Front 242 - Operating Tracks

[xaplas069]

muy bien

[2fromcenter]

beautiful

[bumpyjason]

god i hate music equipment geeks! get a life seriously.

[TheReptiliana]

me encantaba!!!!!!!!!!!



[tavrion]

1:00 Mr Bean singing.

[herrdoktor1985]

@tavrion hahahahahhahahahahaha!!!

[tie32101]

I noticed that the audio is on the Right side rather than stereo. I always like the bass line on the off beat for this song rather on both sides and on beat.

[ANTICHRISTJC]

EPIC!

[JohnnyLovely2]

WOW...THIS IS GREAT!!!!!

[RoboKombat]

This and U-Men are the best. Can never get tired of listening to them!!

[MsAnonn]

I. Love. His. DANCE!!!

[Cadence242]

This is now and forever will be my absolute favorite, from my #1 favorite band of all time. The best 4 minutes of my life that I can relive over and over so long as I can keep pushing the |<< button.

[Vorobey799]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[dickrammer69]

samples from thx 1138

[noel2be]

2012 30 years Front 242!!! Hell Yeah!

[AdrianStalker]

That's how I learned to dance

[megafon2011]

The best track of F242 

[KerryMack4]

das ist wunderbar und technische!

[oxalatto8]

one of my favorite songs in life,greetings from lima

[das81]

Great track by DAF.. ejem.. Front 242.

[clintxoxox]

respect

[rzachan]

i thought it was shadows of the dreams...?

[AORCrazy]

Electronic muzik.

[djmusicjac]

those DRUMSTICKS being thrashed and trashed awesome new wave post punk i love this tune

[ElasticMinds]

808, System 100m, MC4?, SH2 power button? Id love to have an MC4 if only I could tapes for storing data, which seem almost impossible to find.

[TheLonnie8]

I love this band saw them live in Vancouver at the 86st music hall in 92 a great album is Official Version thans 242 love you guys you intro

[heartagram10]

100% only industrial music !! great !! perfect !!

[rocktothebone91]

Amazing! Great music and video :)

[nickboston88]

How do the stripes not show on his outfit?

[intavent]

nice shot of the 808 running there :)

[djmusicjac]

I love them, i just wanna be on stage with them doing some backing vocals, i love them, "my cup tea"

[doktorelektro]

MASTERS, MASTERS, MASTERS..

[djmusicjac]

totally loving the theatrics with this the oddity with this i love it , creative performance and awesome tune, MAGNIFICANT

[djmusicjac]

I love their early tunes they have new wave to the synth the later works have industrial to the synth, totally love earilier tunes, just like this tune, AWESOME

[djmusicjac]

totally odd, i love oddity, loving this tune very much, synth pop new wave, awesome

[crosseyedjohnny]

totally adding this to my repertoire of dance moves

[noel2be]

Still playing after all those years!!!!!!!!!

[VNVgirl]

its so simple...but soo cool...... btw ..no shuffle is the best song :P

[thewhitetowers]

this still kicks ass today ...

[moondoggieist]

Awesome!From 1982 !!

[frontiero247]

fuckin great!!! on every floor

[SpaceIntruderDetecto]

FYI the Gear featured in the Video That I can identify are :

Moog Source : dual oscillator Mono synth

Roland System 100 Modular Synth

Roland TR-808 Drum Machine (Duh!)

I think the blue characters (Numbers & letters) are from the Roland MC-4 or MC-8 Microcomposer Digital CV/Gate Sequencer (Pre-MIDI)

[randycolby]

@SpaceIntruderDetecto I didn't realize that 242 was so blessed with good gear. I knew that U-Men referred to an early Roland digital synth, but that's about it. Loved these guys. Can't believe I didn't know this one.  It sounds like some of their somewhat early material.

[walterijsenbergh]

This belongs in a museum

[MrSYSTEM20]

Love the way they got the light grid to show only on his skin and not his clothes...

really innovative for the time.

[colloredbrothers]

I love how he dances, really awsome

[MarinaKuss]

great song!

[alexbsrammstein19]

this is amazing, not the bullshit from today

[BukkakeNation]

@alexbsrammstein19 you have got to be shitting me... this what hipster dreams look like

[david0palmira0rock]

muyy clasico

[TheBuds26]

ca c'est du bon

[tetiontkon]

I wonder if this is what Joy Division would have been like had Ian Curtis not killed himself, provided they still progressed to the danceable electronic sounds of New Order.

[dark1ankh]

@tetiontkon Only the vocals are similar really, so I think not. Joy Division were post punk and New Order were indie / synthpop. Whereas this band are electronic industrial and influenced by DAF.

[julmachine127]

yes !

[mrgudmartin]

got this one on vinyl

[ulmeulme]

pure damn epic

[seewaage]

I was in the military during the cold war. This song reminds me so much of the old squabble with the CCCP.

[atrium77]

FRONT !!!!!LO MAS♥

[colloredbrothers]

wow Belgian? I'm proud ^^

[BelgianMusic]

@colloredbrothers ma stop daar toch mee... ;)

[colloredbrothers]

@BelgianMusic

Nee man :p ik was blij.

[klonacarla]

PARENCEN CON ESTA VOZ ANDROIDES SINIESTROS

[DepressiveMindsband]

Cette chanson...toujours aussi puissante même 30 ans après...un hymne!!!

[belgboyke242]

Coolvideo, did you know this video was recorded in Daniel's bedroom?

[klingazteka]

Standing so tall / The ground behind

No trespassers / On every floor

A garden swing / And another door

She makes it clear / That everything is hers

A place of abode

Not far from here

Ms. Van de Veer

All that belongs to / No-one sees

Curtains that waver / When evening falls

[klingazteka]

Inclosed by fences / Smothered by wood

Who stands behind / The shadows of the trees

A place of abode

Not far from here

Ms. Van de Veer

Standing so tall / But no-one sees

No trespassers / Whan evening falls

A garden swing / Smothered by wood

She makes it clear / The shadows of the trees

[d33m0]

she makes it clear that everything is hurs.

[montse1350]

10000*

[philecops]

the famous human-robot dance 80's

[clintxoxox]

i like it a lot

[usdmsw21]

This video makes me wish that the guidos didn't claim fist-pumping

[zombiecinema]

cool video . cool noise...!!!

[gombie]

The dancer actually reminds me of Ian Curtis..

[kittycatelena]

@gombie That's what I've always said, too.

[dark1ankh]

They were obviously inspired by the original Tron movie :)

[cyphertek]

I love this track - a classic!!

[artmonkid]

This cheesy video doesn't do the song justice. Very dark, indeed, love it. Geography was great but the "Official Version" record was their masterpiece I think.

[gombie]

@artmonkid

It's not that Cheesy, it's kraftwerk-like nostalgy stuff.. for me at least.

[DieMenschMaschine85]

@gombie: That's what I was thinking, Kraftwerk-Depeche Mode like haha

[gombie]

@DieMenschMaschine85

Yeah, even though i don't think depeche mode sounded like this in the early years..

Anyway, in a Early Laibach interview, laibach members look like evil twin brothers of kraftwerk.

[IAMHIMOFSHEOL]

Who stands behind the shadows of the trees?

[irionik]

@IAMHIMOFSHEOL

Miss der Van Deer

[Doesumama]

@irionik All that belongs to no one is she's = death

[irionik]

@Doesumama

Thanks so much.

[manudelmarche]

@irionik Miss Van De Veer, and she's fucking hot

[chrisgiraffe]

I love 242's early works like this one but always wish I had the chance (and money) to give songs like these the visual they deserve. Their lyrics and music paint such strong pictures; Militaristic, but always with an interesting storyline. Perhaps a WWII flick with 242 on soundtrack. I imagine all their hero's fighting the unwinnible but noble fight. "We'll always be remembered, we'll always be dismembered! "

[NecroWhore]

@chrisgiraffe

Are you kidding me? I love this video! It's very simple what with only a black background, test pattern, strobe light, and totally awesome geeky belgian dancing! Kind of Ian Curtis/Gary Numan-esque.

It's completely reminiscent of it's time period and nationality. And I have to say when music is slightly dated, it only adds more to it.

It's not much but it always gets me pumped.

[amamuffin]

prob my fav front 242

[ZLUGGO]

Too much techno business.

[artmonkid]

I'm glad I did not see this video when the were my favorite band. I would've been dissapointed. The song is great.

[MrSYSTEM20]

@artmonkid I think this was in the very early years, they were really trying to be different and unique...and I am sure their budget didn't allow for much...they made what they could for the technology and the budget....I think it was cutting edge..and I've seen worse.

[dtoliaferro]

Now I know where Frontline Assembly got a lot of their ideas for the song Mindphaser from.

[digitalbeat]

I saw their gick. I was not much very amazed but perhaps they were pioneers on 80´s.

[2bakJ]

Rien à dire, Geography est pour moi le meilleur album de Front 242 !

[mugabesunny]

fuck me, this song is fucking awesome!!

[james0tequilla0kirk]

awesomesah

[DIGITALSCREAMS]

RAW analog synth!

[HouseMusicSuite]

gooooooooood

[clintxoxox]

hell yes,raw power

[Zenjedi99]

I think the blue men took that dance.

[Adrinishenkov]

perfect

[cureindo]

de la pure EBM le debut de la techno house etc...... avec misnistry aussi et bien d'autre ....les belges et l'est sont fort a cette période

[cocabots]

Front 242 makes me proud that I'm Belgian :-D

They were so fucking great back then and these songs still rock hard these days. Amazing band!

[Blamberweiserscheise]

@cocabots

Agree my brother, we're one of those people who can speak four languages, close to my switzerland friends but better,

if only we, here, french , flemish, deutsch, could speak as one...

[Drittkladden]

Couldn't be more perfect

[n3tkUt]

Thanks for uploading!

I've always wondered how they got away with using George Lucas samples (?), nobody else has.

[lordoid]

Well it was early 80s.There was almost no Sample Clearing back then. Also all these great HipHop Productions from the late 80's / early 90s wouldn't exist without these heavy Sampling. It was a grey area that exist these days.

[braindamnage1]

super titre des 242

[CASINTRA]

MAGNIFICO

INCOMPARABLES

[Ignantredneck]

fucking awesome.

[MrMacdaddy666]

Simply great!

[Deathkill06]

this is the definition of the 80s

[artmonkid]

The song's great but the video's so cheasy!!!

[AquanetGaby]

Love it.

[togermanywithlove]

We came from space? Who is the first human??? don't listen to me... i'm just drunk!/// but some part of me is fre..,.ee........ FREEEDOM!

[CarbonFibreHeart]

lol

[cabedoya]

so pure

[darktemptationz]

I really love this song

[BRANDYANDTHEBANSHEES]

I love this.

[rzachan]

i never realized this song had a video!! ive seen lots of their videos too! wow, this song has such a haunting sound! and the video itself has really neat effects! jean-luc demeyer knows what hes doin!!!

[janonadin]

Front for ever!!!

[MMJxxxMORPHMEN]

* * * * *

[babyISextrem]

awesome !

[MartyNoir]

Interesting vid. Enjoyed the lighting.

[CaptainOpprobrium]

Jean-Luc DeMeyer is a WILD AND CRAZY GUY!!!

[ErikJoeNoise02]

this song has samples from the THX movie, by George Lucas ... cool movie with Robert Duvall ....

[wertstahl]

ok. the wall is painted with blacklight colour, his face and hands are painted with blacklight colour, then there is a grid projected from a blacklight lamp and inbetween there is a strobe. just like that.

[pimpyourhideontube]

It has a touch of Numan and a pinch of Soft Cell!

[strupcza]

theirs first album was so different then others albums...but still great!!

[schattenkreuzz]

was ist ebm, etwas zum drinken ?

[xerfes]

Ein Blöder Mutherfucker

[1947chevy]

i cant believe people who claim to be all into 80z dont even know this track...when i hear this i feel like putting a fog machine in my living room

[od090]

LD 242 - Lucid Dream 242?

[19deadman76]

Im gonna try those moves at the club...

[Musashi242]

Masters of industrial. if this was mainsteam, we'd be living in a whole new culture.

[DjHardJ]

couldent agree more...

[brianobush]

Standing so tall / The ground behind No trespassers / On every floor A garden swing / And another door She makes it clear / That everything is hers A place of abode Not far from here Ms. Van de Veer All that belongs to / No-one sees Curtains that waver / When evening falls Inclosed by fences / Smothered by wood Who stands behind / The shadows of the trees

[DjHardJ]

One of the greatest tracks ever!

[NecroWhore]

Anyone know how the test grid is only on his face and hands rather than on his shirt? I just can't wrap my mind around it.

[ginfub]

the black clothes absorb the light because of low reflectivity. his light skin has a higher gain (reflective quailty) and returns lightwaves efficiently. same reason theaters have dark interiors.

[Oshi66]

I love that rhythm

[Vict0ria26]

no stupid you is no lessen

[grauoliv]

Wow! It starts with view of the hardware sequencer Roland MC 4!

[penhsin]

=) .

[sHuQiishOt]

Standing so tall / The ground behind

No trespassers / On every floor

A garden swing / And another door

She makes it clear / That everything is hers

A place of abode

Not far from here

Ms. Van de Veer

etc etc

[PsychedOut17]

Does anyone know where I could find the lyrics?

[irionik]

Check out any Front 242 lyrics page on google. There are several of them. I can't copy the link here.

[PsychedOut17]

last time I tried I couldn't find any,

but thanks :)

[l337dupowerspin]

Old school... Nothing beats that!!

[AORCrazy]

This is electronica!

[robinhoode]

I want to build a time machine just to stand on that stage and dance like that dude. He's that freaking awesome..

[Mongoose912]

get hammered one night and go for it! screw the time machine :P

[MagnitudePerson]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GOOD AWESOMENESS!

Mindphaser(by FLA) and This track rocks...

[nouveauxdecadence]

Absolutely AMAZING, sigh, Where has HEAVEN like this gone to, I ask?

Early to Mid 80s FOREVER!

[johnneedslove]

very yes

[realityfighting]

i love 242!! these guys are freakin classic electro!!!

[PsychedOut17]

This is awesome!!

[playhouserage]

Around 0:57 they featured Mr. Bean

[5ku14]

Can I haz sum of yr drugz Plz?

KThkz

[KroKaDiLe]

"Industrial" music is the stupidest and most confusing genre name of music. Just call it electronic music. Everybody seems to call everything industrial. Its a very stupid term that doesnt have a definitive definition.

Front242 = ELECTRONIC music, or EBM

[hol9672]

There was a belgian band named TELEX before 242, so you listen it and tell if it is industrial or not xD Do you mean metallic sounding like the track "populär - fekete lány" (search for it)?

[gentrepresent]

Proud to be Belgian

[sqwuade]

Yeah, I'm American, You must be a fag.

[warlock242]

This track has such a beautiful cold electronic ambience with an analogue warmth (as does most of Geography), I've never heard another artists production that sounds remotely similar. Original and legendary. 242 - The Uneclipsable.

[Sniibul]

this is a freaking sweet video :D

[aquaristic]

enclosed by fences, smothered by rules