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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I prefer LaDusseldorf
― I know, right?, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:26 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
Gotta love those white overalls...
― willem, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
If only life were this luxurious.
― pgwp, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 and Neu! 75 vital, must-have discs, or at this point, just interesting historical documents/period pieces?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 (fifteen years ago) link
are Neu! and Neu! 75 vital, must-have discs
Yes.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 August 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Ja! Fish!
(you'll probably play them for the rest of the night ;-))
― willem, Friday, 8 August 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Good remembrance here:
http://nastybrutalistandshort.blogspot.com/2008/04/shock-of-neu.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 August 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
don't forget Neu! 2
― stephen, Saturday, 9 August 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
>>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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
So Neu 75 translates to roughly $.50... yeah, I'd say buy it.
― pgwp, Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Just another hero
― I know, right?, Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
And yeah, I'll pick up both discs today.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
No no, he's referring to the lyric of the song "Hero" from Neu! 75.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Ahhh. Got it.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
>>Should also say here that the midsection of the 88 BoaDrum performance last night was audibly a mega-Neu! homage
Yes, I had the exact same thought.
Also, I just took my own advice and downloaded the first Neu album from emusic.
― pgwp, Sunday, 10 August 2008 05:08 (fifteen years ago) link
The Astralwerks reissues were out of print and got hard to find, but a nice surprise this weekend, I saw they're all reissued by Gronland, same 2001 remaster.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
if i recall, gronland was working on this at the time the astralwerks reissues came out. the web site was always kinda vague about where they were on that, which in a weird way seemed appropriate. keeping with the neu! "confused enough yet?" stylee. so did the gronland thing just now come about?
― andrew m., Tuesday, 2 September 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
On my cd's it says: "2001 Grönland under exclusive lizenz to EMI Electrola GmbH - Remastered in London" (I bought them in 2001/2)
― willem, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Earlier this summer I tried to upgrade my old bootleg version of the first album with the remaster, and it simply wasn't available. One used copy could be had for $34 on Amazon.
The reissue is distributed and marketed by High Wire Music via Fontana Distribution, and came out August 26th. $13.99 at Reckless, yay.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck I thought I was kinda over Neu! like they were too sleek and cold, I preferred La Dusseldorf and Harmonia to this. But Hallogallo came on early and it just sounds like clouds of dust left behind. Its almost not there. It kindof overshadows everything else though....
― I know, right?, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Also Klaus Dinger singing on Lieber Honig is incredible.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Neu! 4 is NOT worth getting
Yes it is! It's a fun album! Doesn't sound much like Neu!, basically sounds like a combination of Michael Rother and (latter day) La Dusseldorf, not surprisingly. It's unfinished and a bit ragged in places but it's certainly better than anything Michael Rother managed after 1982, it's more in the vein of later Dinger efforts like "Neondian" - but, fine by me, I like that stuff. It is basically the same tune played over and over again, but it's a good tune!
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Friday, 12 December 2008 10:14 (fifteen years ago) link
where did you find a copy?
― braveclub, Friday, 12 December 2008 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Eine kleine blog
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Friday, 12 December 2008 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Neu! 4 is awesome.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 13 December 2008 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
if anyone could point me towards it I'd be much obliged, googling neu! is no fun
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 13 December 2008 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
....
― willem, Saturday, 13 December 2008 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
WTF, how could Neu! possibly be D?
― 26 Mixes Focaccia (Stevie D), Saturday, 13 December 2008 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i salute you willem
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 13 December 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
any idea if these neu albums are going to be re-reissued on vinyl?
― soup kitchen electro (omar little), Saturday, 13 December 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
They discovered an implicity archetype of rock music, that was independently discovered both before, and after them. They get more credit for some reason.
― derelict, Saturday, 13 December 2008 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Suggest blogsearching "elanoizan" instead.
La Dusseldorf and Rother's solo stuff often sounds to like it should be the theme music from the Winter Olympics or Ski Sunday With David Vine, and "Quick Wave Machinelle" from this album is like the ultimate example of this!
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 11:39 (fifteen years ago) link
wahthttp://thequietus.com/articles/01209-oasis-kasabian-for-neu-tribute-album
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
oh neu
― Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ft Phil Collins (jim), Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Cleopatra records beat Oasis to something
hopefully not a leather whip
― System Jr. (Mackro Mackro), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
also lol "omg Ciccone Youth". Is there a Don't Look Back planned for the Whitey Album?
― System Jr. (Mackro Mackro), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
LCD Soundsystem - 'Watch The Tapes'
really?
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
i just don't see how this is supposed to turn anyone onto the music of Neu! or any music at all
― name like king kong (sonderangerbot), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
It's actively putting me off Oasis, so that's a result.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link
it's also a joke post, I'm guessing
― System Jr. (Mackro Mackro), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Noel Gallagher added, “My current new favourite German band of all time. Proper tour bus music. Spiritual!!”
Hmmm.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
But why would they deceive us???
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link