Headcleaner: Text Fur Einsturzende Neubauten/Text for Collapsing New Buildings [Paperback]

Maria Zinnfert (Author), Blixa Bargeld (Author)

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Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)
Original Language: German

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Gestalten Verlag (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3931126129
• ISBN-13: 978-3931126124
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,656,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for fans of Einstuerzende Neubauten, February 4, 1999

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This review is from: Headcleaner: Text Fur Einsturzende Neubauten/Text for Collapsing New Buildings (Paperback)

Headcleaner contains nearly all of Bargeld's lyrics, an interesting interview by Harry Lachner, partial discography, "net of tracks," and a nifty glow-in-the-dark cover. Aside from the lyrics themselves, possibly the most interesting thing in the book is the "net of tracks," which looks rather like a subway map, charting Bargeld's songs. The lyrics themselves, while enhanced by Neubauten's music, stand alone quite well. One can't help but see the threads of mind/body dissonance, destruction, passion, irony and lonely existenialism at the heart of his work. It's quite beautiful.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Einsturzende Fans, May 17, 2004

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Chris A. Cunningham - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Headcleaner: Text Fur Einsturzende Neubauten/Text for Collapsing New Buildings (Paperback)

If you are an EN fan or just want to understand the songs without translating them from the German yourself, you need this book. It doesn't include the most recent songs but the more recent CD's include translations anyway. It also has some interesting insights from Blixa regarding the music and the growth of the band's ideas.

If you are a fan you need to become a supporter. Checkout www.neubauten.org for information.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must For Neubauten Fans, July 24, 2009

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Robert Szarka (Norwich, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Headcleaner: Text Fur Einsturzende Neubauten/Text for Collapsing New Buildings (Paperback)

Einstuerzende Neubauten was the main reason I decided to study German in college. I can't say I'd understand Blixa Bargeld's lyrics without the English translations in this volume; but, if I could, I'd still have bought this to read the notes, which further illuminate each song. Many of the translations are also fresh--not the same as in the album liner notes.