# The Placebo appreciation thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2003, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475 "2003-05-30T09:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/21 "2003-05-31T12:32:35Z")
Hmmm. Looks like they’ll be performing at Pink Pop in Holland next week. Too bad it’s a festival, and it’s all the way in the south. I hate festivals. Lie around in the mud in the blazing sun waiting for your favourite band, while uninspiring untalented hacks occupy the stage, and drunken idiots vomit around you. I must be getting old. 🙂 Oh well, Pink Pop is aired on live TV as well, so I’ll just watch them from my couch. Why on earth are they visiting ALL those cities, but not Amsterdam? City of liberty, drugs, and sex! I heard these guys were such party animals. I guess I’ll have to wait for the next tour, then. Thanks for the info, **penny dreadful**! ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/22 "2003-05-31T15:38:25Z")
No problem, **Coldfire**. I’ve never been a big fan of outdoor festivals either. It’s cool that they’ll be showing the concert on TV. Don’t forget to post next week and tell us all about it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/23 "2003-05-31T19:34:56Z")
Big fan hear, I have all thier albums, the music seems to have evlolved quite a lot from the first album, but it’s still damn good stuff. I missed out on a Placebo gig in Cardiff recentley ☹ Oh, and a friend of mines mother taught Brian at school! ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/24 "2003-05-31T19:41:03Z")
I knew I should have spell checked ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/25 "2003-06-01T03:43:04Z")
I only have the “without you I’m nothing” cd (only because I buy like one CD a year) but I really like them. I would buy another one of their CDs but this year I already bought “Ultra Lounge: Organs in Orbit” heh heh. The fact that someone has never heard Rush is sorta blowing my mind. How can I be only 32 and so freaking old?!?! Gee, maybe a car company should swipe their songs like Led Zeppelin or ELO so people under 15 will know who they are. :rolleyes: I’m drunk and morose tonight. Just ignore me. ---
**Author:** ![auntnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@auntnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntnut)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/26 "2003-06-01T04:29:12Z")
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**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/27 "2003-06-01T15:27:56Z")
**voguevixen** : I’m quite educated about music of the second half of the twentieth century, 19, and I had never heard of Rush until I saw them mentioned on this board. I’ve never heard any of their music. Maybe they’re an American thing - the Dave Matthews Band of the 70s/80s or something? I like Placebo, but I’m less into their new album than their old stuff. It’s got its moments but there’s some fairly weak stuff on their as well, and Brian Molko seems to have toned down the hedonism a bit. I mean, sure it might be better for his health, but it doesn’t make him or his music as compelling. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/28 "2003-06-01T20:06:04Z")
Also, who can forget the quote from Brian regarding their first tour of the Uk “we left a trail of blood and spunk behind us”. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/29 "2003-06-02T03:14:12Z")
I like Placebo. I first got into them after hearing Teenage Angst on the radio. I bought their one and only album at that time and it was on high rotation at home for a while. I haven’t listened to that CD in about a year. _wanders off to find the CD_ ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/30 "2003-06-02T07:23:32Z")
Fantastic music. Really, I love so many of their songs. ITs insane. I havea mix I made right here, and I will listen to it soon. Brings back some nice memories. OH, fun fact: Half of the band is gay. There are only **3** members. ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/31 "2003-06-02T20:26:38Z")
My absolute and for favorite band in the world. I played Black Market Music so much that I had to buy a replacement cd. This time, I’ll just play a copy and keep the original as a master cd. Wish I’d thought of it before. ---
**Author:** ![Bjork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@Bjork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bjork)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/32 "2003-06-03T03:55:53Z")
Yay for Placebo \*End of post ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475/33 "2003-08-05T14:40:13Z")
Sooo… looks like the lads decided to throw in a show in Holland later this year! In Amsterdam, no less. Gee, I wonder why a band with such conservative demographics would end up in Amsterdam, of all places! 😉 Of course, me and 2 friends got tickets. So, on October 7, 2003, I shall see Placebo at the Heineken Music Hall, which is right opposite my office, as it happens. _See you at the bitter end…_ 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-placebo-appreciation-thread/178475.md?page=1)