NEU! - Fur Immer

The epic Fur Immer (Forever) from the greatest Krautrock band.

Their second album, Neu! 2, features some of the earliest examples of musical remixes. The band, excited to record another album, decided to expand their limits by purchasing several instruments. With the money they had left as an advance from the record company, they could only record half an album's worth of material. The company would not increase their advance because the first album did not sell anywhere close to well and the label did not see a reason to further finance what was most likely to become a flop. To rectify the lack of material, the band filled the second side with manipulated versions of their already released single, "Neuschnee"/"Super". The song "Super 16," unwittingly, became the theme song to the 1976 martial arts cult classic Master of the Flying Guillotine by Jimmy Wang Yu. This film was later referenced by Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill (Volume 1) by also featuring the track Super 16.

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• alternative
• ambient
• experimental
• krautrock
• kosmische
• music
• michael
• rother
• klaus
• dinger
• neu
• fur
• immer

[TOBERT001]

In the words of Iggy Pop, "The drummer in NEU! escapes the tyranny of blues and rock and enters a kind of pastoral psychedelicism".

Thank you, James.

Musical pioneers, one and all.

[wxbeavis]

I've never heard neu, I found by accident looking for Kraftwerk, and I was impressed with their music was certainly an inspiration to many

[TOBERT001]

@crayyawn You're very welcome. I love this stuff. Neu are fantastic. It just doesn't date at all.

[crayyawn]

@sev783 ah c'mon man. I hear you on the "retro elitist" attitude. I might be victim of that but I try not to be. But I don't think you can ignore the fact that certain time periods are better for art than others. Not every time has just as great of music as the last. Anyway, it's just different. Music today captures different emotions than this music does, so w/e enjoy both I guess. Any good new bands to recommend by the way?

[crayyawn]

@TOBERT001 that's such an awesome quote, thanks for posting that man. I love it. One of my friends described this stuff after I'd shown it to him as the most peaceful, gentle music he'd heard.

[z1rakz1gal]

@Phavonic pavement, sonic youth, jesus and mary chain, suicide even ..all lineup behind neu!

[GIGGYSMILER01]

Truly magnificent with Sonderangebot und Gedenkminute

[MrNeonkind]

this is like a mantra without a voice

[DJkevvykev]

@wxbeavis

Neu were actually in an early incarnation of Kraftwerk.

When they were told to get haircuts, wear suits and give up guitars and real drums - they left.

A win-win really as we got classic Kraftwerk and Neu !

[Jornaquin]

One of the best songs ever.