ian t said:
When someone is held in high esteem and has created ground-breaking material in the past, they will inevitably release new material that will be disappointing to other peoples expectations.
Filtre4Pole said: This is not necessarily true: YES if the album isn't a "greatest" one, NO if it is better than expected... (and that's only ascertainable *after* and not *before*... anyway) ;-) OK, If I change my statemnet to "they will ALMOST inevitably release new material that will be
disappointing to other peoples expectations EVENTUALY". maybe we can agree :o)
ian t said:
TDF 2003 the single could have been presented as a completely new song by simply not using the cover art of their previous single and changing the title to something else (Vuelta Espania perhaps).
Filtre4Pole said: Noooooo! (and why not "Deutschland Tour"?) why changing title??? But you can't find better, mate! I wonder if you have any idea of what the epic Tour de France can actually represent... *sigh* Yes I think I do appreciate the wonder of the TDF. Much more than a sporting event, and a subject worthy of an entire KW album. What I was trying to say here is that KW could easily have bowed to pressure to show that they are recording new music, but thankfully they put music and the Tour before marketing. They could easily have been slated for having no new ideas. ian t said:
When KW were part of the Kraut Rock scene (in there own way) many fans would have been disappointed when Autobahn appeared.
Filtre4Pole said: Sure ! :-) *lol* I'm afraid those early fans of pre-historic K' and 'choucroute rock' would have been disappointed for ever (*btw* is it possible they are still fans? hehe...) in fact since Kraftwerk became really Kraftwerk in 1974. Well I am. Have loved them since I bought the Vertigo double album (1972) in 1976 (I haden't heard Autobahn or Radio activity at this stage). Filtre4Pole said:
Then they cleverly chose the silence ...to emphase their own Legend ;-)
Brilliant thought, very interesting! ian t _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband