Members myshkin Posted March 19, 2007 Members Share Posted March 19, 2007 Just been enjoying them for the first time in a while today, so to put a few Youtube clips together from the lovable Germans:The Robots(Original video)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4VBMSVDRdM&mode=related&search=Numbers(recent live)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQE4EC7LUI&mode=related&search=Man-Machine(recent live)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T65NpyfPkQMetropolis(video)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhvtUWISzQQNeon Lights(original video)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YCZVeIJ8xkTour de France(original video)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRZWUZod6JATrans-Europe Express(original video)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWlgbAc3bbM&NR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted March 19, 2007 Members Share Posted March 19, 2007 I am sooo with you. Kraftwerk created something truly original that has influenced scores of people for what, 35 years? More power (kraft) to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members myshkin Posted March 19, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2007 I am sooo with you. Kraftwerk created something truly original that has influenced scores of people for what, 35 years? More power (kraft) to them! And some undefinable something in the sound that still despite all that's happened since, is as fresh and downright chemical as ever. Numbers in particular. And Man-Machine probably my favourite electronic based album by anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted March 19, 2007 Members Share Posted March 19, 2007 Not exactly the greatest singers in the world, but they did some cool stuff. I think Computer World is probably my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members myshkin Posted March 19, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2007 Though if I want to listen to the greatest singers in the world, I presume I'll start listening to opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Thanks for the links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members temnov Posted March 19, 2007 Members Share Posted March 19, 2007 Somebody tell me please why the original "The Robots" is in English and RUSSIAN??? With Russian accent, too. I'm puzzled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members myshkin Posted March 19, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2007 Somebody tell me please why the original "The Robots" is in English and RUSSIAN??? With Russian accent, too. I'm puzzled Art should never be a slave to Reason, temnov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members temnov Posted March 19, 2007 Members Share Posted March 19, 2007 I disagree, there is always a Reason, obvious or hidden even from artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members myshkin Posted March 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2007 I disagree, there is always a Reason, obvious or hidden even from artist. What I mean by Reason is the reasoning intellect- and the mind or artistic creation doesn't have to be confined by the pathways this intellect works under. Can you imagine asking Hendrix why he played a certan note in a certain way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members temnov Posted March 20, 2007 Members Share Posted March 20, 2007 Myshkin, I agree with you in this : and the mind or artistic creation doesn't have to be confined by the pathways this intellect works under. But still, why in Russian, and very good Russian, btw.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KovachianOne Posted March 20, 2007 Members Share Posted March 20, 2007 Fun fun fun on dee auto-bahn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BLAblablah Posted March 20, 2007 Members Share Posted March 20, 2007 I am the operator with my pocket calculator...bloop bleep blerp...bleep blerp bloop Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members myshkin Posted March 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2007 Myshkin, I agree with you in this : But still, why in Russian, and very good Russian, btw.. Kraftwerk seem to have that kind of loose playful nature- check out Numbers for the various languages used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted March 20, 2007 Members Share Posted March 20, 2007 Fun fun fun on dee auto-bahn... I always thought it was "Wir fahr'n, fahr'n, fahr'n auf der Autobahn." When I played that record incessantly as a kid in 1974, my mother always thought they we're singing, "It's fun, fun, fun on a hot-dog bun." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucky #9 Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 Fun fun fun on dee auto-bahn... KovaOne: Your Avatar proves that the Rockies run all the way through Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 Where's a Kraftwerk boxed set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 I am the operator with my pocket calculator...bloop bleep blerp...bleep blerp bloop Barry Now I press the little key which plays a little melody....bleep blerp...bunghhhhhh I once had a German friend who told me that Kraftwerk's politics were actually anti-technology and overdevelopment... he said that, in Germany, everyone knew that Kraftwerk were socialists who were being ironic with their seeming embrace of high-tech... He said that in Germany, listening to Kraftwerk was in effect a political statement in itself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meriphew Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members #16 Posted March 22, 2007 Members Share Posted March 22, 2007 I once had a German friend who told me that Kraftwerk's politics were actually anti-technology and overdevelopment... he said that, in Germany, everyone knew that Kraftwerk were socialists who were being ironic with their seeming embrace of high-tech... He said that in Germany, listening to Kraftwerk was in effect a political statement in itself... Wicked band! Absolutely brilliant band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboChrist Posted May 8, 2007 Members Share Posted May 8, 2007 I just picked up Minimum Maximum Live and have been playing it constantly. It sounds AMAZING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted May 8, 2007 Members Share Posted May 8, 2007 now possible with electricity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HCarlH Posted May 8, 2007 Members Share Posted May 8, 2007 Saw them in LA a couple of years ago..."sounded just like the record". I loved them in '74....they were one of the coolest bands I'd ever heard. You see where Depeche Mode got about 99.9% of their ideas from in the early days. I'm about 1/2 way through this book about them...it's really a good read if you're a fan. http://www.amazon.com/Kraftwerk-Machine-Music-Pascal-Bussy/dp/0946719705/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9357428-5414337?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178638665&sr=1-1 The pre-Autobahn discs (the ones with the cones on the cover, and Ralph and Florian) aren't that great, but they show the progression it took to get to where they are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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