January 2002 - Kraftwerk - mailman.xmission.com

Kraftwerk Kameo
by omegaChance 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

Much Music USA recently had a cartoon-eque cameo of Kraftwerk. It was featured on their special entitled, "Big Suck!". They made fun of music artists and other US celebrities. They were making fun of David Hasselhoff, and then mentioned Germany. They had a German Grammy Awards, where Hasselhof beat Kraftwerk who were sporting cartoon-drawn red/black attire with cutout heads of the TEE cover. I find it funny, how much I see Kraftwerk on US TV, but most people don't know them still... Signed, omegaChance __________________________________ MAIL: omegachance(a)operamail.com AIM: omegaChance ICQ: 96951338

1 0

Audio links
by richard marston 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

A couple of brief audio clips here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/ram/pkraftwerk.ram http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/media/g2/djs/lamacq/obsession_alan_mcgee.ram (KW reference at 2.12) "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks." _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

1 0

Re: [Kraftwerk] German versions
by Rob Evans 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

Mr Shilcock wrote: >Hearing the German versions is completely different to hearing the English >versions Hardly. That is just a matter of opinion, but hearing two versions of the same song is a rather pointless exercise in my view when the only difference is the language that they are sung in. If you have heard them... surely you must admit that they 'feel' >different? If you can't then..... oh well..... never mind. I will not admit that they feel different because I do not think that they do! Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

5 4

Re: [Kraftwerk] German versions
by Rob Evans 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

>For instance, upon >listening comparatively to both "Computer World" and >"Computerwelt" (the songs, not the albums), you will >find that the latter contains a much more prevalent >gate reverb effect applied to Ralf's vocal track than >that of the former. Don't get me wrong, one of the major reasons that I listen to Kraftwerk is their use of technology in multiple forms. I have read many times that Kraftwerk make albums simply to make use of advances in technology Rob. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

1 0

Re: [Kraftwerk] Polish language versions
by Rob Evans 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

> >> By the way, what about all those rumors about a Polish version of some >of > > their songs? Any truth to that? << > > This is truth. If I could listen to Kraftwerk in Polish, then I might change my mind and invest some cash, because that would be really cool! I have to admit they really think about everyone don't they? Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

1 0

Re: [Kraftwerk] Polish language versions
by Tomasz Kirmuć 26 Jan '02

26 Jan '02

>> By the way, what about all those rumors about a Polish version of some of > their songs? Any truth to that? << This is truth. On the Polish leg of Computer World tour they sung Pocket Calculator in Polish (well - broken Polish) and there were also several Polish cities included in Autobahn (which is quite fun, because there are almost none "autobahn" in Poland ;-). I have it on tape, but the quality is very poor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Zanim zaczniesz swoj dzien... >>> http://dziendobry.interia.pl/

1 0

RE: [Kraftwerk] German versions
by Rob Evans 26 Jan '02

26 Jan '02

>However, I like german language, german pronunciation very much and I think >the german language is perfect for KW's mechanical music. >Wir sind die Roboter better follow the song beat than We are the Robots. I am in love with Germany full stop Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

1 0

Re: [Kraftwerk] German versions
by Rob Evans 26 Jan '02

26 Jan '02

>>So I guess any real KW fan should also get the german albums. I consider myself a real fan but I "only" have the English language albums. I simply will not waste money on buying albums that I have already. Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

9 9

Re: [Kraftwerk] Madonna remix with a Kraftwerk influence.. but not too much of an Influence!!
by Rob Evans 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

>About Ralf and his singing.. I think Ralf's voice is perfect for the music. It is secondary to the music and feels like it is in the background, it is in harmony with the machine driven rhythms and synthesiser tapestries that Kraftwerk weave Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

1 0

Re: [Kraftwerk] German versions
by Rob Evans 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

>So I guess any real KW fan should also get the german albums. No, only if you are a rich Kraftwerk fan, or mad, or both. Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

3 2