Comments on: Industrial Poetry

Industrial Poetry

jann — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:38:08 -0800

Blixa Bargeld reads the Hornbach Catalog. In a series of ads, finalists in 2004 for an EPICA award, the poet and musician Blixa Bargeld, known primarily as a leader of the industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, read aloud descriptions of home improvement products. With hilarious results.

By: Rothko

Rothko — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:44:04 -0800

(diese seiten sind ausgezeichnet)

By: lumpenprole

lumpenprole — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:08:34 -0800

Truly the best of the web. Thank you so very much.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:09:46 -0800

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By: kenko

kenko — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:01:08 -0800

Awesome.

By: Ian A.T.

Ian A.T. — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:15:41 -0800

That was great. Also: I'd like industrial kids a lot more if they all dressed like that.

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:26:58 -0800

Awe. Some.

By: Eirixon

Eirixon — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:54:04 -0800

Fantastic!

By: hototogisu

hototogisu — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:02:37 -0800

"Industrial" is loaded with so many limiting connotations these days, it's almost a shame to call them that, as valid as it is. They've always had a sense of humor--this pleases me to no end.

By: kenlayne

kenlayne — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:33:37 -0800

That's a fun thing to watch. I got this Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds little box set of B-sides and such, and one of my favorite songs is an early version of the hit "Where the Wild Roses Grow," but Blixa is singing the Kylie part. It's pretty great. Blixa also sings half-lead vocals on stuff like "The Weeping Song" in the Bad Seeds. He is an ex-member now. He's a good reader of home improvement catalogs but a much better guitar abuser and composer and singer. The Einstürzende Neubauten stuff seems to get more soothing as the years go by. Maybe I'm just going deaf, but I like it more today.

By: Jairus

Jairus — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 03:34:16 -0800

The Einstürzende Neubauten stuff seems to get more soothing as the years go by. Maybe I'm just going deaf, but I like it more today. I think Neubauten is one of the few bands in the genre that just keep getting better, album after album.

By: Hogshead

Hogshead — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:41:23 -0800

I recommend loading all those video clips at once and letting the sound of them combine into one. Now I want to see Einsturzende Neubauten in concert again.

By: suni

suni — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:07:21 -0800

bohrwinkelkontrolle :D

By: suni

suni — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:08:37 -0800

tiefengrundbürste :D:D thanks for this awesome find : )

By: Fezboy!

Fezboy! — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:44:49 -0800

Ehrfürchtiges! Danke.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:20:04 -0800

genius.

By: adzm

adzm — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:27:44 -0800

wirklich, kein vergleich. danke schoen :)

By: adzm

adzm — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:30:29 -0800

Also, in case anyone is wondering, the few seconds of intro music is 12305 (te Nacht), which you can find on Strategies Against Architecture III CD 1 (which is a great EN cd...)

By: djseafood

djseafood — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:44:25 -0800

after seeing them on their last tour, I thought maybe Blixa needed to lay off the wurst a bit. Aparently he's laughing all the way to the bank. brilliant.

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:49:45 -0800

which you can find on Strategies Against Architecture III CD 1 Also on Tabula Rasa which is just fantastic all over. I didn't like Perpetuum Mobile much though.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 07:43:27 -0800

Awesome stuff. Danke.

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:17:57 -0800

BIG BRUSH! Hey, what is the german for silicate paint?

By: cows of industry

cows of industry — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:19:14 -0800

Back in the day, there was nothing quite so fun as blasting Halber Mensch at your Howard Jones-loving neighbors. Danke, Herr Bargeld.

By: cows of industry

cows of industry — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:19:51 -0800

..und, Danke Jann for the post.

By: jann

jann — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:18:40 -0800

Hey, what is the german for silicate paint? He's saying "Silikatfarbe".

By: lastobelus

lastobelus — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:15:35 -0800

lol. Das war schön. Ich habe ein Freund mit die gleichen Akzent (und ein sogar größer Bauch). Some of Hornbach's actual ads are pretty funny: (she will grow. With each new project)

By: lumpenprole

lumpenprole — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:13:57 -0800

Yeah, I found Tabula Rasa to be much more soothing and kind of hated it for that. I think if you compare it to Strategies one, you'll see why you think the music has gotten more soothing. It broke my heart when I went to see them for the third time in the late 90's and I saw all the roadies unloading keyboards. Bah.

By: lumpenprole

lumpenprole — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:17:19 -0800

(and for the record, the classic Bargeld/Cave vocals song is the cover of "Sand" from "Kicking Against the Pricks", IMHO)

By: lumpenprole

lumpenprole — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:28:50 -0800

fWrote that, ran out for a cup of coffee and realized I'm an idiot. Sand is on Strategies 2 and does not feature Nick Cave. I blame the hangover. (Still a great cover)

By: jcruelty

jcruelty — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:35:09 -0800

love his look.

By: hototogisu

hototogisu — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:38:31 -0800

"Sand" is on Halber Mensch and the 12"s that preceeded it...the Strategies Against Architecture CDs are rarities and sampler compilations, not original albums. I like them quite a lot still, even if they have mellowed out in the last decade; they've already done the "stealing shopping carts and putting microphones on them" thing, or "setting the stage on fire after the show" thing--they've earned the right to act like old guys. Their current material is suggestive and profound in ways gothed-out Blixa could never have imagined in 1979. Plus, they dress better these days.

By: lumpenprole

lumpenprole — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:39:59 -0800

Plus, they dress better these days. Agreed. Doesn't make me enjoy the albums any more.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:06:19 -0800

there was nothing quite so fun as blasting Halber Mensch at your Howard Jones-loving neighbors. Good times.

By: kenko

kenko — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:47:24 -0800

"Sand" from "Kicking Against the Pricks", IMHO) "Sand" is from Halber Mensch, no?

By: suckerpunch

suckerpunch — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:16:19 -0800

A few more commercials.

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:32:50 -0800

Oh, you cannot possibly know how happy this made our entire household tonight...