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Does anyone else find Neu's drumming a bit. . . corny?

― RS (Catalino) LaRue (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

You're fired.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been trying to get fired all along.

― RS (Catalino) LaRue (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned, you totally need to whip your hair over the front and back Donald style

― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 02:53 (twenty-one years ago)

man i really wish i had 75 with me right now

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck that noise, Jaxon, Trump ripped ME off.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 02:58 (twenty-one years ago)

ned's been banging blondes since the donald was in short pants!

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I knew I had to hide those photos of the golden retreivers. Or have I said too much?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 03:19 (twenty-one years ago)

TS: Neu! v. La Dusseldorf...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

(gasp! I say LD)

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, Neu was not one of the artists listed in "The 37 songs that are not 'corny' 'indie'" shrine, guys.. so Neu! lose.

To the Cornyfield they fux0r.

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 04:31 (twenty-one years ago)

And in the darkness rock them.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

wow. I've been listening to first three songs on Neu 75 all day(for the first time). the "rockier" songs are good too just not nearly as amazing as the first three

does the rest of their albums have the same mix of heavier and and more ambient songs?

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Thursday, 10 November 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

I hesistantly say 'pretty much,' but all three albums sound pretty different from each other, the third most distinctly from the first two. We're not talking radical differences but I've always heard them as discrete entities.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 November 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

The first 2 albums sound more like the beginning of 75 than the end though.

― Jdubz (ex machina), Thursday, 10 November 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Very true.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 November 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Neu 4 on the other hand...

― Jdubz (ex machina), Thursday, 10 November 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

is totally underrated.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 10 November 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

...while Neu! themselves are perhaps a touch overrated.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

as overrated as smaoking "jazz" cigarettes

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)

i personally prefer '75, but that's just me
75 > 1 > 2

― nervous (cochere), Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)

tell me about neu! 4

― amon (eman), Friday, 11 November 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)

I think it's pretty embarrassing, Rother's furious that Dinger put it out as a Neu! record & so am I actually. A bunch of fragments, no long jams, one or two completely tossed off songs. It was a $25+ import when it was out, so that may have factored into the feeling that I was being pissed on.

― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 11 November 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

i saw that live cd w/ pink cover once, but passed on it as i heard the sound is awful. i had no idea there was a 4 though. thats funny

― amon (eman), Friday, 11 November 2005 01:31 (twenty years ago)

it was recorded in 86, mixed in the mid-90's, and rushed to market by a pissed Dinger right after the Germanofon Neu! bootlegs hit the market. the back cover is filled with a handwritten plea not to buy any Neu! on CD except for Neu! 4.

these guys like it though: http://mitglied.lycos.de/neuschnee/Discography.htm

NEU! '72 is definately no album you must have, but it's an album which gives an in-depth look at NEU!'s live problems.

― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 11 November 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

Well, Neu, Neu 2 and Neu 75 are in my front room cabinet.

Neu '72 is knocking round in my garage.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 11 November 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

The first 2 albums sound more like the beginning of 75 than the end though.

They do?

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Friday, 11 November 2005 10:21 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

As much as I love the Harmonia Live 1974 album, I really really want this to be released. Preferably on DVD. WDR/Dinger/Rother/Grönemeyer, are you reading?

― willem, Thursday, 3 January 2008 22:42 (eighteen years ago)

Does anyone else find Neu's drumming a bit. . . corny?

-- RS (Catalino) LaRue (RSLaRue), Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:36 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

most wrong thing ever posted on ILM?

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 3 January 2008 22:47 (eighteen years ago)

I bought Neu! 75 this weekend - my first Neu! album; kinda surprising that it took me so long to pick something up by them. I've only listened a few times but I dig it so far. I'm responding more to the second half than the first, but I've not really spent the right kind of time with the first half. Riding the bus to work = not ideal.

― pgwp, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:21 (eighteen years ago)

If your busride is 30 plus minutes and your headphones block enough environmental sound than I'd say it's a pretty ideal situation to be listening to Neu!

― willem, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:25 (eighteen years ago)

I think I prefer LaDusseldorf

― I know, right?, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:26 (eighteen years ago)

I listen to La D a lot more than I listen to Neu! but I'm not sure which one I prefer. You might enjoy this great clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b48qPmJudE

― willem, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:29 (eighteen years ago)

Gotta love those white overalls...

― willem, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:30 (eighteen years ago)

If your busride is 30 plus minutes and your headphones block enough environmental sound than I'd say it's a pretty ideal situation to be listening to Neu!

If only life were this luxurious.

― pgwp, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:53 (eighteen years ago)

I think I prefer LaDusseldorf

Now you're talking crazy. La D is pretty great, but the first half NEU! 2 is one of the landmarks of the 20th century. Ok, slight hyperbole, perhaps?

― Bill in Chicago, Friday, 4 January 2008 02:29 (eighteen years ago)

seven months pass...

So, are Neu! and Neu! 75 vital, must-have discs, or at this point, just interesting historical documents/period pieces?

I've had these discs on an eMusic "Saved For Later" page forever, but I think it's time to fish-or-cut-bait.

― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 8 August 2008 20:32 (seventeen years ago)

are Neu! and Neu! 75 vital, must-have discs

Yes.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 August 2008 20:33 (seventeen years ago)

Ja! Fish!

(you'll probably play them for the rest of the night ;-))

― willem, Friday, 8 August 2008 20:36 (seventeen years ago)

Good remembrance here:

http://nastybrutalistandshort.blogspot.com/2008/04/shock-of-neu.html

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 August 2008 20:40 (seventeen years ago)

don't forget Neu! 2

― stephen, Saturday, 9 August 2008 16:44 (seventeen years ago)

>>I've had these discs on an eMusic "Saved For Later" page forever, but I think it's time to fish-or-cut-bait.

Seems like a no-brainer purchase for eMusic - in fact, I signed up for eMusic last month and Neu! was one of the first bands I looked up! There's only, what, six tracks on each record? In eMusic terms, that's a pretty solid deal. It'll barely dent your monthly track allowance.

― pgwp, Saturday, 9 August 2008 19:25 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah. Truthfully, it won't even do that; I'm sitting on roughly 1500 extra downloads (down from 2000 originally), via these eMusic Circuit City cards (65 downloads per $5 card).

― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 9 August 2008 19:30 (seventeen years ago)

So Neu 75 translates to roughly $.50... yeah, I'd say buy it.

― pgwp, Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:45 (seventeen years ago)

Just another hero

― I know, right?, Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:49 (seventeen years ago)

is that even what he's saying? It's what I always here it as anyway

― I know, right?, Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:50 (seventeen years ago)

Just another hero

You mean me? I wasn't trying to be a jerk. Sorry if it sounded that way.

― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

And yeah, I'll pick up both discs today.

― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:55 (seventeen years ago)

Should also say here that the midsection of the 88 BoaDrum performance last night was audibly a mega-Neu! homage, in fact the best damn tribute to Klaus Dinger's impact imaginable, specifically thinking of how it reminded me of "Lila Engel" in its blend of slabs-of-feedback percussive chime and huge drum punch. So no, not historical documents at all, not when 88 drummers from all sorts of bands are pounding that out.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:57 (seventeen years ago)

You mean me? I wasn't trying to be a jerk. Sorry if it sounded that way.

No no, he's referring to the lyric of the song "Hero" from Neu! 75.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:58 (seventeen years ago)

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lol

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 20:25 (one year ago)

This is why I'm glad I caught this year's tour instead!

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 20:25 (one year ago)

I can’t tell if I’m a Dinger or a Rother

― let it not be known that I am not smart (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 3 June 2025 22:19 (one year ago)

I hardly know her ...

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 23:05 (one year ago)

Dream of Düsseldorrrnication (lol at 0wen xp)

― Bitcoin Bajas (Craig D.), Wednesday, 4 June 2025 00:27 (one year ago)

I texted “I hardly Neu her!” to seven friends and the best response I got was “this is why I will never listen to your podcast (if you ever have a podcast)”

“LOLogallo” was the second best response

― let it not be known that I am not smart (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 4 June 2025 03:15 (one year ago)

who wants to see my Wabussi

― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 June 2025 03:17 (one year ago)

Top kekse

― H.P, Wednesday, 4 June 2025 03:45 (one year ago)

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