🎉 🎈 Ｈ▲ＰＰＹ ＢＩＲＴＨＤ▲Ｙ ＦＲ▲ＮＫ ＢＬ▲ＣＫ ！ 🎉 🎈

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝟔 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟓 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧. 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟓𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!

♦️ 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔, born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed the band The Pixies with his friend Joey Santiago, bassist Kim Deal and drummer David Lovering. When the band released their mini-album 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒎, he adopted the name Black Francis.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙄𝙨 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙭𝙞𝙚𝙨
🎥 https://bit.ly/3DdIqkq 🎵

Photo credits: Scarlet Page (Placebo), Travis Shinn, Screenshots: Soulmates DVD,  Edit by Laetitia

♦️ When he disbanded the Pixies in 1993 to embark on a solo career, he changed his pseudonym from Black Francis to Frank Black.

♦️ His career has been quite eclectic. He has had many periods in his life as an artist, moving from the punk rock of the Pixies to electro and hardcore, then from soul to reggae before returning to punk. In 1996, with the band 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒔, he made a very electric album. The following albums, 𝑷𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒐 and 𝑫𝒐𝒈 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅, saw his style evolve into more country and folk rock.

𝘿𝙤𝙜 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘿𝙤𝙜 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙 🎥 https://bit.ly/3iV4TsV 🎵

𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙋𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙤 🎥 https://bit.ly/3ITju2A 🎵


♦️ The albums that came out in 2002 were even more country or even blues, and the topics became more serious and the music more subtle and melodious.

Gold Heart Of Stone from Black Letter Days 🎥 https://bit.ly/38ivKNT 🎵

♦️ In 2005, he abandoned the Catholics and made the album 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃 with major musicians. In 2006, the singer changed his name back to Francis Black and made new albums, and with his wife, under the name of 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒚, made the duo album 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔.

𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙎𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 🎥 https://bit.ly/3Lrok91 🎵

Photo xredit:  Michael Halsband

🔻 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 🔻

♦️ Placebo has always shown their admiration for the Pixies. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 said of them that "𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑" and that "𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑖𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑖𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑎
✔️ 𝙳𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚞𝚡 𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚍


💬 "𝑊𝑒'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑃𝑖𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑂𝑛 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑚 - 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 15 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑖𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑦-𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡-𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑁𝑖𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒. 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑢𝑝𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 - 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑥 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑦: 𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑙."
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝙻𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚎́𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝙲𝙴𝙱𝙾 - 𝟸00𝟺


♦️ Brian and Stefan had the enormous pleasure of playing with their idol on stage on October 18th 2003 in Paris for the Sleeping With Ghosts tour.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙄𝙨 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 ? 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 (2003)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3IO4Bia 🎵


💬 "𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡, 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 "𝐹𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 ! (𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑠). 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 (𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡) 𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑒'𝑠 50𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼𝑠 𝑀𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑 ? 𝑤𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑒'𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡. 𝑂𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ! 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼𝑠 𝑀𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑 ? 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐴𝑡 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑙, 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠. "
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝙻𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚎́𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝙲𝙴𝙱𝙾 - 𝟸00𝟺


♦️ The song 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰𝒔 𝑴𝒚 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒅 is a staple among the Placebo fanbase, who love to sing the famous "Ooh Ooh" at the top of their lungs at gigs.
𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 ! 😄 💗

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♦️𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗜𝗘 𝗗𝗩𝗗♦️

Today we celebrate the ♦️𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬♦️ of the ”Soulmates never die – live in Paris 2003” DVD. It was released exactly 18 years ago today on March 15th 2004.

🎬 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗜𝗘 (𝗗𝗩𝗗)
🎵 http://bit.ly/2UuQEQJ 🎵

Photo credit: DVD cover, screenshots of the performance / edit by Silke

The show was recorded at Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy on October 18th 2003 and was part of the “Sleeping with ghosts” tour.

Concert and tour were filmed by Done and Dusted, DVD project manager was Alex Weston who is still one of the band's managers today.

Apart from the gig you can find a 25 minutes documentary on the DVD. There are also two “hidden easter eggs”, in one of them you can see Brian speaking to a doctor and then getting an injection in his naked backside.

The filmed performance includes 21 songs, the last one is quite special to Brian because it was a duet version of the Pixies cover “Where is my mind?” that he sung together with Pixies frontman Black Francis (who started a solo career as Frank Black after the band's break-up). You can read how Brian felt at this moment in the quote below.

Photo credit: DVD cover, screenshots of the performance / edit by Silke

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 📌
📢 ”And we did some shows in Europe with Frank Black and the Catholics opening for us, and erm, in fact it’s immortalised in our live dvd that’s coming out, and we actually took to the stage with Frank Black to do 'Where is my mind?', so that’s like the biggest vindication possible… so you’re just kind of like “Screw you, I’m on stage with Frank Black!”. Yeah. It’s like, “I don’t care what you think about me man, you know, look at me now!”
(Triple J, March 19th 2004)


📜 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧
01. Bulletproof cupid
02. Allergic (to thoughts of mother earth)
03. Every you Every me
04. Bionic
05. Protège-moi
06. Plasticine
07. The bitter end
08. Soulmates
09. Black-Eyed
10. I'll be yours
11. Special Needs
12. English Summer Rain
13. Without you I'm nothing
14. This Picture
15. Special K
16. Taste in men
17. Slave to the wage
18. Peeping Tom
19. Pure morning
20. Centrefolds
21. Where is my mind? (feat. Black Francis of Pixies)

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𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 - 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗜𝗘 – 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬

On March 15th 2004, exactly 17 years ago, the DVD “Soulmates never die – live in Paris 2003” was released.

Photo credit: DVD cover, screenshots of the performance / edit by Silke

🎬 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗜𝗘 – 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟯
🎵 http://bit.ly/2UuQEQJ 🎵

The show was recorded at Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy on October 18th 2003 and was part of the “Sleeping with ghosts” tour.
Concert and tour were filmed by Done and Dusted, DVD project manager was Alex Weston who is still one of the band's managers today.

Apart from the gig you can find a 25 minutes documentary on the DVD. There are also two “hidden easter eggs”, in one of them you can see Brian speaking to a doctor and then getting an injection in his naked backside.

The filmed performance includes 21 songs, the last one is quite special to Brian because it was a duet version of the Pixies cover “Where is my mind?” that he sung together with Pixies frontman Black Francis (who started a solo career as Frank Black after the band's break-up). You can read how Brian felt at this moment in the quote below.

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📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗘𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 📌
”[...] In fact it’s immortalised in our live DVD that’s coming out, and we actually took to the stage with Frank Black to do 'Where is my mind?', so that’s like the biggest vindication possible… so you’re just kind of like “Screw you, I’m on stage with Frank Black!”. Yeah. It’s like, “I don’t care what you think about me man, you know, look at me now!”
(Triple J, March 19th 2004)

📝 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧
01. Bulletproof cupid
02. Allergic (to thoughts of mother earth)
03. Every you Every me
04. Bionic
05. Protège-moi
06. Plasticine
07. The bitter end
08. Soulmates
09. Black-Eyed
10. I'll be yours
11. Special Needs
12. English Summer Rain
13. Without you I'm nothing
14. This Picture
15. Special K
16. Taste in men
17. Slave to the wage
18. Peeping Tom
19. Pure morning
20. Centrefolds
21. Where is my mind? (feat. Black Francis of Pixies)

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