(not rhetorical)
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
pretty great but Viva! is better
― pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty, $1 and 9 cents (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's also great
i remember reading that these albums weren't sufficiently srs or alt so i neglected them as a neu! fixated 17 yr old
don't know where i got that terrible idea from but fuck that shit
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Friday, 24 September 2010 01:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Jumping on the Viva bandwagon. Geld...geld....geeeeeeeeeld!
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento LLC (SNM), Friday, 24 September 2010 02:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
I've just discovered the self-titled, which is every bit as great as the Neu! albums. Can't help thinking this is underrated, and I should have been compelled to buy it years ago. Viva next.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 1 October 2010 09:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
Of course, commercially, La D were more successful than Neu ever were
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 1 October 2010 09:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Not the impression you get when discovering them retrospectively in the 90s though.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Of course. Michael Rother solo was far more successful than Neu too.
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Was La Dusseldorf actually mainstream-popular in Germany? Never heard them mentionned apart from Neu geeks but wouldnt be suprised if they had charted at the time.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
I don't know how the charts work in Germany but, yes, my copy of the first album has a sticker saying "Contains the hit single, 'Silver Cloud'". Also K. Dinger got annoyed with J. Cope for saying 'Silver Cloud' was their big hit because he said 'Rheinita' was a much bigger hit. As for M. Rother, "Flammende Herzen" (at least), sold a lot in Germany.
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:12 (1 hour ago)
they're just about all i've been listening to this week
wiki says la d sold over 1m albums
― The Managing Director of Being (nakhchivan), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
They were on Radar Records in the UK of course!
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
don't know if they're as great as the s/t neu! albums, at their best they were just about as good as music got in the latter half of the 20th c
damn good nonetheless
― The Managing Director of Being (nakhchivan), Friday, 1 October 2010 16:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
surprised there has not been one post on the La Neu! album Blue, which is basically the fifth La D album (Neondian was the fourth). it starts on a weird note but has some real moments of serene beauty ("Lilenthal" is pure bliss) and the extended, presumably live cut of "America" is the hardest they've ever rocked and could easily go on for even longer. I really can't understand why this wasn't released at the time it was recorded!
― you can expect punches, kicks and even worse (frogbs), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
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