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Mon amour (Klaus Dinger song)
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Wikipedia article
'Mon Amour' is an instrumental tune and single by Klaus Dinger + Rheinita Bella Dsseldorf, released in 1985 to coincide with the album 'Nondian'. In reality, 'Nondian' was a solo album for Klaus Dinger, and 'Mon Amour' in effect his debut (and only) solo single. It was also the first Dinger recording to be released on CD, and the last single Dinger would release in his lifetime.
Recording & Release
After the abandonment of the third La Dsseldorf album "'Mon Amour'", Dinger worked much of the material into a solo album, released on Teldec under the pseudonym Klaus Dinger + Rheinita Bella Dsseldorf (hinting at La Dsseldorf's most successful single - 'Rheinita'). Dinger recorded the album alone in his Zeeland Studios using synthesizers before asking for the help of Conny Plank, who had produced La Dsseldorf's debut album in 1976. Plank oversaw the overdubbing of Dinger's basic tracks by studio musicians (including members of Belfegore and Jaki Liebezeit). "Mon Amour" was chosen as the lead single and released on CD and vinyl in September 1985. It failed to chart, and in 1986 was deleted from Teldec's catalogue along with 'Nondian' and all La Dsseldorf releases, upon the label's acquirement by WMG.
Confusingly the single was released in three different versions, one of which actually has the song "America" on the A-side and "Mon Amour" on the B-side. Due to the brevity of their production, they are now collectors' items. "Mon Amour" is an instrumental, keyboard-based track, whilst "Pipi AA" and "America" are lyrical protest-songs about Ronald Reagan and Neoconservatism.
Track listings
'Mon Amour/Pipi AA' 7" single'
# "Mon Amour" - 4:40
# "Pipi AA" - 4:11
'America/Mon Amour' 7" single'
# "America" - 5:40
# "Mon Amour" - 4:40
'Mon Amour/America' 12" single'
# "Mon Amour" - 8:55
# "America" - 5:40
Personnel
* Klaus Dinger guitar, percussion, synthesizer, vocals
* Spinello Elze guitar
* Charly T. Charly [a.k.a. Manfred Therstappen] drums
* Raoul Walton bass
Category:1985 songs
Category:Songs written by Klaus Dinger
Category:Neu! songs
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