크로스 섹슈얼 아이콘, 브라이언 몰코가 이끄는 치명적인 유혹의 록 사운드 '다크 로맨티스트들의 컴백 PLACEBO 3년 만의 새 앨범 [MEDS]
- 총 4장의 정규 앨범과 1장의 베스트 앨범을 발매하며 전세계적으로 4백 5십만 장 이상의 판매고를 기록한, 얼터너티브와 글램 록 사운드로 대변되는 3인조 모던 록 밴드로 변화무쌍한 대중음악계에서 10여년의 세월 동안 굳건한 존재감을 유지하며 현재 영미권에서 활약하는 가장 중요한 밴드 중 하나로 평가 받고 있음. - 1996년 데뷔 당시, 진한 화장과 우아한 복장을 한 여성보다 더 아름다운 모습으로 미디어에 등장하여, 섹스와 드럭에 대한 거리낌 없는 자기파괴적 고백들을 쏟아냈던 브라이언 몰코의 강력한 대외적 이미지가 크게 어필, 록 음악계에 섹시 아이콘으로 불리우며 언론에 집중 세례를 받아옴. - 토드 헤인즈 감독의 글램 록에 대한 회고적 영화인 [벨벳 골드마인]에서 글램 록 밴드로 출연하여 T-REX의 <20TH CENTURY BOY>를 불러 큰 화제를 불러모음. - 한국에서도 영화 [텔 미 썸딩]에 삽입된 <THE CRAWL>과 영화 [사랑보다 아름다운 유혹] 삽입곡 <EVERY YOU EVERY ME>, 데이빗 보위와 함께 노래한 <WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING> 등이 히트하며 폭넓은 사랑을 받고 있음. - 중독성 있는 멜로디와 잘주하는 비트, 우울한 사운드가 공존하는 매력적인 트랙인 첫 싱글 <SONG TO SAY GOODBYE>, R.E.M.의 마이클 스타이프와 함께 부른 <BROKEN PROMISE>, 어둡고 몽환적인 느낌을 최대한 살린 플라시보표 발라드 <SPACE MONKEY>와 <FOLLOW THE COPS BACK HOME> 등 13 트랙이 실린 새 앨범 [MEDS]는 사랑-상실-중독-배신-상처-복수 등 소위 '어두운 로맨티시즘'을 지속적으로 추구해온 플라시보의 변함없는 주제와 사운드를 담고 있는 작품.
I was alone, Falling free, Trying my best not to forget What happened to us, What happened to me, What happened as I let it slip. I was confused by the powers that be, Forgetting names and places. Passersby were looking at me As if they could erase it Baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby did you forget to take your meds? I was alone, Staring over the ledge, Trying my best not to forget All manner of joy All manner of glee And our one heroic pledge How it mattered to us, How it mattered to me, And the consequences I was confused, By the birds and the bees Forgetting if I meant it Baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby did you forget to take your meds? And the Sex and the drugs and the complications And the Sex and the drugs and the complications And the Sex and the drugs and the complications And the Sex and the drugs and the complications Baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby did you forget to take your meds? I was alone, Falling free, Trying my best not to forget
One last time before I shuffle off the planet, I will be the one to make you crawl So I came down to write you an unhappy birthday Someone call the ambulance There's going to be an accident I'm coming up on infra red There is no running that can hide you Cos I can see in the dark I'm coming up on infra red Forget your running I will find you
One more thing before we start the final face-off I will be the one to watch you fall So I came down to crash and burn Your beggars banquet Someone call the ambulance There's going to be an accident I'm coming up on infra red There is no running that can hide you Cos I can see in the dark I'm coming up on infra red Forget your running I will find you (Find you)
Someone call the ambulance There's going to be an accident I'm coming up on infra red There is no running that can hide you Cos I can see in the dark I'm coming up on infra red Forget your running I will find you Cos I can see in the dark I'm coming up on infra red There is no running that can hide you Cos I can see in the dark I'm coming up on infra red Forget your running I will find you I'll find you I'll find you
You're always ahead of the game I drag behind You never get caught in the rain When I'm drenched to the bone every time You're the first one to swim across the Seine I lag behind You're always ahead of the game While I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind You're always ahead of the pack I drag behind You posses every trait that I lack By coincidence or by design You're the monkey I've got on my back That tells me to shine You're always ahead of the pack While I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind
You're always ahead of the rest When I'm always on time You got As on your algebra tests I failed and they kept me behind I just gotta get off my chest That I think you're divine You're always ahead of the rest While I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind I drag behind
Space monkey in the place to be Riding in a rocket to a planet of sound Shooting the moon, playing dominoes in drag An increase in population of a hundred percent
Space monkey in the place to be With a chemical peel and a picture of Mary Out on a limb in the carnival of me Raising the temperature one hundred degrees
We're sown together She's born mesmer Beside astride her I die inside her
Space monkey in the place to be A mass of contradictions in a golden frame Raising the roof in a calamity way Completely meretricious of a poke in the eye
Space monkey in the place to be Talk of the town with a Colombian rock Out on a limb in the carnival of me Raising the temperature one hundred degrees
We're sown together She's born mesmer Beside astride her I die inside her It's far too sacred Don't ever fake it And don't, and don't, and don't let me down
Like you let me down before Like you let me down before
Space monkey in the place to be With some free-association and a hole in her head Out on a in the carnival of me Raising the temperature one hundred degrees
Were so together She's born mesmer Beside astride her I die inside her It's far too sacred Don't ever fake it And don't, and don't, and don't let me down
Like you let me down before Like you let me down before Like you let me down before Like you let me down before
The call to arms was never true Time to embody here's to you I'll tell you stories bruised and blue Drum machines and landslides Just one more round before we're through More psychedelic yuppie flu It's such a silly thing to do Now we're stuck on rewind Let's follow the cops back home Follow the cops back home Let's follow the cops back home Rob their houses
The call to arms was never true Let's take a ride and push it through Suspended in animation blue Blame it on apartheid Let's spend the night in Jimmy's shoes I'll give you coats and cheap shampoo I'll give you nothing else to do Now we're stuck on rewind Let's follow the cops back home Follow the cops back home Let's follow the cops back home Rob their houses Let's follow the cops back home Follow the cops back home Let's follow the cops back home Rob their houses
The call to arms was never true I'm medicated, how are you? Let's take a dive swim right through Sophisticated point of view Let's follow the cops back home Follow the cops back home Let's follow the cops back home And Rob their houses Let's follow the cops back home Follow the cops back home Let's follow the cops back home And rob their houses
It's in the water baby It's in the pills that bring you down It's in the water baby It's in your bag of golden brown It's in the water baby It's in your frequency It's in the water baby It's between you and me
It's in the water baby It's in the pills that pick you up It's in the water baby It's in the special way we fuck It's in the water baby It's in your family tree It's in the water baby It's between you and me Bite the hand that feeds Tap the vein that bleeds Down on my bended knees I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you
It's in the water baby It's in the pills that bring you down It's in the water baby It's in your bag of golden brown It's in the water baby It's in your frequency It's in the water baby It's between you and me Bite the hand that feeds Tap the vein that bleeds Down on my bended knees I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you I break the back of love for you
Fall into you is all i seem to do when i hit the bottle ciz i'm afraid to be alone
tearl us in two is all i seems to do as the anger fades this is house is no loger a home don't give up on the dream don't give up on the wanting and everything that's true don't give up on the dream don't give up on the wanting because i want you too because i want you too because i want you too because i want you because i want you
stumble into you is all i ever do my memory's hazy and i'm afraid to be alone tear us in two is all it's gonna do As the headache fades this house is no longer a home don´t give up on the dream, don´t give up, ont he wanting, and everythign that´s true. don´t give up on the dream, don´t give up on the wanting..
Because I want you too, because I want you too, because I want you too, because I want you, because I want you.
fall in to you, is all i ever do! When i hit the bottle, coz I´m afraid to be alone..tear us in two, tear us in two, tear us in two..
because I want you too, because I want you too, because I want you, because I want you. because I want you too, because I want you too, because I want you, because I want you.
If I could tear you from the ceiling and garantee a source divine rid you off possessions fleeting remain your funny valentine Don't go and leave me and please don't drive me blind don't go and leave me and please don't drive me blind If i could tear you from the ceiling I know the best have tried I'd fill your every breath with meaning and find a place we both could hide Don't go and leave me and please don't drive me blind don't go and leave me and please don't drive me blind You don't believe me but you do this every time please don't drive me blind please don't drive me blind I know we're broken I know we're broken I know we're broken If I could tear you from the ceiling I'd freeze us both in time find a brand new way fo seeing your eyes forever glued to mine Don't go and leave me and please don't drive me blind don't go and leave me and please don't drive me blind and please don't drive me blind and please don't drive me blind and please don't drive me blind and please don't drive me blind I know i broke it I know i broke it I know i broke it
Leave me dreaming off the bed See you right back here tomorrow For the next round Keep this scene inside your head As the bruises turn to yellow The swelling goes down And if you're ever around In the city or the suburbs Of this town Be sure to come around I'll be wallowing in sorrow Wearing a frown Like Pierrot the clown Saw you crashing around the bay Never seen you act so shallow Or look so brown Remember all the things you say How your promises ring hollow As you threw me to the ground And if you're ever around In the backstreets or the alleys Of this town Be sure to come around I'll be wallowing in pity Wearing a frown Like Pierrot the clown When I dream, I dream of your lips When I dream, I dream of your kiss When I dream, I dream of your bests Your bests Your bests Leave me bleeding on the bed See you right back here tomorrow For the next round Keep this scene in your head As the bruises turn to yellow The swelling goes down And if you're ever around In the city or the suburbs Of this town Be sure to come around I'll be wallowing in sorrow Wearing a frown Like Pierrot the clown Like Pierrot the clown Like Pierrot the clown Like Pierrot the clown Like Pierrot the clown
On top of the world you get nothing done Talk is cold and burns like the sun Can't you see these skies are breaking? Cos on top of the world is where I'm from Your lack of class is where I was Keeping quiet playing dumb Can't you see these skies are breaking? Cos the back of the class is where I'm from And I am one I am I am one I am I am I am I am I am I'm in a race that's killing time I don't need yours I'll keep it with mine Can't you see these skies are breaking? Cos I'm in a race and I'm doing fine Thank you Two of a kind and no-one knows I'm in a crowd and I'm still alone Can't you see these skies are breaking? Cos one of a kind is all I own I am one I am I am one I am I am I am I am I am Out of the blue and into the void I wanna try but I get annoyed Can't you see these skies are breaking? So out of the blue and into the void I am one I am I am one I am I am I am I am I am one I am I am one I am I am I am I am I am On top of the world you get nothing done.
In cold light of morning while everyone is yawning You're high In the cold light of morning the party gets all in your pie As your skin starts to scratch with yesterdays action goodbye Forget past indiscretions And stolen possessions You're high In the cold light
In the cold light of morning while everyone's yawning You're high In the cold light of morning You're drunk sick from whoring and high Staring back from the mirrors A face that you don't recognise It's a loser a sinner a cock and a dildo's disguise In the cold light
Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow As your skin starts to scratch And wave yesterdays action goodbye Forget past indiscretions And stolen possessions. You're high In the cold light of day Tomorrow's only a king Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle whistle Away In the cold light of day
You are one of God's mistakes You crying, tragic waste of skin I'm well aware of how it aches And you still won't let me in Now I'm breaking down your door To try and save your swollen face Though I don't like you anymore You lying, trying waste of space Before our innocence was lost You were always one of those Blessed with lucky sevens And the voice that made me cry My, oh my You were mother nature's son Someone to whom I could relate Your needle and your damage done Remains a sordid twist of fate Now I'm trying to wake you up To pull you from the liquid sky 'Cause if I don't we'll both end up With just your song to say goodbye My, oh my A song to say goodbye A song to say goodbye A song to say Before our innocence was lost You were always one of those Blessed with lucky sevens And the voice that made me cry It's a song to say goodbye
There are twenty years to go Twenty ways to know Who'll wear Who'll wear the hat There are twenty years to go The 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 The best of starts the broken heart the stone There are twenty years to go The punch drunk and the blow The worst of starts the mercy part the foam Thems the breaks Before we designer fakes We need to concentrate on more than meets the eye Thems the breaks Before we designer fakes But it's you I take cos 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 And many friends I hope Though some may hold the rose Some hold the rope 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 the 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
You're the truth not I You're the truth not I You're the truth not I
If only tonight we could sleep In a bed made of flowers If only tonight we could fall In a deathless smell If only tonight we could slide In the deep black water And breathe, and breathe And an angel caught
With burning eyes like skull And burry us deep In it's velvet's arms And the rain will cry As a face's let away And the rain will cry Don't let it end Don't let it end
In cold light of morning while everyone is yawning You're high In the cold light of morning the party gets all in your pie As your skin starts to scratch with yesterdays action goodbye Forget past indiscretions And stolen possessions You're high In the cold light
In the cold light of morning while everyone's yawning You're high In the cold light of morning You're drunk sick from whoring and high Staring back from the mirrors A face that you don't recognise It's a loser a sinner a cock and a dildo's disguise In the cold light
Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow As your skin starts to scratch And wave yesterdays action goodbye Forget past indiscretions And stolen possessions. You're high In the cold light of day Tomorrow's only a king Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle Whistle whistle Away In the cold light of day
Leave me dreaming off the bed See you right back here tomorrow For the next round Keep this scene inside your head As the bruises turn to yellow The swelling goes down And if you're ever around In the city or the suburbs Of this town Be sure to come around I'll be wallowing in sorrow Wearing a frown Like Pierrot the clown Saw you crashing around the bay Never seen you act so shallow Or look so brown Remember all the things you say How your promises ring hollow As you threw me to the ground And if you're ever around In the backstreets or the alleys Of this town Be sure to come around I'll be wallowing in pity Wearing a frown Like Pierrot the clown When I dream, I dream of your lips When I dream, I dream of your kiss When I dream, I dream of your bests Your bests Your bests Leave me bleeding on the bed See you right back here tomorrow For the next round Keep this scene in your head As the bruises turn to yellow The swelling goes down And if you're ever around In the city or the suburbs Of this town Be sure to come around I'll be wallowing in sorrow Wearing a frown Like Pierrot the clown Like Pierrot the clown Like Pierrot the clown Like Pierrot the clown Like Pierrot the clown