NEU! - Hero live 74

[@EyesWithoutAFAce1000]

Would pay big bucks to see the whole performance. This is mind blowing. Art Punk, Glam, Prog beauty.

[@nayden8]

"Neu! was a German band formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s. Though the band had minimal commercial success during its existence, Neu! is retrospectively considered one of the formative Krautrock bands and a significant influence on artists including PIL, Joy Division, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Stereolab, Gary Numan, Ultravox, Simple Minds, and much of the current electronic music scene.The band always wrote their name NEU! in block caps"

[@NOWtheband]

Correct.

[@baco82]

Stereolab 😍

[@dmitry73n]

Buthole Surfers тоже звучали похоже.

[@omegajrz1269]

As if they were the German Velvet Underground

[@StellarJoe]

Man, I'm emotionally distraught from this recent news. What a loss. R.I.P. Klaus. May your beat live on for the ages!

[@maotse-tung4438]

The fact that this recording exists is astonishing!

[@jacquesaubin4454]

Klaus Dinger creates Punk/new wave in 1974.

[@neu9]

jamás imaginé ver un video de Neu! en you tube!! ke buena onda ke lo subiste! Viva el Krautrock!

[@kreidlerde]

... in May 1974 Klaus Dinger founded his label Dingerland (Lilac Angels, Achim Duchow, Fritz Müller, la D....) and in Autumn 1974 he organised a two night showcase to promote the label; in an open air area next to a sea close to Duesseldorf. One act - which was announced as la Düsseldorf! - was M. Rother / K. Dinger on guitar/bass/vocals/tape/fx and - on drums - his brother Thomas and Conny Planks studio assistant Hans Lampe.

[@actron]

WOW. I didnt know there was any footage. you are awesome for adding this. youtube is awesome for existing. Thank you logonazo!!!!!

[@lemmykilmister4919]

These guys must be a big band, Jesus came to see them 0:57

[@hellbillybilly4770]

+Lemmy Kilmister I think I saw him at a couple of hawkwind shows in the early 70s too - I got into them because their song Negativland reminded me of Hawkwind

[@lemmykilmister4919]

+hellbilly billy Who knew Jesus liked space/prog rock.

[@hellbillybilly4770]

+Lemmy Kilmister R I P Lemmy - see ya again next time around

[@iamdamosuzuki_]

That's Rother. He was one half of the group. Jesus was IN the band.

[@karelbenes2804]

Jesus on the Revox deck!

[@catalf158]

grandissimi NEU .

[@jmummot]

Thank you very, very, very much indeed for uploading this!!!!

[@emilyoshiro]

SUPERNATURAL!! TANX 4 POSTING THIS GEM

[@marcebenso4532]

The whole show does not exist anymore. In these times filming material was really expensive, so they used it twice or more. (MAZ) Last week i had a chance to talk to Michael Rother. The whole thing was a label release party at Ratingen near Düsseldorf in 1974. It was at the "Blue lake" at Ratingen. Michael himself found it awful. It was Neu + Lilac Angels + Fritz Müller..

[@erebousde]

If you look at his face here we can see what he thinks! ;)

[@logonazo]

Thank you very much for the information!!! Cheers!!

[@WF203]

Not completely true. This was clearly recorded on Film (as everything outside of a TV studio in that time), and then the excerpts needed were copied to the MAZ for broadcasting. That broadcast MAZ still exists but it contains just what we see here on KZbin. The original film was probably thrown away after it was used for the broadcast.

[@logonazo]

it came from a german documentary called "Kraut und Ruben:Elecktrische impuls"or something like that.Also contains interviews and old footage of Kluster/cluster, Faust, klaus Schulze, tangerine dream, ashra tempel, popol vuh,Kraftwerk and of course NEU!...

[@davidlawrence9091]

Prog Rock Punk!

[@TracksAndMixes]

no man from my point of view they invented post rock and maybe electro with kraftwerk etc.

[@gabrielpaixaoful]

TracksAnd Mixes post-rock, ambient, proto-punk, electro, even no wave... i mean, these krautrock people were REALLY ahead of their time.

[@catalf158]

krautrock .

[@PAULLONDEN]

True legends.1974 !...At that time it must've seemed these creatures came crawling out of a Düsseldorf lunatic asylum.Were these guys way ahead of their time or not ? Short but sweet.This must be the only footage of them on this planet.Their first three albums are truly something else.Although the early Stooges did something like this.Even Hawkwind began to experiment in '75 with the 'motorik' beat on 'Opa-Loka'.

[@hickinabiskit]

Awesome!!! Thank you for posting!

[@evilrobottolhurst]

Thanks. The music of the future is nearly 40 years old now - and still best!

[@MarcS4R]

mindblowing at the time, still now actually

[@paulfake]

Awesome!! Must get myself a time machine and go to this gig...

[@snne1]

scheiße, wie geil!!! ich hab youtube echt unterschätzt! danke gott, dass ich neu! live sehen darf!

[@bennyshambles]

I don't know what's cooler, the song "Hero" or Klaus Dinger's outfit... white overalls (like the anthem) and Adidas boxing shoes. SO much swag.

[@capitanmission]

excelente banda

[@bepeters1]

Super cool! Thanks for this awesome playlist!

[@mrrubbish]

When Neu! split in 72/73 Klaus Dinger formed La Dusseldorf with his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe, when Neu! reformed for Neu! 75 he brought them along with him to complete his side of that LP (the La Dusseldorf LP came out after Neu! split again in 75). Just check the credits on any Neu! record and you will see that Klaus is credited with playing guitar on them all. He may have been the drummer on the first 2 LPs but he contributed very much more than just the beats.

[@misterfrias]

Right on. I'm an American & had never heard of them. They rock!

[@SaraBonaventura]

..you're just another hero riding through the night, riding through the city, trying to lose your mind. and your Honey went to Norway. and your only friend's misusing, I tell you hide away. You wanna live, you wanna die, You wanna love, you wanna fly, You wanna love, wanna fly, Hero.

[@uktransplantedyank]

@baracatjr I have to agree with you - Neu!, Can, Kraftwerk, Amon Duul, et al have to be judged on their own musical merit, not just the genres they're said to have inspired.

[@boojum]

Thanks for posting. I never expected to see any Neu! videos. Rother does look very unsure about the whole thing though.......

[@logonazo]

es todo lo que tengo, es un trozo de un documental aleman llamado kraut und ruben elektrische impulse o algo así...lo puedes buscar aqui en youtube y esta completo, pero este es el unico trozo de NEU! en vivo ,...que mas quisiera yo tenerlo entero,...pero en fin gracias por tus comentarios

[@logonazo]

Hans Lampe will play soon with Michael Rother again, in Australia!!!

[@garyhagen221]

Even more relevant today. Amazing.

[@newolder162223]

great!!!! thanx!!!!!

[@Davis752]

@CRAIGANJOS What you say is unlikely. This video comes from the documentary 'Kraut & Ruben' and it is the whole recording of NEU! from this movie. Unfortunately this concert hasn't been published in any other form.

[@1rusticus]

danke,für die arbeit+video...gruß hartmut bauer wilmersdorf

[@angelovicentejr6381]

The most AMAZING footage on KZbin.

[@BrianFolks]

The intro that influenced "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

[@allanmunro3893]

Nice to hear from you Lemmy,missing you man.

[@dedalus74]

Grande, le bolle di sapone le voglio anch'io :D

[@stephanvenner2939]

Genial,das war schon zwei Jahre vor The Damned richtig wilder Punkrock.

[@dj-um7el]

Sounds much more Punk live, or in this version!!!

[@mister3566]

The influence for Bowie's "Heroes". Allegedly

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very good

[@logonazo]

@mrrubbish and yes both of them were multi-instrumentalist, both played drums too,guitars and so on,...but michael was more a guitar player and Klaus was more a drummer and that doesn't mean nothing in particular,Klaus himself said in his short autobiography (you can found it on "dingerland" on the web) says that began to take guitar lessons in 1975-76, and i think that their style of playing guitar on their solo albums (rother-la düsseldorf) are very similar and i love both

[@juanespinosa1259]

In one word: GRANDÍSIMO!!!

[@illDiology]

This is the first time I have ever seen the people behind Neu. This is also the only video of them I can find. That is very, very sad.

[@PAULLONDEN]

WOH! 1974 !...At the time it must've seemed these creatures came crawling out of a Düsseldorf lunatic asylum.Were these guys way ahead of their time or not ? Short but sweet.I fear this must be the only footage of them on this planet.

[@VogelMic]

NEU! ist / war genial ! Weiss jemand, was Hans Lampe heute macht ? Gerne denke ich auch an La Düsseldorf zurück, Hans ( Lampe ) und Thomas Dinger hatte ich 1977 persönlich kennen gelernt ... Thomas lebt leider nicht mehr. Der Herr habe ihn selig. Michael Vogel D40489 Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth ( Vors. 1. Fan-Club "LA DÜSSELDORF" von 1977 )

[@logonazo]

thanks for the information!

[@kreidlerde]

Indeed the forthcoming la Düsseldorf line-up, but lucky for us also side two of NEU! 75.More footage drowse somewhere in the fathomless vaults of the WDR, but who knows where to find it. It looks like this is the only piece ever shown on tv.

[@andrijkopytko4382]

Michael's expression is priceless

[@kautle]

in this video, founding member klaus dinger is playing the guitar and singing, i believe he usually plays drums on the recording. Michael Rother, who is usually lead guitar, is on the keyboard by the bubble machine. thomas dinger on drums and hans lampe is in there too. now i get it. look at that attitude!!

[@gymguynrw]

Some voices are telling that this song was forerunner to Bowie's "Heroes" ... i didn't believe yet cuz Heroes is one of these favorite works ever enjoyed in my life ... but -sigh- there are paralleles .. .. .. .. ;)

[@soepil]

Very sad news indeed. Hans Joachim Roedelius posted it in a bulletin on MySpace ... well, go and listen to "Cha Cha 2000" and try to make it reality ! RIP Klaus.

[@andradecaio_]

I saw the interview of Klaus Dinger in his channel on KZbin, and, he said about that footage. This is Live at Rattingen, in 1974, and he showed a lot of rare Neu! photos. Quite nice hahah

[@logonazo]

The exact name it's : "Kraut und Rüeben 6: Elekstrische impulse"... so everyone who is in doubt about the autenticity of this concert (i mean DJkevvkev) you can search it in emule or whoerever and see it with your own eyes, it was a surprise for me too...but here it is)

[@MarsHottentot]

Wow. I didn't know this existed! Look at Klaus - what a rocker!! Well, rock on Dinger! R.I.P.!!!

[@Mist-Media]

That was GREAT!! Where's the whole thing?

[@sisterdiggins]

So good!!!

[@CRAIGANJOS]

@Davis752 I distinctly remember a longer version as my girlfriend would laugh at Klaus and say that he sounded like Cartman from southpark..also this has been spliced/edited around 1.12 and I clearly remember it having a caption under each member with there name..the german tv company WDR probably have it. but I can assure you even if it isn't from the 'Kraut&Ruben' doc . I know that it was on youtube..don't wanna argue about it as I beleive that we would both love it back on youtube..

[@jordanvincent7884]

CRAIGANJOS greek music greek, and the other side

[@geltech6490]

absolutely legendary

[@agataplatania1373]

Wow!

[@baracatjr]

Just brilliant! I hope one day people stop saying that Neu!, Can, and others, are "proto-punk" as if this is something good, meaning that they did a kind of music that was developing into something better. No! This is great music without labels! And they were not ahead of their time: they were in the right time. Were they ahead of their time, they would be then Lady Gaga.

[@TockTockTock]

I wish there was more live Neu footage...

[@logonazo]

@mrrubbish yes and no, NEU! never split they returned to record together cos they have a recording deal with the"metronome" label, the concept of La DÜsseldorf was a round klaus's head that time (74 aprox) and much more than that, he founded a record company to promote new bands and give a chance to people like " Lilac engels" but all the rest of strong companies fucked his plans, of free concerts etc,...this and the end of his relationship with his girlfriend ended to be the lyrics of "hero"

[@thankGodforDavidG]

Michael Rother Rocks, I mean the guy done Kraftwerk, Neu, Harmonia, cluster, all the electronic rock stuff and it all started in Hamburg, Germany, where in the 60s the Beatles, Pink Floyd did clubs there. There was incredible History in those days !!!

[@SloaneLasers]

These guys are actually quite good.

[@ninjafalco]

Portlandia sent me

[@soepil]

Klaus Dinger said that WDR couldn't find the video tapes, but clearly someone found them. Seeing this is almost too much of a good thing ! Yeah, it would be nice to read an interview with Hans Lampe, to get his view of La Düsseldorf. He must hide somewhere ? And does anybody know if Klaus Dinger will ever bring out another album ? VIVA 2010 ? Well, guess I'll just have to wait. ;-)

[@DrLecter3]

Ich liebe die 70`er :-) - schade, dass ich da noch ein kind war

[@rolfisdreamworld489]

Neu live, eine echte Rarität

[@logonazo]

@jmummot thanks to you for watch it!!!

[@mcylinder]

I'll second that. Pretty amazing.

[@logonazo]

maybe you should try with "lilac engel" from their second album NEU! 2 (1973)

[@MirandaGown]

best track other than lieber hoenig

[@evilrobottolhurst]

Can you believe I clicked on this looking for the lyric "went to Norway"? lol - Is that Michael Rother at 0:57? His hair is shorter now - though he is still alive!

[@NOWtheband]

Yes.

[@dtrellis]

Incredible! Pity the clip isn't longer..

[@bazmail]

Thats what The Clash would have been like if they smoked more weed. Love Neu!

[@chanmugi0405]

cool!

[@evilrobottolhurst]

Michael Rother is still alive in 2016 and working as an occasional DJ, e.g. BBC Radio 6Music. He said recently that the "angry" NEU! songs were by Klaus and the quiet ones were Michael's. This is surely one of Klaus's. ;) Isn't "went to Norway" a reference to a girl Klaus knew emigrating?

[@erebousde]

The problems between the two became worse and worse so they decided each one gets one side of the album. Michael indeed got Side A with his quiet ambient songs and Dinger got Side B with his rock/punk/whatever-stuff. And yes, it was Dingers girlfriend Anita who got taken away by her father to Norway due to him not being happy that his daughter was dating Klaus. He tried everything to get back to her, even a week-long motorcycle ride, but never managed to do it. Sad story... and you can feel his anger in this song! ;)

[@ulerte]

Great

[@PettyBlue1]

Yes, of course it's him. He looks even better now imo. Though he's relatively young, at least if we're speaking in means of "still". Dinger's time came much too fast!

[@gsasfdf]

0:57 The expression on his face: Guys, this sounds like shit.

[@JakenFren]

C17H25N FTW what

[@Kayvlim]

That's Michael Rother, and yes, that's precisely what he was feeling (mostly about the spectacle, not the sound), which is why he wanted to be farther from the band in the live shows. He and Klaus Dinger did not get along well for the release of NEU! 75.

[@lacavernadeargudin]

Yep.

[@ACrackInTheWall2006]

Wow this is so punk rock!

[@CRAIGANJOS]

HELLO, I SEEM TO RECALL THAT THERE WAS THE 5-6 MINUTES VERSION OF THIS VIDEO WHERE THE NAMES OF ALL BAND MEMBERS APPEAR ON THE SCREEN! I WATCHED THIS ON KZbin MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO BUT NOW I CANNOT FIND IT. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS AGAIN AS IT WAS FANTASTIC.. RIP BROTHERS DINGER....

[@periurban]

Wow.

[@sakalak]

Rother is actually playing lead behind the bubble machine / reel-to-reel. Dinger is play rhthym guitar. Shittily at that.

[@britdemmen]

0:57 Rother thinks: "WTF is this asshole doing?" lOl

[@ahemitsmex5]

Epic :)

[@marguskiis7711]

It is actually La Düsseldorf feat Rother

[@logonazo]

well,...yes & no,...Hans Lampe& Thomas Dinger played drums on NEU!'75...

[@NOWtheband]

Righteous masters.

[@thatmuse76]

That bubble machine looks like one of the ones used by the Bonzo Dog Band in the 60's.

[@kautle]

so, i can see dinger on the drums, and rother in the back doing secret guitar stuff, but who is this lead guy? anyway, this is really awesome. the visual attitude only adds to how awesome the music is. much respect to NEU!

[@eklextasy815]

The lead guy is Klaus Dinger, the guy on the drums is his brother Thomas.

[@purezou]

new!!

[@erebousde]

0:57 "Damn it, Klaus! U suck at playing guitar!"

[@SiberiaX]

Came here unreasonably because of "links" from Kraftwerk. Great!

[@krisscanlon4051]

must of been a blast to be a musician in this era influenced by these sounds...having nothing to do with blues scale and just pure pre punk noise

[@logonazo]

rother looks like that because he is concentrating in the music(it¡s my opinion)though tha the main riff guitar that you can hear it¡s michael rother...

[@GustavDracko]

¿Por qué Gustavo Cerati utilizó partes de la canción HERO de Neu! para la gestación musical de la canción RAPTO? Las respuestas en el siguiente artículo: infernomax.blogspot.com.ar/2016/07/rapto-de-fuerza-natural-y-hero-de-neu-75.html

[@sas147741]

Totalmente ridiculo tu articulo, de principio a fin, ya desde el vamos con el hecho poco feliz de comparar el 4/4 (compas en el que esta escrita casi toda la musica popular) con el coma de Cerati. Encima lamento decirte que toda tu "teoria" se basa en una mala comprension de la letra de Hero, la letra dice "Went to Norway" (Se fue a Noruega), no "Ride to Norway" y la cancion es un grito furioso de Dinger sacando todas las cosas que le molestaban en ese momento: la industria musical, la falta de exito que estaba experimentando la banda, la falta de dinero, sus desacuerdos con Michael Rother (Neu! ya se habia separado de hecho, grabaron NEU! 75 por que estaban obligados por contrato) PERO SOBRE TODO, (presta atencion Sherlock): por que su novia de lo dejo y se fue a vivir a Noruega con otro. La musica es mucho mas simple de lo que vos pensas, mucho mas viceral y mucho menos mental. Si Cerati sampleo a Neu, los sampleo por que le gustó el tema, el riff o la banda o simplemente lo uso como disparador de la idea con la cual llego a la cancion, no para dejar un mensaje oculto que solo unos pocos iluminados pueden descifrar y subir a su blog. Me da algo de pena que gastes tanto tiempo, esfuerzo analizando las letras de alguien que en reiteradas entrevistas dijo que las letras eran lo que menos le gustaba hacer cuando escribia una cancion y sobretodo, a lo que menos importancia le daba. Lo unico que se rescata de tu articulo es que tiras algunos datos historicos correctos, pero lo rescatable se va por el caño cuando empezas a mezclar datos concretos para que cuajen tu intepretacion tan rebuscada como idiota. Tene cuidado adonde te lleva el flujo de tus pensamientos, mira que hay un tipo, capaz lo escuchaste nombrar, se llama Mark Chapman, tambien creia que las canciones le traian mensajes y codigos ocultos, esta preso hace unos años por que mató a John Lennon.

[@Detroit1967]

Jawohl, die Dinger Brüder wussten schon damals, wo der Frosch die Locken hatten. Sieht und hört sich eher nach La Düsseldorf an...

[@ajwatson]

fantastic footage - how many U2 songs did that inspire? apparently the reason why Bowie's "Heroes" is always in quotes is because of this track.