💖🎸 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐑 🎸💕

📍They do have a special relationship: the ingenious melancholic, this composing scientist without technology, and his guitar. They love and hate each other. He needs her, but isn’t really interested in her - at least not in the way professional guitarist usually are. Thanks to “𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔” he has learned to love his instrument, which had almost become an office appliance for him, again. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 - 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬:

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🎙️“𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧. (𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴) 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 - 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 - 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺.
𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦.
𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴: 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘰𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥: 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵.”
▪️𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐𝒉 2006.

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Today I wanted to share with you this excerpt that caught my attention, where 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 talks frankly about how his relationship with his favorite instrument, the 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓, went into crisis and the reasons for that to happen. I imagine it must be terrible for any artistic creator to feel that they are losing the motivation and excitement to keep producing their art.💔 Fortunately, on his trip to India, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 managed to get inspired and connect with his passion again, which led to beautiful songs like the one I invite you to listen to below.


🔊 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 - 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐓 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔 🎶
https://bit.ly/3RaFcUb

🔊 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 - 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐌𝟔 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔 🎶
https://bit.ly/3Smsx1y

Photo credit: Loll Willems

💠"𝑨 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐 𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆 ", 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓? 𝒀𝒐𝒖, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒔?

🎙️𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: Yes, it's like a letter I would address to me. I went to India last year, I was there during the tsunami ... There was no damage, like there was in Sri Lanka or in Madras. I took my guitar with me to make it mine again as a friend. Over time, the guitar became an instrument of work. A job, so to speak. Before being in a band, it was a friend and... Well I was trying to have an honest conversation with myself. I wanted to make myself understand that the world doesn't need another dead rock star...

💠 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕?
🎙️𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: (𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒)...Yes...

💠 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒊𝒍 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈'𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒆".
🎙️𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: Yes, right. We were in Brazil in March and we learned that the last time Neil Young had played "Rock in Rio", he wore a Placebo T-shirt (𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒).

💠 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆?
🎙️𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: You know, writing songs is a way to talk to yourself. You tell yourself things you would not tell yourself in everyday life; it's such a chance to have this form of expression. It provides a way to understand a bit more his life. It's constructive and positive.
▪️𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑈𝑝 𝑁𝑜. 110, 𝑀𝑎𝑐𝒉 2006.

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⭐ If you want to know more about 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and his guitars, you can take a look at the previous posts we have prepared related to this topic by clicking on the links below:

🎸 https://bit.ly/3xNSRti

🎸 https://bit.ly/3dHJ4hO

🎸 https://bit.ly/3dDIq4J

🎸 https://bit.ly/3R3lSIt

🎸 https://bit.ly/3UyM0Oc

🎸 https://bit.ly/3Ss03Dw

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⭐🎊𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 & 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄🎊⭐

Two singles from Placebo’s fifth studio album 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬 were release on the same day, March 6th, 2006, 16 years ago: 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 was chosen for the UK while 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 for all the other countries.
As well as the whole album, the singles were produced by Dimitri Tikovoï.

🔷𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 peaked at number 13 in the UK Singles Chart, staying in the charts for three weeks.
The highest positions 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 peaked at the charts were number 5 in Italy, number 6 in Greece and number 7 in Spain.

Photo credit: Mick Hutson, covers of the singles, edit by Silke

As for releasing two different lead singles, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 said:
📢“Placebo has always been a rock band. We’re not marketing champions. As a good band, we’re entitled to a good label. Everyone’s got their own part of the job to do. Their job is to decide which single will fit in with the audience it’s for. It’s their bitch of a job to choose which track will be released on this or that market. If doing their job well is to release a different single when only a few kilometers separate the countries, it’s because they have their reasons. And if they change their mind, it’s because they’ve changed their minds in between times.”
(𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2006)


🔷On both 𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑲𝑺 we can see blurred photographs of Steve Hewitt and Brian Molko by 𝑵𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒗 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓.


🔷𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 features quite simple yet honest and direct 𝑳𝒀𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑺. “I’d rather not say anything about it, just listen to the lyrics, everything is explained in it!” 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 said to 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑔 (𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 2006).
As for the sound, he admitted, with a bit of an irony, that he “wanted to outdo the Foo Fighters and write a great American rock song." (𝑋𝐹𝑀, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2006)
𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 turned out to be a deep pitiless confession…
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: “It's a letter to myself, about myself. I was doing so bad then... I was in a vicious circle, I only felt sadness and anger and frustration and permanent insatisfaction. I was just never happy, never. And if there doesn't come an end to that, or if you don't even want to realise there's something seriously wrong... I had to do something to change my lifestyle, and that's why I went to India. That's where I wrote that song, it's the starting point for the record, the oldest song that's on it. Can you imagine anything worse than your best friend shouting "You are one of God's mistakes, you crying, tragic waste of skin" at you? Well, I needed to tell myself that.”
(𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑜, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2006)

Photo credit: Benni Valsson

🔷𝑶𝑭𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳 𝑽𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑶𝑺 for both songs are directed by 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆́, a well-known film director who currently lives and works between Paris, London, and Los Angeles.
𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 video is based on the band’s live performance. The shooting took place at the club KOKO in Camden Town, London, on January, 24th, 2006, and a lot of real (and lucky!) Placebo fans were involved in this work.


𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3twDXn9

Read more about making of the video here:
➡️ https://bit.ly/363IcQc


As for the 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄, Philippe André created an amazing piece of art, a complete short film for which he’s got a heartfelt “BRAVO” from Brian.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3oOgjlO

If you want to know more about Philippe André’s work on the video, go to this post:
➡️ https://bit.ly/34zqnIB


🔷𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 was played live 190 times, starting with the day of making the video at KOKO and then was mostly played during the Meds tour plus early shows of the Battle For The Sun tour. The song has also got its honourable place in the Angkor Wat concert setlist in 2008. The latest performance to date took place at the famous MTV Unplugged concert in London on August 19th, 2015.
Live history of 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 looks way more exciting. With 562 performances, it takes the fourth place among the most often played Placebo songs.
For the first time, it was also played at the KOKO, London, during a short set for devoted Placebo fans after Because I Want You video shooting. It wasn’t missed during any of the next tours and was brought on stage at the latest to date Placebo show at Sion sous les étoiles on July 13, 2018.

Photo credit: Nadav Kander, covers of the singles, edit by Silke

🔷The singles were released in different formats.

⭐𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔
𝟐-𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝑫/𝟕" 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒚𝒍
Because I Want You
Because I Want You (Remixed by Russell Lissack of Bloc Party)

𝑪𝑫
Because I Want You
36 Degrees 2005 (Recorded live at Wembley Arena)
Because I Want You (Ladytron Club Mix)
Because I Want You (video)
Because I Want You: Behind The Scenes (video)

𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅
Because I Want You
Because I Want You (Ladytron Club Mix)
Because I Want You (Demo Version)
Because I Want You (Instrumental)
Because I Want You (Remixed by Russell Lissack of Bloc Party)


⭐𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄

𝟕" 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒚𝒍
Side A - Song to Say Goodbye (Radio edit)
Side B - Because I Want You (Ladytron remix)
𝑺𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝑪𝑫
Song to Say Goodbye (Radio edit)
Because I Want You (Russell Lissack Bloc Party remix)

𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊 𝑪𝑫
Song to Say Goodbye (album version)
36 Degrees (Live from Wembley)
Because I Want You (Russell Lissack Bloc Party remix)
Because I Want You (Ladytron Club mix)

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▪ 💠 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 💠 ▪

💬 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔. (𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰)

Photo ctrdit; Joseph Llanesm , Cover of From Addiction To Recovery

♦️ Brian said this in an interview with 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 during the promotion of 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆, answering to the question: "𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ?". It's no longer a secret ! Addiction is a subject that is close to 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜's heart and Brian has often spoken about it in his lyrics since the beginning of the band's career.


📍 Going further in the interview, he speaks his words:

💬 I think the scariest addiction on this planet is to alcohol because alcohol is a very addictive drug and it ruins families and it ruins relationships. And it is socially acceptable and it is easy to find. Controlled substances, other drugs are more difficult to get. And it's a crime to buy them. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. And if you are unfortunate enough to become addicted to it, it can be disastrous. And there is still 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑚𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙. An addict is perceived as being somebody of weak moral fiber. But the fact of the matter is that the World Health Organization has classified addiction as a disease and there are statistics on this. On the planet, on average, one person out of ten is addicted to something, whether it's alcohol, illegal drugs, sugar, sex, pornography... The list goes on and on and on and on. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦. And I don't believe that until we take this stigma away from it that people can really get the help that they need. Because 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒. If somebody gets cancer, nobody goes: "Hey it's your fault man". And it's exactly the same thing with addiction.We have a a comedian and an actor in the UK called 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅. He's quite famous and ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒-𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑚𝑎 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. And I have a great deal of respect for him for that matter and he's very very very funny.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 - 2013)


♦️ Russell Brand did an awareness campaign on this ? If Brian mentions him, he's worth looking into.

🔸 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 is an English comedian, actor, and radio host. He used to be an addict of alcohol, various drugs and heroin with which he admitted he "fell 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 - 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑏." (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯)

📍 After the death of singer and friend 𝐴𝑚𝑦 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒, Russell decided to get clean. His winning method being 0 drugs, he began to campaign to the authorities, doctors and hospitals to make it clear that addicts should no longer be treated as weak people, but as sick people who need medical attention.


🔸 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍'𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒎𝒚 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆'𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, which was a turning point in his fight against the stigma of addictions 📖 https://bit.ly/3GPE7Ng 📕


🔸 '𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 ' 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲

📖 In his documentary, Brand challenges the system currently in use to treat addicts in Britain. His passionate, honest and eye-opening opinions on what needs to change is captivating. When Amy Winehouse died, a friend of his at the time, he realized he needed to stop taking drugs. He was told that if he kept up his lifestyle of daily drug use he would either be dead, in jail or in an insane asylum within 6 months. By the time he was 27, the same age Amy Winehouse died, Russell Brand was clean.

The method he took was an abstinence program. It worked for him but as we find out, only 10% of addicts are treated this way. Instead, the root of the issue is ignored and the government prescribes methadone to the addicts instead of drugs such as heroin and this way they are taking a legal drug with a prescribed amount. As Brand argues, this is not making the addicts any less of addicts just because they are now on a legal government authorized drug. In fact, addicts will always crave a high and therefore the prescribed amount of methadone will simply keep them too stable; addicts are going to continue taking their drugs. Though methadone is supposed to stop needle use and lower HIV from being spread, it is not addressing the true disease and condition that is addiction. Addiction should be being addressed as a health issue not a judicial or criminal issue. Russell Brand talks to a scientist who is leading research into the brain and how it relates and is affected by addiction. He also talks to doctors and addicts themselves giving us an in depth look at addiction. 📕
(𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯.𝘤𝘰𝘮)

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📍 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚:

💬 We need to start regarding addiction in all its forms as a health issue as opposed to a judicial and criminal issue. (𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥)


💬 It's a greedy disease. It'll take everything. First, it will take your money, then it'll take your friends and it will take your family, your car, your house, then it's gonna take bits of your body and I used to near be scoring with people that have eyes missing, limbs missing. It takes everything. (𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥)

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑨𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 (2012)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3FEGtgs (2012)


♦️ Throughout Placebo's career, Brian has often had to answer questions about drug use. It seems that 2006 was a wake-up call that the 'sex, drugs and rock'n'roll' lifestyle could cost him his life.

💬 What I realized while writing this song (𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦) is that the world really doesn't need another dead rockstar.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘔6 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 - 2006)

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💬 The theme of Song To Say Goodbye is keeping only the best aspects of your life. It's the first track I wrote in India. I went there for a lot of reasons, one of them being to try and change my lifestyle. I wanted to make me understand that I should not become a rock'n'roll cliché and that the world doesn't need another dead rock star. I've written it as a letter to myself.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘨 - 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 2006)

𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐 𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆
🎥 https://bit.ly/33tqqVS 🎵


💬 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 realized there was a chance I might be the next rock casualty.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘰 - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 2006)


𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆: "𝒊𝒇 𝒊 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆." ?

💬 I wasn't expecting that ! 2006.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 ?

💬 Just what happened to everybody who finds himself locked up in a cell called addiction. Your entire life is taken over and you cannot function whatsoever without a certain substance.

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 ?

💬 I'm still changing.It's a day-to-day thing. That's something I've learned.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 6 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 - 2016)


♦️ Dear Soulmates, I am aware that today's topic is serious. But beyond the musical aspects of Placebo, there's always a subject to dig into, whether it's personal turmoils, unfortunate stories, the world being run by trigger-happy clowns... But mostly there have been stories directly or indirectly revolving around drugs.

📍 Brian has repeatedly addressed the damaging effects of drugs and alcohol. The most obvious being the 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 which describes the loss of self-control when under the influence of substances.


💬 Meds is about losing yourself, not recognising yourself. You feel lost, hopeless, and you don't know what you think, what you really feel. It's a very disturbing feeling for me and for everyone else, and I wanted to express it.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘨 - 2006)

𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔 🎥 https://bit.ly/3ApmRfm 🎵


♦️ I'll end this post with a quote from Russell Brand, taken from his speech for his 19th sober anniversary in December 2021. Congrats to him !


Hopefully it will help people here or around you if you find yourself in this situation.

"𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞."

🎥 https://bit.ly/35cFdop

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𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 VIDEO

⭐️✨𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨✨⭐️Dear soulmates,
Today I’d like to share an EXCLUSIVE STORY on making of the 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 video told by its director 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆́.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨, 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧)
➡️ https://bit.ly/39uPJX4

⭐️An excerpt is taken from the 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 "𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨. 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞" 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗⭐️
I totally believe, it’s going to be a very interesting and moving read for you. Enjoy and then, please share your thoughts on the idea behing the video and Brian's response on it...💔❤️

Screenshot from the video

📖 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨📖
Carol Fairbrother from Virgin Music asked me to write [a script of] the video for this song. And along with it, the one for the song 'Because I Want You' which was supposed to be released as single in the UK. And ‘Song To Say Goodbye’ was intended for France and other European countries. The record company asked me to come up with a common idea for both songs and was going to entrust me with shooting one of the videos. I wrote two scripts for 'Song To Say Goodbye' and two for 'Because I Want You'. I had a third option for 'Song To Say Goodbye' too, but I didn't dare send it. It was too unusual ... more like a short film than a video ... of course, the band was not supposed to appear in it. And it was kind of not in the spirit of Placebo at all, considering their previous video works. I didn’t describe my idea in the best way: ten lines on one page and several photos that I took in Los Angeles. That’s all. But luckily, I sent this option too. Brian liked the idea immediately and chose this script.
Later he told me that my idea was very different from those that he had ever received, and that I had succeeded in giving his lyrics a new interpretation. Brian knew me mostly from the video I shot for 'Another Chance' by Roger Sanchez. In it, a girl wanders around New York at night with a huge red heart in her hands which shrinks until she meets her soulmate. He said that was his favorite video. First, we talked by the phone. Everything was very simple and natural. We talked mainly about photography, cinema which he loves: Wenders, Gus Van Sente, Jarmusch and others. We had the same guidelines for the video. I told him about Antonini and Ozu, about their ideal tricks for filming children: when you place cameras at knee level to show everything as the child sees it. He and I intended to do something like a short film. He really didn't want to appear in the video. It was a feeling that we were on the same wavelength, he trusted me completely, and preparations for the filming started.

Philip doesn’t shoot many videos because he believes that videos can mostly simplify and impoverish music. But he admits that with Placebo, everything was completely different. They belong to those rare musicians who allow the author to give free rein to his imagination and expect real cooperation and response from him. “Usually, the idea comes to me when I listen to the lyrics and feel the tempo, vibration of music. I listen to the song 50 times, 100 times. First of all, it is necessary to plunge into the personal universe of the artist, the band - if I’m not familiar with them well enough. Sometimes this is not so easy, as it requires a very hasty analysis to quickly "enter" the topic and find an appropriate angle [of view]. It is absolutely impossible to fit an already existing idea into a band. It is necessary to proceed from what a band, an artist is, and look for an idea from the inside. It may sound simple, but sometimes it takes a week to develop an idea while the record label asks for a project "the next day." We have to deliberately delay the case. In the case of ‘Song To Say Goodbye’, the music was leading me to something constantly moving, floating but at the same time impetuous, and the idea of an unusual road movie came up very quickly. The emotions that were born in me when listening to the song pushed me to a narrative video, with the actors ... to a touching story. I didn't want something static, I didn't want the action to happen in one place. But at the same time, I didn’t have the opportunity to shoot in different places. But the option of moving by car was well within the budget. Sometimes difficulties lead to the fact that the idea "shrinks" and transforms in a natural way. As always, I like to start with a simple idea, it's kind of a trick. The girl who carries a huge heart with her that keeps shrinking is for Sanchez. A doll that chooses words as she pulls straw from her wounds and eventually begins to sing transforming into Emilie Simon. An eight-year-old child driving a car with a confused man behind him. His father? We don’t know that. All roles seem to be mixed up. Sometimes this thought comes immediately. Sometimes - after a long time working with the text:

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑’𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛 […]
𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡
𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑠
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑦.

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As I listened to these words and started imagining a boy driving, driving an adult he needed to take care of, I felt like I had found an idea." The director conceived a story in which he deliberately created voids in order to leave room for emotions not related to the characters in the video, and to show the beautiful acting of the actors. English is not a native language for Philippe André, and he always tries not to be literal in his understanding of a certain lyric and leave each viewer the right to add their own emotional coloring to it. Initially, Brian wanted the video to be filmed in Australia, but in the end the filming took place in California - it was easier for Philip.

“Brian had Sydney in his head, but I preferred Los Angeles where I was doing another project at the time. And to save time, I wanted to shoot the video right after I was done with this project. In addition, the local places were in perfect harmony with the plot in the style of a road movie. And also, it was much easier to cast in Los Angeles to find an 8-9-year-old to star ... we did it in just a week! During the casting, I reviewed fifty children and immediately chose two, Field Cate was among them. He's an incredible actor. I confidently say "actor", because at the age of 9 he attends acting courses besides school. His ability to concentrate, his ability to listen to the director is amazing! We only had a few rehearsals after which he played his part perfectly over the course of three days of filming. When Field was driving a huge American car, passers-by on the streets of Los Angeles stopped to look at him although they were already used to different filming. His car was pulled on a cable by another car from which we filmed, but the system I came up with allowed Field to turn the steering wheel in corners and at the same time be quite far from the car pulling him in front. So, he was completely in his role, and people on the sidewalks saw only a small head sticking out from behind the wheel.

Most of the scenes were written, but I wanted to leave some room for improvisation: we ended up filming - almost without permission - on the streets of Los Angeles downtown among the homeless. We got there at the last moment, shot some takes and left. It's quite difficult to do it in America where everything has to be organized, thought out in advance ... while the main idea of the video was to make everything look as simple as possible and not too “staged”. The same was true for the extras. I mixed them with ordinary people who didn't even know we were shooting. As for the role of the father, it was more of an anti-acting, and in fact it was not easy to play an adult, a bit wild, lost, who leaves the maximum space for the role of a child. At first, I wanted Ray Liotta to play but he refused in the end. I was also thinking about Robert Downey Jr who would be perfect for this role. Several very famous actors agreed, but Brian wanted someone who was not known to the general public to make the story more universal. He didn't want it to be, “Oh, yes! That video with ... ". Sometimes it's too easy. And I found a great actor in Michael Carr, who played this mutism excellently and also helped Field a lot during filming. I edited the clip in Los Angeles and sent it by the internet to London for feedback. Despite the fact that I was absolutely satisfied with the result of my work, having sent the video, I was worried and nervous. But luckily, the record label was delighted with the video, and so did Placebo. I know Brian was really touched by the video. I don’t think I’ll betray him if I quote the e-mail he sent me:
𝑯𝒊 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆
𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐. 𝑰𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒚! 𝑼 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕! […] 𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝟖 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏! 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒔 𝒘𝒆'𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅!
𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑽𝑶!
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐

Screenshot from the video

In fact, I immediately suggested making a long version, since, I think, the road movie format favors this. Plus, I shot a lot of scenes that I didn't use in the video. Placebo gave me a terrific gift: they went back to the studio to mix the 8-minute version of the song, which allowed me to finish the long version that Virgin soon included on the DVD."
(𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 "𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜. 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒" 𝑏𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠, 2009)

▪𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑏𝑦 𝑂𝑙𝑔𝑎 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦.

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𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 – 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗕𝗬𝗘

Did you know that the line “the needle and your demage done” is 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 ”The needle and the demage done” from 1972 which was inspired by the heroine addiction of one of Neil's closest friends?

For Brian ”Song to say goodbye” was a letter to himself and “a way of making clear to myself the path not to take as a human being” (XFM, March 2006). In several interviews he said that he didn't want to become a Rock 'n' Roll clichè and that the world does not need another dead rock star (𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤).

🎬 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗕𝗬𝗘 – 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯

🎵 http://bit.ly/2O3AnNo 🎵

Photo credit: Afterdepth Photography (2), Morgane Lescoutre, unknown / edit by me

📌 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 “𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄” 📌
🎤 ”It's a letter to myself, about myself. I was doing so bad then... I was in a vicious circle, I only felt sadness and anger and frustration and permanent insatisfaction. I was just never happy, never. And if there doesn't come an end to that, or if you don't even want to realise there's something seriously wrong... I had to do something to change my lifestyle, and that's why I went to India. That's where I wrote that song, it's the starting point for the record, the oldest song that's on it. Can you imagine anything worse than your best friend shouting "You are one of God's mistakes, you crying, tragic waste of skin" at you? Well, I need to tell myself that.”
(Humo, March 2006)

🎤 "The theme of “Song to say goodbye” is keeping only the best aspects of your life. It's the first track I wrote in India. I went there for a lot of reasons, one of them being to try and change my lifestyle. I wanted to make me understand that I should not become a rock'n'roll cliché and that the world doesn't need another dead rock star. I've written it as a letter to myself."
(Rock Mag, April 2006)

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𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 & 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗕𝗬𝗘 – 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦

Today we have two ♦️𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦♦️ to celebrate, as there were two different lead singles for “Meds” released on March 6th 2006. In the UK the first single from the album was “𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪”, in territories outside UK it was “𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙮𝙚”. Both singles were produced by Dimitri Tikovoi who was also the producer of the album.

Photo credit: Mick Hutson, covers of the singles / edit by Silke

“Because I want you” reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart and was the first Placebo record to be given a download release with a track unavailable on the various physical releases.

🎬 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨
🎵 http://bit.ly/2LBXVsC 🎵

🎬 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗕𝗬𝗘
🎵 http://bit.ly/2Y2vWqQ 🎵

The live histories of both songs are very unalike. “Because I want you” was played during the “Meds” tour, at the famous concert at Angor Wat temple complex in Cambodia and the early legs of the “Battle for the sun” tour. Altogether it was performed live 189 times.
“Song to say goodbye” on the other hand made it on the setlist of all tours and was staged 562 times up to now. The only year it wasn't played live was 2008 but there was only one gig at all in 2008, namely the one at Angkor Wat that I mentioned above.

Photo credit: Juliette Robert

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗦 📌
📢 ”Placebo has always been a rock band. We’re not marketing champions. As a good band, we’re entitled to a good label. Everyone’s got their own part of the job to do. Their job is to decide which single will fit in with the audience it’s for. It’s their bitch of a job to choose which track will be released on this or that market. If doing their job well is to release a different single when only a few kilometres separate the countries it’s because they have their reasons. And if they change their mind, it’s because they’ve changed their minds in between times.”
(Rock Sound, March 2006)

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨” 📌
📢 "This will be our 1st single in the United Kingdom. I’d rather not say anything about it, just listen to the lyrics, everything is explained in it!”
(Rock Mag, April 2006)

📢 "When I went into the studio I wanted to out do the Foo Fighters and write a great American rock song."
(BXFM, March 2006)

Photo credit: Thomas Rabsch

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗕𝗬𝗘” 📌

📢 ”It's a letter to myself, about myself. I was doing so bad then... I was in a vicious circle, I only felt sadness and anger and frustration and permanent insatisfaction. I was just never happy, never. And if there doesn't come an end to that, or if you don't even want to realise there's something seriously wrong... I had to do something to change my lifestyle, and that's why I went to India. That's where I wrote that song, it's the starting point for the record, the oldest song that's on it. Can you imagine anything worse than your best friend shouting "You are one of God's mistakes, you crying, tragic waste of skin" at you? Well, I need to tell myself that.”
(Humo, March 2006)

📢 "The theme of "Song to say goodbye" is keeping only the best aspects of your life. It's the first track I wrote in India. I went there for a lot of reasons, one of them being to try and change my lifestyle. I wanted to make me understand that I should not become a rock'n'roll cliché and that the world doesn't need another dead rock star. I've written it as a letter to myself."
(Rock Mag, April 2006)

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