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Pure Morning was a single by alternative band Placebo, taken from their second album Without You I’m Nothing.
The song was initially recorded as a b-side, but the band liked it so much that they decided to put it on the album; it is usually considered to be their second most played song, shadowed only by “Every You, Every Me”. The most recognisable pattern to the song is the repetition of the line A friend in need’s a friend indeed at the beginning of each verse. The song has been featured often in British television advertisements. One of said adverts is for the Lexus IS200.
The video, directed by Nick Gordon, portrays police attempting to negotiate Brian Molko’s character down from a building he is about to jump off. Band members appear briefly and are being arrested. You can assume from this that they along with Molko are supposed to be robbers, but Molko has decided to end his life rather than be arrested. At the climax of the video, Molko crosses his fingers and jumps off the building but lands on the side half-way down and proceeds to walk down the wall.
This song was also included as track 12 on Big Shiny Tunes 3.
The song was initially recorded as a b-side, but the band liked it so much that they decided to put it on the album; it is usually considered to be their second most played song, shadowed only by “Every You, Every Me”. The most recognisable pattern to the song is the repetition of the line A friend in need’s a friend indeed at the beginning of each verse. The song has been featured often in British television advertisements. One of said adverts is for the Lexus IS200.
The video, directed by Nick Gordon, portrays police attempting to negotiate Brian Molko’s character down from a building he is about to jump off. Band members appear briefly and are being arrested. You can assume from this that they along with Molko are supposed to be robbers, but Molko has decided to end his life rather than be arrested. At the climax of the video, Molko crosses his fingers and jumps off the building but lands on the side half-way down and proceeds to walk down the wall.
This song was also included as track 12 on Big Shiny Tunes 3.
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arkanusboy wrote:
Awesome music video!
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Gosha96 wrote:
amazing song!!! <3
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trikkydikkyy wrote:
Their best music video. Shame the new ones are so shit. There's no cinematic plot like this. It's just colours and shiny guitars. =/
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pork_scratchers wrote:
Tampax!
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Honeymoon__ wrote:
awesome. so fucking glamour.
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spider-dom wrote:
a friend who bleeds is better!
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purple_button wrote:
this song is just ..... FREAKING AWESOME!
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molkosis wrote:
The Placebo's anthem.
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triple0light wrote:
greatest line in all of music " a friend in need is a friend indeed a friend with weed is better"
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iiizeroiii wrote:
Awesome track. This whole album is pretty top notch. Unfortunately their newest album is gut wretchingly bad. I wanted to stab myself in the taint with rusty scissors after listening to a couple songs.
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EnDZYm3 wrote:
I first heard this song in the movie The Chumscrubber. It sounded so awesome, and fit the mood perfectly, so I looked up the artist in the end credits.
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O-diosa wrote:
that is for me the best song of placebo :)
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justiceorjustus wrote:
Reminds me how I can always "get high with a little help from my friends."
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kaereste wrote:
love muchly
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Sleepysmoo5000 wrote:
My friend confessed she passed the test, and we will never sever.
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Sleepysmoo5000 wrote:
This song could be about his "friend", whether or not she is pregnant, and facing the coming morning with "crawling skin" to find out the answer. A friend dressed in leather eh? :) That's what I love about this band's early work; the lyrics are so brilliantly put together. It takes some sheer freaking talent to put words together like this.
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thefauxpaspress wrote:
denizm75, Love, love, love. Yes, you speak the fucking truth. I will further submit about this masterpiece, a song my brother shared with me while we messed around with Oujia, that destruction and death are sometimes the lovliest thing you can witness. Not all time, but sometimes. I'm not saying to play Pure Morning while you blow up your microwave, but you could play it while you run on the treadmill, hit the gym, or fuck, burning all the old fat in your body and attracting new matter. Pure Morning tells me that sometimes you have to question all your friends and choose the ones that make you come alive. A friend in need is a friend indeed but a friend with weed is better. There you have it, denizm75. There you have it. Destroy to create. That feels right. Maybe not. Green Lights and Galactic Pulsars of Good. Jason Scott Chambers www.fauxpaspress.com
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traubster wrote:
a friend with weed is better. [2]
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denizm75 wrote:
love love love
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szczypiorofix wrote:
One of the best song by Placebo !
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