Viva

The owner I bought this from took VERY good care of this cd I would recommend this seller for cds

Great album!

great

I was thinking about simply writting comments on the other two (so far) reviews, and just attaching mine to theirs. But instead I'll write a short one of my own. This is a great Krautrock album. Read the other reviews to get some background on the personnel, etc. but the way I see it, if one is even considering a purchase of Viva, La Dusseldorf's second album, one is already aware of what one is probably going to hear. No. It's not the best Krautrock album ever made. It's not even La Dusseldorf's best album, that would be their first album. But if you are even considering Viva, good for you. You know that Krautrock bands abhor taking their marching orders from the Anglo-US school of rock. No, they don't live in a cave, so they've heard the stuff, so they are going to be influenced by it. But Viva is aSTRANGE and just plain old WEIRD amalgam of styles filtered through the brains of two German brothers who obviously do not have any illusions of being the next big thing, or even the next second, third or fourth big next big thing. Yes, they show "growth" since the first album. But they are not, not by a long shot, out of musical ideas. the single string fuzz buzz guitar is still their. The Teutonic drum beats, the chanting growling, pseudo crooning is still there. But more piano this time. And their sense of humor, what ever twisted reality that causes them to think something is funny, is still there. Did I say this record is strange? Did I say that this record is like no other, except for, perhaps, their first album? And please, please, do not listen to this album as background music, or make an mp3 of it and listen through crappy ear buds while on the bus. Sit down. Put on the record (or CD), crank it up, and listen. Enjoy it as part of your growing Krautrock collection. i guess it would be best if don't listen to it that often, say, as much as Tago Mago, or So Far, as to savor the moments when you can revel in its unique Krautrock glory. Because you finally found a new one to enjoy.

The album is great but the CD I received had issues.

Viva is the second studio album from Klaus Dinger's La Dusseldorf. Klaus was the second half of the motorik based German band Neu! and this album is similar to the album Neu! 75. With Viva, some of the songs still are driven by the trademark motorik beat of Dinger, such as Rheinita and Geld. It seems that the subject of this album is Dinger himself. We get to learn about his fashion sense in White Overalls, his disdain for money in Geld, and his hopes for the future with Cha Cha 2000. Even the title of the instrumental track Rheinita is a reference to Dinger and a girl (Anita) being separated when he was younger. So what's the music like? Driven by the drums and layered with somtimes multiple guitars and synths, the music has a full somtimes majestic sound. White Overalls and Geld even have a punk feel to them. Cha Cha 2000 does drag on a bit (the track is 20 minutes), otherwise a very enjoyable album if you are into Krautrock.

Credit (or blame) former Kraftwerk and NEU! multi-instrumentalist Klaus Dinger for La Dusseldorf. On the heels of Neu!'s breakup, Dinger formed La Dusseldorf in 1975. The trio included Dinger's brother Thomas on vocals and percussion and drummer Hans Lampe - both who had worked with NEU!.Self-produced, 1978's "Viva" wasn't a major departure for the trio. With Klaus Dinger again responsible for all of the material, the six songs found the trio trying to navigate their way between NEU!'-styled experimental and minimalist edges and a host of more popular genres including new wave ('White Overalls'), AOR ('Geld'), and even adult contemporary lite jazz ('Rheinita'). That made for an album that's always been sort of a mystery to my ears. Taken individually none of the six tracks were liable to change your life, but played back-to-back the set was quite enjoyable. A perfect example of the sum being more than the totality of the parts ...- Starting off with the combination of a martial beat and French lyrics initially made 'Viva' a little disconcerting, but once the tune started trucking along with buzz saw guitars it turned into something quite enjoyable. rating: **** stars- 'White Overalls' made it clear Dinger and company had been listening to English new wave ...Kicked along by a jittery guitar and keyboard base, the song basically featured two minutes of the title sung over and over, but certainly managed to capture new wave angst ... rating: ** stars- Opening with a mixture of radio static and what sounded like a church choir, 'Rheinita' quickly morphed into a pretty synthesizer-propelled instrumental that wouldn't have sounded out of place on a Vangelis release. That wasn't meant as a slam either. Kicked along by Lampe's steady drums, this one was surprisingly commercial; largely explaining why German label Strand tapped it as a single. rating: *** stars- 'Vogel' (translated as 'birds') was nothing more than 90 seconds of chirping birds, though I don't have a clue as to whether they were real birds, or synthesizer chirps (I'd guess the latter). rating: * star- The only track sung entirely in German, 'Geld' (translated as 'money'), found the trio taking a stab at AOR guitar rock. I always smile at the 'make love not war ... the Beatles lied' segment. rating: ** stars- Side two featured the twenty minute epic 'Cha Cha 2000'. This one's always puzzled me. Fans loft it to the pinnacle of Krautrock, but to my ears the first section sounded like a bunch of slightly buzzed, middle aged, middle class guys trying to sing schlager. Ignore the German and English lyrics since they didn't make a great deal of sense and the printed lyrics featured a font style that was difficult to read. Luckily the track started to pick up considerable steam about three minutes in. It then morphed into a quiet, keyboard dominated segment. Pretty, but kind of disappointing after the previous section. rating: **** starsThe album was also tapped for a German single:- 1978's 'Rheinita' b/w 'Viva (Strand catalog number 6.12454)"Viva" track listing:(side 1)1.) Viva (Klaus Dinger) - 2:332.) White Overalls (Klaus Dinger) - 2:073.) Rheinita (instrumental) (Klaus Dinger) - 7:404.) Vogel (instrumental) (Klaus Dinger) - 1:305.) Geld (Klaus Dinger) - 6:23(side 2)1.) Cha Cha 2000 (Klaus Dinger) - 20:01YouTube has a television clip of the band clearly lip synching their way through 'Rheinita' (well since it's an instrumental, I guess they weren't technically lip synching). Be forewarned that the sound and picture quality are horrible.[...]Sadly, Thomas Dinger died in April 2002. Klaus Dinger died of heart failure in March, 2008.For anyone interested, you can find a nice Dinger website at:[...]

Alt herren musik

brilliant.

SECONDO ALBUM DEL GRUPPO TEDESCO.QUESTO E' ANCHE MEGLIO DEL PRIMO.IL BOWIE BERLINESE DEVE MOLTO AI LA DUSSELDORF E AI NEU!

聴き終えた感想としては、「ドイツ版のヴェルヴェット・アンダーグラウンド(2nd)」です。78年作ということで、ちょっと遅れた感がありますが、楽曲の雰囲気や構成、前衛感のふりかけっぷり、その印象の全てがヴェルヴェッツでした。しかし、さすがにドイツです。この国特有の固さがあり、それが単調な前衛音楽とは言えない、ヴェルヴェッツの亜型のような、独特な雰囲気を醸し出しています。アンダーグラウンドを深く印象付ける、チープな電子音やシューゲイザーのような、囁く様なヴォーカルでメロディーを散りばめることで、その印象を薄めて、ループの罠にはめていくといった、現在でも使われている手法が聴き取れます。特にヴェルヴェッツの2ndがお好きな方!!あるいは何か気になる方、お薦めの一枚です。

Gute Qualität