From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Sat, Jan 31st 1998, 05:35
From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Sat, Jan 31st 1998, 05:35
>nono, i really like EN, but panasonic is poop. i honestly don't >understand why people like them. not at all. we played with them in >cleveland last summer. we saw what they do and heard what comes out of >it. whoever: their live show is MUCH MUCH better than their recorded >stuff. but it's still not very good. I like Panasonic (admittedly, the "lack of music" which you profess to be a bad thing is what I like about them). But comparing Panasonic to EN is, well, heresy. I could make detailed arguments, but I will not, because I'm tired. Suffice it to say that Einsturzende Neubauten, in their prime (Drawings of a Patient OT, Kollaps, Strategies Against Architecture, etc.) went far beyond being a 'band,' or 'musicians;' they were a fucking force of nature, unequalled before or since. Except maybe the Rite of Spring. But that was in the early 1900s. Nowadays (Tabula Rasa, Ende Neu, etc) they are merely one of the finest bands in existence. Their period of transcendence has passed, but that doesn't mean they can't still write some incredible music. And funny this should come up, because I just walked in the door with my brand new copy of the '2x4' reissue, purchased for $6.99. I also got Black Dog - Spanners new for $5 and the first two tracks were so awful I almost puked and was forced to quickly replace the disc with some nurse with wound, PJ Harvey, and miscellaneous Wordsound records. I'll listen to the rest of it some other time. --- the humble abbott arthur purvis set his hand hereto