The In-Kraut, Volume 3
Title: The In-Kraut, Volume 3
Hip Shaking Grooves Made in Germany 1967–1974
Label: Marina Records
I have this typical stance on the subway: leaning close to the door or a nearby pole, looking down, slightly frowned face, waiting quietly for the train to get to my stop. Not today. Today I was finger-drumming, toe-tapping, and head-bobbing. Who knows what I would’ve done on a dance floor? This is the third installment of the In-Kraut trilogy, and it is quite a diverse and strong collection. So much so that it took me a few days to really dig into the tracks. Luckily, today I took the step and for the first time listened to each track carefully. Quite a treat. I even started laughing amid quiet subway passengers while today’s second song “Butterflies Never Cry” played. Take a listen.
ACID – “Hipguard”
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There are a million things you should not be doing while listening to this song. Anything, really, that requires stillness, concentration, or quiet. This is a true hip-shaker and a song that really grabs at the essence of this compilation: exciting, impeccably-played songs that are guaranteed to get you out of a rut.
Georgees – “Butterflies Never Cry”
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Ahem. Wow. Written for the same-named movie (in German: Schmetterlinge Weinen Nicht), “Butterflies Never Cry” is the weirdest shit I’ve heard in quite a long time. The insane lyrics and unnecessary yelping make this song almost unlistenable. This has to be a joke. It can’t not be.
I could’ve included a different second song. This compilation has several really wonderful tunes worth a listen, but the Georgees’s masterpiece is not to be missed. For more info, goes visit the label site, which includes streaming samples of the other two In-Kraut albums in the trilogy. And of course, buy the album.
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