Placebo

[Shortcut To Moncton]

I always kinda liked them but never put much thought into their albums. Pure Morning was an nice little song during my youth. Both singles from the new album Meds (Because I Want You and Infra-Red) are both great so I was thinking of finally giving them a shot. I was at Sunrise the other day and saw Meds, their latest album for $15.99 and thought, what the hell? Very, very solid disc. Didn't think the band was that edgy but it rocked my socks. Nice to see a band sticking to true alternative music during a time when you're expected to sound indie to get any recognition.

[arteta]

Sound indie? wtf?

[Doormat]

Meh. The single Every you and every me was alright...That's where it ends though ;)

[HoboFactory]

Meh. The single Every you and every me was alright...That's where it ends though ;)

Nah, they've probably got 3 or 4 alright songs in addition to that, still not much though.

[Shortcut To Moncton]

I'm resurrecting this failed thread. Wow, I just listened to early Placebo and oh my does it ever blow their newer stuff away. Very impressed. They're a lot edgier and raw than I expected. Pretty underrated band.

 

Also, Pure Morning is a bad representation of the band. I never really got into them in the past because I thought that was just decent but hey, shows what I know.

 

To make a modern connection for you guys, they sound like early Muse to me. Excuse me while I plan to pick up all of their albums.

[borntohula]

meds is a fantasic album. i like some of their older stuff, but this one is my favorite.

[Shiri]

Not a big fan of their last album. My favorite is Without You I'm Nothing.

[oneeighty]

Special Needs is a solid track. You'd be surprised, I picked up their Best Of or Greatest Hits a while ago and it's pretty good, they've more singles than I thought.

[Shiri]

Yeah, they've been around for about a decade I believe.

[reckoner]

comparing placebo to muse... i suppose, in a sense.

 

placebo is really solid power-chord alt-rock. muse is far too bombastic and wankerific to really compare the two.

 

having seen them both live, they're both great british alt-rock. but the shit matthew bellamy of muse does is in-fuckin-sane. it's so much more compelling than anything brian molko could do.

 

however, placebo's record are all good, but the majority of their songs are very formulaic and very similar. i don't find i can listen to more than one album at a time. meds is definitely their most interesting i think.

[ben is a sandwich]

placebo are fantastic.

my ladyfriend got me into them (moreso than i was) a few years ago. their first self-titled album is the most urgent, i suppose. so it and black market music are my favorites.

 

i dont see them as power-chord alt-rock though. they're into some pretty bizarre tunings and atonal chords. like sonic youth (who they seem to reference a lot...), except in half the time.

[Shiri]

Except for the fact that both Muse and Placebo come from England and both have vocalists with quite a "different" voice, I don't see any resemblance.

[reckoner]

i don't consider matthew bellamy's voice THAT "different". it's still easily accessable.

[Shiri]

Don't get me wrong, I like his voice. I just think it's rather unique, there aren't many guys who sing like him.

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

Meds is an awesome album. I've downloaded some of their stuff in the past, but for the most part couldn't get into until Meds. Also, anyone else notice how much the lead singer sounds like Dave Foley?