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Liebslieder [VHS]

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I tried a long time ago to get into industrial music. Back when I thought that all industrial music sounded like Rammstein, VNV Nation, and Frontline Assebally I thought EN were a joke. Now that I have grown up I realise just how awesome they are. Personally I think the best way to get in to them is to watch this documentary. I mean there are some really good Cd's out their, but Neubauten is not a music group in the traditional sense. They are a experience. With this you get the whole package Live shows, music videos, documentary, archival footage, interviews, and of course lots of Blixa Bargeld.
Buy this with Tabula Rosa, and Halber Mensch. Watch the video first, and than enjoy true avantgarde art.

Any Einstürzende Neubauten fan will want to own a copy of Liebeslieder. It includes plenty of concert footage spanning the first half of their career, as well as a smattering of clips from music videos, and the DVD menu allows you to jump directly to your favorite song. In between, there's just band members speaking--presumably in response to an interviewer, but we never see or hear the interviewer and there's no narration. E.N. is left to speak for itself. (The interview footage is in German, but subtitled in English.)

Liebeslieder might not suffice as an introduction to the band; but for those who (like me) know the band's recordings well but have never seen them live, the concert footage adds a great deal. E.N. doesn't just perform their songs, they create them anew.

Finally, the quality of the video, and especially the sound quality, is far better than I expected for recordings of this vintage. Highly recommended!

if you are well known with einsturzende you will probably love this film,if you are not but you would like to start now so this is a good way to start but you should better listen first to some of their albums TABULA RASA for instance is a good choice.