Placebo - Slave To The Wage (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2010
- Official music video for "Slave To The Wage" by Placebo
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Slave To The Wage is taken from the album, Black Market Music.
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This is the official RUclips channel of Placebo, on this channel you will find all of the official video content from the band including music videos, full album playlist, live show footage and more. PLACEBO was formed in London in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal.
The band has released 7 studio albums to date, including:
Placebo - 1996
Without You I’m Nothing - 1998
Black Market Music - 2000
Sleeping with Ghosts - 2003
Meds - 2006
Battle For The Sun - 2009
Loud Like Love - 2013
Placebo have released over 30 singles, including tracks Nancy Boy, Pure Morning, Every You Every Me, Taste In Men, Without You I’m Nothing ft David Bowie, Slave To The Wage, Special K, The Bitter End, Meds, For What It’s Worth, The Never-Ending Why, Too Many Friends, Loud Like Love and many more.
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Slave To The Wage lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Runaway from all your boredom
Runaway from all your whoredom
And wave your worries and cares goodbye
[Verse 2]
All it takes is one decision
A lot of guts, a little vision
To wave your worries and cares goodbye
[Chorus]
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
[Verse 3]
Sick and tired of Maggie's farm
She's a bitch with broken arms
To wave your worries and cares goodbye
[Chorus]
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
[Outro]
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
Run away, run away 
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Placebo's music doesn't seem to age, this would still sound fresh released today.
The older I get the more this song makes sense....
do some salvia it makes it even more sense
It's true, and applies to all of their songs. Were powerful back then, now they are bombs
Anthem for the young (and old) working poor.
Such a good band.
skatoad well said!! Fucking plebs these days don't know good music
Placebo is so underrated. It's criminal.
Thank you Brian.
i am an employee in a sony factory in indiana. this is one of the major songs that gets me through... man. just got done with a 12 hour night shift. slaaaave to the wage, slave to the wage. that's me. it's sad that a certain class of people has no other choice but to work slave jobs. thank you, placebo. thank you for this song.
We all have choice. Why did you choose the factory?
@@viktoryiam8160 you idiot, they obv didn't have choice
@@viktoryiam8160 no, not everybody has a choice unfortunately
@@pietrovismara1698 you are an idiot. Everybody has a choice.
@@viktoryiam8160 Sorry to burst your bubble, but not everybody has a choice. Maybe in the country where you live
This song is so modern. Never gets old, just better.
This song has more meaning today with the youth refusing to work a corporate official 9 to 5 job, we have realized we won't be rich and the time would never come back, placebo was always ahead of it's time, but i truly think they knew it was gonna happen in the future.
They truly were ahead of their time in everything, in music, in ideologies, messages, mental health care, they can pass generation onto generation and still be as relevant as ever
and those people working for uber and other shits like that, fb, google, and other gafa that want to look "cool" but its just modern slavery. unfortunately.
@@HeartandSoul59 Agree 👍👍👍
Who's listening in 2020?
I miss so much this Era 😔😍😍
😍
Are we in a different one?
@@lemsolaris67 you're right. I'm still a slave to the wage 😁✌️
I am :) 2020
yep, when i thought live could only go upwards! I was a kid back then
This song contributed to me quitting my slave wage job and trying to make it on my own, as a writer. I'm still halfway there, but everyday I get closer. 😍️
Welcome to the fold. :) Any time I think about giving up writing for a life back in corporate, I think of this song.
Good for you!!!!, people with no Real talent like me will Always be slave to wage
You have already won...go for it
@@nicolan4215 💖
@@lassaadlabidi5813 Only if you think or suggest yourself into not having "real talent" you will have none. We will ourselves into Being.
Never gets old, loved it 20 years ago, still love it now.
It turned up in my playlist and I m so grateful for that!
So, this song came out in 2001?
@@richradtylr42000
@@richradtylr4 Yeah, 2000 actually,😃
I've just quit from a computer job in a windowless office and a 50 mile a day drive to get there. This song says it all.
Andy Taylor Congratulations! You chose life. 👏
Andy Taylor You sound like the goth guy from The IT Crowd.
Start your own tech company!
yeah nothing says depression like a boiling hot, sunny day, seeing everyone go to the beach or park, while you are stuck working a tech support phone job getting yelled at in a gray office for 9 hours a day. in my old job you could see the windows but they were tinted with that antiglare film that made even the sunniest of days look gray and bleak.
so glad i quit that garbage, i do IT for a school now = summer off :D
Yes lar
All it takes is one decision
A lot of guts, a little vision to wave
Your worries, and cares goodbye
20 years today that this was released. Whoa...
First Placebo song I ever heard on my Cousin's cassette tape, loved them ever since.
@@chanyphilly8266 i just bought an old car with a cassette deck in it. put this album in whilst out drving today. (yup, still got a box of cassettes i havent listened to in years 🤣). Perfection
@@bullygirl999 nice one! There's something a lot more satisfying about cassettes, vinyl etc. than mp3.
Fuck! 20 years! Where are they gone???
Get in there 💪
I remember the first time I ever heard Placebo was on an old cassette tape my cousin had left in a karaoke machine he handed down to me. I was 13, I'm 31 now lol. Still love them.
Siccckk..
-"Sick and tired of Maggie's Farm/She's a bitch with broken arms to wave/Your worries, and cares, goodbye" -
One of the best tributes dedicated to that horrible witch called Margaret Hilda Roberts (aka Margaret Thatcher)
I was looking for this comment 😉
That's not who Dylan was talking about back then tho
why? could you, or anyone who liked your comment, elaborate? As another comment said the lyrics have nothing to do with Thatcher.
it may be a coincidence but it works, Brain probably saw both levels since Thatcher was in power for most of this adolescence.
@@alfredoelizondo5986yes they do. Maggie's Farm is a reference to Margaret Thatcher
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH PLACEBO! Both my sisters listened to you in their teens while they were really depressed. I always loved your music! Like I remember hear "Every Me And Every You" from Cruel Intention.
And I always loved your music. P.S. I hated on guitar tabs when people would say "standard placebo tunning". I was like 13 and I was like WTF is standard placebo tuning!
I've not like drop D, 1/2 step down or anything I know. People would simply label it as "standard place tunning" lol I could never learn to place your music but I love it so much! You were there for me, even if you never even knew it (ever memember of PLACEBO, not just Brian Molko
Molko looks very attractive here, gosh!
He is permanent attractive
I find this comment in every video haha
I remember that song from 20 years ago. Hasn’t aged one bit. Placebo is still one of my favorite band after all these years.
20 years and nothing has changed...
Lo escuché en vivo, 2024 en chile 🤘
This is quality music.
Brian Molko always looks so stunning in every video he features in.
I was working at McDonald's and before I quit my job I listened to this masterpiece. It was appropriate...
This Song was the motivation to Change a sad work-home routine, thank you guys!
👏👏👏👏 GO YOU!!
I haven’t heard this song in ages. It’s really nostalgic :)
It's like hearing their songs for the first time, Every time.
Most underrated band, yet genius.
R u kidding? Its "rated" as f
Placebo are not underrated
@@kij100 k
Dude,they are a big deal (or were),they are not underrated at all
@@argpalauanbruhit's fine
Still my number one most understated bands Ever
Back when music still made you feel something.
All it takes is one decision
A lot of guts, a little vision to wave
Your worries, and cares goodbye
Epic so many memories
This is Brian Molko's masterpiece.
Anyone here in 2019? this tune approaching 2 million views my favourite PLACEBO tune hands down amounst so many wonderful tracks that they have produced. Such a cool unique music video too, suits the song so well.
Great tune no doubt but above teenage angst, pure morning, 36 degrees or Nancy boy is a bold choice. But then again personal choice is personal choice.
If I had to choose 2nd favorite song by Placebo it would be Nancy Boy followed then by Pure Mourning. Yeah each to their own.
"Sick and tired of Maggie's farm
, She's a Bitch, with broken arms to wave" are the original lyrics. Pointed at Margaret Thatcher of course...Love this tune.
@Norm Davis - When I saw them play the song live here in NZ in 2003, Molko sang it "She's a motherf***ing b*tch with broken arms" :-))
this band is brilliant, the music, the lyrics, the voice!
Can't get it why Placebo doesn't have all their old records on Spotify, this is a historical musical event in early 2000' that should be avaible for most people possible.
+Henrik D. Ragnevi Your pledges were heard. :)
Spotify sucks! I already copied all of their CDs on my FLAC player, better quality than loosy MP3 that you need data for!
Yep
They once said they don't want to support streaming services. Maybe that's the reason.
another monday approaches, another day in the call centre. another week. another month. another year. i wish to get on that rocket
I drifted away from the college life and started working on cargo ships. Work 3 or 4 months straight and take months off at a time. Travelled all over Asia and the states. No regrets going against societies standards. At the end of the day my family is proud of all that I’m doing and it’s how I met my wife overseas and is now in the states with me. No regrets
20 years ago when i was 20! I am old 😭
There, there. Don't cry. I'm older😭😭😭😭😭
We are all 40 now
The age is on mind
haha older lol
good stuff is good stuff
What a great band their noise is dark , vibrant, electrifying, and cool.
Couldn't be more true
One of the best ever
Easily one of their best tracks!
Even in the age of masks & social distancing, (sadly) this song & music video holds up after all this time.
The shredding effects with the door & the mirror are so cool.
Fan of Placebo in high school, still a fan now at 29.
Those lyrics are very good
dn0
Yaah they are really great
Relevant to today
This song does not stop moving me!! It is the best song ever! *.* I do not know why, but really gives me energy and sadness at the same time.
So glad I quit my job. I didn't know until when I had to keep working there until one day I got sick of it. It took a lot of guts to tell my boss that I will not be coming back ever again. The company didn't care about their employees or costumers. They only cared about making money.
Are you okay now?
mate, why would the company worry about you? they want to make money for themselves. no one decides one day to create a company to give away money to the customers or employees, they make companies to get even more money..... get over it.
a company can replace a worker in one day, you however, as a person cannot be replaced ever. We are humans, not workers. Modern slaves.
@@mikatu of course but the company can gain more money with a happy loyal worker, the company can offer and do basic stuffs for their workers somethings have no cost or not a significant one for the company but a huge impact in the quality of life of their workers.
Well done Dominique!
Don´t you have work for me?
Remember buying the album n who I was around at the time bittersweet memories
Like fine wine - Placebo's music only ferments into sonic and exquisite vintage... This track is like a fast-pass to my soul. I think I have played or watched the vid (counting 3 viewings a few minutes ago) - maybe 567 times(?) I think I just fried my studio monitors.
Dedicated to us who have no generational wealth to rely on. We continue to work and slave off at our jobs!
Este grupo te lleva a otra dimensión...
This song is so memorable, this video is so memorable . . . AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS SONG
Since yesterday placebo have really being speaking to me. In the past 24hours I have almost gone through their entire catalogue. Geez I miss the 90s and early to mid 2000s
This song is TIMELESS.
this band deserves so much more attention. great songwriting!
They nailed their anniversary concert in Amsterdam, happy to get to see my favorite band from my teenage
If you can, just quit. I did and the relief I felt as I walked out that door was beautiful. Won't lie, there was a few tears of joy with the stress instantly gone.. Best decision of my life.
2018 and Molko, I still love you
It males two
What's great about this is the Sampler effect practically makes the song, without it the song would be nothing special but with it the song has a whole higher level, a new dimension. It takes something of a genius to think about including it!
Competent people and geniuses manage to do this: songs that are timeless and that fit in various contexts of our life. I haven't heard "Slave To The Wage" in a long time and this song has everything to do with what the world has been through: Covid-19 and quarantine. This band remains brilliant!
THIS MASTER PIECE WILL KEEP ACROSS THE TIME...!!!
i quitted my previous job as a cook in a hotel with 16hours of work everyday and low salary in one month when i listened to this song. been a fan of Placebo for 14years, when i was a teenager and barely speak english i first listened to the song in 2005 and didnt understand the lyrics until I watched the video in 2010 (i was 18) and told myself that i will never be a slave to the wage. such an irony years later. when i found my old BMM album, i heard this song, and the day after i just sent my resignation letter 😂
I first heard this song 18 years ago. My introduction to placebo. What a special day. I was 15.
Such a brilliant tune . Timeless
I was in college when this song came out. And really hoped at the time that my future wouldn't be to be a slave to the wage, but alas, that's just what we all ended up becoming 13 years later.
When I've started listening (and become a huge fan of) PLACEBO, I was a cool rebel teen, who thought this song would never be something I can relate to. Now I'm 26 and trapped in a f**king office . Sad.
Listening in 2021 and still an absolute classic
Brian looks like a sassy, evil ceo who likes to watch his employees suffer and I'm here for it
Why is Brian soo Beautiful , he really is very handsome those eyes and his unique voice perfection 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is me on my way to work every day. Depressing
Quit
Time for a change Kari 😘
Run away
Better get new job tats fun.great music use it for better idea
Igual yo, saludos desde Lima
Epic so many memories
Be for others. The hardest thing we’re told as selfish is king. Selfless is human here and beyond. Isn’t it. Love itself. Selfless
Gattaca!!!
This is such brilliant song so accurate and with timeless lyrics. Music at its best.
Love this! I seriously can't believe that this song has been around for half my life... been a fan for the longest time!
This was the era I grew up in how I miss it, an amazing band that got me through the hard times and still do to this day
I love how the rhythm and drums and that sample sound like a locamotive or train. Just like the real rat race. If you listen to this on a train the song fits the vibrations and movement perfectly.
diverse places, like where I'm from (LA) it's called the mutil cultural slave ship.
This.
You know the funny thing is that beat was heavily used by krautrock bands like Can and Neu! and was named the motorik beat (because it feels like a motor engine lol)
which sample?
True
Placebo is such an underrated band. They continue to pump out relevant and meaningful songs that ROCK!
Big following worldwide but have always had that underground feel
I never get comments like these... we're talking about a band that smashed every record, millions of followers across the world, 25 years of carreer... underrated by who??
I’m 65 years old, and steeped in classic rock, alternative, pop, some metal and electronic like Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers and newer bands (sort of) like Beck, Muse, Oasis, Metric, and I have over 475 artists and 8,576 songs on my iTunes.
Yet when I play bands like Placebo and others to kids around 25 years of age, they are both amazed and most have never heard most of the groups I send them.
So yes, in my small world centered in Rochester, NY, Placebo and many other great artists are either unknown or underrated.
@@davidbarker2585 every band is a product of their time. I don't think that for a band not to be underrated it has to be known by every generation. Each has their own. How many 20yo today listen to Pink Floyd? And so... they are also underrated by the same logic? What about Bach, Vivaldi? Who listens to them?
A great band that created amazing pieces that can never leave their garage... well that's underrated.
I agree. My point was a matter of opinion. I'd wager almost every 20-year-old knows about Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and yes, Pink Floyd.
To put Placebo in perspective, according to a quick Google AI search: "Placebo is ranked 345th in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 5,893. Their best album, Without You I'm Nothing, is ranked 825th in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,200."
Personally, Placebo is in my top 10 bands. And IMO they should be better well known.
Man the camera work in this video is genius. I really love that shot of them sitting outside on the benches in the sunset. brilliant song and video
This is Placebos masterpiece. There is a slowed down version out there if you can find it.
This song describes how i feel sometimes. I love the lyrics
Was doing work experience in high school at an IT shop and listening to this on my lunch breaks......this song told me everything i needed to know! :)
La canción es muy identificativa para mi!! Preciosa melodia, magnífica instrumentación y una voz inigualable e insuperable !!❤❤❤ placebo , siempre os adoraré!!
It's 2021 and I'm still here!
love their style.
Me encanta, que buenos recuerdos me trae!!!
Love this song.
Yup mee too
Placebo at its best
When you really get this song, much of the world around you falls to shreds...
some people need a vacation. Some people need a new job.
Or a new life.
Now in covid era we all have it and maybe there'll be something new
@Dark Glow hope ur okay? I can relate to a lot of what u say, sending love 💜
@Way to Mars oh I definitely agree on that it's tiring and boring. Just being a normal human is tiring and boring, because the majority of humankind never seems to change at its core so you end up feeling alone unless you're lucky and meet&attract many good ppl. But, regarding what you wrote:
It has to be done. Giving up completely is not an acceptable option, that's right. Although the (start of the) end could be very close, with the environmental issues that will only get worse in the following years, triggering fatal consequences.
Many ppl are (more) understanding at least during this time, or try to be.
And, maybe if good ppl would finally use the internet to truly organize and unite (kinda like the bad guys do, who spread and multiply their hate and shallow insecurities, and vote for the likes of Trump and Bolsonaro and other power hungry warmongers who just crave money and control over everything and everyone) instead of just having selfish ambitions and being divided because they don't agree completely, they'd decide to go on a huge worldwide strike and demand/achieve changes in practice. After all the system works thanks to the people.
I still think the good+smart are very few to manage to do something serious like that, but we aren't even trying. We're crippled by depression and anxiety exactly because we aren't trying. It's a vicious cycle and it has to be broken. But we don't seem ready yet, the immaturity is real.
Well, if the plan is to do drugs, drink and swallow meds to make the pharmaceutical companies richer, and then pray to be put out of our misery by a virus or by the fascists, methane and the collapse of nature in general, starvation, etc tho, okay... I can relate to giving up too. Just, not yet. I'm too young to think this way, dunno about you. I might be extra exhausted the last 2 years, but yeah. I prefer to keep waiting for the miracle; that we'll wake up and fight back.
A new idea.
Working class hero
is something to be.
Haven't heard this for years, tremendous stuff. Ace.
One of my special songs from all time, still getting better
More I listen to Placebo songs I am certain that this is awesome band :) This is my type of sensitivity.
What a true song and great band
Maggie 💯💎👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💯💃🏼
Love this song!
Great music, great message!
Closing my eyes while listening to this song a chill run through my body and makes me feel relaxed, Thanks placebo
Same here! Once, when this song was released I heard it on repeat mode for 1 hour, drunk, crying, in love and abandoned lol lol. Today first time listening to it since then. Gosh still love it so much (the song I mean lol lol, many loves came and went though
There is a balance to everything. We need jobs for fulfillment in life- to be needed, to show what we can do. However, when everyone is special, no one is.
This is a masterpiece 👏
Powerful!!!!!!
This reminds me a lot of Gattaca. Very cool video.
yeah, I have the same association
in the video commentary in the dvd they said inspiration came from that movie.
*just realised; the rom the typists are in; very much like the room in Dr. Strangelove.. ..coincidence ?
my dads name gattaca
I know !!