That Menschen 1/Individuellos/Menschen 2 suite thing
― Tom D., Thursday, 18 October 2007 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, Viva loses out to the first album any day.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 18 October 2007 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Whenever I listen to LaDusseldorf, the overwhelming image in my head is of waves crashing, especially Dusseldorf it sounds like each wave comes crashing in drowns out the sound and pulls back to reveal it again. More tidal than motorik essentially.
― I know, right?, Friday, 1 August 2008 02:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I finally just got "Individeullos"and i am loving it just as much as the first two. the moment at the end of "menschen 2" where the motoric finally subsides revealing the shimmering guitar and synth drones washing below, What a unique excellent sound these guys had!
― dsb, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 01:20 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man, yes.
― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
how great is the self-titled album
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
(not rhetorical)
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
Jumping on the Viva bandwagon. Geld...geld....geeeeeeeeeld!
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento LLC (SNM), Friday, 24 September 2010 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
Not the impression you get when discovering them retrospectively in the 90s though.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:06 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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 (thirteen years ago) link
They were on Radar Records in the UK of course!
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:23 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
CHA CHA 2000
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:37 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Monday, 9 July 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Meine zeit, deine zeitUns're zeit, keine zeit
― paolo, Sunday, 27 July 2014 11:29 (nine years ago) link
Don't know where this from or what exactly is going but it's great...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IChhZxD7uaA
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Sunday, 30 August 2015 18:39 (eight years ago) link
It's been a long time since I was that confused by anything but my god that's amazing.
What an artefact.
#KrautrockHotties
― Suggest Autobahn (Branwell with an N), Sunday, 30 August 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for posting that. Fantastic.
― winnebago taco, Sunday, 30 August 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5ZI8c41qwo
― winnebago taco, Sunday, 30 August 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
That LD video is fantastic. Thank you.
― emil.y, Sunday, 30 August 2015 23:43 (eight years ago) link
*Longer and better quality...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdZSV0bmfHc
(*ie more hilarious German 70s humour)
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Friday, 1 December 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link