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fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

topic posted Sat, November 1, 2003 - 10:16 PM by  Will
I'd have to say my favorite Song is Man machine
it's also the title of that LP/CD and is so
pristine, electronic, ordered and perfect -
like one of those minimalist German sculptures.
I love the Vo-Coder/voice synthesis , it was
at least a 16 channel/band unit customized
with patch points similar to the Moog 16
channel job of the day as far as I know.
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  • Star-D
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    Re: fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

    Thu, November 20, 2003 - 5:35 PM
    My favorite song is "The Hall of Mirrors" from the Trans Europe Express album. Honorable mention goes to "The Telephone Call" from Electric Cafe.

    My favorite album overall is "Computer World".
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    • Will
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      Re: fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

      Thu, December 4, 2003 - 10:45 PM
      the new Expo 2000 CD is pretty Sweet , "ElektroCardiogram"
      is VERY Kraftwerk intense indeed #9 song on the CD I think.
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        Fri, December 5, 2003 - 5:15 AM
        i'm assuming you're referring to the 'tour de france' soundtracks... as 'expo 2000' was pretty boring.

        although, speaking of the expo disc, i did find a really nice version of it packaged in a huge fold-out sort of brochure from germany. at least the packaging was better than the music.

        i guess 'expo' would've worked well as a soundtrack to an exhibit or something but, taken out of context, i was rather disappointed.
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        • Will
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          Re: fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

          Tue, December 23, 2003 - 9:17 AM
          I still don't get why they re-did so many damm songs instead
          of doing more new ones ! Possibly side projects each member
          was also doing - I know Karl or Wolfgang works with the
          guys from Mouse on Mars and so .....I digress.
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    Re: fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

    Tue, December 30, 2003 - 4:05 PM
    that one that goes whirr-chk a whirr-chk a whirr-chk doo de doo a doo de doo.



    or the boop de de boop de de boop chnk chnk. that one is really good.
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    Re: fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

    Tue, December 30, 2003 - 4:06 PM
    I will never forget how I became excited the first time I ever heard AutoBahn...back then there WAS no electronica genre in music (aside from Morton Subotnik, Dick Hyman and maybe some of the early synth pioneers like Keith Emerson, Edgar Winter, Pete Townsend, Rick Wakeman, Jan Hammer, and of course Klaus Shultz and T.D.)

    so even though they got better over the years...my favorite is the original vinyl LP (german 1/2 speed master) version of Autobahn!
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    Fri, July 23, 2004 - 12:20 PM
    I've been really warming up to the Tour de France Soundtracks lately. Vitamin, Aero Dynamik, and La Forme strike an intense chord in me. Also, I found the third movement of Tour de France '03 to be incredibly mind bending...

    And I agree that the vocoder and voice synthesis on "Man-Machine" are brilliant.
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    Re: fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

    Mon, July 26, 2004 - 9:48 PM
    So my response... If I had to pick one song in this world that changed my life it would be 'The Model.' I still remember the first time I heard it all those years ago, before I even knew who Kraftwerk was. It opened me up to a whole new type of music and the majority of what I listen to now is Kraftwerk inspired. So had I never heard 'The Model" I may be a totally different person.
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    Mon, January 31, 2005 - 11:56 PM
    How can you pick only one fav Kraftwerk song.

    It's like picking a favorite sexual position. Its all good and will make you reach orgasm.
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    Re: fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

    Tue, June 7, 2005 - 1:04 AM
    "Haus Phone" from the b-side of the 12inch "The Telephone Call" EP. I love the sweeping sounds and the extremes of high and low tones that just wasn't in the album version.

    "Neonlicht" is a close second.
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  • Chris
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    WITHOUT a doubt...

    Thu, June 15, 2006 - 6:08 AM
    It's NUMBERS

    heard it when I was 11 years old at a skating rink and freaked out (in a good way). That song was like CRACK in my body...
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  • fred
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    Re: fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

    Tue, November 6, 2007 - 9:11 PM
    Toss up between Vitamin and Dentaku. (Where do you guys fin the music??? Half of this stuff I've never heard of!!)
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    • Dermot
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      Re: fave Kraftwerk song und U ?

      Tue, December 11, 2007 - 1:51 AM
      My favourite all time Kraftwerk songs are:

      Tour De France
      Techno Pop
      Pocket Calculator
      Europe Endless
      Ananas Symfonie.
      Computerworld 1 and 2

      Not necessarily in that order. You will also note that these songs have a very catchy melody line. Which is really what got me into them. These melodies are all from the genius of Hutter. Their Label Manager in France, Maxime Schmitt once said that he was sometimes in Hutters flat where he had a piano. There he heard many melodies that Hutter had composed but had never put them into songs. He said that Hutters explanation for this was that some are "for release and some are for me". Schmitt went on to state that some of those unreleased melodies pursued him in his head for years and many would have been absolute classics. So there are many, many other melodies that we will never hear. A shame!!
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