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
It seems to me though (and I suspect I'm hardly the first person to have said this) that kraftwerk's strongest subject areas have always been things around us and that we interact with, maybe sometimes without being aware of any dimensions beyond their practical everyday roles. Space, while it's awfully gee-whiz, is a bit too far outside the average experience and kraftwerk have always seemingly been better at holding up a mirror to society than saying "hey, look over here!" Mind you, this is coming from a guy who's currently plowing through "This New Ocean" by Bill Burrows so, it's not that I don't find space interesting. : ) So what can we come up with that's better? I dunno... somehow I suspect they don't either? though of course that'd be a big guess on my part. hmm... my cogwheels are turning... -martin oh and incidentally, senor coconut's version of The Man Machine is too fucking cool... At 08:55 PM 2/1/2002 +0000, Rob Evans wrote:
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.
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Rob said "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! So... is Spacelab about a lab in space? Or.... ...is it about the space that can be filled with sound in a lab (like Kling Klang)? *he he* Keep Werking John www.keepwerking.co.uk
John Shilcock wrote:
Rob said "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!
So... is Spacelab about a lab in space? Or....
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/shuttle/spacelab/ Spacelab dived into the ocean about ten years ago. Rick Jansen -- Web: http://www.euronet.nl/~rja/ email: rja@euronet.nl
Rick Jansen wrote:
John Shilcock wrote:
Rob said "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!
So... is Spacelab about a lab in space? Or....
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/shuttle/spacelab/
Spacelab dived into the ocean about ten years ago.
Hum, I seem to be mistaken here, what I descibed is the Skylab, and that fell into the ocean and on parts of Australia, in 1979, while the Spacelab was(is?) a European lab module carried into space by the space shuttle a number of times. Schneider said he read books by Werner von Braun, and that he was inspired by them. Mind, in the 70's the memory of the Apollo missions was rather fresh, and space travel was still very exciting and high tech, and the sky was the limit. These days there's less money for space adventures, so we may never see Barbarella really happen. Werner von Braun, of course, is the father of the V-2, and later the chief scientist behond the US space program. Rick Jansen -- Web: http://www.euronet.nl/~rja/ email: rja@euronet.nl Any spam mail sent to me results in counter measures.
No, I do not think it is a cliche, otherwise I would not have suggested it.
*LOL* ;-))) erm ... sorry rob , but "space" is THE cliche for a pioneerin' band like kw !!! :-/ that's why they'll surely avoid this topic in the future !!! btw : what do u expect then ??? a song about the ISS ... or somethin' hardly groundbreakin' like "robots on mars" ??? *XLG* ;-)))
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* ;-) anyway ... that "space" idea was already portrayed long before kw picked it up by others very efficiently !!! ;-) so WHY should kw go back to were they left this idea in 1978 with "spacelab" , eh ??? :-o i really don't see any reason for them to do this , rob !!! :-/
so I am sure they are pretty interested in it!
nope , i really don't think so !!!
Can you suggest anything better?
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+* ;-) however ... many greetinx , oh ja(y) ;-) *~\^/~*
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