Einsturzende Neubauten - Sand

[AlcmenaChan]

Τhis is pure ...EPICNESS.

[sublimistica]

this is absolutely divine.

[lmonne]

whoa.

[Byrnzie400]

Go Blixa!

[Horlitz]

Ich liebe die Neubauten!

[LySeRgIa2]

I thought this album was called HALF MENSCH?...translation half man, there's a song called Halber Mensch on it but that's not the title.

[wilbhaas]

@LySeRgIa2 1/2 Mensch = halber Mensch = your "HALF MENSCH"

[sfa84]

semplicemente fantastica, apre tutti i sensi.

[fredtheking350]

Crazy version, il ike it. I love the original from Nancy and Lee, but this is a very cool cover.

[TheMimifur]

I worry so much about Blixa, I just do.

[vinylray]

Cool

[jrmetmoi]

Halber Mensch is one of my fave albums of all time, and I think it's the only non-English speaking album I can say that about! I have it on CD though not on LP/record.

[pixiecrumb]

Happy valentines day!!

[steinber]

ring of fire

[autumndiver93]

this will be my wedding march.

i have always wanted it.

[easternpa2]

@autumndiver93 A song about how you shared a love and are now gone from each others' lives? I kid, but, uhhh.. have you seen the nancy sinatra / lee hazelwood original?

This song introduced me to EN, btw, wayyy back in the 80s. Loved 'em ever since.

[Softmachine505]

AH! THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!

[SMeEBEATS]

Die Jugend hat mich in Sachen schrägen Soundgeschmacks unwiderruflich geprägt.

[MsKittychat]

omg THANK YOU! Looked for thos for a long time.

[pang5]

Heartless? Perhaps. However, heart is not what you should look for in this song. This song is not about heart. It's about stomach. It's hunger.

[gothdeer]

@pang5

I like your thoughts on this song, but I disagree. There is heart in this song, in the same way a murder can be passionate. For me the song seems forlorn and fondly remembered moments, though by no means perfect or wholesome.

But, at the same time, I like the notion of the hunger aspect. I would have never thought of that, Thank you!

[pang5]

@gothdeer I see love as having three levels - head, heart and groin. If you can find someone who meets you on all three levels, hold on for dear life & never let them go. This song, at least to me, is the groin level at its height. Ravenous prowling of streets day and night...then again, maybe it's all groin all the time with me these days. But yes, the young woman sharED is forlorn. Thank you for pointing that out to me. I rarely look for sentiment in EN but maybe I should dig a wee bit deeper.

[trollfinger]

@pang5

I always think that he is singing this about somebody he is bitter about now, like it would have sounded different when he first wrote it and now it's just a painful song. I fucking love it ! Heard it live a few months ago.

[quexalcoatl]

1:30 = crazy goosebumps and shivers for me.

[SuperTerrabyte]

neubauten is neubauten....is neubauten is neubauten...what to discuss about???!!!???

[RiceKruspey]

"Heartless krautrock..."

Haha. If this is heartless, then what IS heart?

[tehninjadude]

@RiceKruspey It's industrial. It's supposed to be heartless.

[pulyapudoff]

No, this is not better than the original. It doesn't have the tension and interplay that occured between Nancy and Lee. It's heartless krautrock and doesn't have the emotion experienced between a young woman and older man. Some songs shouldn't be remade out of the genre in which they were originally recorded.

[katjohannsen]

my aren't we narrow-midned

[pulyapudoff]

Since when is opinion confused with "narrow-midned" [sic]? Have you ever heard the original version? Listen and compare - this version is cold and heartless. And tuneless. But then again, it's my opinion - narrow-mdned as it is.

[polistyrenejassband]

thats the point maybe

[5anjii]

Yeah I agree you're entitled to your opinion, though I have to disagree about this version being heartless...Though it' is a bit cold but I like that aspect of it.

Great song.

[katjohannsen]

I listened for myself just before I replied to you and I thought there was more depth and a completely different meaning behind Neubauten's version. But then perhaps I am narrow-minded when it comes to appreciating the original.

[lapislazuli7]

@pulyapudoff Krautrock?! Nice joke.

[necromantiic]

this is way better than the original.

[ysbaddaden2003]

I always thought this song would be perfect for a vampire movie

Just not that twilight shit.

[brilivs]

BLIXA DEUS!

[IchbinSchalker]

This is simply magnificent!

[ekhighvoltage]

FUCKIING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[robotaholic]

omg I love this song - !!!! I totally grew up with industrial music - Laibach is next- well after fuerio, & ZNS, & also some Cyberaktif :D omg I adore Blixa Bargeld!

[MrPeace2mind]

@robotaholic

Yeah Blixa also defined my taste in music, very inspiring ...

½ Mensch was the first album I ever heard of EN. It messed up my fragile little mind.

[angelforfreedom]

FUUUUUUCK!!! I LOVE THIS SONG!!! It was also on "Strategies Against Architecture 2"!!!

[FaustTeufel]

This is actually the only CD I currently have of theirs.

[StephenPatrickPope]

its the best one to have

[easternpa2]

I've loved this song for over 20 years. It was the 1st one I heard from EN, and was shocked to hear all the German when I started buying the CDs. I first heard the Sinata/Hazelwood version about 10 years ago. I was about 13 when I switched from "top 40" to goth/industrial back in the early 80s. Now I chat with some of the original members of Alien Sex Fiend on Facebook!!

[DharmaMareLili]

I am a stranger

In your land...

[katjohannsen]

I am waiting for a really good live "Kalte Sterne"...it has the same type of drive as this, the Sehnsucht that permeates most of Blixa's creations. I'd love to see a good quality cover of Emmerich's cover.

[Zymbaline]

LOVE IIIT! LOVE THEEEM!

[violentinthedark23]

my heart is cold , my soul is free...

[jenniemfer]

I only recently found out that this was a Nancy Sinatra song. GG Allin also covered Nancy Sinatra, weird.

[ThePoisonDoor]

I listened to the album today, had this in my head all day! I love Blixa's german lyrics as much as his english :)

[thedigitalcollective]

its a nancy sinatra song.i just learned this....

[ThePoisonDoor]

Yea it's strange...they completely made it their own!

[thedigitalcollective]

yeah i was shocked when i learned this.i thought they would be "above" cover tunes.this is a good song.i actually dont like covers but i think this is a way better version hands down.