Laibach - Država (The State)

Written by Laibach
Film Director - Daniel Landin
Filmed in September 1986 at the Sadlers Whells Theatre, London, during the collaboration with Michael Clark & Co. on the "No Fire Escape in Hell" ballet performance.

[@gonzodawg3277]

Still awesome, and scary as hell, after all these years. The most original and exciting musical act on the planet.

[@bLedq]

Igorrr - ieuD

[@titandominik5427]

instablaster.

[@Akrutify]

This was my alarm clock when I lived in the student dorms.

[@trollfinger]

I genuinely laughed there because Laibach gave me a fright two months ago. I was very lucky and happy to travel from Ireland to Arnhem to see them. I don't know what song it was, but a huge horn and drum blast happened and my drink flew about 5 feet over me. I've never gotten a "fright" at a concert before. I'm going to Berlin to see them in February. Can't wait :)

[@antoniodeodilonbrito7643]

I would also add AutopsiA to it, also from former Yugoslavia. Check out “Death is the mother of beauty” and “In Vivo”!

[@toad2117]

The Girl trying to scare me with her wednesday personality: My personality:

[@lawrencedye6514]

Sounds like me in a nutshell

[@mickmcmick8247]

It's amazing to see what they did so early in the game. Absolute pioneers.

[@Badvibesdude]

Possibly the most important musical/art collective ever.

[@ikonofcoil]

@@Badvibesdude No

[@belleepoque4597]

I just recently discovered Laibach. This is amazing. And somehow oppressively terrifying.

[@trollfinger]

They're touring soon too. I'm going from Dublin to Berlin to see them in a few weeks.

[@belleepoque4597]

@@trollfinger wow. Awesome. Love your profile pic. It takes me back.

[@Airman1121]

Welcome. Delve deep. Their library is a treasure chest of auditory wonder.

[@wolfgangkranek376]

They were somewhat controversial in the 1980's. Also because of the political tensions in Yugoslavia which lead to the break up and Slovenian independence.

[@cerealpeer]

its in a state of nature you realize man was born to anarchy, and is resolved to destroy himself without the aid of fellow man, arm in arm, side by side.

[@JoelJurvakainen]

Laibach really knows how to convey so much emotion through noise. I almost wouldn't call this music, but beautiful, artistic noise. It's just awesome.

[@clavicleofcernunnos]

How is it not music?

[@todessehnsucht]

@@clavicleofcernunnos Exactly. I love the beat of the drums and the horns.

[@_TheMax_]

I used to listen this 80-ties, and I was not considered fit by the state and youth organizations. I was considered rebel which I am still against any state that doesn't work for its people. During new year celebration I tried to push Laibach on the parties which resulted in physical fights.

[@maxlipscombe4550]

The way he beats that drum, it’s like he’s building something

[@plasticweapon]

he is!

[@lepape74374374374]

He is building the future

[@griekenland30]

In the eighties I saw Laibach live, several times. Loved it and still love it. Serious knowledge of 20th century European history is required to fully understand... Of course possible as well to perceive this as 'just' music and performance.

[@stalhandske9649]

Yea, and that is the beauty of it - that even the bare surface layer is alone capable of inspiration and awe yet become much more so and gain depth and dimension when 'lore', so to say, is known to audience. It is a horrifying story of propaganda, technological means of control over opinion and knowledge and focusing of resources both of mind, muscle and metal - but still this overwhelming capacity and the history of its creation fascinates us in its raw power and iron will. Much like the work of, say, J.R.R. Tolkien, whose Lord of the Rings books are certainly enjoyed and loved by millions after millions as themselves (not to mention knowing only movies made of them) - but are in reality a portal to a wide world with - purposefully - _incomplete_ histories, linguistics, myths and even a mythology, only to be revealed as the myth-story of this our own world when excavated enough. It is like suddenly arriving from network of tunnels void of light into the beauteous valley of Gondolin.

[@industrialmonk]

You are so lucky I was buying all their records in the 1980s but it wasn't until the 2010s I got to experience them live & my dream/ plan is to see them live in their home country & then a number of other bands from the Balkans.

[@StJust]

Love the sounds of machinery. Really a good representation of the sounds of the State.

[@sinisatrlin840]

I was 11 when this was recorded. Goverment in Yugoslavia went bananas after most of their releases. Eastern republics where balistic about Laibach, endless accusations. My classmate uncle was editor in ¸Mladina magazine and he was main star of our elementary school. And i lived 500km south east from Laibach. I wish i coud stay in 80s, such a good times. Ended when i saw Painkiller poster in our local record store, in my mind, anyway.

[@sinisab69]

If only a small part of former Yugoslavs could comprehend this, there would be no war. No crying mothers... But no, Laibach were themselves accused of being fascist. Sanctus simplicitus.

[@eightcoins4401]

I mean, Yugoslavia wanted to censor them, but with their Tongue in Cheek fascist/pro miltary/pro state/pro-authoritian performances inspired by propaganda they couldnt tell if they were mocking the state or celebrating it (they were very clearly mocking it, but any Authoritarian Government doenst have much power when their strategies are turned against them), so still unsure they just decided to ban all of their performances

[@user-ml9mf7yw6z]

Как же ты прав

[@PolitickiZatvorenik666]

What can I say,we are stupid people 😂

[@tipkeri7923]

😂😂😂

[@retoschumacher9658]

„Laibach are not an answer - they are a big questionmark.“

[@plasticweapon]

this makes me want to perform spectacular feats of strength before an audience.

[@nektariosorfanoudakis2270]

SLAVA STALINA!!!11!!!11!

[@stalhandske9649]

.. what about spectacular feats of strength with no audience at all?

[@plasticweapon]

@@stalhandske9649 what about it?

[@sarahhawke5729]

If any band worldwide has proven to have some balls it's Laibach these are the true masters of reality

[@lordeisengath9231]

This is the first time I see Milan Fras without his headpiece!

[@paveantelic7876]

i just realized that he never had any hair lmao

[@lordeisengath9231]

@@paveantelic7876 he used to have long hair as well during 90s

[@Lee-rs3kk]

Under that silly towel of his he's got a pretty damn cool head don't he!

[@retoschumacher9658]

„Pop music is for sheep and we are shepherds disguised as wolves.“

[@luisalbertolopezgarcia294]

A masterpiece!

[@josipamatic6085]

The sounds like a future national anthem.

[@milbrscn580]

Look like an appropriate soundtrack for this unfortunate times. We're fucked

[@sinisab69]

Holy fuck, Laibach are the legends for 30 years. Are there no talented people any more? Drzava!

[@BiserAngelov1]

Are you looking for music, that gives you goosebumps? Look no further....

[@blackjuanmetal86]

I will never get tired of seeing it

[@ljiljanamilenkovic7119]

DRZAVA JE TAMNICA NARODA! Ja tako doživljavam ovu stvar i zao mi je što ne razumem reči pesme!

[@ultrakitty]

Life, Death, Beyond small talk , brilliant like thunder.

[@Faizaking]

The Monumental Retro-Avant Garde version of this song is brilliant.

[@friedrichnietzsche6153]

Slovenian ZOUK LOVE at its best, especially because of the talent of the Mourne Triglav Vergeur, Milan Fras

[@NoahSpurrier]

I don’t like to pick favorites, but Laibach is my favorite band. They’ve only gotten better as they get older.

[@vesaiitti8750]

hvala bogu za Laibach!

[@donaldpeloquin5183]

This band first grabbed my attention in the mid 80s when I heard Panorama on a college radio station in Chicago. I think it was WZRD.

[@BRYONMU]

the best driving music

[@stalkerktz]

Got a Honda CRX with a great audio setup and I can totally agree with you.

[@mengo0456]

2:39 yeah, my face when the driver in front of me is slow and im late.

[@rbarrett315]

Especially if you're driving a tank

[@Lokofoko1]

Holy shit, that's awesome

[@LukeIncognito]

ABSOLUTLY BRUTAL

[@sarahhawke5729]

You could only dream meeting some peeps like this making such music what a stunt

[@gregorgeneral]

Fit for the national anthem

[@adofilth]

@ 3:04 Josip Broz Tito.... Mi smo more krvi prolili za bratstvo i jedinstvo naših naroda. E nećemo nikom dozvoliti da nam dira ili da ruje iznutra, da se ruši to bratstvo i jedinstvo.

[@tristanvoltaire2058]

We have shed more blood for the brotherhood and unity of our people. We cannot allow anyone to destroy our brotherhood and unity, or to destroy it from the inside out.

[@puddingwithoutatheme4378]

​@@tristanvoltaire2058 We have shed a sea of blood for the brotherhood and unity of our peoples. Well, we shall allow no one to provoke, or gnaw at from within so that it may crumble, that brotherhood and unity.

[@nektariosorfanoudakis2270]

That's actually left-wing, brotherhood and unity of various nationalities isn't Fascist, UNLESS, you want to do away with Class Politics and compensation for past Crimes, in the name of Unity, that's National Socialism, and the whole point.

[@DNSKILL0]

This is a great song to bodybuild to

[@spirokoyfo2621]

Timeless...

[@kortneycox7265]

Posloucham to, intelektualni hudbu pro hledace filozofu, polsky preklad s titulky, kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKmpqJKfqtB-ipI

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

For eight years, I have wanted to know what orchestral music they sampled for this piece. Also, I appreciate the bass drum rolls, which evoke a diesel engine starting.

[@johnbracher158]

Discovered by accident recently - some of this is taken from the film soundtrack to 'Lawrence Of Arabia'.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

@@johnbracher158 thanks! I'll enjoy searching for those clips, since the overall soundtrack is solid.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

Ech... I take back what I said. The Lawrence of Arabia soundtrack feels simple-minded to me, and is often irritating, with jarring cutesy sections. Been many years since I watched the movie. I didn't find any sections that match the Laibach samples, either.

[@underleech]

I saw documentary about this lp and as I understood it all sounds were made by them in studio using bunch of stuff from 1 m long metal u-profile to conventional instruments...

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

@@underleech that could be true. You talking about the documentary where they're set up in Red Square under a dark tent, solemnly dancing and lighting torches for some nameless, formless State? Was amazed the Russian gov allowed such satire, 90's or not.

[@belgrader6858]

Drzava,the best of Laibach song

[@andreamessia4966]

Spettacolar teatral possente musical nastro.. completato e unito da ritual scenico geometrico contrasto .. che l' oscur corvin sinuoso tetro danzator rende ancor più sacro nobile, elegante e fausto..

[@DjoleNINJA]

" Mi smo more krvi prolili za bratstvo i jedinstvo nase nacije, e necemo nikom dozvoliti da nam dira ili da nam ruje iznutra nase bratstvo i jedinstvo "

[@ActionableFreedom]

"ma nikako Tito ;D Nebrini se brate" :D :D :D

[@milosmitrovic7324]

@@igormaletic6337 ZIVELA YUGOSLAVIJA!

[@crackedLCDsalvage]

kakvo ruganje s establishmentom

[@raulio81]

Zamisli kad lik otvoreno govori MI smo more krvi prolili, tj. oni, komunjare, i jos ga obozavaju danas. Sto se grbo rodi vrijeme ne ispravi.

[@CrnPan1]

@@raulio81 More krvi u ratu, za oslobođenje.. Da shvataš toliko, shvatio bi i mnogo više..

[@hopey_21]

Most awesome thing I have seen in my life.

[@romanza_28]

Yugoslavian Industrial))

[@sinisaberic8427]

I consider this impossible. Almost 40 year ago, no way.

[@psychotrancemission5783]

WIR WISSEN WER BÖSE IST! Laibach, ihr seid Klasse 👍. Es gibt keine Band, die ich so sehr mag wie euch. Musikalisch und Moralisch. Ihr seid gute Menschen.❤️🌟👍

[@Oomphstein]

Probably my favorite Laibach Song :)

[@rodolfocastro6989]

My grandfather Deutschland my grandmother El Salvadorian we love our heritage

[@danielaratkajec3295]

🖤 ❤️ masterpiece...it is beyond************

[@sinisaberic8427]

I don't undersrand how the people from the west can get the mind path of the guys from Trbovlje. Unless these guys are pure genius. Probably they are...

[@spiroskoyfos7223]

PERFECT!

[@QuizmasterLaw]

MORE BALLET PLUS LAIBACH PLEASE! BALLET IS THE ABSOLUTE DANCE FOR THE ABSOLUTE MUSIC FOR THE ABSOLUTE TOTAL NEW SLOVENIAN KUNST! ALL MUST BOW BEFORE PRIMA BALLERINA! um, red detachment of women plus laibach lol

[@TheGreatGodPan]

Easily the best version, Milan's vocals on this are awesome.

[@markbrown9183]

I saw this live and still remember the physical sensation in my chest watching it: I was totally overcome by the sheer force of it! Anyone know where the entire 'No Fire Escape in Hell' performance can be found? I seem to remember there was a section performed to 'Living Too Late'' by The Fall which was mind-blowing also.

Mästerligt/Ein Meisterstück/A master piece

[@puckFarfadette]

masterpiece..love it

[@vladimirzikic7595]

ДРЖАВА!

[@vladimirzikic7595]

Have this vinyl, ŠKUC.

[@forgottenclown9115]

WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO USE CAPS LOCK !!! 🏴‍☠️

[@lelxrv]

Starts like Terminator soundtrack.

[@0therun1t21]

Perfect.

[@ch8989-dk6jd]

Just stunning!

[@aaronv.9492]

Incredible

[@r3lativ]

The state is taking care of the protection, cultivation and exploitation of the forests. The state is taking care of the physical education of the nation, especially of the youth, with the aim of improving the nation's health and national, working and defensive capability. Its treatment is becoming more and more indulgent, all freedom is tolerated. Our authority is that of the people. "We decant a sea of bloodshed for brotherhood and the equality of our nation and we are not going to allow anyone to touch, to uproot from inside or to destroy in any way this brotherhood and equality..." Josip Broz-TITO OUR AUTHORITY IS THAT OF THE PEOPLE!

[@dxtxzbunchanumbers]

IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT TO DRAG ME AWAY FROM YOU THERE IS NOTHING THAT A HUNDRED MEN OR MORE COULD EVER DO I BLESS THE RAINS DOWN IN AFRIKA GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THE THINGS WE NEVER HAD -Toto

[@alexkrill2617]

LAUGHTER ARISES FROM A CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL ABSURDITY. - Tati

[@nektariosorfanoudakis2270]

I'll ruin the combo, but that's actually slightly authoritarian but mostly extremely progressive speech, and I consider the man a backstabber. Not all Statism is bad, it's just a tool to an end, the people working for it sometimes ruin it with their "I'm only following orders", "I'm a Roman/Ottoman Bureaucrat and I'm better than you" attitudes, give an intellectual and ethical ant too much power and they'll start nasty stuff, excuse my far-left take on Nietzscheanism. Or you could be an Anarchist; but who will take care of food, water, shelter, clothing, sewage and transportation under Anarchism without an elaborate technical apparatus that takes care of us because successful human generations (since the agricultural revolution, if not the Neolithic Age) slowly built it up this way? State is Cancer, but it can become a benevolent tumor before we do away with it, and replace it with human solidarity and AI/Cybernetics/Information networks. Capitalism always constructs its own undertakers.

[@matejapertot9259]

Laibach res dobri stari časi....nikoli pozabljeni... vedno jih z užitkom poslušam...sploh v živo !!!

[@chrism2027]

Laibach is Great.

[@kombaimusiclab3699]

Drzava, The State. It's all about sacrifice. Raise the nation. Sacrifice.

[@puddingwithoutatheme4378]

Only if you mean the sacrifice forced on an individual by the brainwashing under a totalitarian domination of the state. Such as when the state you live in forces you to forgo the abortion thus sacrificing your future for an unwanted new life expected to serve the interests of the companies and the war machine.

[@nektariosorfanoudakis2270]

Sacrifice everyone for the common good, until everybody dies and there's no concept of "common" or "good" anymore, great idea!

[@pierpaolodeiulis7783]

I started to love em since their early works when Yugoslavia was still united. Sob

[@0v3rm1nd3d]

CARI AMICI SOLDATI IL TEMPI DELLA PACE SONO PASSATI

[@lf7088]

Liebe Soldatenfreunde, die Zeiten des Friedens sind vorbei... They saw it coming 1991

[@paschikshehu7988]

He actually says: "Cari amici britani (?), il tempo del teatro sono passati"; which is weird because it is grammatically wrong

[@Hanagigi]

@@paschikshehu7988 I think that he says "Cari amici balcani" = dear balkan friends. I confirm the grammatical incorrectness of the statement itself, but it remains very understandable. source: am Italian.

[@paschikshehu7988]

@@Hanagigi Era registrata nel Regno Unito, ecco perchè penso che sia 'Cari amici britani'. Si sente bene (all'inizio) lui che dice 'britani'. Almeno il tedesco lo parlano perbene (spero)

[@yoyo50011]

I would say : Cari amici baletani ( which means ballet dancers in serbian or croatian language ), i tempi del teatro sono passati..You can deduce it from the video

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

perfection

[@kareemhussein2583]

Wow! This time, thank you YT algorithm!

[@fremtidenkommer]

Wonderful Laibach Love Bach, as well

[@erzsblasfantaven3334]

Harald Rønning Don't forget Offenbach

[@gregorpaciorek5208]

Good, old Laibach.

[@heroinheroine6929]

This is not your typical ballet music

[@Ariana-so8yx]

Сто лет назад слушала , ни чего не поняла, но оооочень красиво

[@MarkMaier]

now comes the time on sprockets when we dance

[@DrDoobius]

That's Electric Cafe by Kraftwerk lol

[@Carlos111111able]

The State is responsible of the entertainment of its citizens

[@sophiewalten9847]

Feels like i took a wrong turn and ended up in nuremberg 1928

[@nektariosorfanoudakis2270]

Or hopefully a parody of the people that planned Nuremberg 1928

[@mr.niceguy1812]

This gives me flashbacks of the Nuremburg rallies.

[@user-mc5ry2zz5n]

Блин, это наши поэты.. 20-е годы.

[@augusto7592]

Laibach in yugo cccp in italy!!

[@Ariana-so8yx]

О боже какой мужчина

[@KPSS12]

The most masculine music!!!

[@BenDover-jy1wy]

Real men listen to industrial.

[@StJust]

I wish I could speak Slovenian. I can only speak Russian but I totally need to learn other Slavic languages.

[@ms-jl6dl]

This is in italian except for Tito's short speech. I belive it's been taken from some famous italian communist party's speech before 2nd World War (they mension a "proletariat" and "dear friends")

[@Zuerjelberger]

Where could I find the lyrics? I mean those lyrics Milan is actually singing? I tried to look for them but the results just won't add up in my head...

[@TheVladimirN]

Lyrics in this video actually are mix of Cari Amici Soldati and 1 part of original Iosip Broz Tito speach from alboum version of Država

[@7tachyon263]

Wow....

[@PeterChoyce]

Dance the Marshal TITO!

[@sinisab69]

Cari amici, eto vam lekcija iz muzickog vaspitanja. Odlican 5.

[@lukesnyder9258]

freedom is not intellectual property!

[@MikaelMarius]

Talk about subversion. Goddamn this is awesome.

[@kippleofficinalibraria6275]

Arte

[@yackemflaber84]

Girls locker room:"The test was so hard" Bois locker room:

[@BRYONMU]

Laibach could rock ghost town by the specials.

[@lucjanglixelli512]

❤Laibach

[@mariosanti1111]

great tribute to the residents!!!!!!

[@joaoquintela2183]

how is this a tribute to the residents?

[@brunopenserini1763]

somebody got an idea about the samples used ? What's the songs ?

[@whytegroovin]

some absolutely martial beats , to defeat all totalitarisms !!!

[@jmdf2554]

Milan Fras is the Slovenian Francky Vincent

[@carolina_cine]

Amo el video

[@Reid52]

Underrated

[@marksemple297]

ode to The Art of Noise.

[@patxaran1978]

Nice music