Kollaps
Einsturzende Neubauten
1981
Tracks
1. Tanz Debil
2. Steh auf Berlin
3. Negativ Nein
4. U-Haft Muza
5. Draussen Ist Feindlich
6. Hören Mit Schmerzen
7. Jet 'M
8. Kollaps
9. Sehnsucht
10. Vorm Krieg
11. Hirnsäge
12. Abstieg and Zerfall
13. Helga
Well, that was...well that just wasn't music, was it? Music has notes. This was noise and sound effects. I am sure everyone has a slightly different definition of what constitutes music, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Some of these "songs" sounded like the "musicians" were simply banging pots and pans together (did that sentence have enough sarcastic air quotes?). And we all eat it up, naturally.
Anyway, I am not trying to make you feel bad if you enjoy this. I just can't fathom why you would or how any of these sounds could be remotely pleasing to the ear. Maybe that's the point. Maybe the anger behind this album shouldn't be dressed up in pretty rhymes and melodies. Maybe of the point of any music is to communicate an emotion and should feel raw.
All right, I gave it a shot. I still think that creating something like this is easy. Creating something beautiful on the other hand...that's the tricky part.
RATING: 1/5
In case you guys haven't noticed I hate industrial music.
Duck Stab!
The Residents
1978
Tracks
1. Constantinople
2. Sinister Exaggerator
3. Booker Tease
4. Blue Rosebuds
5. Laughing Song
6. Bach Is Dead
7. Elvis and His Boss
8. Lizard Lady
9. Semolina
10. Birthday Boy
11. Weight Lifting Lula
12. Krafty Cheese
13. Hello Skinny
14. Electrocutioner
I really don't know what to say about this one. I try and I try with this Book. But honestly, how I possibly supposed to enjoy this? For those of you who don't know (oh how I envy your ignorance) this could essentially be described as a horror album. They speak in cartoonish voices and do their best to scare the pants off of you. For example, in Birthday Boy the song sounds like the recording of a birthday party where all the guests were massacred. Ugh.
I looked into this band and I think I threw my neck out rolling my eyes (seriously, if you are not using your neck when you do it, you aren't doing it right). Apparently this band is an "art collective" which tries to maintain an air of anonymity. They wear tuxedos, eyeball helmets, and top hats. They have released over 60 albums, heaven help us, and produce short movies. Pretentious doesn't even begin to cover it.
I suppose no one actually listens to this music for fun. There must be something else they get out of it, like when I force myself to watch upsetting documentaries. I just have no idea what it is.
RATING: 1/5
