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Placebo's Top 100 Moments

It�s been exactly 20 years since Placebo burst onto the music scene and through those 10 years they�ve built up quite a collection of funny, stupid and plain Placebo moments and madness. So here is just a small handful of them broken down into sections.

Our first selection is the top 10 gigs. We�ve tried to include a mixture of gigs from different years and countries. The standout ones are the magnificent Wembley Arena gig from November 2004 which was probably he best gig of their career so far.

Top 10 Gigs

1. Wembley Arena 5.11.04
2. Omnisport de Bercy Paris 18.10.03
3. Brixton Academy Oct 98
4. Brighton Concorde II 9.03.03
5. MCM Caf� Paris 2001
6. Werchter Festival Belgium 3.7.01
7. London Astoria 10.03.03
8. Guadalajara Mexico April 2004
9. Carling Reading Festival 2003
10. Brixton Academy 30.03.04

Our next section is the top 10 pictures of Placebo. There have been many great pictures of our boys throughout their career so here is our pick of the top 10.

Our next collection is of the various TV show appearances Placebo have made. This was probably the hardest section to narrow down as their have been so many hilarious and entertaining shows by our boys so here�s what we came up with.

Top 10 TV Shows

1. San Remo Italy 2001
2. MTV Up for it 1998
3. Re:Covered Mar 2003
4. So Graham Norton Jun 2003
5. MTV2 Gonzo Jun 2003
6. L�emission 2006
7. Friday Night With Jonathon Ross Mar 2003
8. MTV Hanging out 1996
9. Overdrive Germany 1999
10. 4Music Placebo Special 2006

This section is devoted to Brian�s best moments. We�ve seen him do many things throughout his career and yet we�re still not surprised by anything he does. Here we have some classic moments including the K awards 2002 and the Brighton show in 2003 when he misjudged the mic.
How on earth did we get this list down to just 10?

Brian�s Best Moments

1. Kerrang Awards 2002
2. San Remo 2001
3. Brighton Concorde II Allergic to thoughts of mother earth.
4. Taste In Men Video
5. The Mullet Hairdo
6. Carbon Kid
7. Introvenus
8. Astoria 2003 Setlist confusion.
9. Jonathon Ross Show Paul O� Grady kiss
10. Reading Festival 2003 Allergic.

Now we move onto Stefan�s Best Moments. Stef is the one who is full of surprises he comes across very shy but inside he�s just as mad as us all. There is a very different side to this one and we wonder what will he do next?

Stefan�s Best Moments.

1. Stef�s dancing to Taste In Men.
2. Special K Video
3. Bercy Paris 2003 the fan onstage,
4. The Badger Story SND DVD
5. Reading Festival 2000 Spite & Malice
6. Under The Influence 2001
7. Brixton Academy 30th march 2004 happy birthday stef.
8. Soulmates Never Die DVD Weird face with Brian.
9. Prot�g� Moi Live, provocative dancing with Brian.
10. Meeting Fans. Stef always makes time.

Now it�s Steve�s turn. Steve can be very quiet or very loud. Depending on his moods he can do just as many classic things as his bandmates. Here are just a few including Steve sneaking offstage during Re:covered whilst Brian was being interviewed and Playing with a French stick backstage @ Brighton.
Here�s a small selection of Steve�s Best Moments.

Steve�s Best Moments

1. MTV 5 night stand 1998 playing operation.
2. Velvet Goldmine. 1997
3. Under The Influence 2001
4. T In The Park 2006
5. Re:Covered Mar 2003
6. Brighton mar 2003 French stick
7. Gonzo jun 2003 Dancing queen
8. OMWF DVD The Australian story involving a fountain.
9. Pregnant Steve Virgin Signing Mar 2006
10. Snogging Stef onstage

Now this was a hard section to narrow down once again it�s the Placebo quotes. There have been so many great quotes over the years that it�s impossible to go through them all so here�s our pick of the best.

Placebo�s Top 10 Quotes

1. �A little bit too much is just enough for me� Brian
2. �You Want Anger, You Want Rage, it�s like I�m gonna rip your fucking head off� Steve
3. �Too much of a good thing is simply wonderful� Stefan
4. �I don�t wanna be god, I wanna be Satan� Brian
5. �We left a trail of Blood & Spunk� Brian
6. �I�m just taking a break really� Steve
7. � Let�s do Kraftwerk� Stefan
8. �I don�t want to be a boy and wear men�s clothes� Brian
9. �Don�t believe everything you read� Steve
10. �You know when you have a one night stand with someone and they won�t leave this song has absolutely nothing to do with that� Brian

This next section took us ages to do it is of course the top 10 songs from Placebo�s career. With a band with so many fantastic songs you can imagine how hard this one was.

Placebo�s Top 10 Songs

1. Nancy Boy
2. Infra Red
3. Pure Morning
4. Spite & Malice
5. The Bitter End
6. I�ll Be Yours
7. Because I Want You
8. Every You, Every Me
9. Teenage Angst
10. Special K

Now it�s time for our next selection, we�ve just done the songs so now we must do the video�s. Placebo are well known for making amazing video�s and none of them are alike in any way. You just know when a Video comes on MTV2 when it�s a Placebo one. So here�s the list of the top ten video�s.

1. Pure Morning
2. Slave To The Wage
3. Special K
4. Twenty Years
5. Nancy Boy
6. Infra Red
7. The Bitter End
8. You Don�t Care About Us
9. This Picture
10. Taste In Men

Now we turn to our last but definitely not the least selection which is of course the outfits. Placebo have worn many different outfits over the years some have been funny, and some extremely sexy and some just divine so here�s our pick of the best ones.

Placebo�s 10 Best Outfits

1. Brian�s Flaming Creatures (Velvet Goldmine)
2. Stefan�s Red Dress (Various Gigs)
3. Brian�s Black & White Dress (Brixton 98)
4. Steve�s Pinstripe Suits (Various)
5. Brian�s Spaceage Suit (Special K, V2001)
6. Brian�s Agnes B Suit (4Scott 2002)
7. Stefan�s Blue Plastic dress (Various 2001)
8. Steve�s horse print shirt (Various 97 onwards)
9. Stefan�s Superhero Outfit
10. Brian�s White outfits (Werchter 2001)

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