oh come on now, 'heavy metal kids'/any kraftneu does not count!
Heavy Metal Kids 7:53 K4 (live june 12, 1971) K1 15:38 K4 (live june 12, 1971) K2 (Ruckzuck) 19:20 K4 (live june 12, 1971) Ruckstoss-Gondoliere 11:18 Kraftwerk !/2 Autobahn 21:54 Concert Classics (19750520 Denver, Ebbets' Fields) Mitternacht (Rdioactiv/Showroom) 12:04 19750917 - Live At The Dome, Brighton, Uk Faust intro - Kometenmelodie 1 & 2 11:39 19760228 - Machine: l´Olympia, Paris It's more fun to compute 8:02 19810907 - Virtu ex Machina (Live in Tokyo) Numbers 5:25 19980607 - Live at the Warfield, SF Airwaves / New Song 11:19 19980607 - Live at the Warfield, SF
― Milton Parker, Monday, 17 March 2008 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Bimble, you're really missing out by not giving Man Machine another shot. "The Model" is catchy on the first few listens, but for me at least, it's "Spacelab", "Metropolis", and especially "Neon Lights" that make it the best, most consistent Kraftwerk album of all. That's not even to mention "The Robots", or the title track. Shit, there's only 6 tracks on it, and each one is perfect.
― Z S, Monday, 17 March 2008 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
i feel like the Man Machine is the best overall album that they did. but really, they didnt do much that i don't like.
― pipecock, Monday, 17 March 2008 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
"Man Machine" = first one I heard/owned (and still my favourite too!)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
"Man Machine" Minimum-Maximum is a monolith. Hearing it live has broken my head.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 08:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm hearing Man Machine tonight for the first time in many years. Sigh. Let me say first that I'm embarassed to have been prejudiced for many years about "Neon Lights" simply because I heard the dismal American band Love Tractor's version of "Neon Lights" before I ever heard Kraftwerk's.
And hearing "The Model" for the first time in as many years is really something. I swear I'm gonna do a proper POX of these guys at some point. In fact, on ILE there is this thread that keeps getting revived asking for someone to compile a bunch of Kraftwerk songs to play at the gym and the funny thing is NO ONE EVER RISES TO THE CHALLENGE and the thread just keeps getting revived over and over. I must conquer this. Who will beat me to it?
― Bimble, Sunday, 27 April 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Also that album entitled "The Mix" really wasn't so great okay?
― Bimble, Sunday, 27 April 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey -- let's not go cuttin' on Love Tractor. I used to work with the bass player's sister.
The Mix was a total let down, yes.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 27 April 2008 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I am actually still working on a gym POX for these guys, and I've got some ideas so far. I'm taking it very seriously, in fact. I actually got goose pimples today listening to "Neon Lights" and "The Model"! Sometimes I admit they are a bit boring, but when you are in the right mood...
They remind me of ice skating. So cold, but it's like gliding gracefully on ice. Beauty in coldness.
― Bimble, Thursday, 8 May 2008 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
what is wrong with the mix? those are the versions they do live, and the minimum-maximum DVD is pretty awesome. i like the mix, it is the closest thing they have to a greatest hits, you just need to add a couple jams.
― pipecock, Friday, 9 May 2008 07:27 (fifteen years ago) link