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Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider-Esleben dies aged 73
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| May 6, 2020
| AP
Posted on 05/06/2020 11:21:27 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
BERLIN (AP) — Florian Schneider-Esleben, a co-founder of German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, has died, record label Sony said Wednesday. He was 73.
Citing fellow group founder Ralf Huetter, Sony said that Schneider-Esleben had been suffering from cancer, German news agency dpa reported.
Schneider-Esleben and Huetter started working together in 1968. In 1970, they founded the Kling-Klang-Studio in Duesseldorf and launched Kraftwerk.
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Awesome band, so far ahead of their time. Not sure about that list, though, I’d put Neon Lights near the top.
In his 70’s, yikes.
I swear they were kids just yesterday.
To: lee martell
I think the group DEVO was meant as a parody version of Kraftwerk.
No, Devo was a New Wave band with roots in punk. While Kraftwerk was trying to be Andy Warhol and Marshall McLuhan in its futurism (and taking it seriously), Devo was parodying bourgeois pop culture in a different manner, and were pretty much on the edge of being a novelty band. Their early backers were Brian Eno and Iggy Pop. Different branch of the electronica tree.
"Whip It!" doesn't quite catch the zeitgeist of the group. That would come more from "Jocko Homo", "Mongoloid" and "Freedom of Choice". Their music videos were often quite creative, my favorite being "Love Without Anger" which features Barbie happily throwing things at Ken in stop-action before tearing Ken's head off.
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05/06/2020 12:50:35 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: PGR88
I have that record. RIP. fun music.
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posted on
05/06/2020 12:51:38 PM PDT
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CJ Wolf
( #wwg1wga #gin&tonic #Godwins)
To: Dr. Sivana
Big Devo fan here. Whip it is not the song they should be known for.
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posted on
05/06/2020 12:53:23 PM PDT
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CJ Wolf
( #wwg1wga #gin&tonic #Godwins)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Sounds like RAVE music. Yuk!
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posted on
05/06/2020 1:06:48 PM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
(I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
05/06/2020 1:19:21 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Just checked them out on YT. “We Are the Robots”. Very weird, creepy electro-nazis. Like the back up band for “Metropolis” in case the beautiful, original score by Huppertz wasn’t available.
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05/06/2020 1:26:09 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
To: Sirius Lee
To: Berlin_Freeper
“vor uns lieght ein graus band; veisse streifen, gruner rand....”
Been stuck in my head for 45 years, since I was a HS freshman taking German... comes out every now and then (probably incorrectly).
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05/06/2020 1:40:19 PM PDT
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mikeus_maximus
(There's a critical difference in knowing about God, and knowing God.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: CJ Wolf; Dr. Sivana
Big Devo fan here. Whip it is not the song they should be known for. Given the current climate, I think "Freedom of Choice" would be more appropriate...
To: mikeus_maximus
“vor uns lieght ein graus band; veisse streifen, gruner rand....”
Vor uns liegt ein graues Band, weiße Streifen, grüner Rand...
To: Dr. Sivana
Are we not men?
I knew people who knew people who knew them in Akron. With DEvo, Donny Iris, Michael Stanley, and others, Akron/Northern Ohio was just on the verge of becoming like Athens Georgia (B-52s, REM) in regards to US New Wave scene.
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posted on
05/06/2020 1:47:43 PM PDT
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mikeus_maximus
(There's a critical difference in knowing about God, and knowing God.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
05/06/2020 1:49:17 PM PDT
by
mikeus_maximus
(There's a critical difference in knowing about God, and knowing God.)
To: mikeus_maximus
To: Berlin_Freeper
“Pocket Calculator” often pops up in my head.
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posted on
05/06/2020 2:13:06 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
To: newfreep
That's right. Everybody knows that Hawkwind is the world's most influential band.
;-)
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posted on
05/06/2020 2:43:19 PM PDT
by
daltec
To: Berlin_Freeper
Never heard of this person...
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posted on
05/06/2020 2:44:49 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
To: daltec
Thanks for that clarification - all of us Hawkwind fans appreciate it.
btw, WTH is a Hawkwind?
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posted on
05/06/2020 2:46:25 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
To: Bubba Ho-Tep
It’s actually “Wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn.”Or the ever popular Wir fahren gegen engeland. (Thump thump)
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05/06/2020 2:52:37 PM PDT
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Stentor
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