straight into my Placebo collection. In the end, it is the memory of this concert that I cherish the most. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 💝.

🌠 The security was not at all annoying for the few times they intervened. I once again felt like hugging an agent when he was facing me... I managed to reason with myself. 😁

Photo credit: Alex Marchi 

♦️ Last night the band was simply perfect. From the first song to the last, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 wanted to reach transcendence, as noted in the message before the concert. At least, I did.

My Placebo concert at the Bataclan, which for 10 years was the one where a special symbiosis with the band was achieved, was swept away with a single stroke last night 🔥.


🔶 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎... Sometimes I wonder why I love this band so much. It's by experiencing moments like thursday’s that I finally have part of the answer.
🙏 Once again, 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑲 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑩𝑶. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 !! 🎸🎵✨🎶💗🔥
(concert review by Laetitia)


𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦́: 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩.
💞 𝗧𝗼𝗶 𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗶 💞
◾ 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 🤘

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