Cabaret Voltaire: No Escape

[ianrussll]

Fantastic - never knew there had been a promo video done for this. Electronic music at it's most dirty and brutal

[BoBodahKLOwN]

ZK ZKZ KKKKKKKZZZZZZZZ......

[1970ifeelalright]

originally performed by The Seeds ; excellent version here . Cabs do it right ; just witness their versions of Velvet Underground songs ...

[spartan2549]

The legends that are Cabs, love these guys! Real music with meaning fuck what everyone else thinks they do it there way....

[das81]

Love thier faces, man this band great!

[Eleni999]

simply brilliant

[swineburn]

brilliant

[NewWaver80014]

@destructorbeam I should probably add that the song was also featured on their 1st LP which was of course on Rough Trade not Factory. :)

[NewWaver80014]

@destructorbeam This particular track was actually released on Factory Records rather than through Doublevision. Factory released it on one of their video compilations though.

[locomotifx]

F@cking brilliant really.

[neyikenhai]

mastapiece

[sloanmidwestXTC]

great track

[upriverfull]

Try to type 'since1687' in search - pretty cool

[stricher667]

its the version of their debut "mix-up" of ´79, i think.

[EdwardHKDC]

Was this video shot around Ladybower Reservoir? - or maybe one of the other reservoirs in the hills west of Sheffield. Since the band were based in that city it would seem likely.

[TheMercyBeat]

R.I.P. Sky Saxon (The Seeds).

Will be sadly missed forever.

:-(

[WeWillNeverForget]

I like so much his face of 2.42 to 3.10. SO AMAZING BAND !!!!

[HereIsTheSexPistolsX]

Awesome tune!! It's so different!

[glarry666]

Originally from cult band The Seeds.

[ghostalk71]

Great video!

It remind me the first time I saw (and listen to) CV on VideoMusic (a sort of Italian MTV): I was fourteen, it was love at the first view and I started to search any kind of material about them (obviously I'd found pretty nothing at that moment in time).

Ive grown up (and grown old) and when I listen to them my heart start to accelerate the beat, I Love this feeling!

[djoez4444]

Love this song! reminds me of the 'do it yourself era' in the 70/80's before MTV ruined it all!

[TheMercyBeat]

Featured on:

"Mix-Up" album (1979)

and

"The Original Sound Of Sheffield '78/'82" compilation (2002)

[nosperv]

Been a fan of Cabaret Voltaire for about 30 years now and it's good to see that their music is still generating some interest. I agree with a previous comment that this is amongst their more accessible material. Hey, I know it probably wont happen, but in the wake of so many bands reforming after lengthy absences . . . . Nah, thought not. Nice thought though!

[TheMercyBeat]

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. . Nah, thought not. Nice thought though!

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Bloody fantastic dadaist response that, nosperv!

[TheMercyBeat]

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Been a fan of Cabaret Voltaire for about 30 years now and it's good to see that their music is still generating some interest. (...)

[/QUOTE]

Time only tells what was good and what was not. When all the hype is gone, you know. Usually good remains and bad is being forgotten. THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS! ;-)

[nosperv]

So true, so very true. Class and quality survives the ages whilst crap is quickly consigned to the dustbin of musical history. With so much disposable nonsense clogging up the music scene I can only pray that it's a VERY large dustbin!

[TheMercyBeat]

Brilliant response!

I have listened to a lot of music but when I discovered Cabaret Voltaire (and The The as well) I thought no one ever has come closer to cause as the same effect as them at all. Even (some of) John Lennon's lyrics just can't match Matt Johnson's full-of-truth ones at all.

[industrialvideos]

Video added to playlist.

[Devito46]

Interesting to read about the original No Escape being from The Seeds...

You know what would have been nice ? To have Suicide cover this song again from this CV version...! Would be a little more neurotic/dramatic. That would be my jukebox-request...

[floweringsilverzero]

yeah, everything from the instrumentation to the lyrics are total Suicide

[kurtdehn]

i associate this video with a radioactive contaminated landscape.

[TheMercyBeat]

Yup. So do I. I also associate it with a helpless, hopeless and despairing life surrouding as well. No way out. No escape.

I also do think it can match "Eddie's Out" song/video feel/attitude perfectly too as you can hear the screams of despair et al in it as well. They break me everytime I hear/listen to them. Painful, painful, very painful...

[vokshumana]

Thomas Hobbs said - ''human life is lonely, brutal, nasty, short'' - I think these are the good words to describe songs of Cabaret Voltaire as soundtrack of our lives.

[TheMercyBeat]

Starting from the point that I said they represented the world i.e. human life the way it really is and that they are soundtrack to our lives on here a while ago, yes, you're totally correct about what you've said too. Also, they (Cabaret Voltaire) are the way of thinking as well. Thinking/trying to think on as the same level as them is the hell of an experience! Try it too! ;-)

[lazysupper]

@vokshumana he actually called it "solitary, poor, nasty, BRUTISH, and short"... and he was referring to human life in the "state of nature" (ie: pre-society). But alas, you were only making a comment on a music video on youtube so i needn't be such a dick. :P

[TheRATTLEHEAD75]

@vokshumana sauf celle de 8 minutes et plus...

[seikan1966]

cover of the song-No Escape- originally written by The Seeds on their self-titled debut album in 1966. The Seeds were garage, psych-punk band from LA, CA. Perhaps one of the influences on early CV?

[thomasrealdance]

looks almost as if they'd aspired to be a regular synthie pop-band of that time - did I miss subtle puns / parodies??? love their records of that period though - a rawness unmatched for my tastes, very good stuff and inspiring...

[chinkogakusaizo]

What is that white 70's object looking thingie Chris Watson twiddling on this vid.Probably some kind of sound processor I don't know just curious.Coolest extra bit from Hacienda DVD(Rest of the DVD is a little bit dread though but better than nothing).

[PlastikOD]

I think the white object is the EMS Synthi Hi-Fli a multi-effect-tool for modulating external instruments. Today a very rare and expensive item from EMS.

[jasonhaza]

hahaha...what is with Mal's snarl and the fact that Richard Kirk looks like he is decked out on quaaludes?! And you gotta love the spot on the lens. Cabaret Voltaire has always been my fav band ever since I was a kid, but they crack me up sometimes ;)

[NewWaver80014]

Yes, they went a little heavy on the whole "alienated" thing here. :-)

(Normally, I would have said "young and alienated" but since they'd been together for nearly 10 years by this stage...)

This is definitely the best song from Mix/Up though. Light years ahead of "Baader-Meinhof" et al. too.

[Sorry if this shows up twice or more - my PC is having a fit].

[NewWaver80014]

Hey, they're angry (or slighty-vexed), young(ish) men. :)

One of their better songs - didn't know a clip of this existed!

[NewWaver80014]

Actually - I think this song represents a natural bridge between their 1973/74 noise experiments (of the "Sex in Secret"/"Baader-Meinhof" ilk) and the more danceable stuff like "Sensoria". You can see a definite evolution there.

And, true to form, they didn't throw psychedelia completely out the window either.

[congotronics]

idoli

[Searobot]

Great band! Great Dvd!

[planetjanet]

it's on the live at the haçienda dvd

[heshter]

Ace ! Where did you get this from ?