Placebo - Slave To The Wage (Official Music Video)

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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 KZfaq 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

Пікірлер: 931

@Pvt_Hudson 2 жыл бұрын

Placebo's music doesn't seem to age, this would still sound fresh released today.

@skatoad 8 жыл бұрын

Anthem for the young (and old) working poor. Such a good band.

@deemore 7 жыл бұрын

skatoad well said!! Fucking plebs these days don't know good music

@user-fl6gy2xw2b 5 жыл бұрын

Placebo is so underrated. It's criminal.

@zaklloyd7150 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brian.

@skiri987 5 жыл бұрын

This song is so modern. Never gets old, just better.

@twirlingparasol_ 11 жыл бұрын

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.

@viktoryiam8160 4 жыл бұрын

We all have choice. Why did you choose the factory?

@pietrovismara1698 3 жыл бұрын

@@viktoryiam8160 you idiot, they obv didn't have choice

@ChristianThueringer 3 жыл бұрын

@@viktoryiam8160 no, not everybody has a choice unfortunately

@viktoryiam8160 3 жыл бұрын

@@pietrovismara1698 you are an idiot. Everybody has a choice.

@belmnoir 3 жыл бұрын

@@viktoryiam8160 Sorry to burst your bubble, but not everybody has a choice. Maybe in the country where you live

@vinkywink 9 жыл бұрын

All it takes is one decision A lot of guts, a little vision to wave Your worries, and cares goodbye

@minkdevil 6 жыл бұрын

The older I get the more this song makes sense....

@Seedr0 2 жыл бұрын

do some salvia it makes it even more sense

@inmyangelhood 2 жыл бұрын

It's true, and applies to all of their songs. Were powerful back then, now they are bombs

@lindagaines5500 2 жыл бұрын

Never gets old, loved it 20 years ago, still love it now.

@annabelpenin9289 2 жыл бұрын

It turned up in my playlist and I m so grateful for that!

@richradtylr4 Жыл бұрын

So, this song came out in 2001?

@Katiebop89 11 ай бұрын

@@richradtylr42000

@uhtred7860 5 ай бұрын

@@richradtylr4 Yeah, 2000 actually,😃

@Lafemmefutile 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@NikolaosSkordilis 2 жыл бұрын

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. 😍️

@nicolan4215 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the fold. :) Any time I think about giving up writing for a life back in corporate, I think of this song.

@lassaadlabidi5813 2 жыл бұрын

Good for you!!!!, people with no Real talent like me will Always be slave to wage

@lewisrogers5685 2 жыл бұрын

You have already won...go for it

@NikolaosSkordilis Жыл бұрын

@@nicolan4215 💖

@NikolaosSkordilis Жыл бұрын

@@lassaadlabidi5813 Only if you think or suggest yourself into not having "real talent" you will have none. We will ourselves into Being.

@chanyphilly8266 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@jamesgrant3412 4 жыл бұрын

Siccckk..

@Gabibono88 4 жыл бұрын

Who's listening in 2020? I miss so much this Era 😔😍😍

@laurafeichtner 4 жыл бұрын

😍

@lemsolaris67 4 жыл бұрын

Are we in a different one?

@Gabibono88 4 жыл бұрын

@@lemsolaris67 you're right. I'm still a slave to the wage 😁✌️

@onomatopeja82 4 жыл бұрын

I am :) 2020

@0000song0000 3 жыл бұрын

yep, when i thought live could only go upwards! I was a kid back then

@angrakamelot 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@elmonosas8374 2 жыл бұрын

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

@HeartandSoul59 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@soccreyes4647 2 жыл бұрын

@@HeartandSoul59 Agree 👍👍👍

@andytaylor5636 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@chxvx4470 7 жыл бұрын

Andy Taylor Congratulations! You chose life. 👏

@themisanthropechannel8052 6 жыл бұрын

Andy Taylor You sound like the goth guy from The IT Crowd.

@rosesoftime5153 6 жыл бұрын

Start your own tech company!

@mikesully110 6 жыл бұрын

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

@petetatt9612 5 жыл бұрын

Yes lar

@clarkdale2394 9 жыл бұрын

-"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)

@dstr3ss 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment 😉

@mediamonarchyplus 2 жыл бұрын

That's not who Dylan was talking about back then tho

@alfredoelizondo5986 2 жыл бұрын

why? could you, or anyone who liked your comment, elaborate? As another comment said the lyrics have nothing to do with Thatcher.

@me_fault 2 жыл бұрын

it may be a coincidence but it works, Brain probably saw both levels since Thatcher was in power for most of this adolescence.

@fincarosa 3 ай бұрын

@@alfredoelizondo5986yes they do. Maggie's Farm is a reference to Margaret Thatcher

@joseortuzar1541 3 ай бұрын

Lo escuché en vivo, 2024 en chile 🤘

@bobble_the_wobble 4 жыл бұрын

I haven’t heard this song in ages. It’s really nostalgic :)

@2757captainrandom 5 жыл бұрын

All it takes is one decision A lot of guts, a little vision to wave Your worries, and cares goodbye Epic so many memories

@katyparker2081 3 жыл бұрын

This is quality music.

@ManuelRocha-ib9ck 3 жыл бұрын

This Song was the motivation to Change a sad work-home routine, thank you guys!

@123cillitbang 2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏 GO YOU!!

@privacymatters1778 8 ай бұрын

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

@ragnevi 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@foglias 8 жыл бұрын

+Henrik D. Ragnevi Your pledges were heard. :)

@joseaquino8773 5 жыл бұрын

Spotify sucks! I already copied all of their CDs on my FLAC player, better quality than loosy MP3 that you need data for!

@forbeschristopher47 5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@fynnwhite 2 жыл бұрын

They once said they don't want to support streaming services. Maybe that's the reason.

@nightnurse13 Жыл бұрын

this band is brilliant, the music, the lyrics, the voice!

@RM-lj8bv 2 жыл бұрын

It's like hearing their songs for the first time, Every time.

@goinggoinggone535 3 жыл бұрын

20 years today that this was released. Whoa...

@chanyphilly8266 3 жыл бұрын

First Placebo song I ever heard on my Cousin's cassette tape, loved them ever since.

@bullygirl999 3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@chanyphilly8266 3 жыл бұрын

@@bullygirl999 nice one! There's something a lot more satisfying about cassettes, vinyl etc. than mp3.

@xxyy1883 3 жыл бұрын

Fuck! 20 years! Where are they gone???

@nothingbutthetruth2145 3 жыл бұрын

Get in there 💪

@lornacrooks7583 2 жыл бұрын

Still my number one most understated bands Ever

@elix6968 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@weevil8025 2 жыл бұрын

Brian Molko always looks so stunning in every video he features in.

@thomasbarker4628 5 жыл бұрын

What a great band their noise is dark , vibrant, electrifying, and cool.

@onikurumi 7 жыл бұрын

Most underrated band, yet genius.

@mikerostov7811 5 жыл бұрын

R u kidding? Its "rated" as f

@kij100 4 жыл бұрын

Placebo are not underrated

@onikurumi 4 жыл бұрын

@@kij100 k

@argpalauanbruh 4 жыл бұрын

Dude,they are a big deal (or were),they are not underrated at all

@onikurumi 4 жыл бұрын

@@argpalauanbruhit's fine

@juggybhullar4324 3 жыл бұрын

Remember buying the album n who I was around at the time bittersweet memories

@davidhart1118 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@kij100 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@davidhart1118 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@AlejandraSongs 3 жыл бұрын

Molko looks very attractive here, gosh!

@JM-gj3fi 3 жыл бұрын

He is permanent attractive

@danika632 3 жыл бұрын

I find this comment in every video haha

@normdavis3450 5 жыл бұрын

"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.

@mightyV444 4 жыл бұрын

@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" :-))

@TheTorrecillas07 4 жыл бұрын

Este grupo te lleva a otra dimensión...

@hailysvomit5305 Жыл бұрын

Such a brilliant tune . Timeless

@randompost11 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Knightoftheorient 8 жыл бұрын

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!

@observer4916 6 жыл бұрын

another monday approaches, another day in the call centre. another week. another month. another year. i wish to get on that rocket

@filipgrunseich8670 3 жыл бұрын

20 years and nothing has changed...

@thereel9ghostly9fish98 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@carolinafaveri 4 жыл бұрын

They nailed their anniversary concert in Amsterdam, happy to get to see my favorite band from my teenage

@GermFreeAdolescents2 12 жыл бұрын

this band deserves so much more attention. great songwriting!

@dashcamcruising225 3 жыл бұрын

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

@noelfletcher1645 3 жыл бұрын

This song is so memorable, this video is so memorable . . . AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS SONG

@EngHawJF 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@KonstantinosRoukas 2 жыл бұрын

This is such brilliant song so accurate and with timeless lyrics. Music at its best.

@sinansalimov980 4 жыл бұрын

I was working at McDonald's and before I quit my job I listened to this masterpiece. It was appropriate...

@stefaniapartini5825 Жыл бұрын

This is Brian Molko's masterpiece.

@anamariaarias3764 Жыл бұрын

This song is TIMELESS.

@sundaywasabi 2 жыл бұрын

Back when music still made you feel something.

@charlesmgone4793 2 жыл бұрын

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

@josecarlosrodriguezgallard3372 10 ай бұрын

La canción es muy identificativa para mi!! Preciosa melodia, magnífica instrumentación y una voz inigualable e insuperable !!❤❤❤ placebo , siempre os adoraré!!

@rosemarymcgrory5678 3 жыл бұрын

Why is Brian soo Beautiful , he really is very handsome those eyes and his unique voice perfection 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@davidgarrett108 8 ай бұрын

Couldn't be more true

@larryanthony3554 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@SarahlovesSerge 8 жыл бұрын

Those lyrics are very good

@razgriz806 7 жыл бұрын

dn0

@pranavsinha5700 5 жыл бұрын

Yaah they are really great

@deemore 5 жыл бұрын

Relevant to today

@geraintblaidd803 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jamiethedon3484 8 жыл бұрын

Epic so many memories

@i_like_to_move_it_move_it 5 ай бұрын

its like if Neo from the matrix had a band

@bryanhess2585 3 жыл бұрын

I first heard this song 18 years ago. My introduction to placebo. What a special day. I was 15.

@pansykishibe4284 6 жыл бұрын

2018 and Molko, I still love you

@pedronobre5576 5 жыл бұрын

It males two

@magentadominik 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@Shaannooonn 8 жыл бұрын

Are you okay now?

@mikatu 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Soulgarden__ 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Beetlejuice80s 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@pedrocasique7352 4 жыл бұрын

Well done Dominique! Don´t you have work for me?

@nothingbutthetruth2145 3 жыл бұрын

Listening in 2021 and still an absolute classic

@ElectricPandemic 14 жыл бұрын

Love this! I seriously can't believe that this song has been around for half my life... been a fan for the longest time!

@ryuka5730 Жыл бұрын

THIS MASTER PIECE WILL KEEP ACROSS THE TIME...!!!

@MultiDokta 26 күн бұрын

Slave to the wage since 2003 🎉

@sylwester11 3 жыл бұрын

2021 ♥️🕊️

@bitterbotter 9 жыл бұрын

Easily one of their best tracks!

@ginette3535 4 жыл бұрын

Me encanta, que buenos recuerdos me trae!!!

@timforde6944 4 жыл бұрын

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

@nat10289 13 жыл бұрын

This song describes how i feel sometimes. I love the lyrics

@Andrea-ot1xw 4 жыл бұрын

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 😂

@charliechaz1982 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@gustavoduarte6368 8 жыл бұрын

diverse places, like where I'm from (LA) it's called the mutil cultural slave ship.

@kimwexler9393 8 жыл бұрын

This.

@solazytofindaname 5 жыл бұрын

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)

@F-Andre 5 жыл бұрын

which sample?

@heinipups8412 5 жыл бұрын

True

@markusbraun1875 3 жыл бұрын

Very great song from Placebo with fantastic Brian Molko - I love still always to see this beautiful Video , October 2020 💕🌍🌉🌅🌲🌳🌊

@erwinforbragd1868 4 жыл бұрын

Nice omage to Gattaca which I happen to have set up to watch tonight! Why haven't I heard these guys before😫

@adamnewton4348 5 жыл бұрын

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! :)

@mememuhsheen202 3 жыл бұрын

Themes from "Gattaca" and "the Matrix" seem to be incorporated into the video.

@LeeMaitland 6 жыл бұрын

'All it takes is one decision A lot of guts, a little vision to wave Your worries, and cares goodbye' -_words to actually live by_

@igulla666 13 жыл бұрын

love their style.

@yota32100 4 жыл бұрын

More I listen to Placebo songs I am certain that this is awesome band :) This is my type of sensitivity.

@violabateman7690 10 жыл бұрын

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.

@jairotube69 10 ай бұрын

One of my special songs from all time, still getting better

@hepcat1000 Жыл бұрын

This is Placebos masterpiece. There is a slowed down version out there if you can find it.

@franciscofrank6175 7 жыл бұрын

Gattaca!!!

@ninfa9965 9 жыл бұрын

Closing my eyes while listening to this song a chill run through my body and makes me feel relaxed, Thanks placebo

@niviamaeva 8 жыл бұрын

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

@belmnoir 3 жыл бұрын

It's 2021 and I'm still here!

@johngarcia5160 10 жыл бұрын

Love this song.

@pranavsinha5700 5 жыл бұрын

Yup mee too

@88_Delta 4 жыл бұрын

20 years ago when i was 20! I am old 😭

@jeanjeanie7214 4 жыл бұрын

There, there. Don't cry. I'm older😭😭😭😭😭

@sinansalimov980 4 жыл бұрын

We are all 40 now

@anazarethpendragon308 3 жыл бұрын

The age is on mind

@timbattman342 3 жыл бұрын

haha older lol

@timbattman342 3 жыл бұрын

good stuff is good stuff

@OksanaDobrovolska 4 жыл бұрын

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.