huge demand, low supply, wanting everyone to see at least something?
― valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
yes, sure i get that. it's just unclear... can i order 2 tickets for 2 different nights?
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
Just got an email from MOMA - no tickets held back for members; you gotta get in there at 12 on Tuesday like everybody else.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
Thursday
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks Geeta, seems like an odd place acoustically? Hm.Stevie, I went to the Showclix site and it does look like you can purchase two tickets only. Huh. "There is a two ticket per person limit for the entire series. Once you have purchased two tickets, you will be unable to purchase tickets for any other Kraftwerk performance."
That is kind of a drag. Oh well. Fingers crossed we can get something. At the very least, we will come for the exhibition at PS1...
Oh, and the tickets go on sale on Wednesday, Feb 22, at 12:00 PM EST.
― Mayan Calendar Deren (doo dah), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
found this short review i wrote of the last time kraftwerk played NYC, almost exactly seven years ago
http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-05-31/music/be-stiff/
― geeta, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
yes, definitely an odd space acoustically! the trend towards big museums underwriting gigs by interesting bands is something i support, but when they stick them in a big open-air atrium or something like that i start to wonder. museums weren't designed for great sound
hammerstein ballroom was definitely a great venue to see kraftwerk--kind of like the warfield in SF
― geeta, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
I was there at Hammerstein! :D And in DC two nights previously! Uh oh, I am outed as a fan-girl!
― Mayan Calendar Deren (doo dah), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a kraftwerk fangirl: i have been one since age 13
here's an essay i wrote some years ago, where i talk about being a teenage kraftwerk fan (and other stuff)
http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-02-01/news/i-robot/
― geeta, Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a kraftwerk fangirl
i agree, vigorously
― tmi but (Z S), Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
yea, I was at that hammerstein show too. everyone cheering during the 'chernobyl, hiroshima, etc.' into to 'radioactivity' was o_O
seriously great show tho. one of the best I've seen.
― original bgm, Thursday, 16 February 2012 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
I saw them at the Manchester Velodrome a couple of years back, one of the best gigs I've ever seen; I still get chills just thinking about the opening, "The Man Machine", with that arpeggio and then thunderous bass and the crowd going *completely fucking nuts* as they were revealed. That run of shows at MOMA looks epic.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
sorry, the tix time is noon ET on next Wednesday
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
^^That's where the real-life cyclists came on the Velodrome track during "Tour de France", right? Saw it on youtube, amazing!Saw them in '04, so so great. Would love to be able to see the 3d show. A friend told me he read tweets suggesting they'd do a similar run at Tate Modern/London. Does anyone know more?xpost
― willem, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
They were pretty awesome when I saw them a few years back, too. Great light show, great sound. Want to say I saw Massive Attack the same year at the same venue, and the shows were oddly analogous in terms of quality and surprise entertainment value.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
They were pretty awesome when I saw them a few years back, too. Great light show, great sound.
saw them in '07 - don't remember anything about the light show but I have never and I mean never heard better live sound
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
just wanna +1 all these comments
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
God, I'm really really worried there will be absolutely no way for me to get tickets to these
― I have one thing to say: "Roxanne Shanté" (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
('08 I mean, having re-read the thread - xp to me)
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
New song up on youtube under the klingklang account. Sounds an awful lot like the last album. Maybe there will be another night at nyc, to debut the new album? *jozz in my pants*
― Xerox of Fate, Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
link plz!!
― I have one thing to say: "Roxanne Shanté" (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
A friend told me he read tweets suggesting they'd do a similar run at Tate Modern/London. Does anyone know more?
― willem, Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:48 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lots of people are requesting it. The source of the rumours seems to be this tweet by these guys, who I've never heard of.
It's some serious getting-hopes-up stuff though.
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
think I'm gonna take a shot at Man-Machine and maybe Computer World (on the theory that Trans-Europe Express will be the most popular ticket)
― dmr, Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
^^^man machine is their best anyway.
― original bgm, Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
but i'll be out of town for that one :-/
― original bgm, Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
Really re: TEE being most popular? It seems like it'd be CW and Man Machine by a long shot, followed by TEE and Autobahn, and then Radioactivity, Techno Pop, The Mix, and TDF being way behind
― I have one thing to say: "Roxanne Shanté" (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
TEE is the first one I bought bc of its heavy status w critics. but I'm not sure if that proves much of anything.
holding out for ralf & florian night btw.
― original bgm, Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
I'd see 3-way tie between CW, M-M and TEE, then the rest. I would kill to attend ANY of these shows btw
― tmi but (Z S), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
xpostsLots of people are requesting it. The source of the rumours seems to be this tweet by these guys, who I've never heard of.
Guy from KW mailing list. There were noises about the Tate back at the time of the Munich Lenbachhaus Kunstbau show/concert at Alten Kongresshalle.
― Mayan Calendar Deren (doo dah), Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I agree
Really re: TEE being most popular?
I have no idea, just thinking that's their most widely known track because of "Planet Rock" (see post above about black, white, young, old, hip-hop, techno)
― dmr, Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
i really want to get man-machine but think it will be the most popular/quickest to sell out. it's on my birthday!!! i think techno pop will be my second choice.
― bene_gesserit, Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
also i dearly wish they were doing ralf und florian, because it's my favorite.
― bene_gesserit, Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
man, i'm so jealous of the techno pop lovers. try as i might i just can't get into it as heavily as the others
― tmi but (Z S), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
Would love to see them at Tate Modern or similar in London. I saw them at Tribal Gathering '97. I was in the 'Detroit' tent most of the day but they shut that down for an hour or so because none of the acts (Terrence Parker, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson etc.) would play during Kraftwerk. They were late coming on and then.. BOOM!
― mmmm, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
xpost I dunno, I can 'get behind' people thinking "we wait all that time, and it's pretty much what we'd expect", but apart from that I can't detect a massive drop in quality.
The kids were doing the 'B-boom-TCK!' after I'd had a KWork splurge in the car, a few years ago.
― Mark G, Friday, 17 February 2012 09:42 (twelve years ago) link
Again - as I said upthread - I cannot imagine this would be the only performance of these shows - it does not seem to make any kind of business sense to rehearse and do the programming for all these songs for just a one-off in a smallish venue.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 17 February 2012 10:45 (twelve years ago) link
the entirety of their "business sense" over the last 30 years has been "it interested Ralf at the time" though
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Friday, 17 February 2012 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
hmmm, see, no disrespect to Ralf (and Florian) but I have the feeling that most of their activity in the last 10 years has been somewhat financially driven (which doesn't take anything away to how awesome it's all been)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 17 February 2012 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
I remember someone once saying that the accent they use on "Autobahn" is 'strong dusseldorf' which is their version of 'brummie'
Which means, to their home nation,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c81X6BiI0Y
sounds like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGwYPd6ajTk
― Mark G, Friday, 17 February 2012 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
>A friend told me he read tweets suggesting they'd do a similar run at Tate Modern/London.
Wld kiw KW in the turbine hall 4REAL.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4yohA0ZVt4
― geeta, Friday, 17 February 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
hitler otm
― tylerw, Friday, 17 February 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ JW
― dmr, Friday, 17 February 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
it is hilarious - good work jw
my one pedantic note: there should be an umlaut over the 'u' in 'führer'
― geeta, Friday, 17 February 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
Fuck in already getting way upset about not getting tickets
― I have one thing to say: "Roxanne Shanté" (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 17 February 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
I'm
haha i posted the video to twitter
250 new hits in the last hour
― geeta, Friday, 17 February 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Haha that video is awesome
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 17 February 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
the whitney declares war on kraftwerk at moma - they're bringing the red krayola april 14
http://whitney.org/Events/TheRedKrayolaPerformance2
― geeta, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
Hm.http://www.brandingmagazine.com/2012/02/17/volkswagen-america-sponsors-kraftwerk-performance/"...They will perform selected songs from all of their albums in chronological order featuring 3-D visualization, dubbed Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8..."
― Mayan Calendar Deren (doo dah), Saturday, 18 February 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link