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By: Johnny Lee & Photographs: Kevin Westenberg
PLACEBO: BLACK MARKET MUSIC
Placebo frontman Brian Molko talks rock star poetry
One of the most recognised voices in rock music, Brian Molko's notoriously
poetic rhymes are characterised by blister-blue moods, bondage and angelic
assassinations. Using Placebo's most definitive lyrics from some of their
most famous songs as an inception point, we speak to Molko prior to his Hard
Rock Hotel performance on September 12.
SLAVE TO THE WAGE
"Run away from all your whoredom and wave, your worries and cares, goodbye…"
Have you always felt compelled to escape mainstream society?
I come from a long line of bankers, so to break with tradition and make the
arts my career was met with resistance. But I was resolute and knew from the
age of 11 that sitting behind a desk contemplating my in-tray was an
impossibility. The very idea filled me with a profound sense of depression. I
promised myself that I wouldn’t get a job until I landed a record deal.
After an accidental encounter in a tube station with my old schoolmate Stefan
Olsdal, our lives changed forever.
PURE MORNING
"Day's dawning, skins crawling. Pure morning, pure morning…"
Where did you rouse the following day?
I enjoyed myself far too much in the late nineties. I developed a reputation
for being a tad out of control. I didn't understand why at the time; perhaps
it was my predilection for stumbling around parties with a drink in each hand
or being the musician other musicians had to step over in order to leave the
party. By the '00s, hard drugs had begun to take over. Matters soon became
darker. But I rode on valiantly until I came to accept, in around 2005, that
such behaviour had become a life-threatening problem and that a complete
change of lifestyle was imperative.
TOO MANY FRIENDS
"My computer thinks I'm gay. What's the difference anyway? When all the
people do all day. Is stare into a phone…"
How has the technological revolution affected Placebo?
'Too Many Friends' is a song that's often misunderstood. It uses
technology as a metaphor for loneliness. Sometimes I'm misconstrued as a
Luddite because of the song, when nothing could be further from the truth. I'm fascinated by technology. Eventually somebody was going to write about
social networks and loneliness, so it was a driving force for me to get in
first. If a person bumps into a lamppost because they are texting and walking
at the same time, the phone is not to blame but the person himself.
TWENTY YEARS
"You're the truth not I..."
Which Placebo line holds the most significance?
The one you've chosen is a fine example as it is a direct message to our
fans. In song and on stage I speak my truth, but I have no delusions of
grandeur that mine is absolute. There's enough ambiguity in my writing for
our fans to find their own stories in our songs. I also really like the line:
"We can build a new tomorrow, today," from 'Speak In Tongues'. I
sincerely believe it's a call to arms to build a more tolerant future. But
the change has to start within ourselves first; we all have the choice to
live our lives with more compassion and kindness. I see it as karma – the
more you give selflessly, the more comes back your way.
I'm looking forward to getting an insider's tour of the island. I wonder if
we'll bump into James Blunt!"
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