That cover of "Bigmouth Strikes Again" by Placebo...

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... is currently making me very happy. It's the first time I've heard Placebo where I haven't wanted to slap them.

This probably says more about the song itself than their actual cover, though.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 February 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Are there songs out there which are so well-written that it's impossible to do a bad cover of them? Is "Bigmouth Strikes Again" one of them?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 February 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

You know, I still maintain that if you can look past the whole them-sucking thing, Placebo used to be pretty okay.

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 3 February 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Finally, he's off the mark!

― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, 3 February 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Man, I'm a Placebo fan, and even I think that song sucks. It's the way he changes the lyrics. I mean...

And now I know how joan of arc felt
now I know how joan of arc felt
as the flames rose to her roman nose
and her megadrive started to melt

Come off it... Search out Plakky-bo's cover of "Some Girls Are Better Than Other", which suits them so much better than BSA. He leaves the lyrics well alone, as well.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 February 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

That was actually my favorite part of the cover (besides the painstakingly-recreated piano part).

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 February 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, if we're discussing Placebo covers.... their take on Robert Palmer's "Johnny and Mary"... just... yes.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 February 2003 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

...and I love their cover of 20th Century Boy.

Actually I think they've produced quite a lot of un-sucky music altogether. :) Some majorly sucky stuff too, no denying it, but some gems as well. This is going to sound perverse, but there's something really sincere about Placebo (1st 2 albums anyway. Black Market Music is just bollox.)

― Zora (Zora), Monday, 3 February 2003 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan-

Search out Treepeople's cover of "Big Mouth" for an early 90s indie take on it.

― gygax!, Monday, 3 February 2003 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

oh yeah, it's sung/played by the guy from Built To Spill before he got mellow and all that bulljive.

― gygax!, Monday, 3 February 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually I think they've produced quite a lot of un-sucky music altogether. :)

Quite right!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 February 2003 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

This is going to sound perverse, but there's something really sincere about Placebo (1st 2 albums anyway. Black Market Music is just bollox.)

This is about as close to a pure truth as we'll ever get on ILM.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 February 2003 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm so honoured, I've gone all pink.

― Zora (Zora), Monday, 3 February 2003 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Black Market Music is actually my favorite.

― Sean (Sean), Monday, 3 February 2003 21:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Really? Why?

― Zora (Zora), Monday, 3 February 2003 22:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I like most of Placebo's stuff. I think the second album is the dodgiest of the three, if I had to choose.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 3 February 2003 23:59 (twenty-two years ago)

and yeah, the version of "Johnny & Mary" is one of the best things they've done, and quite excellent.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

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