Placebo | Without You I'm Nothing

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WITHOUT YOU

I'M NOTHING
WITHOUT YOU

I'M NOTHING

About

If their debut was the sound of a no-holds-barred sexual drug frenzy

lasting way into the next day, then Without You I’m Nothing is the resultant rumpled,

libidinous comedown. As such, it’s much classier, cerebral and great to listen to when hung-over.

“I’m unclean / A libertine / And every time you vent your spleen / I seem to lose my power of speech,” Molko breathes

on the awesomely overcharged title track. In a year when Marilyn Manson and Bauhaus continue to revitalize the goth movement across America, Placebo’s moment may well have arrived.

– Everett True

Music

Without You I’m Nothing

Videos

Placebo – Brick Shithouse (Les Eurokeennes Festival – 1999)

Allergic (To Thoughts OF Mother Earth) (Live On MTV UK 1999)

Pure Morning (Live on Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1999)

You Don’t Care About Us (Bizarre Festival 2000)

Every You Every Me (Live On CD:UK)

Without You I’m Nothing (Live at Les Eurockéennes de Belfort 1997)

The Crawl (Live At Glastonbury Festival 1998)

Pure Morning

Every You Every Me

The Crawl (Live For Radio 21)

My Sweet Prince (Live At Cabaret Of Desire 2001)

Burger Queen

Ask For Answers (Live For Radio 21)

Brick Shithouse (Live At Eurockeennes 1999)

Summers Gone

Evil Dildo (Live At Eurockeennes 1999)

Scared Of Girls (Live At Brixton Academy 1998)

Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mother Earth) (Live At Festival Bizarre 2000)

Without You I’m Nothing (Ft. David Bowie)

You Don’t Care About Us

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I’m sorry but this is the only ‘kind of ice’ I am able to see looking at pictures of Brian. Just beautiful landscapes and nothing nothing let me think about depression ecc... Depression itself is people who just talk about depression instead of enjoying life and money they have. Maybe he is depressing to hear people talking 24/7 about that and complaining and make continuously allusion to the fact he is indeed. Same for the stay calm, stay tranquil. He has to be a really really patience and kind one just because I really remember about a fact in Montecarlo when I told to a colleague: stay calm! and she went literally crazy. So I started to repeat it as more as she went mad 😂. Yes I don’t like panicked, noisy people who can’t just distinguish which situations they have to take seriously and which not, so they go crazy if you see you remaining impassive when they always lose control. I say why? In Italian is called: cold blood. It is necessary! So try: you, friends of him, try to tell him what I’m telling here on my fan page and you’ll see. I bet he would be less less unkind and pissed off. Yes for me he is not depressed, just pissed off of a scassacaxxo, lagnosi army. #wyin20 #brianmolko

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God save the queen and the king

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Very important advice from Brian

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Now let's talk about 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵. Released before as a single and after on AC Acoustics's album Understanding Music in 2000, this song was a Brian Molko's collaboration his friend Paul Campion, AC Acoustics's leader co-writer of Every You Every Me and who inspired Twenty Years. " One of my best friends in the world is Paul Campion who was the singer of AC Acoustics and who helped me out on the lyrics when had writers block for Every You, Every Me on the second album. And whenever we’d sound check he’d always be playing this little guitar riff and singing the line ‘There are twenty years to go”. I always thought it would be an amazing AC Acoustic song but he never wrote it, and since he was such a good friend of mine, often when I’d pick a guitar, to remind myself of him I’d play that riff and we all grew to fall in love with that record and always said that one day we were gonna flesh this out in to, you know, a proper song." 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰, BM, Session at AOL - Placebo Interview 2004 Formed in 1990, AC Acoustics were a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow. Over their carreer, they released a lot of singles, EPs and albums on independent record labels. They split up in 2003. They were initially inspired by The Jesus and Mary Chain and, on occasion, adding to their guitars, bass and drums instruments like saxophones and violins. Do you like 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 ? Why ? Enjoy your Wednesday & see you soon !! °°• Katy •°° 📸 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎 : Kevin Westenberg, 2000 ● AC Acoustics ft Brian Molko - Crush : ● AC Acoustics ft Brian Molko - Crush (Version 2) : #placebo #placeboanyway #placeboworld #brianmolko #stefanolsdal #molko #music #placebomusic #acccoustics #collab #musician #musicproduction #musicworld #musiclove #rock #goodmusic #artist #amazing #bestoftheday #placebofans #soulmatesneverdie #brianmolko2000 #nowplaying #song #photography #photooftheday #picoftheday #WYIN20 #placebo2019

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Placebo covered Nik Kershaw's 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗕𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 for the first time in front of a public at the French TV show Taratata on April 06, 2009 and released it after as a b-side on 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 Single in 2009. This song was very much in line with Placebo's 2009 musical and philosophical renewal. "It's a song I've had in my mind since I was a little boy. Nik Kershaw made lots of hits when I was a child, but the only song I loved was Wouldn't it Be Good. There is such an atmosphere of desperation in this song, even though the melody is very positive." 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, BM, Volume Magazine 2009 Born in England in 1958, Nik Kershaw is a multi-instrumentalist singer, songwriter and producer. Very popular in the UK, he got a first huge sucess with 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗕𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱, with its vidéo clip too, and The Riddle of the album Human Racing in the mid-80s. Over the years, Nik Kershaw participated in the production of albums with artists such as Elton John, Bonnie Tyler, Tony Banks, The Digital Rhythms or Imogen Heap. " What I usually end up doing is just looping the track and just singing different bits over it and then sticking it together and then learning how to play them. I still do that. Obviously if I’m singing it, it’s a direct line from my brain to my mouth, and it’s just ‘bang!’ there it is." Nik Kershaw, Eonmusic 2017 At the time, like many French fans I was in front of this Taratata devoted to Placebo and the release of 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏, BFTS. Among the many surprises of this show, in addition to the interview during which we saw a video with child Brian attending his first concert (Téléphone), there was the live with For what It's Worth, Battle For The Sun and so 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗕𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 which was very appreciated by the show team, the public and of course the viewers. A great musical moment in television, a marvel. ••°• Katy •°•• 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 : Placebo - Wouldn't It Be Good (Taratata-France 2, Paris 2009) #placebo #placeboworld #brianmolko #stefanolsdal #molko #music #placebomusic #nikkershaw #musician #musicproduction #musicworld #musiclove #rock #video #videooftheday #WYIN20

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Let's talk about 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵. Released before as a single and after on AC Acoustics's album Understanding Music in 2000, this song was a Brian Molko's collaboration his friend Paul Campion, AC Acoustics's leader co-writer of Every You Every Me and who inspired Twenty Years. " One of my best friends in the world is Paul Campion who was the singer of AC Acoustics and who helped me out on the lyrics when had writers block for Every You, Every Me on the second album. And whenever we’d sound check he’d always be playing this little guitar riff and singing the line ‘There are twenty years to go”. I always thought it would be an amazing AC Acoustic song but he never wrote it, and since he was such a good friend of mine, often when I’d pick a guitar, to remind myself of him I’d play that riff and we all grew to fall in love with that record and always said that one day we were gonna flesh this out in to, you know, a proper song." 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰, BM, Session at AOL - Placebo Interview 2004 Formed in 1990, AC Acoustics were a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow. Over their carreer, they released a lot of singles, EPs and albums on independent record labels. They split up in 2003. They were initially inspired by The Jesus and Mary Chain and, on occasion, adding to their guitars, bass and drums instruments like saxophones and violins. °°• Katy •°° 📸 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎 : Kevin Westenberg, 2000 #placebo #placeboworld #brianmolko #stefanolsdal #molko #music #placebomusic #acccoustics #collab #musician #musicproduction #musicworld #musiclove #rock #goodmusic #artist #amazing #bestoftheday #placebofans #soulmatesneverdie #brianmolko2000 #nowplaying #song #photography #photooftheday #picoftheday #WYIN20 #placebo2019

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I love this guy too much

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● 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗜'𝗠 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 ● "At the time we were writing this record, our personal lives were kind of falling apart. Which is why the album is such a romantic one, but also quite desperate and melancholic. Without You I'm Nothing is a very romantic phrase, but it's also a very desperate one." 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, BM, L.A Times 1999 - "We had to do a lot of soul-searching. We had to really look inside of ourselves and... realize what we had done. I think there's a lot of guilt on that record, and it talks about a few relationships that I had which I think that I basically did my best to ruin but I didn't know any better at the time. It's a very heartbroken album." 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, BM, Access Magazine 1999 After a very rock first album, our favorite band 𝖯𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖻𝗈 proposed with the beautifully dark 2nd album innovative and spiritual sounds, rhythmed rock tracks, a very present bass, Brian Molko's changed voice, guitars with mesmerizing melodies, but also sinisterly beautiful and calm songs. The emotion is immense. Cult song, 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗜'𝗠 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 is a fabulous track without chorus or verses composed with 4 melodic successions, calm at first and very powerful at the end. Brian Molko's highly emotional and ethereal guitar is almost exclusively the musical line of the track. Same guitar which transcribed precisely the painful atmosphere of the song. The 2nd record is one of Placebo's best albums for me. Very deep, the transcribed emotions are powerful and obscure. The almost five minutes of musical and emotional 'orgasm' with 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗜'𝗠 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, WYIN, are for me a reference in music in general. 🎞 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎 : Brian Molko by Francois Rousseau, 1999 + Edit by me #placebo #placeboworld #brianmolko #stefanolsdal #molko #music #musician #musicproduction #musicworld #musiclove #rock #goodmusic #artist #amazing #bestoftheday #placebofans #soulmatesneverdie #brianmolko1998 #nowplaying #song #WYIN #photography #photooftheday #picoftheday #WYIN20 #placebo2019

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If their debut was the sound of a no-holds-barred sexual drug frenzy

lasting way into the next day, then Without You I’m Nothing is the resultant rumpled,

libidinous comedown. As such, it’s much classier, cerebral and great to listen to when hung-over.

“I’m unclean / A libertine / And every time you vent your spleen / I seem to lose my power of speech,” Molko breathes

on the awesomely overcharged title track. In a year when Marilyn Manson and Bauhaus continue to revitalize the goth movement across America, Placebo’s moment may well have arrived.

Without You I’m Nothing

Placebo – Brick Shithouse (Les Eurokeennes Festival – 1999)

Allergic (To Thoughts OF Mother Earth) (Live On MTV UK 1999)

Pure Morning (Live on Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1999)

You Don’t Care About Us (Bizarre Festival 2000)

Every You Every Me (Live On CD:UK)

Without You I’m Nothing (Live at Les Eurockéennes de Belfort 1997)

The Crawl (Live At Glastonbury Festival 1998)

Pure Morning

Every You Every Me

The Crawl (Live For Radio 21)

My Sweet Prince (Live At Cabaret Of Desire 2001)

Burger Queen

Ask For Answers (Live For Radio 21)

Brick Shithouse (Live At Eurockeennes 1999)

Summers Gone

Evil Dildo (Live At Eurockeennes 1999)

Scared Of Girls (Live At Brixton Academy 1998)

Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mother Earth) (Live At Festival Bizarre 2000)

Without You I’m Nothing (Ft. David Bowie)

You Don’t Care About Us

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of

'Without You I'm Nothing'

contribute your photos and memories

of what the album means to you to be in with a chance to win one of

2 x 12” Without You I’m Nothing f. David Bowie vinyl single

5 x Without You I’m Nothing heavyweight vinyl album

To enter just tag your post on Twitter or Instagram with

#WYIN20