Music Is My Weapon

Hello everyone, this is my first article, so bear with me if this one looks a little boring. I'll start off by talking about Einsturzende Neubauten.

Neubauten is a strange band. Their sound usually consists of a mix between "unpredictable ambiance" to "Dear God, what am I listening to--this is scary!". The lead singer will often speak in German, but sometimes the listener will come across songs spoken entirely in English. This duality of spoken languages adds a diversity to their songs where none of them sound alike. Songs including NNNAAAMMM, Feurio and Die Ex are put in the strange ambient pile whilst songs like Sabrina, The Garden, and Total Eclipse of the Sun enter the beautiful and scary.

My friend Kelly first got me involved with this band when he made me listen to Total Eclipse of the Sun, which is by far the strangest song I have ever heard. Both the bass and the violins make this a wonderfully insane song to add to your collection.

The Garden is definitely not something you should listen to in a dark closet with a head full of acid. It will definitely scare the crap out of the average white man. Nevertheless, this is one of my favorite songs out of Neubauten's discography.

Sabrina has a message to be told within its strange lyrics, though I am not quite sure what that message is. The lyrics don't make a whole lot of sense to me, but it's where I got the idea for my AOL screenname.

It's not the red of the dying sun
The morning sheets surprising stain
It's not the red of which we bleed

The red of cabernet sauvignon
A world of ruby all in vain

It's not that red

Installation no1 is another one in their long collection of obscure songs, where the lyrics simply state: "Disobey, it's the law" over a catchy but monotonous bassline.

All in all this is a fun band if you're feeling courageous to try something new. I encourage anyone to give this band a try. Ende Neu and Silence is Sexy are among their most popular albums, check them out, if you dare.