Trio ‎– Live im Frühjahr ’82 | TRIO: Da Da Da [TOTP 1982] | ZEROSOUND

Trio ‎– Live im Frühjahr ’82

Trio was a German band, formed in the small German town of Großenkneten in 1980. The band is most noted for the song "Da da da, ich lieb dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha aha aha" (usually simply "Da Da Da") which was a hit in 30 countries worldwide.

Trio was part of the Neue Deutsche Welle (or NDW); however, the band preferred the name "Neue Deutsche Fröhlichkeit", which means "New German Cheerfulness", to describe their music. At that time, as now, popular songs were based on extremely simple structures that were ornately produced. 

Trio's main principle was to remove almost all the ornamentation and polish from their songs, and to use the simplest practical structures (most of their songs were three-chord songs). For this reason, many of their songs are restricted to drums, guitar, vocals, and just one or maybe two other instruments, if any at all. Bass was used very infrequently until their later songs, and live shows often saw Remmler playing some simple pre-programmed rhythms and melodies on his small Casio VL-1 keyboard while Behrens played his drums single-handedly while eating an apple.

"Live im Frühjahr 1982" was first released on cassette only in 1982.

Tracklist:

Sabine Sabine Sabine 
Lady-O-Lady 
Sunday You Need Love Monday Be Alone 
Ya Ya 
Halt mich fest ich werd verrückt 
Nur ein Traum 
Kummer 
Ja ja ja 
Energie 
Da Da Da ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha 
Los Paul 
Broken Hearts For You And Me 
JaJa wo gehts lank Peter Pank schönen Dank 
Trio Bommerlunder

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BBC - Top of The Pops - Trio - Da Da Da (8/7/82)