Front 242 - Quite Unusual - Spruchreif

[aquamarinedream]

Front 242's probably thinking in their heads, "Why are we dancing to a bunch of rocks"

[marcellino565]

Year of the life?

[MagnitudePerson]

Rambo like? LOL immature. Matrix-like, yes, Matrix and Cyberpunk itself got inspired by industrial musicians.

[MagnitudePerson]

There image is cool, not laughable or silly, but thats really YOUR opinions anyway.

I wish i were there, i would dress up in cyberpunk cloth and dance aswell!

PS- Nobody will appreciate real art!

[MagnitudePerson]

There image is cool, not laughable or silly, but thats really YOUR opinions anyway.

I wish i were there, i would dress up in cyberpunk cloth and dance aswell!

[bobsoxx]

Hahahaha. What a joke. Where are we at? Shopping mall? In all fairness they do have some standout tunes (pre 1987) but the image they project is so laughable and silly 20+ years on.

[aquamarinedream]

I think its funny that there playing in front of formal people.

[manudelmarche]

@aquamarinedream I don't think these "watchers" can be considered as "normal" ;-)

[noahmowsen]

ARE YOU WATCHING ON 1:28??? RICHARD PUNCH THE CAMERA!!! AWESOME!!!

[henk242]

Actually, it's nice to see that German television gave Front 242 a chance at that time,even if the public clearly wasn't into this kind of stuff. I could not imagine it would happen right now...

However, this performance of 242 is one of the most awkward I have ever seen, and therefore I love this video :)

[arclight2012]

OMFG malls in Germany back in the 80s were certainly more interesting than ours if they could have Front 242 playing one! We just had Tiffany hahah...

[cyphertek]

What's up with the people sitting and watching? This isn't an open mic night at some cafe.

[torbenschlichting]

still the best band. what a surrealistic moment infront of this audience !

[trollcrusher242]

Love Front 242 (especially during the "Official Warfare Tour" era ... as you see them in this video), however, I just *cringe* at the non-reaction of the audience.

Almost as if Front 242 were playing a gig in front of a bunch of shoppers eating in the food court of a local mall. Band put their game faces on and performed just as they would have within the dark confines of a small nightclub.

I *LOVE* Richard's reply / attitude toward the dorky announcer.

Way to go R23!

trollcrusher242 :-)

[MagnitudePerson]

Awesome!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! Hardcore Sci-Fi Cyberpunk perfoming lol.

is this from this 80'-90's?

[CenoByte]

@MagnitudePerson

Yeah, it was the golden age of this kind of music. In europe we usually called EBM (Electronic Body Music) :-)

[IRtehGreatest]

Haha, funny in so many ways.

[therealhypnoskull]

at least they got attention outside of belgium in those days :) cause the HORRIBLE belgian music press hated them for stupid reasons. now luckily they are appreciated in their own country.

[acidkiller303]

epic band is epic

[das242]

there isn´t nothing better than FRONT 242!

[schlufine2009]

DAS WAR MEINE ERSTE ENTDECKUNG so um 1987???, fand die Kerle so scharf. Seitdem bin ich voll auf EBM abgefahren und habe meine Richtung gefunden. So waren sie am besten. Geil daß diese Sendung Spruchreif hier gefunden wurde. Dort habe ich sie das erste mal gesehen. Bussi Kim242

[Ullish1989]

lol it's lip syncing...you can tell because he's singing and moving the mic way too far away from his mouth in a few parts

it's funny because i've noticed alot of german shows made people lip sync..just look at iron maiden playing wasted years :P

[Andi242GER]

"Here on the north pole..."

D

[SerpentinaSolis]

The audience seems very "Uhhh??"

And Rambo wtf??

[MagnitudePerson]

Yeah more like Robocop lol, but seriously though IT IS Sci-Fi(Cyberpunk to be exact)

[XeonogaShanti9]

Back then I went to mall to play video games. Today, maybe to see what new in Hot Topic and shop for dvd's and that's about it.

[strukur]

Best video since it shows the guts f242 had to play their music for ignorant people instead of fans. and the host was a total idiot

[richard232323]

And we did this show on a Sunday morning around 11pm in a commercial gallery (shopping mall) ! That show was suppose to be famous and would get us lots of attention the record company said!

[denshiblocks]

its very surreal! appropriate!

[KMFDM781]

@richard232323

I'd have loved to have been there...people would be watching me make a fool of myself like "HOLY SHIT IT'S FRONT 242!!

[Nico3039]

le public a du croire a un enlevement d'extra-terrestre ce jour là lol...

[fabizio]

Totally surrealist ! I love the audience lol... Agree with Josh808, it's Quite Unusual :D

<3 <3

[louping111]

wé je crois que après il passait a la chance au chansson de pascal sevrant lool !

[wilxl2]

242 in rare form. Performing in front of a crowd that just really doesn't get it! What's up with the stupid host dumb remarks too. (Rambo...or but do you think it's possible to make music without knowing about notes and keys and so on?) Look at the group's body language after Patrick Codenys last comment. They look as if they want to laugh and fight at the same time.

[Leitmotivation]

STUPID AUDIENCE HEHE

[joshe808]

I'm thinking these folks in the audience thought the music "was quite unusual". Gotta give it to them for sticking it out thru the whole thing. I love this song!

[pawnoir]

F242 au the dansant huhu marrant ! Mais où est Daniel B. ?

[roofstephen]

Hey.. thanks a million for putting this one on. Had seen it on video a couple of years ago. Surprised you're not getting more comments here; this is definitely one of the most funny, surrealist live performances ever.

[DerKnochenschaeler]

Yes. Most in the audience could start with the music nothing and looked accordingly...

...there are a lot of comments on my other F242-Videos....

(I hope my english is not to bad ;-) )