Sunday, April 13, 2008

Neu! "Hero"

Since Krautrock is always a safe bet and I'm feeling lazy, here's Neu! performing an early version of "Hero" from 1974. Neu! split from an early iteration of Kraftwerk. This video is an excerpt and features ecstatic Germans and bubbles. I first heard a Neu! record in the Fine Arts Library at UT about ten years ago. There was a patron who would come in with a DAT and record all the rare early electronic music we had, and he recommended highly Neu!. Later, I felt exceptionally cool and rock-literate when I heard the Ciccone Youth song "Two cool rock chicks listening to Neu!" featuring Kim Gordon and someone else talking about cool shit while Neu! played in the background. I no longer feel so cool, but the memory of coolness remains.

2 comments:

Stephanie Bonham said...

That drummer is looking pretty serious.

Jonathan Evans said...

he needs to blow more bubbles.