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Big Ears 
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 Posted: April 20 2006 at 11:16 |
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I like most of the things, including Guru Guru, that were released on the Rock on Brain label during the seventies. They have stood the test of time, but I have to listen to them on old vinyl LPs.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: April 21 2006 at 14:33 |
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I just got In the Guru Lounge.Really funky stuff with a lot of weird
electronic effects. Mani is still going strong in his sixties.
Edited by Vibrationbaby - April 21 2006 at 14:35
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: December 15 2007 at 12:57 |
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I thought it was time to bring this thread I started a couple of years ago back from the dead.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: December 15 2007 at 15:48 |
I still prefer the debut (awesomely titled, as it is exactly that!! A UFO) as this must be one of the most psyched out album ever, and Hiniten is also fine.
Kan Guru is also fine but weaker (the Bo Diddley thing is too long and not much fun), than Uli Trpte (bass) moves on, and a big part of the spirit leaves with him. Then, next album Ax Genrich (guitars) leaves. I don't like thenext few and you have to wait for Shearer (sax) to save the group in the long run... By today's standard, Guru Guru without him is just as unthinkable as if Mani wasn't part of it.
Saw them twice in recent years as a quartet. Afun concert, some of which can be seen on the Krautrock double DVD >> see the various artistes headings.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
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prefer lifting our pen
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nightlamp
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Posted: December 16 2007 at 17:27 |
 Vibrationbaby wrote:
what is is it that fascinates you about this unusual band which has gone through so many transformations over the years. |
Guru Guru is incredible! I haven't heard all their incarnations-- I'm most familiar with the early power-trio lineup of Neumeier/Genrich/Trepte-- but what has drawn me to them is the quirky, virtuosic drumming, use of a tam-tam as a ride cymbal, use of live electronics, and the overall eccentric, weird, truly psychedelic vibe pouring out of the speakers.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: December 17 2007 at 11:20 |
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If you haven`t heard "Shake Well" or "Wah Wah" you`ll love these albums from what you`ve said above. The problem is that everyone is hung up on Kan Guru and UFO while it`s real tripped out there`s so much more to Guru Guru. All of their stuff is wonderfully warped in some way.
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Thandrus
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Posted: December 17 2007 at 20:54 |
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Add me to Guru Guru fan club. They carry some unique, humorous and fascinating spirit (yeah... even for Krautrock!!!) that will never bore me I guess.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 10:25 |
Fascinating spirit very well put. And Mani says he`ll keep going as long as he lives and I believe it ! Greatest band that never sold a million albums  .
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BaldFriede
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 08:34 |
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I have always been a fan of them and even have their least accessible (by "least accessible" I mean "hardest to get anywhere", not "hardest to listen to") albums like "Jungle" (where they explore same funk territory). Mani Neumeier is an excellent drummer.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 09:01 |
BaldFriede wrote:
I have always been a fan of them and even have their least accessible (by "least accessible" I mean "hardest to get anywhere", not "hardest to listen to") albums like "Jungle" (where they explore same funk territory). Mani Neumeier is an excellent drummer.
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To his credit at almost 70, he's still drumming up a strrm and dancing around, making the show on stage. And his casserole solos are always entertaining the firt three times you've seen them.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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BaldFriede
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 09:26 |
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Yes, he will be 70 next year. There are a few recent videos of him on youtube. He has a little old men's belly, but else is still very thin. And he hops around on stage as if he were 40 years younger.
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 14:25 |
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One band I would travel to the ends of the Earth to see. Not one bad album as far as I`m concerned. Even Guru Guru `88 and Jungle have that wonderful strangeness you always get with Mani. It`s so dissappointing when people say that the band was done after Kan Guru. I mean, Mani always had the most creative and adventurous musicians playing with him in Guru Guru. One of the greatest drummers in my book. He`s like a freakin`windmilling octopus.
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Pilzkopf
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 18:25 |
They're definitely one of the rare bands who still have the magic well into their careers. One of their later albums, Wah-Wah is excellent.
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Zargus
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Posted: January 12 2008 at 08:49 |
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I was thinknig of buying my first Guru guru album and i was thinking of "Dance of the flames" is that a good start?
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Pilzkopf
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Posted: January 12 2008 at 10:10 |
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I was thinknig of buying my first Guru guru album and i was thinking of "Dance of the flames" is that a good start? |
It's a good album, but I would start at the beginning with UFO.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: January 12 2008 at 10:25 |
Zargus wrote:
I was thinknig of buying my first Guru guru album and i was thinking of "Dance of the flames" is that a good start? |
It`s not representative of their output but it`s one of my faves. The first three on the Brain and Ohr labels are kind of misleading when considering the rest of their catologue. There`s much more to Guru Guru than relentless freaking out with amps turned to eleven. My recomendation for a first Guru Guru album would be "Mani Und Siene Freunde" and then take it from there.
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BaldJean
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Posted: January 12 2008 at 10:53 |
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or try their first live album from 1975. it shows the full spectrum of them
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: January 14 2008 at 13:11 |
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Yeah, that`s a great live album. I`d leave the early stuff alone at first. As said earlier, it`s too bad that this material gets all the attention.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: October 09 2008 at 08:07 |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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febus
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Posted: October 09 2008 at 14:38 |
Not to be missed is the 3-cds set 30 Jahren live....
One CD is a concert from modern day-Guru Guru
The second one is kind Of Guru Guru meets ''crazy'' friends like Damo Suzuki of Can fame........a real treat
The third one is a concert of the original line up back then in 1970, real stoned-psych.
Only $ 20 online....................a must-have 
Edited by febus - October 09 2008 at 14:52
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