> I refuse to buy into the nostalgia of the era - just because I was
> intothem when I was 16 doesn't mean that they were good
very true. Nitzer Ebb is fun in the same way that something like LA Style "James Brown Is Dead" is -- a nonsensical time trip. It is not, was not, and never will be quality music -- but to me it's still fun.
In moderation.
- jobot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:17 pm Subject: Re: (313) Nitzer Ebb....eh? >>
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>
> I totally agree - just wish that Nitzer Ebb wasn't getting the
> bulk of the
> attention. I think they are overrated at this point.
> they came rather late to the party (industrial dance had been
> going for at
> least five year by then) and didn't really have much to say imo
> they made some catchy electronic tunes that relied on militaristic
> sloganchanting but they had absolutely no substance
>
> I refuse to buy into the nostalgia of the era - just because I was
> intothem when I was 16 doesn't mean that they were good
>
> MEK
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> 06/22/04 11:45 AM Subject: Re: (313)
> Nitzer Ebb....eh?
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> jbartuski
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> exactly -- the old EBM stuff like 242, Skinny Puppy, Front Line
> Assemblyetc is what got me interested in electronic music in the
> first place.
> Feels like there is quite a resurgence of interest in this stuff
> lately,even amongst those whose closets contain colors other than
> black. Seems to
> correlate rather well with the resurgence of interest in Detroit
> techno and
> Chicago house classics lately -- roughly the same time frame, I
> believesomeone referred to it as people's "primary earning years".
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> all I can tell you is this stuff's still relevant -- Front 242
> "Headhunter"into Polarius' retro-acid-ish "Ride the Chopper" will
> move *any* crowd...
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> - bot
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> From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Monday, June 21, 2004 8:51 pm
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> Subject: Re: (313) Nitzer Ebb....eh?
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> > "headhunter" is another dancefloor killer. you cant go wrong with
> > those types of industrial tunes man. i guess not too many of you
> > guys were down with that, but thats the music that made me realise
> > that synths and drum machines were my friends.
> >
> > tom
> >
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > From: lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:38:47 -0400
> >
> > >Yep, it's catchy all right. I remember when I was doing a
> weekly -
> > all
> > >you had to do to pack the floor was play Front 242 - Headhunter
> > followed
> > >by a Nitzer Ebb tune (one of the overplayed ones) and you'd have
> > them
> > >acting all wild and crazy. Even the frat boys.
> > >
> > >Hearts & Minds is still a super wicked tune, imho, and I was just
> > >playing it tonight after dinner before I logged in to see this
> > thread on
> > >him. (bring in music from the Twilight Zone...)
> > >
> > >Lisa :)
> > >
> > >
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> What's with their sudden popularity again?
> > >> Is it a result of Richie Hawtin throwing them into his "Decks,
> > efx&909"
> > >> mix?
> > >>
> > >> They were riding the coat-tails of D.A.F. as far as I'm
> > concerned.
> > >> They're lyrics were sh!t, their beats were rudimentary, and
> > their debut
> > >> album (and those that followed) regurgitates the same
> > elementary themes
> > >> over and over.
> > >>
> > >> There were at least a handful of artists that were better:
> > >> Meat Beat Manifesto (used Nitzer Ebb as toilet paper)
> > >> Front 242
> > >> Front Line Assembly
> > >> Foetus
> > >> Depeche Mode
> > >> SPK
> > >> Test Dept.
> > >> Throbbing Gristle
> > >> Cabaret Voltaire
> > >> 23 Skidoo
> > >> A Certain Ratio
> > >>
> > >> and on and on.....
> > >>
> > >> each of these bands could do what Nitzer Ebb was trying to do
> > but they all
> > >> did it better
> > >> and any one of them make Nitzer Ebb look like a teenage boy
> > band.
> > >>
> > >> If I hear that line "Lies lies etc guns guns etc fire fire
> > etc." anymore
> > >> I'm going to lose it.
> > >> It's a crap tune - it was a crap tune in 1987 - it's a crap
> > tune now.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> So - can anyone explain why the popularity of Nitzer Ebb and
> > why do they
> > >> end up in so many techno sets nowadays?
> > >>
> > >> MEK
> > >>
> > >>
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