"Opus Dei" rocks. It is truly awesome, one of the greatest albums ever released by anyone.
Major major truth.
I know I always do this on Laibach threads, but I need to do it again:
Ein Schauspieler! WHOOOMPH!
― anatol_merklich, Sunday, 8 March 2009 01:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Someone needs to start a Laibach goth campaign.
― Goth As A Moth (Bimble), Sunday, 8 March 2009 01:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess ILM never cared much about Laibach but their new album seems markedly different and is getting quite a bit of press.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 09:09 (ten years ago) link
Funny, I just decided last night to put some of their albums back in my iPod (Kapital, Jesus Christ Superstars and WAT) and that was before finding out there's a new one. Might have to track a copy down.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 12:55 (ten years ago) link
Good: They are playing Philly and I adore them.Bad: They are supporting Ministry whom I used to also adore but who hasn't done anything relevant in some time.Ugly: $55 per ticket! And that's without fees. Ugh.
I'll probably still go. Seeing this video projected on the screen between bands at a Ministry concert (yes, I know) was a defining moment for me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC73Os9NmZE
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 5 April 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
Jesus, a Ministry/Laibach co-headlining tour would have been the greatest thing ever any time between 1988 and 1992.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 6 April 2015 00:17 (nine years ago) link
Agreed. But we're all older now.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 April 2015 12:27 (nine years ago) link
Pretty sure I would still go and see a 1988 era Laibach/Ministry tour (if I could find a babysitter)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 6 April 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
how is this not a bigger deal in the press? i haven't heard much at all about this. it seems kind of like a big deal.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/11/laibach-announce-shows-in-north-korea-pyongyang
wonder who will be at the show
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 27 June 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
Yeah this is pretty insane
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 27 June 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
Would be amazing for this to be your first ever experience of western popular music.
― who epitomises beta better than (ShariVari), Saturday, 27 June 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link
I feel like the approval process for this had to involve someone in the NoKo government saying "well... they sound communist."
― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 27 June 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LV42Y5U.png
'Peculiar singing' otm.
― I wear my Redditor loathing with pride (ShariVari), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
Also 'rich voice' and 'skilled rendition' tbf.
― I wear my Redditor loathing with pride (ShariVari), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
I would so much like this to be released on DVD, but I seriously doubt it will.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
omg they did "Arirang"
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
"The concerts will be filmed for a documentary to be released in 2016."
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
great pictures on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Laibach?pnref=story
― scott seward, Thursday, 20 August 2015 02:19 (eight years ago) link
Saw them last night perform with an orchestra - I went dragging my feet thinking I was over their schtick - but man I havent laughed (in a good genuine way) at a concert like this in a long time (ever?).The North Korea 'Sound of Music' stuff was pretty boring tbh but having an orchestra behind them is how they were always meant to be.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
New video for "Sound of Music" - album of the same name coming in November:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oD0W6SSBUA
This might be the most...fun thing they've ever released. The moment when Milan takes over on vocals is really something.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
Huh.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
outstanding video.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
A live album containing a performance from 1987 has just been released. Apparently it was broadcast on German radio at the time, so it's been bootlegged a bunch, but they've remastered it to be LOUD AS FUCK and it's absolutely head-crushing, somewhere between Foetus's Rife and Swans' Public Castration Is A Good Idea. There are audible instruments (guitar, bass, horns!) and the performance is absolutely on fire. Essential if you're a fan.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
Loving how they enforce thee genre continuum on this here new thing while playing me fun music
https://open.spotify.com/album/5ppGhLjssYxZeLjKbJFjcl?si=FQhaTuHFQC2pIFQ6-sXcEw
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 20 January 2023 23:50 (one year ago) link
Opus Dei is being reissued as a 2CD set in May, but frankly the bonus content is a little disappointing:
Disc 1Leben heisst Leben (Opus Dei)Geburt einer Nation (One Vision)Leben – TodF.I.A.T. (Let It Be)TransnationalHow the West Was WonOpus Dei (Life is Life)The Great Seal
Bonus tracks:
Geburt einer Nation (Eine Richtung und ein Volk Version)Leben heisst Leben (Marche Funèbre Version)Geburt einer Nation (3. Oktober – Kraftbach – Version)
Disc 2Leben heisst Leben (London, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1987)Geburt einer Nation (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)Leben-Tod (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)F.I.A.T. (Paris, Espace Ornano, 1992)Transnational (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)How the West Was Won (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)Opus Dei (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)Leben heisst Leben (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)Geburt einer Nation (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)Leben – Tod (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)How the West Was Won (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)Geburt einer Nation (Vienna, Messepalast, Kaiser Franz Josef Reitschule, 1988)Leben – Tod (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)Transnational (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)How the West Was Won (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)Opus Dei (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)
Two and even three live versions of the same songs? Who needs that?
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 14 March 2024 14:11 (one month ago) link
Especially as most of the music seemed to be coming from backing tracks when I saw them during that era.
― help me I am in hull (Matt #2), Thursday, 14 March 2024 14:22 (one month ago) link
Right? It's not like their shows were jammed with wild improvisational tangents.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 14 March 2024 14:38 (one month ago) link
I recently unearthed my Through The Occupied Netherlands tape which still sounds SO good. I really wish I'd seen them live in this era, touring with Last Few Days.
Oh, I see they reissued it!
https://staalplaatlabel.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-occupied-netherlands
― stirmonster, Thursday, 14 March 2024 17:21 (one month ago) link