Kraftwerk live

That's Florian without a doubt - he often behaves like an embarrasing dad, hahaha (playing the keyboard through his legs for example).

The DVD (with all the tour videos plus surround sound) should be something else.

It was the live equivalent of 'The Mix': derivative, recaputulatory, motionless, lacking in vision. I wonder. It seems they lost their magic some time ago and no-one wants to admit it. Live they are just as dull as their new records, and in much the same way.

These guys had the funk

This thread makes me miss Detroit so much.

Great clip, dancing AND audience participation. Is there any more like this?

is anonymous KW nr. 2 cracking up at 0:30?

awesome. guy on the right had easiest job in the world

It now appears that Ian Curtis stole his moves from Kraftwerk, who would have thought it.

According to his wife, Curtis was a kraftwerk fan

Oh I know he liked them, I just didn't realise that they danced like him too!

I thought I was a seasoned Kraftwerk youtube pro, but I haven't seen those! The current Kraftwerk live show is cool and all, but I wish they'd loosen up and move like they used to.

That would be terrible.

I wish I could go back to 1981 or before and see them live too. But moving like that today? NOOOO.

I appreciate the investment banker approach they have now.

They're opening for Radiohead in Latin America next year.

Really? That is going to be totally bonkers!

Sidenote: what a headfuck to be the headline act over KRAFTWERK. If there's any band I like more than Kraftwerk, it's probably Radiohead, but still.

It's going to be awesome.

They're opening for Radiohead in Latin America next year.

― Melissa W, Friday, December 19, 2008 10:41 AM (30 minutes ago)

That is a crime against humanity... ugh.

I check google about once every other month for live kraftwerk shows. they might be investment bankers on stage now, playing occasional melodies & tinkering with filters over a 95% inevitable sequencer but up through the early 80's they were one of the best live bands on the planet, and even when I saw them in '98 they were religious

http://www.valand.gu.se/dm/students/andreas/kraftwerk.html
http://www.valand.gu.se/dm/students/andreas/kw_skivor/bootlegs.html << I lose my mind looking at this page, I've only got eleven of these...

Kraftwerk POX

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, March 17, 2008 9:48 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

trying to figure out which two I'd bump for:

The voice of energy / Uranium / Die Sonne Der Mond Die Sterne - 3:51 - 19810703 - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London
Pocket Calculator - 9:12 - 19810703 - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London

somewhere out there, the recording of this 1973 concert is out there (go to 1:45)

That is a crime against humanity... ugh.

― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･)　　　°~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), viernes 19 de diciembre de 2008 19:13 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Fortunately, no one's forcing you to attend.

I would go and then leave... which I've done that many times, friendo.

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1803807/2/istockphoto_1803807_gold_star_2.jpg

http://kraftwerk.technopop.com.br/animations.php

Yes!
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I would go and then leave... which I've done that many times, friendo.

― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･)　　　°~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), viernes 19 de diciembre de 2008 20:28 (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Not to provoke or anything, but truly (and I say this with genuine Kraftwerk fanboy disappointment) doing this would have been very, very stupid at the Mexico shows. :(

The music was fantastic, as usual, and the setlists were changed up a bit from the first to the second night, but it could have really been just been the mannequins standing there with programmed iPods, for all I care, and the show would have been just as "exciting."

I never expected them to come across as so weirdly pointless and minor to experience in a live setting.

-been, or something

must sleep

http://kraftwerk.laphil.com/

This should be great. Curious how this will sound at the Walt Disney.

I saw em in the summer and they were really fucking good

I fucking love Kraftwerk

otm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF6Uzzr-DEU

Two Oakland shows in March - thanks to a buddy I am in

ummm they are playing Chicago huh
http://jamusa.com/events/kraftwerk-3d-concert/

holy shiiiiit

Also doing the whole 8-album thing in Vienna in May.

is Vienna sold out already? Might be good to combine with a weekend there

the site for colston hall/bristol is truly awful.
was warned about it yesterday while at work.
the link from kraftwerk took you to gigsandtours.com
they never had any tix available.

sold out.

Glasgow now sold out too

We struck lucky for Nottingham, using the venue's own website. It was down for the first 20 mins, then miraculously came back to life, after Ticketmaster / See / Ents 24 were all saying "sold out".

A group of three of us managed to get tix for Glasgow ok

When did you get yours? I was trying to buy tickets for either Glasgow or Edinburgh from 10am and it seemed like they sold out right away :(

yeah, i was trying to get tickets for glasgow and they were all gone by 10:02!

A pal of mine emailed me at 10.17 am to say he'd got them - he went through the Concert Hall website, just like Mike, so I guess that was the way to go.

I'm sorry that people will miss out on the chance to see them - and I hate to think what greedsters are going to try and resell tickets for - but also very pleased they're not playing an enormodome like the Hydro.

suspect a UK arena tour would have been v much undersold unless it was like two dates. their popularity is prob being exaggerated by (a) everyone who wants to go having 24/7 internet access and (b) the % of tickets going straight to tout gangster scum sites

This was way less stressful than for Tate Modern, when I didn't get through on the phones until 4pm, the sole website having irretrievably crashed in seconds. Many hundreds of calls, but totally worth it in the long run.

Oh for the days when you'd queue up outside the venue in the rain instead

Third row, Robotfuckers!

xp my wife was rehearsing at the concert hall in glasgow today and people were apparently there queueing in person! so 20th century!

Oh for the days when you'd queue up outside the venue in the rain instead

― めんどくさかった (Matt #2)

my brother (who hates computers) got tickets for one of prince's last concerts by doing exactly that

queued at concert hal, 60 people in front. phoned up at 10 on the dot and got 3 front ow tickets. hung up the call and suddenly everyone was turned away as it had sold out already. virtually everyone was turned away

ya (lovely) lucky bastard.

I didn't manage to get tickets and therefore hope that these are all acoustic gigs.

On 20 July 2018 around 21:50 local time, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst welcomed the legendary electronic band Kraftwerk and 7500 visitors to the Jazz Open Festival on Stuttgart's Schlossplatz – live from the International Space Station

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCQEzgtWv-E

http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/de/2018/07/21/good-evening-kraftwerk/

Nine nights at the Walt Disney Hall here in May - one night for each album + a finale
https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/2912/2024-05-24/kraftwerk

It's been 15-16 years since I've seen them last (Florian was still there), but I kinda want to see this - The Disney Hall's acoustics are very very good.

I think I still have my 3D glasses from seeing TEE at the Disney concert hall. It was a real good show. This is tempting.

/r/kraftwerk had the presale code - got floor tickets for Trans-Europe Express night and am completely stoked for this.