Kraftwerk

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!

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.

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.

the entirety of their "business sense" over the last 30 years has been "it interested Ralf at the time" though

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)

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

>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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4yohA0ZVt4

hitler otm

lol @ JW

it is hilarious - good work jw

my one pedantic note: there should be an umlaut over the 'u' in 'führer'

Fuck in already getting way upset about not getting tickets

I'm

haha i posted the video to twitter

250 new hits in the last hour

Haha that video is awesome

the whitney declares war on kraftwerk at moma - they're bringing the red krayola april 14

http://whitney.org/Events/TheRedKrayolaPerformance2

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..."

i am going to make a serious attempt to go to one or two of the TEE/M-M/CW shows, hope i get one!

I hadn't realized they'd been touring a 3D show for a bit now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwuks2_rtRc

So wait - "selected songs" = not doing ENTIRE album each night? Why did I think they were doing full albums?

None of the albums are that long, they can't possibly be taking stuff out.

I'd be more inclined to believe the MoMA website.

Each evening consists of a live performance and 3-D visualization of one of Kraftwerk's studio albums—Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986), The Mix (1991), and Tour de France (2003)—in the order of their release. Kraftwerk will follow each evening’s album performance with additional compositions from their catalog, all adapted specifically for this exhibition.

I remember someone once saying that the accent they use on "Autobahn" is 'strong dusseldorf' which is their version of 'brummie'

They were posh boys tho, esp. Florian, he's virtually upper class

I remember someone once saying that the accent they use on "Autobahn" is 'strong dusseldorf'

Yes, that was Billie Ray Martin, who is from Hamburg. She said that Ralf's strong accent makes the song slightly comical to many Germans.

jw's 'hitler reacts' video on youtube has gone from 600 hits to nearly 15,000 in the past 72 hours

wow

the whitney declares war on kraftwerk at moma - they're bringing the red krayola april 14

http://whitney.org/Events/TheRedKrayolaPerformance2

more info on the Kraftwerk concerts at MoMA: i'm told that the capacity of the space is under 1000 people

I'm going to be at a computer come noon tomorrow hoping to score tickets, though I won't be surprised if I don't. Worth a try, though.

hv had complaints that Hitler shd be complaining about them not doing first 3 albums

Well, he was an Organisation fan

a Red Krayola that only has Mayo Thompson might be more worth seeing than a Kraftwerk that only has Ralf Hütter.

i am pretty sad that they're not doing ralf & florian

i mean, not actually sad, but that would be cool.

ralf und florian is my favourite,the only one i own,but yeah,they're never going to play it are they.tanzmusik is the best song.

Who would play the flute?

Thay'd have to call the evening "Ralf, aber Florian nichts"

at noon today, our collective love of kraftwerk will flip to violent competition as we all rapidly hit refresh

best of luck to you all, but i will punch you in the face if i have to

guys, i need man-machine, it's on my birthday, i'm so not getting it though am i.

If I miss out and someone doesn't take me I will return to the politics threads after Easter.

(j/k, haven't listened to K'werk a ton really)

There's no better time than the present.

it's kind of nerveracking to pick which show to aim for, because if it doesn't work out you know the other shows will sell out while you're hitting refresh and getting the spinny wheel guy.

yeah feeling stressed already

was originally thinking TEE but now maybe MM? ahhh or CW???????

I want people to go to CW so I can meet them, but I don't want you to get my ticket.

blooooood!

dude, Numbers coming out of giant speakers. amazing.

Am I the only one planning to gun for Radio-Activity?

that's probably a smart move. i would consider if it wasn't a wednesday.

I would só gun for Radio-Activity. And TEE. But I'm on the wrong continent. Good luck to all you guys!

radio-activity is on the same day as pulp :(

i feel bad for chickfactor - everyone was all excited for those shows when they were announced but between this and pulp the same week they have had their thunder stolen.