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#26 (1)
#39 (1)
The Bitter End
Placebo
7.769
10 soratami | 9.5 @berserkboi
4.5 @klow | 5 @slaybellz
Starting the longest string of indie rock eliminations in the rate, and the rate's combined top 40, we have a song that didn't receive any very low scores, but not a whole lot of very high ones either, resulting in it having the shortest possible highest/lowest scorer, with just four people featured.
Placebo are a band from London who have released seven albums between 1996 and 2013, with an eighth one on the way soon. They're a bit of an outlier in the rate, as they've been around longer and their commercial peak came earlier than pretty much every band in the indie rock rate (bar New Order, who are obviously an exception here), like, they released a Greatest Hits in 2004, a time when a lot of these bands were just getting started. The Bitter End, the lead single from their fourth album Sleeping With Ghosts (2003), is inspired by the novel 1984 and is possibly the band's biggest-sounding song, though they have plenty of other excellent ones, such as Nancy Boy from their self-titled debut (1996) and Pure Morning from their sophomore album Without You I'm Nothing (1998), both embedded below.
@DJHazey (7.5) “The verses here are so haunting and easy to fall victim to. The vocals are definitely in line with this genre, but everything else sounds like the lighter side of alternative metal.” Why didn't you score it higher then?
@daninternational (8) “The girl I lived with for 4 years at Uni adored Placebo so I've heard most of their stuff. Brian Molko's voice really adds to their songs, but this isn't as essential for me as Meds - especially Post Blue <3”
@Filippa (8) “Love the pace and the "See you at the bitter end" hook. ”
@DominoDancing (8) “For Placebo, this was already a bit paint-by-numbers at this point in their career, and Molko was always a bit of a try-hard, but this is a good piece of alt-rock-pop.”
@berserkboi (9.5) “I suppose the same principle as New Order and Muse applies here?” We just don't know.
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#26 (1)
#39 (1)
The Bitter End
Placebo
7.769
10 soratami | 9.5 @berserkboi
4.5 @klow | 5 @slaybellz
Starting the longest string of indie rock eliminations in the rate, and the rate's combined top 40, we have a song that didn't receive any very low scores, but not a whole lot of very high ones either, resulting in it having the shortest possible highest/lowest scorer, with just four people featured.
Placebo are a band from London who have released seven albums between 1996 and 2013, with an eighth one on the way soon. They're a bit of an outlier in the rate, as they've been around longer and their commercial peak came earlier than pretty much every band in the indie rock rate (bar New Order, who are obviously an exception here), like, they released a Greatest Hits in 2004, a time when a lot of these bands were just getting started. The Bitter End, the lead single from their fourth album Sleeping With Ghosts (2003), is inspired by the novel 1984 and is possibly the band's biggest-sounding song, though they have plenty of other excellent ones, such as Nancy Boy from their self-titled debut (1996) and Pure Morning from their sophomore album Without You I'm Nothing (1998), both embedded below.
@DJHazey (7.5) “The verses here are so haunting and easy to fall victim to. The vocals are definitely in line with this genre, but everything else sounds like the lighter side of alternative metal.” Why didn't you score it higher then?
@daninternational (8) “The girl I lived with for 4 years at Uni adored Placebo so I've heard most of their stuff. Brian Molko's voice really adds to their songs, but this isn't as essential for me as Meds - especially Post Blue <3”
@Filippa (8) “Love the pace and the "See you at the bitter end" hook. ”
@DominoDancing (8) “For Placebo, this was already a bit paint-by-numbers at this point in their career, and Molko was always a bit of a try-hard, but this is a good piece of alt-rock-pop.”
@berserkboi (9.5) “I suppose the same principle as New Order and Muse applies here?” We just don't know.
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