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Brian Molko, frontman dei Placebo, riguardo Once More With Feeling, un'antologia, che raccoglie i pezzi degli ultimi otto anni di carriera, ha dichiarato: "Compilare un best è un po' rileggere le poesie che scrivevi quando avevi sedici anni: è una cosa molto dolorosa, per certi versi. Poi i Placebo non sono mai stati un gruppo da 'singoli': noi scriviamo album, non hit. Oltretutto, se fosse per noi, avremmo preferito pubblicare una raccolta con b-sides e pezzi strumentali, con qualcosa che suonasse diverso dalla nostra produzione usuale".
Ebbene questo quinto lavoro è un disco ben congegnato, in cui il caratteristico sound rock della band si fonde perfettamente con testi malinconici ed inquieti, che ricordano il concetto di spleen (la noia esistenziale cui è soggetta la natura umana) decantato da Charles Baudelaire. Si tratta di un album dal quale si può tracciare l'excursus artistico e l'evoluzione musicale di un gruppo molto amato a livello internazionale.
Si parte infatti con i singoli del primo lavoro, un album edonistico tra cui spiccano 36 Degrees, con il suo ritornello martellante, e Teenage Angst. Poi è la volta delle canzoni estratte da Without You I'm Nothing, che contiene dei veri e propri gioielli: è il caso di Pure Morning, un pezzo ipnotico, in cui la voce di Molko accompagna in un universo parallelo, You Don't Care About Us che riesce a toccare le corde più profonde, e la title-track Without You I'm Nothing in cui il frontman duetta con il padre del glam rock: David Bowie.
Dal terzo disco, Black Market Music, caratterizzato da pezzi energici, dinamici ed innovativi, emergono Slave To The Wage e Special K, una canzone allucinante in cui Molko canta: "No hesitation, no delay, you come on just like special K, just like I swallowed half mystash, I never ever want to crash, no hesitation, no delay, you come on just like special K, now you're back with done demand, I'm sinking sand, gravity, no escaping gravity, no escaping, not for free, I fall down hit the ground, make a heavy sound, every time you seem to come around".
Il quarto lavoro, Sleeping With Ghosts, è un disco diverso dal precedente, poiché caratterizzato dal ritorno di una musica malata, ossessiva e quasi morbosa; le sue canzoni hanno, infatti, il grande potere di condurre l'ascoltatore in un'eccezionale spirale sonora: è il caso di English Summer Rain, dove viene ripetuto in maniera ossessiva "Start again, start again". Molto particolare risulta essere Protege Moi, il rifacimento in francese di Protect Me From What I Want, in cui la voce del cantante, a volte suadente, a volte fastidiosa, chiede di venir protetto da ciò che desidera.
Le ultime tracce sono inediti. I Do è contraddistinta dall'uso di chitarre che riescono non solo a distorcere il suono, ma anche l'atmosfera sonora; Tweny Years, invece, lascia spazio ad un'atmosfera più cupa e malinconica, provocata dalla caducità dell'esistenza.
Il disco, a mio avviso, presenta una sola "nota stonata", ovvero la mancanza di uno dei pezzi migliori della band inglese: I Know.
Elenco tracce testi e samples
01 36 Degrees (03:07)
We were tight,
but it falls apart as silver turns to blue.
Waxing with a candlelight,
and burning just for you.
Allocate your sentiment,
and stick it in a box.
I've never been an extrovert,
but i'm still breathing.
Someone tried to do me ache,
Someone tried to do me ache,
Someone tried to do me ache,
Someone tried to do me ache (it's what I'm afraid of),
Someone tried to do me ache (it's what I'm afraid of).
With hindsight,
I was more than blind,
lost without a clue.
Thought I was getting carat gold,
and what I got was you.
Stuck inside the circumstances,
lonely at the top.
I've always been an introvert happily bleeding.
Someone tried to do me ache,
Someone tried to do me ache,
Someone tried to do me ache,
Someone tried to do me ache (it's what I'm afraid of),
Someone tried to do me ache (it's what I'm afraid of).
4 7 2 3 9 8 5
I gotta breathe to stay alive,
and 1 4 2 9 7 8
feels like I'm gonna suffocate.
14 16 22
this skin that turns to blister blue.
Shoulders toes and knees,
I'm 36 degrees,
shoulders toes and knees,
I'm 36 degrees,
shoulder toes and knees,
I'm 36 degrees,
shoulders toes and knees,
I'm 36 degrees.
02 Teenage Angst (02:40)
Shine the headlight,
straight into my eyes.
Like the roadkill,
I'm paralysed.
You see through my disguise
At the drive-in,
double feature,
pull the lever,
break the fever and say your last goodbyes.
Since I was born I started to decay.
Now nothing ever ever goes my way One fluid gesture,
like stepping back in time.
Trapped in amber, petrified.
And still not satisfied Airs and social graces,
elocution so divine.
I'll stick to my needle,
and my favourite waste of time,
both spineless and sublime.
Since I was born I started to decay.
Now nothing ever - ever goes my way.
03 Nancy Boy (03:19)
Alcoholic kind of mood
lose my clothes,lose my lube
cruising for a piece of fun
looking out for number one
different partner every night
so narcotic, outta sight
what a gas, what a beautiful past.
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
got the muse in my head she's universal
spinnin' me round she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
got the muse in my head she's universal
spinnin' me round she's coming over me
yeah
Kind of buzz that lasts for days
had some help from insect ways
comes across all shy and coy
just another nancy boy,
Woman man or modern monkey
just another happy junkie
fifty pounds press my button going down
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
got the muse in my head she's universal
spinnin' me round she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
got the muse in my head she's universal
spinnin' me round she's coming over me
yeah
Does his makeup in his room
douse himself with cheap perfume
eyeholes in a paper bag
greatest lay I ever had
kind of guy who mates for life
gotta help him find a wife
we're a couple
when our bodies double
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
got the muse in my head she's universal
spinnin' me round she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
got the muse in my head she's universal
spinnin' me round she's coming over me
yeah
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
got the muse in my head she's universal
spinnin' me round she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
got the muse in my head she's universal
spinnin' me round she's coming over me.
04 Bruise Pristine (03:36)
The means are right for taking, fade to grey
Trying to be ruthless, in the face of beauty
In this matrix, it's plain to see
It's either you or me.
Bruise,
pristine,
serene,
we were born to lose.
Cast a line with a velvet glove
Reading like an open book, in the hands of love
In this matrix, it's plain to see
It's either you or me.
Bruise,
pristine,
serene,
we were born to lose.
?encore? |echoed|
Means are right for taking, fade to grey
Trying to be ruthless, in the face of beauty
In this matrix, it's plain to see
It's either you or me.
Bruise,
pristine,
serene,
we were born to lose.
05 Pure Morning (03:59)
A friend in need's a friend indeed
A friend with weed is better
A friend with breasts and all the rest
A friend who's dressed in leather
A friend in need's a friend indeed
A friend who'll tease is better
Our thoughts compressed
Which makes us blessed
And makes for stormy weather
A friend in need's a friend indeed
My Japanese is better
And when she's pressed she will undress
And then she's boxing clever
A friend in need's a friend indeed
A friend who bleeds is better
My friend confessed she passed the test
And we will never sever
Day's dawning, skin's crawling {x4}
Pure morning {x4}
A friend in need's a friend indeed
A friend who'll tease is better
Our thoughts compressed
Which makes us blessed
And makes for stormy weather
A friend in need's a friend indeed
A friend who'll bleed is better
My friend confessed she passed the test
And we will never sever
Day's dawning, skin's crawling {x4}
Pure morning {x8}
A friend in need's a friend indeed
My Japanese is better
And when she's pressed she will undress
And then she's boxing clever
A friend in need's a friend indeed
A friend with weed is better
A friend with breasts and all the rest
A friend who's dressed in leather.
06 You Don't Care About Us (04:01)
If it's a bad day, you try to suffocate.
Another memory is scarred
If it's a bad case, then you accelerate,
you're in the getaway... car.
You don't care about us... oh oh.
You don't care about us... oh oh.
You don't care about us... oh oh
You don't care about us.
If it's a bad case, you're on the rampage.
Another memory... scarred.
You're at the wrong place, you're on the back page,
you're in the getaway... car.
You don't care about us... oh oh.
You don't care about us... oh oh.
You don't care about us... oh oh
You don't care about us.
It's your age, It's my rage.
It's your age, It's my rage.
You're too complicated, we should separate it.
You're just confiscating, you're exasperating.
This degeneration, mental masturbation.
Think I'll leave it all behind, save this bleeding heart of mine.
It's a matter of trust.
It's a matter of trust.
It's a matter of trust.
It's a matter of trust.
Because..
You don't care about us...
You don't care about us...
You don't care about us...
You don't care about us.
It's your age, It's my rage.
It's your age, It's my rage.
07 Every You Every Me (03:34)
Sucker love is heaven sent
You pucker up, our passion's spent
My hearts a tart your body's rent
My body's broken yours is bent
Carve your name into my arm
Instead of stressed I lie here charmed
'Cause there's nothing else to do
Every me and every you
Sucker love a box I choose
No other box I choose to use
Another love I would abuse
No circumstances could excuse
In the shape of things to come
Too much poison come undone
'Cause there's nothing else to do
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every me
Sucker love is known to swing
Prone to cling and waste these things
Pucker up for heaven sake
There's never been so much at stake
I serve my head up on a plate
It's only comfort calling late
Cause there's nothing else to do
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every me
Every me and every you
Every me
Like the naked leads the blind
I know I'm selfish I'm unkind
Sucker love I always find
Someone to bruise and leave behind
All alone in space and time
There's nothing here but what here's mine
Something borrowed, something blue
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every me
Every me and every you
Every me
Every me and every you
Every me
Every me and every you
Every me
Every me and every you
Every me
Every me and every you
Every me
09 Taste in Men (03:59)
Come back to me a while
Change your style again
Come back to me a while
Change your taste in men
It's been this way since Christmas Day
Dazzled, doused in gin
Change your taste in men
Come back to me a while
Change your style again
Come back to me a while
Change your taste in men
I'm killing time on Valentine's
Waiting for the day to end
Change your taste in men
10 Slave to the Wage (03:46)
Run away from all your boredom
Run away from all your whoredom
And wave your worries
And cares goodbye
All it takes is one decision
A lot of guts, a little vision
To wave your worries
And cares goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race
A race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race
A race for rats
A race for rats to die
Sick and tired of Maggie's Farm
She's a bitch with broken arms
To wave your worries
And cares goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race
A race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race
A race for rats
A race for rats to die
Run away
11 Special K (03:50)
Coming up beyond belief
On this coronary thief
More than just a leitmotif
More chaotic, no relief
I'll describe the way I feel
Weeping wounds that never heal
Can this saviour be for real?
Or are you just my seventh seal?
No hesitation, no delay
You come on just like special K
Just like I swallowed half my stash
I never ever want to crash
No hesitation, no delay
You come on just like special K
Now you're back with dope demand
I'm on sinking sand
Gravity, no escaping
Gravity
Gravity
No escaping
Not for free
I fall down
Hit the ground
Make a heavy sound
Every time
You seem to come around
I'll describe the way I feel
You're my new Achilles heel
Can the saviour be for real?
Or are you just my seventh seal?
No hesitation
No delay
You come on just like special K
Just like I swallowed half my stash
I never ever want to crash
No hesitation
No delay
You come on just like special K
Now you're back in dope demand
I'm on sinking sand
Gravity
No escaping gravity
Gravity
No escaping
Not for free
I fall down
Hit the ground
Make a heavy sound
Every time
You seem to come around
No escaping gravity
No escaping gravity
No escaping gravity
No escaping gravity
Gravity
Gravity
Gravity
Gravity
12 Black-Eyed (03:44)
I was never faithful
And I was never one to trust
Borderlining schizo
And guaranteed to cause a fuss
I was never loyal
Except to my own pleasure zone
I'm forever black-eyed
A product of a broken home
I was never faithful
And I was never one to trust
Borderline bipolar
Forever biting on your nuts
I was never grateful
That's why I spend my days alone
I'm forever black-eyed
A product of a broken home (Broken home)
Black-eyed (repeat)
I was never faithful
And I was never one to trust
Borderlining schizo
And guaranteed to cause a fuss
I was never loyal
Except to my own pleasure zone
I'm forever black-eyed
A product of a broken home (Broken home)
Black-eyed (repeat)
13 The Bitter End (03:11)
Since we're feeling so anaesthetised,
In our comfort zone
Reminds me of the second time,
that I followed you home.
We're running out of alibis,
on the second of May.
Reminds me of the summertime,
on this winter's day.
See you at the bitter end.
See you at the bitter end.
Every step we take that's synchronised,
every broken bone.
Reminds me of the second time,
that I followed you home.
You showered me with lullabies,
As you're walking away.
Reminds me that it's killing time,
on this fateful day.
See you at the bitter end.
See you at the bitter end.
See you at the bitter end.
See you at the bitter end.
From the time we intercepted,
Feels alot like suicide.
Slow and sad, come in silence.
Arise a bitter mine,
*See you at the bitter end*
I love to see you run around,
And I can see you now.
Running to me,
Arms wide out.
*See you at the bitter end*
Come on reach inside,
Grab the gentleness inside.
Heard a cry,
Six months time.
In six months time,
Prepare the end.
*See you at the bitter end*
14 This Picture (03:35)
I hold an image of the ashtray girl
Of cigarette burns on my chest
I wrote a poem that described her world
And put our friendship to the test
And late at night whilst on all fours
She used to watch me kiss the floor
What's wrong with this picture?
What's wrong with this picture?
Farewell the ashtray girl
Forbidden snowflake
Beware this troubled world
Watch out for earthquakes
Goodbye to open sores
To broken semaphore
You know we miss her
We miss her picture
Sometimes it's faded
(We) Disintegrated
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it's faded
(We) Assassinate it
For fear of growing old
Farewell the ashtray girl
Angelic fruitcake
Beware this troubled world
Control your intake
Goodbye to open sores
Goodbye and furthermore
You know we miss her
We miss her picture
Sometimes it's faded
(We) Disintegrated
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it's faded
(We) Assassinate it
For fear of growing old
Hang on
Though we try
It's gone
Hang on
Though we try
It's gone
Sometimes it's faded
(we) Disintegrated
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it's faded
(We) Assassinate it
For fear of growing old
I can't stop growing old
I can't stop growing old
I can't stop growing old
I can't stop growing old
I can't stop growing old
16 English Summer Rain (03:10)
Always stays the same
Nothing ever changes
English summer rain
Seems to last for ages
Always stays the same
Nothing ever changes
English summer rain
Seems to last for ages
I'm in the basement
You're in the sky
I'm in the basement baby
Drop on by
I'm in the basement
You're in the sky
I'm in the basement baby
Drop on by
Always stays the same
Nothing ever changes
English summer rain
Seems to last for ages
Always stays the same
Nothing ever changes
English summer rain
Seems to last for ages
I'm in the basement
You're in the sky
I'm in the basement baby
Drop on by
I'm in the basement
You're in the sky
I'm in the basement baby
Drop on by
Hold your breath and count to ten
Then fall apart and start again
Hold your breath and count to ten
Start again start again
Hold your breath and count to ten
Then fall apart and start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Always stays the same
Nothing ever changes
English summer rain
Seems to last for ages
Always stays the same
Nothing ever changes
English summer rain
Seems to last for ages
Hold your breath and count to ten
Then fall apart and start again
Hold your breath and count to ten
Start again start again
Hold your breath and count to ten
Then fall apart and start again
Hold your breath and count to ten
Start again start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
Start again
19 Twenty Years (04:19)
There are twenty years to go
Twenty ways to know
Who will wear, who will wear the hat
There are twenty years to go
Best of all I hope
Enjoy the ride, the medicine show
Thems the breaks for we designer fakes
We need to concentrate on more than meets the eye
There are twenty years to go
The faithful and the low
Best of starts, the broken heart, the stone
There are twenty years to go
Punch drunk and the blow
The worst of starts, the mercy part, the phone
Thems the breaks for we designer fakes
We need to concentrate on more than meets the eye
Thems the breaks for we designer fakes
But it's you I take 'cause you're the truth not I
There are twenty years to go
A golden age I know
But all will pass, and end too fast you know
There are twenty years to go
Many friends I hope
Though some may hold the rose, some hold the rope
And that's the end and that's the start of it
That's the whole and that's the part of it
That's the high and that's the heart of it
That's the long and that's the short of it
That's the best and that's the test in it
That's the doubt to doubt the trust in it
That's the sight and that's the sound of it
That's the gift and that's the trick in it
You're the truth, not I
You're the truth, not I
You're the truth, not I
You're the truth, not I
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