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Kraftwerk
I admit, I've had a few of the old drinky-poos, but I thought I'd better come and announce my love for Kraftwerk!
They're just the best band the world has ever seen! Admit it, you all feel the same way too! ![]() Trans-Europa Express! |
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Oft copied , but never bettered
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I'm a fan too. They released some excellent material - a lot of it is quite eerie, but definitely ahead of the game at the time. Trans-Europe Express has been sampled/remixed so many times, but I still think the original album version is the best. It still sounds great now.
Some of my other favourites include Showroom Dummies - I actually had a 7" single of this and played it to death. Autobahn As much as I like The Model, I think it has sadly overshadowed a lot of their other work. |
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Love all their stuff and the spin-off sounds of Elektric Music.
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The purest Kraftwerk album is "Radio-activity".
Awesome band. Boing Boom Tshak! |
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As much as I like The Model, I think it has sadly overshadowed a lot of their other work. It's also fun to go even further back, right back to Kraftwerk 1 and 2, when they were still using guitars and drums. Stratovarius from their first album starts with 6 minutes of synth drones, but then becomes a great rock song. I love them! |
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"Ralf & Florian" and "Tone Float" are worth a shout too.
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"Ralf & Florian" and "Tone Float" are worth a shout too.
Ralf und Florian is a great album too though, Tanzmusik and Kristallo are great tracks. |
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Pascall Bussy's biog is highly recommended too.... I was amazed to learn the inspiration for Autobahn was The Beach Boys. You just wouldn't think it....
I was lucky enough to see them on their Computer World tour in 81 (iirc). Karl Bartos was always my favourite, very underrated, co-wrote The Model for a start. |
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Pascall Bussy's biog is highly recommended too.... I was amazed to learn the inspiration for Autobahn was The Beach Boys. You just wouldn't think it....
I was lucky enough to see them on their Computer World tour in 81 (iirc). Karl Bartos was always my favourite, very underrated, co-wrote The Model for a start. I'll try and find that biog, I'll have a read. And yeah, I always like Karl. Have you got his last solo album, Communication? Lots of KW inspired bits on it, but it's much more 'dance-y' (Is that even a word? )
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Their recent live album Mininium Maximum is a great album, I quite often have that on at full blast!
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Ah, yeah, Minimum-Maximum is great. The live version of Numbers/Computerworld is fantastic.
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I do like the Tour de France album
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Yeah, Tour De France Soundtracks is a good album, although they're missing something without Karl and Wolfgang.
I think it was Karls legendary beats that propelled songs like Trans-Europe Express and Numbers. Without them, it's not quite the same. |
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Great thread
Kraftwerk capture the modern world with minimalist irony like no other band. Perfectionists, they only release records every five years or so. They have influenced so many other bands that came after them. Their album covers too are minimal and fit the music perfectly. They are not talked about enough IMO. |
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Great thread
Kraftwerk capture the modern world with minimalist irony like no other band. Perfectionists, they only release records every five years or so. They have influenced so many other bands that came after them. Their album covers too are minimal and fit the music perfectly. They are not talked about enough IMO. Once, when wearing my Autobahn t-shirt, someone asked what it was all about, and when I said Kraftwerk, they said "Didn't they have one hit aaages ago? *sings The Model* Are they still on the go?" It's a shame. |
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'll try and find that biog, I'll have a read. And yeah, I always like Karl. Have you got his last solo album, Communication? Lots of KW inspired bits on it, but it's much more 'dance-y' (Is that even a word?
)![]() Wolfgang's book "I Was A Robot" is an excellent read, he's a real eccentric. His first musical memory is "wanking off" to My Generation on his old man's leather sofa. Classic!
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Early life soundtrack.
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Pascall Bussy's biog is highly recommended too.... I was amazed to learn the inspiration for Autobahn was The Beach Boys. You just wouldn't think it....
I was lucky enough to see them on their Computer World tour in 81 (iirc). Karl Bartos was always my favourite, very underrated, co-wrote The Model for a start. |
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Wolfgang's book "I Was A Robot" is an excellent read, he's a real eccentric. His first musical memory is "wanking off" to My Generation on his old man's leather sofa. Classic!
![]() I've been wanting to read that for a long time, and that just makes me want it more! Off to Amazon I go. |
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They are my heroes (along with Bob Moog, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Walter/Wendy Carlos and Giorgio Moroder).
Trans Europe Express, Man Machine and Computer World are three of my most played albums. |
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As I've got older I prefer now to listen to Kraftwerk in their mother tongue. Just makes them even more enegmatic (if that's possible) and pure.
"Wir sind Schaufensterpuppen!" |
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As I've got older I prefer now to listen to Kraftwerk in their mother tongue. Just makes them even more enegmatic (if that's possible) and pure.
"Wir sind Schaufensterpuppen!" One of my favourite musical moments in the first verse to Trans-Europa Express, just for the way the lyrics fit to the music. 'Rendezvuse auf dem Champs Elessy (sp). Verlass Paris am morgen mit dem TEE' |
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Ooh I like too!
Especially The Model, know it's one of their big ones but it's great all the same. Anyone see Bill Bailey's tribute to them on his live show? Comedic genius! |
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Big Kraftwerk fan.
Seen them live quite a few times. They were ahead of their time in the 70's. However they haven't released any new "classic" pop tunes since Karl Bartos left in the early 90's. I like most of Karl Bartos' solo stuff. |
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