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Post by Swamp Gas on Jul 10, 2010 9:07:01 GMT -5
The GodFathers of Electronic Pop Music recently
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Post by KNOWTHIS on Jul 12, 2010 17:35:23 GMT -5
Very clean and polished sounding. Makes me think of a space-aged future. I could tell from how the name was spelled that it was German.
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Post by Swamp Gas on Jul 12, 2010 22:25:17 GMT -5
Kraftwerk started in 1968, and was one of the first electronic groups along with The United States of America, White Noise, and Tonto's Expanding Headband. We saw them back in 1980 in Los Angeles and they are cool live. The crowd was really dancing, and they even interact with the audience. Kraftwerk are revered in Europe and Japan on the level of The Beatles. They are all in their 60s, and all 4 lifelong vegetarians. In fact, most modern music, including Trent and 9 Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, and even Lady Gaga all have their origins with Kraftwerk, much the same as metal has it's origins with Black Sabbath.
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Post by KNOWTHIS on Jul 12, 2010 23:18:20 GMT -5
What I found on Trent.
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Post by Swamp Gas on Jul 13, 2010 23:40:58 GMT -5
Here's a live show from 1981 doing "Pocket Calculator"
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Post by KNOWTHIS on Jul 13, 2010 23:45:34 GMT -5
Are they supposed to be in a spaceship?
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Post by Swamp Gas on Jul 13, 2010 23:52:38 GMT -5
Are they supposed to be in a spaceship? Could be. They have always said they love technology, and that it was to liberate humans and increase our intelligence, and not to be used for power and enslavement. Here's an interesting clip. It is a Russian movie from 1958 "Road To The Stars", with "Space Lab" over it. |
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