The Model - Big Black

[anonimoitaliano]

fuck kraftwerk

[ChocolateNinjaStar]

@anonimoitaliano Unless you're talking about having sex with Kraftwerk, fuck you too.

[anonimoitaliano]

@ChocolateNinjaStar no one stops you from listening Kraftwerk, but pls, at least don't listen to Big Black.

[ChocolateNinjaStar]

@anonimoitaliano Why shouldn't I?

[anonimoitaliano]

@ChocolateNinjaStar you just show a bad taste. stop over rating those commercial bullshits like kraftwerk.

[ArgonianMerchant]

@anonimoitaliano

So Steve Albini obviously has bad taste seeing as how he covered a song by Kraftwerk which means he probably likes them to some extend.

[ChocolateNinjaStar]

@anonimoitaliano Congratulations, you're a music snob.

[distortiontruth]

I saw Big Black perform this song in New York City way back when. Pussy Galore opened.

[VirtualantBerlin]

top version, best cover version ever

[SLCtica]

for some reason this came up as a result when I googled "Columbian Necktie" in google images (pretty f!#@^ed up right?) but the cover made me lol so I looked it up and it's aight.

[eldinhadzovic]

@SLCtica that's because there is a song called "Columbian Necktie"

[M1A9T9U5]

Makes me wanna fuck

[M1A9T9U5]

I wanna play this on the bass so bad

[TheTownandTheCityYAY]

@M1A9T9U5 Let us form a band.

[Lawful0neutral]

@M1A9T9U5 its easy. A-A-C-A-C-E-E-G-E

[M1A9T9U5]

THOUSANDS of times better than the original

[MrBanny67]

great cover!!

[eetherealflux]

ysusss

[MrSoullicker]

sometimes?????

[ManilaSyndicate]

"Songs About Fucking" ( lol )

Albini sure left a positive note to humanity with that title.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

sound slike a melody riff from a mr bungle song...

[bobsicle001]

fucking WOW. i heard good things bout this album, it has good reviews, so i listened to this cover and HOLY SHIT it just sounds like a horrible monotonous noise

and fuck me it has no bass WAT DA FUCK

[MichaelLawlorRojas]

@bobsicle001 If you failed to hear the bass, you probably aren't fit for this kind of music.

[jaytotale]

@MichaelLawlorRojas Or any sort of music! You'd have to explain the concept of treble.

[netando]

Remember when I bought this album, the girl behind the counter said "interesting title" I said, yeah, but aren't the best songs about fucking? We dated for a couple of months, and yeah, we listened to this record while fucking.

[GrungeRockabilly]

I didnt realize until now that this was a Kraftwerk cover :L

[bondisurfersuperhero]

make a google image search for big black. be amused.

[bondisurfersuperhero]

make a google image search for big black.

[andrewburton12345678]

Roland > Neil Peart

[geoffwoade]

Steve Albini is a god among men

[Bluevelvetinne]

That bass line kills...

[skitfu]

I love that album cover.

[mukl66]

you can all kiss my shiny white hiney. I saw them twice. They were the best band in the world at that time. I have seen over 4,000 acts and they rank in the top five! All time! They played The Model twice! at the show in NYC, The Cat Club. I want to say '89 or '90.

[mkleitz]

@mukl66 I actually remember that show. Holy shit.

[Benman2785]

but the lyrics are better when its in german

[carbine125]

Love how it kind of sounds like ska at the end.

[thethrilleasy]

This album changed my life...I was still remember exactly where I was and what I was doin when I first heard the LP...sum 24yrs ago...I was 13yrs old :)...ty...forever in your debt

[ElephantBraswell]

@gsboss: listen to 1:53 and that is why they dont sound just like some local band

[ShuPac2]

cepaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aj .:-))) Steve Albini is f**king king!!!!!!!

[whoretron]

kraftwerk. model.

learn more. 

[gsboss]

can someone explain why they like this shit? it sounds like im listening to some local band with static on their end. but seriously, help me out here and tell me why its good.

[JMMQOTSA]

@gsboss Nobody forced you to listen. People like what they like.

[koreankayagum]

@gsboss Actually, this is a cover, and it's one of Big Black's lamest songs. Check out "Kerosene" or "El Dopa". If you don't like those, then I guess you don't like Big Black. Also, you should know that Steve Albini (guitar/vocals) was (is?) really into being abrasive and confrontational, which is reflected in the sound of the band. He has since done a lot of producing (Nirvana, PJ Harvey, etc.).

[LfunkeyA]

@gsboss

that's why people like it. because of the trashy sound, which nonetheless sounds tight. you tell me why you like perfectly produced bubblegum recordings.

[llanbo]

@gsboss

It's good because YOU hate it. Mind you, the encoding hasn't done the sound any good.

[albetalo94]

@gsboss coz it's a song by the Kraftwerk.

[Negimaniac]

@gsboss: Think about it this way: Kraftwerk wanted to sound like an eerily cold, efficient, mechanical band. Big Black are sort of the same in that sense, working More as a gritty, rusted, klunky machine. The style of the song transfers excellently from one style to the other.

[ArgonSpyder]

Love the song.

[MrSuperBigFuzz]

i dont care for genres as long as its good

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

Is the cover based of some sort of comic? the back cover makes it look like an anime

[super7fanboy]

@TheNEWfilmfanatic99 not to be rude but.... duh

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

@super7fanboy I was talking about the design, not the act of sex on the cover. Try reading my question properly first. Idiot

[super7fanboy]

@TheNEWfilmfanatic99 lulz

[thousandlegger]

god damn, i just realized that i have really really good taste in music.

[returnofdanbrown08]

@thousandlegger me too, its great.

[BukkakeNation]

@thousandlegger d'you jack off to a mirror with your fake glasses on?

[thousandlegger]

@BukkakeNation these glasses are real, buddy. since 2nd grade.

[GodnotagainOh]

@thousandlegger Better late than never sir.

[11joshman]

the cover makes me horny

[calaverasgrande]

@apothecary and @ PschedelicGothDoom.

It was neither, Kraftwerk was Kraftwerk. If you had to put them in a category both new wave and synthpop are later fads. If anything they were motorik or kraut rock.

[nebuk]

THX for uploading this, brings back great memories!

[SpaceRitual]

My favorite version is the Snakefinger version, but this is awesome.

[jonyfry]

Love the album

Love the album cover

Love big black.

[TheApothocary]

I like this way better than kraftwerk's new wave bullshit.

[PsychedelicGothDoom]

@TheApothocary

it was actually synthpop you cunt

[McFlyYouBojo]

@PsychedelicGothDoom actually its Krautrock

[allanispro]

@PsychedelicGothDoom It was ACTUALLY krautrock you musically retarded fuck.

[Cypherfall]

i was using the album cover as my wallpaper for a month just because i thought it was hilarious - i didnt know they were such an awesome band! im such a N00B

[oiyabastard]

HES A WHORE  THAN Q CHEAP TRICK

[MaryPastorius]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Efrasnel]

Saw them live in '87. They invited the audience over for a barbecue two days later....Too bad the barbeque was in Chcago and the gig was in Belgium. You can't always win ;-)

[zaynzaynzayn]

Sometimes you just want to fuck

[starlight68100]

sometimes?

[rchris36]

I liked the original version of The Model but interestingly i've heard Big Black's version many more times. I think it wipes the floor with the original. I wonder if you can download it on itunes? I'll check. Would be good to blast it out for the first time in centuries!

[looshkin66]

@kraftwerkfan2..

Please die slowly

Steve Albini is a fucking GOD!!!!!

[Kraftwerkfan2]

The original from Kraftwerk is besser

[pang5]

@Kraftwerkfan2 I don't know. I love both, really. I admit to being very very drunk right now but I have to say that they're genius but different. The bass on this piece is crushing. The song itself is Kraftwerk's brilliance and no one can deny that.

Better or worse, I love them both. Peace to you, fan.

[MaryPastorius]

@pang5  well said = )

[uphighway101]

thanx 4 posting this great record! ~cheers

[lorddirdirs]

Albini for ever (great cover)

[JusticekneeWilypig]

Righteous album.

[abuffalo19]

Portland, Oregon. Miss you.

[looshkin66]

i have the single for this on 45!

it is possibly my most treasured possesion.

[sets9]

jebeno !! :)

[wilkesart]

great cover