Oh man, I canny believe I'm going to see Placebo in December, I'm so excited! I have been to all their tours since the black market music tour. I love the cover of Kate bush, running up that hill both the original and the remake are fantastic. I must give credit where credit is due as Placebo have taken a very strong popular song and made it their own. As soon as you hear the opening rift you know its a Placebo song coming. The video is equally as striking, letting the fans get creative with the video was a very good idea. Especially since the original video was so controversial and stunning, if placebo had of appeared in the video it would have sullied the whole concept for me. In my eyes I see a song that relates to so many different desires to be fully understood by anyone. Everyone feels alone, if they are prepared to admit it of course, and this video shows the many different, sometimes conflicting personalities, that are out there trying to explain their feelings and innermost emotions to another close person. Searching for any human being that will or can understand what they are going through as a person and get the same full truthful response back. I think this song fully explores the desire to open up and in essence "swap" lives in order to be able to fully understand where you are coming from. I love this concept and it runs deep in my mind.
Also Kate bush's video was exceptional. Watching the intricate well timed, striking movements of the dancers as they tried to portray the rhythmic intimacy of being hopelessly romantically intertwined was a beautiful experience. I never really approved or "got" interpretive dance until I saw this video and my opinion now is, when done well, interpretive dance is moving and thought provoking. I now understand that its not what the dancers are doing but how that translates to their surrounding environment, how they interact, what is happening immediately around them.
I'd put up their vids but they're on the copyright list, however look up either in a google search engine and I'm sure you'll find one, ps their not on youtube (just crappy covers).
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