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Advocate
on 2009-05-02 16:21 [#02289058]
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what a band.. i dare say they're the most influential european band since the beatles. no, really. they MADE pop music of today.
anyway, enjoy this.
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vlari
from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2009-05-02 16:24 [#02289059]
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yoyoyoyo
from Sweden on 2009-05-02 16:28 [#02289061]
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i need to listen to them more
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Advocate
on 2009-05-02 16:54 [#02289064]
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for the uninitiated of kraftwerk: start with computerwelt (computer world) and move backwards in their discog.
for most bands it would probably be recommended to start with the first album and then move forward, but kraftwerk were so ridiculously ahead of their time that it's best to start with their most 'commercial' album.
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b6662966
from ? on 2009-05-02 17:00 [#02289065]
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I hate people who try to claim that Kraftwerk are "European" or even "German".
Kraftwerk are a completely American band. They formed in New York in the mid 70's, where the original band members were born and raised in the New Jersey area.
In interviews, the members of Kraftwerk have claimed that their trademark 'Electronic' sound originated from the sensation they felt when looking at the Statue of Liberty from the shore, which they described as "making them feel electric with patriotism."
They took the name "Kraftwerk" from the popular brand of American processed cheese called 'Kraft American Cheese Slices'.
Early on the band also decided to portray themselves as strange east europeans and sometimes pretended to not speak English in order to draw attention to themselves.
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Advocate
on 2009-05-02 17:05 [#02289067]
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patriotism at its best.
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rad smiles
on 2009-05-02 17:52 [#02289076]
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i say start at radio activity because its chock full of the great sounds and songs that define who they were
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catfood03
on 2009-05-02 17:59 [#02289077]
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That band sounds familiar. Are they anything like Can or Neu?
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rad smiles
on 2009-05-02 18:10 [#02289080]
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don't go gettin me in a mood for that stuff now
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oxygenfad
from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2009-05-02 18:29 [#02289081]
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I Liebe You
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Barcode
from United Kingdom on 2009-05-03 05:48 [#02289126]
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never heard of them
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ijonspeches
from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2009-05-03 12:26 [#02289153]
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youre mistaking the for these guys
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pulseclock
from Downtown 81 on 2009-05-03 12:41 [#02289155]
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dude their germans from dusseldorf, they didnt randomly make german music from the suburbs of new jersey/york
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b6662966
from ? on 2009-05-03 13:03 [#02289157]
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They didnt 'randomly' start making 'german' music on the shores of New Jersey, it was all contrived.
At that time the best way to market themselves in the east coast market was to pretend to be a group of east european outlanders.
Even today they continue with this charade, going as far as conducting full interviews in German and even modifying their wikipedia page to claim they are German and born in Germany.
My dad went to George Washington Highschool in New Jersey with two of the members: Tom Henderson aka Ralf Hutter and Ari Silverstein aka Fritz Hilpert. He says that back in highschool they mostly listened to metal and glamrock music and noted they mostly walked around school wearing KISS t-shirts.
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rad smiles
on 2009-05-03 13:04 [#02289158]
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VEE CUT OFF YOUR JOHNSON
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rad smiles
on 2009-05-03 13:07 [#02289159]
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i heard neu! went to p.s. 230 in brooklyn and met the guys in kraftwerk at coney island one day while skipping school
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MASUGNEN
from Lund (Sweden) on 2009-05-03 16:42 [#02289209]
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b6662966 would have been funnier (and more correct) if he were better informed of Kraftwerk.
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Guybrush
from the white room on 2009-05-03 16:50 [#02289211]
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It would have been funnier if there was a shred of humor in it.
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b6662966
from ? on 2009-05-03 18:25 [#02289255]
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you guys are just anti-american eurotrash scum.
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catfood03
on 2009-05-03 19:46 [#02289270]
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Now that's the humor we were looking for.
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oxygenfad
from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2009-05-04 17:04 [#02289409]
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lol LAZY_TITLE
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Fractal
from New Metropolis (Slovakia) on 2009-05-05 05:45 [#02289476]
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K R A F T W Æ R K
Godfathers of Electronica with their visionary tracks.
PS: A MUST HAVE SOUND,
MINIMUM MAXIMUM pt.1
MINIMUM MAXIMUM pt.2
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2009-05-05 10:51 [#02289511]
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I'LL SEE THEM LIVE AFTER APHEX TWIN
beat that!
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2009-07-17 08:25 [#02307316]
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same
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stoz
on 2009-07-18 05:54 [#02307564]
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where how?
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MetallicaDude
from the stazhole on 2009-07-18 07:40 [#02307570]
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2009-07-19 01:02 [#02307712]
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recycle
from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2009-07-19 01:08 [#02307715]
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hmjmm, just flipped through both of those real quick the dudes dont move, didnt smile, nothing good music, good visuals and such
mo: whats your interpretation of the show-attended at.
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2009-07-19 08:14 [#02307753]
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i'd prefer to tell you cheeck to cheeck to be honest
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recycle
from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2009-07-19 08:49 [#02307765]
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please recycle what you just said and make it readable
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glasse
from Harrisburg (United States) on 2009-07-19 09:40 [#02307775]
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i like when they recycle that trans europe express sample overtop some deep bass.
kraftwerk's most important accomplishment was to provide that sample.
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2009-07-24 08:09 [#02309357]
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i'm not in the mood to learn new languages, does this make the job? LAZY_TITLE
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diamondtron
on 2009-07-24 09:01 [#02309369]
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they should have ended around computer world/electric cafe period, what (by them) after that surpassed what went before?
top 10 bands in history imho
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dave_g
from United Kingdom on 2009-07-24 09:20 [#02309378]
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I've just been listening to the "green traffic cone" LP. I think it's their second release and it's musique concrete style rather than electronic. Really good stuff.
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