| Viva is the second and most successful album of Klaus Dinger's (of Neu! fame) band La Düsseldorf. It has both "Rheinita", which was their most successful single, and "Cha Cha 2000", which has become their most famous song. Different mixes/edits of "Rheinita" and "Viva" were released as a single; the single version of "Viva" is slightly longer and has a fadeout, the album version segues into "White Overalls". "Vögel" (Birds, in German) is a minute and a half of bird noises. All songs are written by Klaus Dinger. Tracklist: "Viva" - 2:36 "White Overalls" - 2:07 "Rheinita" - 7:41 "Vögel" - 1:27 "Geld" - 6:35 "Cha Cha 2000" - 19:53 Personnel Thomas Dinger - Vocals, percussion Hans Lampe - Drums, percussion Andreas Schell - Piano on ' 6' Klaus Dinger - Vocals, percussion, guitars Nikolas van Rhijn (a pseudonym for Klaus Dinger) - Keyboards and synthesizers Harald Konietzko - Bass on ' 5' and ' 6' La Düsseldorf was a German band, consisting of onetime Kraftwerk drummer and Neu! multi-instrumentalist Klaus Dinger and occasional Neu! collaborators Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe. La Düsseldorf was formed after Neu! disbanded following the release of their Neu! '75 record. They released a string of successful albums (with sales totaling over a million) during the late '70s and early '80s and were considered highly influential by the likes of Brian Eno and David Bowie, with Bowie going so far as calling La Düsseldorf "the soundtrack of the eighties" Albums 1976 -- La Düsseldorf ... |
