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I prefer cure
that's not the question
the question is, do you like the album called placebo by the band called placebo. yes you do.
it's a question that isn't a question.
a riddle with only one answer
All i've got is that when Nancy Boy was released
my mate Lee said 'have you seen that bird out of that band place bo?' he pronounced it PLACE BOW (as in bow and arrow)
It was if you were 14 or something
Velvet goldmine came out in 1998
Placebo's debate came out in 1996
And rightly so
Also - I just looked that up
I'm not some placebo fact machine
it's ok chris. we admire it here
we're all about placebo in this thread
i'm in such a good mood thinking about placebo
in case you're interested, i remembered to listen to them because of this reason.
1) i decided to watch 'he thought of cars' by blur on jules holland. so i did. then placebo doing 'nancy boy' (on jules) was linked.
that's how.
any time :D
i'm going to listen to them so hard later
some of the best sung lyrics ever
I know that written down they dont look that much, and I know they can produce fantastically bad lyrics too, but the way he sings some of those lines they just work so perfectly.
ive never really thought about it but yeah
the lyrics dont really mean much but brian molko sings it like it's the most important thing in the world. fucking great song.
also i'm pretty sure my old housemate has an every me every you tattoo
I think Lee is still confused about androgyny
whenever i try to think of the word androgynous i always come up with ambidextrous first
My recollection
(and yeah, I was 21 in 1996) was more, "lol, check out all those dudes into heavy rock worried about their sexuality after they thought Brian Molko was a woman"... :D
hahaah
Strangely the band that got me into the pixies at about 15
As my girlfriend saw them play where is my mind and made me put on surfer rosa (I didnt want to listen to it cos steve albini called it boring) and it BLEW MY FUCKING MIND. Great anecdote. No one steal it.
i might steal it
No. I don't like them.
i can't believe this.
have you listened to that album?
I don't have to - I disliked every single I've ever heard. I think it's the voice.
They introduced me to dEUS.
Thank you Placebo.
ive not heard the album
does it contain the song about pure morning or soemthing.. a friend in needs a friend indeed.. etc?
nope
no, that was on their second album. i'm not as familiar with that
teenage angst is a stomoer
a what?!
a storm trooper
Strangely the band that got me into the pixies at about 15
As my girlfriend saw them play where is my mind and made me put on surfer rosa (I didnt want to listen to it cos steve albini called it boring) and it BLEW MY FUCKING MIND.
great anecdote
I enjoyed this anecdote
I'd never thought about a link between the Pixies and Placebo before.
Today's gonna be a good day! Thanks so much!
didn't Placebo cover Where Is My Mind with Frank Black singing once?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bu6W3jNU1M
Thlacebo
this subthread is pure gold
I knew this would happen
*shakes fist*
I'm not sure
Brian Molko sounds a bit like Lois Griffin.
lois is easily the best thing about family guy
Placebo just reminds me of the opening credits to Cruel Intentions
what do you mean 'just'?
I say just a lot.
It doesn't mean anything.
oh right
i thought you were somehow cussing either placebo or cruel intentions
I would never do such a thing
besides I was so obsessed with Cruel Intentions that I literally knew all the words to it.
listening now
got to a single i recognise, nancy boy
good tune
Pure Morning's the best
As a result of this thread I am now listening to Placebo
and am surprised I remember the words to Every you, Every me.
Well I do
They sound great and look great too
I was in love with Brian Molko
I must add, in a fatherly sort of way
he seems so sweet and vulnerable as well as being dirty
I challenge anyone to put 'brick shithouse' on full volume whilst driving
and not speed
I have the Nancy Boy single but never liked them enough to spend £12 on the album
because I probably needed that £12 to buy The Bends or The Great Escape.
They had a singles compilation out 5 or 6 years back I think. I remember it playing in a record store and thinking, "You know, most of these songs sound great," but I still didn't buy it. I'd never actually listen to Placebo at home, basically.
There's too much separation between the vocals and the rest
Makes them sound weak
They sound so thin
or vulnerable or in his words 'torn' (fits Brian Molko far more than Natalie Imbruglia)
the album is not on spotify
i was really upset about that then found it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmgCftIGnDM
taped the second album off my sister's taped copy of Joanna from down the road's CD
how was the qualirty?
tapw
I listen to this on repeat whenever I am sad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkgZ5QmlC2Q
i pretended to be a girl once
& got this bloke to put on surfer rosa after seeing them play where is my mind
he thought it would be boring cos of something steve albini said
pfft, didnt even know that i was a man
really? thats an amazing co-incidence
because exactly the same thing happened to me, when I was another disser, but about 10 minutes later
I really like Meds
Also a big fan of Placebo's fifth album.
I got a shiver down my spine when the bass and drums kicked in on Nancy Boy. Fucking love that song
Also remembered a little story. iirc, i was 16 when Sleeping With Ghosts came out. I was just properly getting into music then, remember being in HMV on Market St and trying to decide between getting that or the first Athlete album. Fucking hell, imagine if I'd got the Athlete album. I'd be crying around on the music board trying to justify Coldplay's continued existance, my bed soaked in piss
hahaha