Is This Placebo Song Still Good?!
Today we delve back into the hits from 90s with Placebo’s “Nancy Boy”. Does it the stand the test of time? Is it still a great song? Let’s discuss.
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@GavKP
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Their cover of The Smiths, Bigmouth strikes again , fucking ace
@mcmc6621
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
For me …36 degrees is their best song
@TheLastRaft-music
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Discman
@jeniphirtaylor-mcintire81
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Every Placebo song is still good (especially "Scared of Girls"). Morrissey updated "walkman" to "iPod" decades ago; I admit I can't recall what the lyric he sings is, now.
@leebutton1062
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Grados cool if no bovered wid noise – I have Grado and Sony x
@I.Wallivs
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
And her discman/mega drive started to melt.
Fabulous band
@ShaneCambell
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I'll never forget when Jamie Theakston called the singer a ladyboy 😅
@muskett00
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I didnt know anyone else with an I-River, but that was mine… the only one that would accept 40gb
@stephanewise1626
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
A rel British/european cult band. Intense Post puck riffs. Amdrogeny, beauty. Songs about all the angst many people felt. I loved them from age 17 to 30. Im 41 now. Pre modern internet age.. they were fantastic
@Iraultzailea
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Bitter End was always my favourite Placebo song 😎
@molkomike
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
WOW!!! A greatest singer of one of The bands i love, talking about my favorite band in The planet!!! Lovely!!! Love your videos Justin!!!!
@RataStuey
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I love Nancy Boy and wow Justin really knows music! Very very cool, seriously talented and learned musician
@rorybascombe
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
My dad (Dave bascombe) produced this track. I've always loved placebo and am beaming with pride watching this from his loving son. Rory
@P.willow
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I LOVED THIS BAND❤ ĹOVE THE GENUINE UNIQUE WAY THEY ARE😊
@Tapestryaudiosolutions
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
There songs decent, your songs awful
@marktisdaleuk
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Every you every me, Without You I'm Nothing and Pure Morning – pure brilliance!
@Technaudio
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
A song about casual sex, prostitution, drug use, crossdressing, getting drunk, gender confusion etc etc that somehow completely went over the heads of censorship.
Fking excellent.
@bobotett4320
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Placebo are still sound amazing and Brian Molko's voice is epic
@DigBipper188
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I was raised on a fairly healthy diet of rock with Placebo as a very large part of that.
Especially albums like "Meds", "Without You I'm Nothing" and "Sleeping with Ghosts"… There are very few bands that can pull off the degree of storytelling Placebo does and be able to alter their sonic styles to fit neatly with what they're trying to portray with every single track.
If you've not listened to their latest album "Never Let Me Go" by the way – you should. They've well and truly mastered the extremely rare dark art of not losing of what makes their music so distinctive while still being able to keep up with the changes that've been happening in the music industry since their prior releases.
@NawYeDidnae
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I think in Big Mouth Strikes Again, Molko said "as her Mega Drive started to melt". That's what I hear anyway.
@comealmohada
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Joan of Arc's Megadrive started to melt
@technocrologist
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
The first album with this track is the best one. The first three albums have notable singles, other than that I don't think I've heard of them since
@SunilCunningham
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Didn't Moloko remain ambiguous about his orientation, leading people to believe he was like maybe the gay side of androgenous, then he got married to his wife on the quiet. He played it that is he isn't he thnng. Liked him when guest on Nevermind the Buzzcocks, observant, funny, viscous. 2023 PM of Italy sued him for defamation after he called her a fascist rascist 😀
@glarmour
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
You were reeeeeally funny in this one.
@MikeeTeevee
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I don't think changing walkman to discman was exactly a leap of deep intelligence or anything. It's a nice but incredibly tiny change.
@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
If anything I think it’s gotten better.
@AloneEasyTarget32
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Derivative.
@jamesnash9054
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Went to see Placebo live a couple of years ago, always been a fan but had never seen them play live before, was really disappointed they didn't play Nancy boy, turns out apparently Brian hates it now, and feels it "represents an immature, less-developed period, with lyrics he now cringes at". I know that's their prerogative but feel like it was kinda selfish of them, it was their breakout hit and their most well known song and it's still a great tune. Imagine going to see the Darkness and them not play "I believe in a thing called love" !?
@YaMoBeThereAbout
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
There's a quote from someone whose name escapes me – "If I wasn't gay I'd fancy Brian Molko"
@CharliePhair
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I loved their album Meds – Follow the Cops Back Home – just a nice night time anthem about following the cops back home and robbing their houses.
@HeRoTe
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
This song just doesn't let up, gives you what you want the whole time, no wastage
@HeRoTe
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I said yes outloud before I even clicked the video
@cjyoung7372
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I loved it still do but one day I was singing along to it and then I listened to what I was singing 😂
@justvers
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Not come here to watch the video but to just say Yes! It is.
@monkeyhousescouse
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Placebo were great until Sleeping with ghosts. All garbage since then.
@HeartShapedBox93
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I'm not a huge Placebo fan (like them though), but this song is an absolutely banger.
@johnwardle9667
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I love this song. I bought it on CD single at the time. And I was 13, and didn't have any money. When they were on top of the tops with this… It hit different shall we say. 1997 was a killer year for music.
@Mystic-marzipan
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
I have found that placebo is one of the only 90s bands that’s held up to the span of time. I love them still as much as the first day I heard them. Other bands I loved more then I can’t listen to now as they just sound old
@bobbler42
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Saw them in Bristol in 2024. They played it, I'm pretty sure, though apparently they often don't. Or rarely do. Brian has a lot morehair nowadays. "Bionic" live slapped, too.
@donniegrant5771
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 pm
still a banger… that whole album still slaps
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