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Communication subjects
by Rob Evans 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

Taking Oh Jay's suggestion, the following subjects may be covered by Kraftwerk in a new album about the "Global Network" of modern communication: The Internet E-Mail Mobile Phones (including text messages and other stuff) Pagers (not sure when they were invented??) There is obviously material there, but I am worried about Kraftwerk becoming stereotyped (but since when did they care about what people thought of them?) Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Space ??? nah ... COMmunication !!! yeah !!! *BWG* ;-)))
by Rob Evans 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

Oh Jay wrote: >well ... first of all , i haven't talked about fax machines You mentioned modern communication >, wasn't it u , rob , who suggested for kw to go back even 24 years in >their >own history to start off with a remake of the "space" theme ??? ;-) No, I suggest that they make an album about space, which they find interesting >btw : what do u mean with "the exception of 2 songs" , mate ??? >*pure_curiosity* >maybe "expo 2000" , which is indeed also a song about COMmunication in >general , but then ... what else , which other song ??? *jus'_curious* You are not reading properly, I am saying Kraftwerk have not covered space (except two songs) >anyway ... in today's music history there simply ISN'T somethin' like >"completely uncovered territory" anymore ... & we all ( incl. kw & rob >evans >;-) should know this by now ! Space is completely uncovered by Kraftwerk (except two songs) >sorry , if i've finally destroyed your dreams about "a mere myth" , rob ... >or whoever !!! :-/ You still seem to think I have a false name (bizarre) Rob. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Concept? No need for one actually!!
by Rob Evans 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

John Shilcock wrote: >Man, Nature, Technology = Genetics? Cloning? One can revisit old concepts >and bring recent developments and create new ones. A new "Man Machine" in >this case? If Kraftwerk were to make updates of old albums, I would obviously buy them, but it is surely evidence that they cannot think of anything new Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Space ??? nah ... COMmunication !!! yeah !!! *BWG* ;-)))
by Rob Evans 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

> > So they were interested in space once, but not anymore? > >yep , u've got it now !!! ;-) Obviously you have a deep insight into Kraftwerk's personal interests, what books they read these days, what films they watch etc. etc. Rob. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Videos at www.kraftwerk.com/de
by Gunnar Weß 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

Something has changed at www.kraftwerk.com / www.kraftwerk.de At "VIDEO" the complete video clips of "EXPO2000" and "EXPO REMIX" can be streamed now, both with Mediaplayer and Realplayer. Gunnar _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Space ??? nah ... COMmunication !!! yeah !!! *BWG* ;-)))
by Rob Evans 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

Oh Jay wrote: > > The Autobahn was hardly a new concept, > > neither were trains, radios, machines or computers. > >... but THE_WAY kw portrayed it were indeed somethin' new & interestin' ... >@ least to most of us fans , i suppose !? *sly_grin* ;-) And what are you suggesting here? I am arguing that Kraftwerk take old concepts and put a new slant on it, which is exactly what they could do with space... > > so I am sure they are pretty interested in it! > >nope , i really don't think so !!! So they were interested in space once, but not anymore? Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Space ??? nah ... COMmunication !!! yeah !!! *BWG* ;-)))
by Rob Evans 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

Oh Jay wrote: >yep , COMmunication , the "webwideworld" , the internet , our "global >network" of INFOrmation etc. !!! ;-) >that's somethin' , which is surely on their agenda right now ... believe it >or not !!! *G+* ;-) The ultimate cliche would be for Kraftwerk to make an album about the internet and fax machines, as if they are only interested in re-making an album that they made 21 years ago rather than moving onto completely uncovered territory (with the exception of two songs) Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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www.kraftwerk.com and www.kraftwerk.de
by Luca Dassi 02 Feb '02

02 Feb '02

www.kraftwerk.com seems now to be working just the same as before. www.kraftwerk.de at the moment contains only a cover page - clicking on the antenna gives a "Page not found" error - but... the old .de site is available at http://kraftwerk.ton-art.de/ - the heading says "kraftwerk_neu" but there's nothing *new* in it. Who are these "ton-art" guys anyway? Ciao, Luca

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Space
by Rob Evans 02 Feb '02

02 Feb '02

>Space? A little cliché, don't you think? KW's old titles talked about >newer concepts, things not used much for albums at that time. No, I do not think it is a cliche, otherwise I would not have suggested it. The Autobahn was hardly a new concept, neither were trains, radios, machines or computers. How much do we understand about Space? Kraftwerk have explored it before with two songs, Kometenmelodie and Spacelab, so I am sure they are pretty interested in it! Can you suggest anything better? Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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RE: [Kraftwerk] (OT) The Altogether
by Rob Evans 01 Feb '02

01 Feb '02

>there were a lot of things they could've done to improve that album. Take out Tootled and Illuminate. That would improve the album considerably, and it would still be about 50 minutes long. A word on collaborations: crap. Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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