Laibach - Thursday night!

Gottdammerung · 14 Dec 2004, 15:33

Anyone going?

rapture_radio · 15 Dec 2004, 14:47

I saw Laibach here in Boston and I must say ....GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was once of the best concerts I have seen in a long time, when the women come out on stage it gets amazing, not just because I like German woman, but for what they did in and for the songs...amazing show

Gottdammerung · 15 Dec 2004, 16:19

rapture_radio wrote:I saw Laibach here in Boston and I must say ....GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was once of the best concerts I have seen in a long time, when the women come out on stage it gets amazing, not just because I like German woman, but for what they did in and for the songs...amazing show

Actually the women are Slovenian (or close to that) as far as I mind, given that one is a former national swimming champion..

I've already got my fatiques and officer's jacket dusted down for the gig!

rapture_radio · 15 Dec 2004, 17:15

Slovenian woman are still good too.....Ha, especially the blonde one in person, she couls have picked me up in a second...I mean lift me up over her head........weird, Laibach just came on my radio station as I was typing this...WAT

christophe · 15 Dec 2004, 17:34

to be honest I can't remember anything from them.
I read they play at a place not far from me this friday . I have time, is it worth the money?

rapture_radio · 15 Dec 2004, 22:13

it is very much worth the money, great show and the songs that they do live (at least here) are great

Gottdammerung · 16 Dec 2004, 11:34

christophe wrote:to be honest I can't remember anything from them.
I read they play at a place not far from me this friday . I have time, is it worth the money?

Well, their unique to say the least... I had been into them for quite a while before seeing them live and kind of dimissed their psychobabble concerning peformances as just that.. but then I saw them and realised they were onto something... the co-ordination between sound desk and performers is second to none.. the sound crept up with each song until at the end it was impossible to resist the relentless beat!

They are an experience live - as long as you can handle their take on murdering covers for the sake of art! (in the best possible way!

)

boudicca · 16 Dec 2004, 12:00

I'm getting really jealous now.

Gottdammerung · 16 Dec 2004, 13:23

boudicca wrote:I'm getting really jealous now.

They played Glasgow yesterday!

christophe · 16 Dec 2004, 17:29

I don't think I'm gone go.
I have a gig tonight and maybe one saterday. it would become a bit to expensive...

besides its sold out

Gottdammerung · 16 Dec 2004, 18:03

Sold out?

Seems I got my tickets just in time then!

Will post a review tomorrow anyhoo..

christophe · 16 Dec 2004, 18:23

Gottdammerung wrote:Sold out?

Seems I got my tickets just in time then!

Will post a review tomorrow anyhoo..

the Belgian show is sold out

(friday)

James Blast · 16 Dec 2004, 20:06

they flirt dangerously with the fascistic symbolism cf. the video for Geburt einer Nation

paint it black · 16 Dec 2004, 22:56

i loved 'em great live back in the day. not sure 'bout murdering covers, i thought they were great. one vision with the fascist symbolism

was top

dunno if i could still listen to the entire sympathy for the devil lp though

but macbeth is still top

have loads of press clippings and stuff somewhere. might try to dig them out

rapture_radio · 16 Dec 2004, 23:28

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Tanx Mit Laibach he looks like Robert Dinero meets Bin Laden or something..it is great

Gottdammerung · 17 Dec 2004, 09:52

paint it black wrote:i loved 'em great live back in the day. not sure 'bout murdering covers, i thought they were great. one vision with the fascist symbolism was top

dunno if i could still listen to the entire sympathy for the devil lp though

but macbeth is still top

have loads of press clippings and stuff somewhere. might try to dig them out

By murder, I meant in a good way! Especially as a lot of songs deserve it!

Gottdammerung · 17 Dec 2004, 09:54

James Blast wrote:they flirt dangerously with the fascistic symbolism cf. the video for Geburt einer Nation

Interviewer: Are you fascists?

Laibach: We're about as much fascists as Hitler was a painter..

pikkrong · 21 Dec 2004, 00:10

Gottdammerung wrote:
James Blast wrote:they flirt dangerously with the fascistic symbolism cf. the video for Geburt einer Nation
Interviewer: Are you fascists?

Laibach: We're about as much fascists as Hitler was a painter..

so - talentless fascists?

pikkrong · 21 Dec 2004, 00:15

Actually their DVD which I got recently was much much fun

(and I hate the real fascism but I don't think they are f***ists, not even as much as Douglas P from Death In June)

Gottdammerung · 22 Dec 2004, 10:49

pikkrong wrote:Actually their DVD which I got recently was much much fun
(and I hate the real fascism but I don't think they are f***ists, not even as much as Douglas P from Death In June)

Personally, I think the point is the ambiquity, reasoning as follows..

a)Hitler thought he was a great painter

b)Hitler was a crap painter

Therefore... go figure

The thing being though, that a lot of their (and Irwin's) artwork does feature anti-fascist symbols anyway so its obivous they're not in that camp, but to avoid falling into cliche you have to be earnest, which they obviously are!

pikkrong · 23 Dec 2004, 00:15

If I don't mistake years ago Laibach had a manifesto or something like that where they told about irony.
And on the bonus of the DVD they explain their position too. And that's NOT fascism.
(PS Yes, I got the point of the Hitler joke)

Gottdammerung · 24 Dec 2004, 09:30

lol... just some people don't!

I've had 'artist' friends hold radically different views on them, some who think that the whole NSK thing a lot of pompous tosh, while others consider it high art...

me being a luddite think its great!