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Non controp at this point: the DX7 was and is an instrument. Like the krummhorn or hurdygurdy or oboe. Judge it as itself, not against the things it was alleged to be imitating, and all is well.

mountain goats is emo they might be giants

Ooh that’s a good one

The joy division opinions upthread are very weird to me.

mountain goats is emo they might be giants

but mountain goats is less emo than they might be giants!

kraftwerk is corny and unenjoyable imo. there are a million other german bands/artists from the 70s that i'd rather listen to

ok tour de france is cool but imo the 70s stuff for which they are very famous is not good

I agree tbh, at their best they're the best tho

My bf, over my shoulder, "ooh look at you having an opinion. Getting the opinion machine all revved up"

Die Meinung Maschine

kraftwerk is corny and unenjoyable imo

computer world is corny and enjoyable

yeah, I thought "corny" was their most charming attribute.

otm!

they're also rather sweet

Computer World is my favouritest of their records tbh

same

Yep

I remember that I found Autobahn rather ridiculous when it came out. It sounded very much like a flash in the pan. And I would have never guessed that this rather slight piece of music would have been the future. These days besides the nostalgy I quite like the soothing and trance-inducing effect it has when I listen to it. But you are right the tune is the epitome of corny. I have still to listen to it when I drive on the Autobahn which used to bore me a lot but which I almost love now. But I even prefer French and American highways as they are even more monotonous as the speed differences between the cars are almost nil.

I remember that I found Autobahn rather ridiculous when it came out. It sounded very much like a flash in the pan. And I would have never guessed that this rather slight piece of music would have been the future.

lol and this is exactly how i felt reading about this record as a pivotal moment in electronic music and then buying it, putting it on and hearing this dinky little tune stretched out to 23 minutes

"Autobahn" is pretty much classic-era Kraftwerk's worst song/album, though. Radio-Activity and The Man-Machine and Trans-Europe Express are all much, much better.

Kraftwerk were kinda shit and the influence of dub on electronic music gets overlooked cause of Eurocentricity

Radio-Activity is a fairly engaging listen as a whole, but the only pre-Computer World song that I have a need for in my life is "The Robots"

Y'all need the Ralf + Florian album.

Y'all need the Ralf + Florian album.

Nah, fuck that hippie bullshit.

This thread has taken a most unfortunate turn

hippie bullshit is....great

this is the best hippie bullshit you'll ever hear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToiLyjxABM0

hippie bullshit is....great

It can be. I love Can. But that's not what I come to Kraftwerk for, and it's not where their talents lay.

If it were hippie bullshit, I wouldn't have liked it.

Can, whom I like a lot, tend to be baggier.

Faust is the (often very good!) hippie bullsh*t

hippie bullshit is....great

It can be. I love Can. But that's not what I come to Kraftwerk for, and it's not where their talents lay

I like efficient German engineering Kraftwork too! They were just generally really great

First one I heard was Computer World probably around 2004 and to me it was laughably dinky and slight

next year I'd purchased Minimum-Maximum and suddenly everything about the band made sense

"tin machine" is david bowie's finest rock song

It's not a bad song! My Bowie controp is that Reeves was his finest guitarist-for-hire

ok these are two actual controversial opinions

oof

amon duul ii is underrated hippie bullshit

^ truth. keith forsey (who wrote "flashdance (what a feeling)" and "don't you (forget about me)") drummed for them

Underrated by who?

R. Kelly's music was always shit, regardless of his status as a sexual predator.

hi, Alex!

https://dakiniland.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/bloomcounty.jpg?w=590

this must be some kind of killing joke

syd > frank ocean

I agree w that actually

Same

most artists >>>>>>>> Frank Ocean

I posted the following already in the Abba vs. B-52's thread but as Tom D. pointed out, it belongs here:

My favourite Abba song was always this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEbZqnC2oN4

I think it is an outlier in their oeuvre. So much punch, so much drive, almost a punk song from 1973. After that it was all downhill.

the riff in Ring Ring reminds me of Suicide.

Eric Clapton peaked in Cream and everything since has been less a downhill slide than a plunge into an abyss of mediocrity. Everything good about Derek and the Dominoes is despite, not because, of him.