{"id":1207,"date":"2012-02-15T11:30:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2012-02-15T20:52:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T01:52:57","slug":"band-i-really-love-pop-will-eat-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/02\/15\/band-i-really-love-pop-will-eat-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Band I Really Love: Pop Will Eat Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is <i>Eich Bein Ein Auslander<\/i> from <i>Dos Dedos Mis Amigos<\/i>, first released in 1994, and the first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pweiofficial.com\/\">PWEI<\/a> song I ever heard. <\/p>\n<p>It was in a club &#8211; I think it was the Electric Ballroom in London sometime in 1998, but I could be wrong &#8211; and what I remember is watching the people on the dance floor swaying and stomping to the thudding beat, all gracefully synchronized within their personal space bubbles and not smushed into each other, as I had experienced elsewhere. <\/p>\n<p>It was mesmerizing, and I immediately wanted to join them.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_76wSk1j02_4\"><div id=\"lyte_76wSk1j02_4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/76wSk1j02_4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/76wSk1j02_4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/76wSk1j02_4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAlso very popular in clubs at the time was <em>Def Con I<\/em>, from <i>This Is the Day&#8230;This Is the Hour&#8230;This Is This!<\/i>, originally released in 1988.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Pop Will Eat Itself | Def Con One\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_v7Wm4qXC_j4\"><div id=\"lyte_v7Wm4qXC_j4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/v7Wm4qXC_j4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Pop Will Eat Itself | Def Con One<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/v7Wm4qXC_j4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/v7Wm4qXC_j4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Pop Will Eat Itself | Def Con One\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBecause this was the Dark Ages Before mp3s, I then spent some time digging through used CD racks and bins on both sides of the Atlantic in search of their records. <\/p>\n<p><i>Dos Dedos Mis Amigos<\/i> was easily acquired, but all I could find from their earlier work was a kind of greatest hits compilation: the 1997 live album <em>The Radio 1 Sessions 1986-87<\/em>. YouTube is sadly deficient in my favorite tracks from that record (<i>Demolition Girl<\/i> and <i>Illusion of Love<\/i>) but here are some other ones that I like a whole lot:<\/p>\n<p>First up is <i>Evelyn<\/i>, originally released on their first <strike>record<\/strike> &#8220;proper album&#8221; (cf. Axel, see comments for details) <i>Box Frenzy<\/i> in 1987. You will notice it is totally unlike both <i>Eich Bein Ein Auslander<\/i> and <em>Def Con I<\/em> in every way possible. I nonetheless love it very much:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/youtu.be\/kMlZMZKp_yw<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis one is called <i>Back Country Chainstore Massacre<\/i> (not Chain<em>saw<\/em>, as the video is labeled), from the <i>Now for a Feast!<\/i> compilation record in 1988:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/PNc-DeKtW0I<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<i>Oh Grebo I Think I Love You<\/i> is another one of my favorites:<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"PWEI Oh Grebo I Think I Love You\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_VLOCQpsmutk\"><div id=\"lyte_VLOCQpsmutk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VLOCQpsmutk\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">PWEI Oh Grebo I Think I Love You<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VLOCQpsmutk\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VLOCQpsmutk\/0.jpg\" alt=\"PWEI Oh Grebo I Think I Love You\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, one that I haven&#8217;t listened to as much but still love: <i>Not Now James, We&#8217;re Busy<\/i>, from from <i>This Is the Day&#8230;This Is the Hour&#8230;This Is This!<\/i>. Be sure to turn it up so you can feel the bass rattle your bones.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/youtu.be\/GHsBSVgPSJQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Eich Bein Ein Auslander from Dos Dedos Mis Amigos, first released in 1994, and the first PWEI song I ever heard. 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