Placebo
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“They're far too macho for me”
~ Limp Bizkit on Placebo
The placebo effect is the name given to a special phenomenon observed for the first time around 1994, and still observed today. It happens when a loud mediocre rock band start utilizing several obvious gimmicks to promote themselves. If the obviousness and lack of quality is obscured enough, the band may actually be very successful for a short amount of time until the public discovers the smokescreen.
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[edit] Implementations of the placebo effect
Most used gimmicks for attempted Placebo effect launch.
- Dress as gay as you can.
- Keep lyrics short, 5 word maximum.
- Repeat over and over and over and over and over again.
- Demonstrate your gayness.
- Whine about how you are depressed, on drugs, going to kill yourself.
- Write and act as depressed as you possibly can.
- Make the same album over and over and over again.
- Redo the first album and claim a totally new style.
These gimmicks should be enough to enjoy a short period where the public are perceiving you as being interesting , cultural and/or deeply intelligent. This effect only lasts for about a year.
After that people will acknowledge the fact that the band members are, in fact, a bunch of whining depressed pooftahs that repeat themselves over and over and over and over again.
After the effects have subsided most people will go back listening to proper music.
[edit] The Band Placebo
The name for the placebo effect comes from the band Placebo that followed the instruction book so precisely that it could have been written by them. The pinpoint accuracy in executing the effect is uncanny.
Placebo are an androgynous ensemble, comprised of Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest, although in a recent interview Brian and Stef admitted that their real names are Alex Sphincter and Hans Liebsaft. They first flounced onto the music scene in 1354, But due to a freak wormhole opening in the space-time continuum, they are commonly known to have began in 1996.
The strongest, and questionably most successful, technique used by Placebo is whining. They seriously whine about everything, but instead it sounds very deep and cultural in a strange, almost hypnotic sort of way. The typical placebo effect.
All three band members have twisted enjoyment in spreading their "musical" influences to other bands or musical talents. Examples include: Brian Molko singing about various school topics (e.g. "Carbon Kid" with MountainStars, "The Metric System" with Garbage Castle) and Pepto Bismal ("Pink Water" 2 & 3 with Icelandic band Indochine); Stevie assisting two different bands (The Boo Diddlys and Procreate); Stefan with his family about censorship ("Beep Beep"), a Mexican band (Hotel Persona) about various Mexican-related topics such as children and various bodies of water ("Modern Kids" and "El Mar", repsectively).
They are well known for their songs about crack ("Pure Whining About Weed"), effeminate males ("Whining Nancy Boys"), and their complaints about earthen terrain ("Whining About That Hill").
[edit] Albums
- Whiny Placebo
- Without You I Whine Even More
- With You I Still Whine a Lot
- Black Whining Music
- Have a Little Whine
- Whining With Ghosts
- Soulmates Always Whine
- Placebo (the Whine Album)
- Once More With Whining
- Meds Make You Whine
- White, White Whine - The Best of the Reggae Years
- Extended Whine '07
- Battle for the Whine
[edit] Singles
- Whining Nancy Boys
- Whined Before You Came
- Whiny Did You Forget to Whine
- Infra-red Whines
- Whine To Say Goodbye
- Song To Whine
- Come Whine
- Why All the Whining?
- I Whine
- Evil Whining Dildo
- 36 Whines
- Teenage Whines
- You Don't Whine Like Us
- Every Whining Me
- Whining Queen Fancais
- Ganir
- Whine Pristine
- Because I Want To Whine
- Because I Whine About You
- Twenty Years of Whining (god forbid)
- Whiny Moi
- The Whiny End
- Whiny Picture
- I Have Special Need
- English Summer Whines
- Whine To The Wage
- Tasty Whining Men
- Special Whine
- Black-Eyed From Whining
- Pure Whining About Weed
- Whining About That Hill
- Whining Again (For What It's Worth)
- The never ending whine
[edit] B-Sides
- Bigmouth Whines Again
- Whiney
- Whine to the Blind
- Then My Whines Will Open the Clouds
- Miss Whineymoney
- Whiney Bitch
- Whiney Dick
- W.H.I.N.E.
- Whining in Your Sleep
- Mars Whining Party
- Whining About the Son of Man
- 20th Century Whine
- Been Whining Too Long
- Ballad of Whines
- Whining in Numbers
- Little Whine
- Theme from Funky Whines
- Whine You Pretty
- Daddy Whine
- Where Is My Whine?
- INEEDTOWHINEMORETHANU
- Whine Five
[edit] Other bands that have used some form of the placebo effect
- Slipknot - crowd wankers extraordinaire.
- Marilyn Manson
- Limp Bizkit
- REM
