Headcleaner: Text Fur Einsturzende Neubauten/Text for Collapsing New Buildings (Paperback)

by Blixa Bargeld (Author), Maria Zinfert (Editor), Matthew Partridge (Translator)

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 271 pages
• Publisher: Gestalten Verlag (June 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 (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #977,853 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very insightful and a must have for any fan!, December 20, 2006

By	S. Wilde "The Fabled Zookeeper" (Nevada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Its got every lyric I was eagerly searching for a long time.

Plus a few interviews in english and german.

but the true selling point is...

The cover of the book glows in the dark!!!

'nuff said.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Chris A. Cunningham - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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