Personally, I'm more fond of the "Let It Be" Album.

Years ago my friends and I use to watch this video for a laugh.

Their cover of "Across the Universe" is how I fantasize the Nazi Beatle revolution would have gone down.

I love Laibach.

One million years from now, when the aliens dig through the rubble to investigate the history of our species, this video is all that will be left to represent us.

CtrlAltDelete: One million years from now, when the aliens dig through the rubble to investigate the history of our species, this video is all that will be left to represent us.

To hell with a million years from now, Laibach deserves to be an internet meme.

djmcbasemaster2dxtreme: CtrlAltDelete: One million years from now, when the aliens dig through the rubble to investigate the history of our species, this video is all that will be left to represent us.

To hell with a million years from now, Laibach deserves to be an internet meme.

I submit thousands, YES THOUSANDS LOOK IT UP, of threads to Fark, and for the love of the admins' non-Aryan gods, I have worked tirelessly to get a Laibach thread greenlit for years and years.

Maybe Sarah Palin will finally get these guys to get the joke.

This song only gets better when you've heard the other version too. (new window)

unlikely: This song only gets better when you've heard the other version too. (new window)

I always knew the Laibach song was a cover but I never heard the Opus original until about 2 years ago.

I'm posting this before TMLO gets in here.

Laibach "Final Countdown" (new window)

Boobies!

There's about a second and a half of NSFW at the opening of that vid.

I like this one better (new window)

heh - awesome that a Laibach song/vid gets greenlit here.

and to add to the above linky goodness ...

Laibach - Das Spiel Ist Aus (remix version) (new window)

great song with great lyrics

I too love how the Laibach cover and the Opus original are like night and day. Laibach are some master musical craftsmen, for certain.

/love Opus Dei, Let It Be and Jesus Christ Superstars

These guys used to kind of scare me, even though I loved them. They don't look like dudes you'd want in your living room.

Laibach... takes me back to these days.

Commie Kitties (new window)

djmcbasemaster2dxtreme: unlikely: This song only gets better when you've heard the other version too. (new window)

I always knew the Laibach song was a cover but I never heard the Opus original until about 2 years ago.

The greatest moment in the history of rock. The Opus cartwheel onto the stage:

I used to have this EP...ah the good old days.

Is it just me, or does the guy with the mustache look like Borat?

/I giggled like a schoolgirl when he popped on screen

In high school we had a copy of the Black Box video tape with this on it. We giggled then. We still giggle now. <3 Laibach and their unintentional hilarity.

OMFG.

I just sent this link to a friend of mine.

/we are shepherds disguised as wolves
//NSK

Oh and the *real* title is Opus Dei...

/stickler

I think I still have this video on VHS somewhere.

I've got the DVD with it and a bunch of their other videos on it - it's outstanding.

KidNiki ....Laibach and their unintentional hilarity.



You fail. Go back to school.
VERY INTENTIONAL

from wiki:

"Laibach's method is extremely simple, effective and horribly open to misinterpretation. First of all, they absorb the mannerisms of the enemy, adopting all the seductive trappings and symbols of state power, and then they exaggerate everything to the edge of parody..."

craigdamage: Laibach's method is extremely simple, effective and horribly open to misinterpretation. First of all, they absorb the mannerisms of the enemy, adopting all the seductive trappings and symbols of state power, and then they exaggerate everything to the edge of parody..

I think it's hard for Americans to get the parody aspect of Laibach because our country has never really had to deal with fascism (well arguably recently, but whatever). But for Slovenians in the 1980s, the satire was probably more evident.

Confabulat: craigdamage: Laibach's method is extremely simple, effective and horribly open to misinterpretation. First of all, they absorb the mannerisms of the enemy, adopting all the seductive trappings and symbols of state power, and then they exaggerate everything to the edge of parody..

I think it's hard for Americans to get the parody aspect of Laibach because our country has never really had to deal with fascism (well arguably recently, but whatever). But for Slovenians in the 1980s, the satire was probably more evident.



I think the greater point is made by Zizek about Laibach that essentially no real fascists would act like this. The real fascists are everyday folks. Compare to Arendt's "The Banality of Evil."

Oh Zafayal, you are indeed a smart one.

I bet you drink a lot of Scotch.

A little poison makes for pleasant dreams.