EagleEye0 Posted December 25, 2005 Report Posted December 25, 2005 hey, ive been trying to get into bands like Can Neu! and Kraftwerk. whats the best album (no compilations) to start with? whose the best of three mentioed above? Thanks
jman14141414 Posted December 25, 2005 Report Posted December 25, 2005 Tour De France Soundtrack-Kraftwerk is a good pretty good place to start with for Kraftwerk, very trippy album.
Uncle Joe Posted December 26, 2005 Report Posted December 26, 2005 It goes great with hot dogs and baked beans.
Tenacious_Peaches Posted December 26, 2005 Report Posted December 26, 2005 And it's delicious on rueben sammiches.
Batman Posted January 1, 2006 Report Posted January 1, 2006 Krautrock is some of the strangest music I've ever heard, and I'm not even sure how much I like it, but here are some albums I think I like in the genre: Kraftwerk - Computer World Kraftwerk - The Man Machine Kraftwerk - Autobahn (if you can find it) Can - Soon over Babaluma (or something like that) Faust - Faust Faust - So Far Haven't heard any Neu!, so I can't help you there
Batman Posted January 1, 2006 Report Posted January 1, 2006 Oh! I almost forgot my favorite Krautrock band, Tangerine Dream! Very trippy and entrancing music. Here are some good albums by them: Atem Phaedra Rubycon
Otokichi Posted January 1, 2006 Report Posted January 1, 2006 Speaking of Tangerine Dream, "Le Parc" has always been on my iTunes library. (I found this at a now-defunct used music CD shop in this small town.)
Batman Posted January 1, 2006 Report Posted January 1, 2006 I was just looking through their discography, and Tangerine Dream is still making albums today. I haven't heard any of their newer ones though. You should check out Tangerine Dream. They require more patience than what is required of any other music I own.
DiggsUK Posted January 3, 2006 Report Posted January 3, 2006 I remember seeing Tangerine Dream many years ago, on tour with a band called Camel. Not the stuff adolescent dreams are made of!!! Regards
Batman Posted January 3, 2006 Report Posted January 3, 2006 Camel is a great band too, but they aren't kraut rock. I'd love to have seen both bands in concert.
Earth-Angel Posted January 3, 2006 Report Posted January 3, 2006 Kraftwerk are great, especially Autobahn!
blind-fitter Posted January 5, 2006 Report Posted January 5, 2006 "fun fun fun on ze autobahn!" BM, it's actually "fahr'n, fahr'n, fahr'n auf der Autobahn" (From the German verb "fahren" meaning "to travel"). Sorry: not only am I an opinionated smart-arse, but a cunning linguist as well....
DiggsUK Posted January 5, 2006 Report Posted January 5, 2006 Mr Fitter, does that mean you can speak three languages with a woman sat on your face? Regards
blind-fitter Posted January 5, 2006 Report Posted January 5, 2006 Mr Fitter, does that mean you can speak three languages with a woman sat on your face? Regards Ooh, Mr Diggs, you're so saucy! It's not a trick I've tried hitherto, but I'll happily give it a go. Will report back.
NewYorkMets9 Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 Mr Fitter, does that mean you can speak three languages with a woman sat on your face? Regards Brilliant.
blind-fitter Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 Ooh, Mr Diggs, you're so saucy! It's not a trick I've tried hitherto, but I'll happily give it a go. Will report back. Not a great success, I'm afraid. For starters, all the languages I tried sounded the same: muffled. Then when I blurted out "Bitte, wie komme ich am besten zur Strassenbahnhaltestelle?" it "killed the moment" (apparently) Tch! German: not the language of romance. I won't be trying it again.
DiggsUK Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 I would imagine blurting out any sentence in German whilst recumbant beneath Mrs Fitter would kill the moment - unless she is a Wagnerian in which case she may start calling for your horned helmet... Oddly, reminds me of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Are you perchance related to Elmer Phudd? Regards
blind-fitter Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 Oddly, reminds me of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Are you perchance related to Elmer Phudd? Not to my knowledge. Now if you'd suggested Yosemite Sam....
johnnyguitar Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 Where does Nina Hagen 'sit' in this debate?
DiggsUK Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 Any place she wants judging by the scary photo on the cover of my copy of White Punks On Dope! Now, if Mr Fitter chose to woo her by gargling German whilst dining on furry pumpernickle he would get my vote as a very brave man.... Regards
Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 I would imagine blurting out any sentence in German whilst recumbant beneath Mrs Fitter would kill the moment - unless she is a Wagnerian in which case she may start calling for your horned helmet... That is quite possibly the most odd, most unlikely and most wonderful sentence I have ever read in my whole life. I adore Diggs and bow to his subtle genius.
blind-fitter Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 (Of Nina Hagen, and where she might 'sit' in the Krautrock debate...) Any place she wants judging by the scary photo on the cover of my copy of White Punks On Dope! Now, if Mr Fitter chose to woo her by gargling German whilst dining on furry pumpernickle he would get my vote as a very brave man....Regards Now that is quite possibly the most odd, most unlikely and most wonderful sentence I have read this week. Diggs , I too bow to your genius. As regards my horned helmet...Hmmm .. I haven't had that out for a while... You mention Wagner...so that probably counts as "KrautRock". Hooray! We're still with the thread! Was he responsible for "The Ride of The Valkyries"?? That being the case, Mrs Fitter (quite a formidable woman herself) might yet succumb to my mastery of the German tongue. Re Nina Hagen: I used to have an album of hers (and a T-shirt, and a badge...) German: yes , Rock: after a fashion...but I don't think she counts as "KrautRock". I'd be interested to know what she's doing (and looks like) nowadays... When is somebody going to tell me something about NEU! and CAN, the two Krautrock outfits I'm vaguely interested in? I have a 12" (ooer, missus, don't titter) featuring Holger Czukay & Jaki Liebezeit (of CAN) in collaboration with all-round bass-genius Jah Wobble (formerly of PIL). These tracks are pretty good, but I 've still not heard their work with CAN. So what do I need to know?
johnnyguitar Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 (edited) Well, I had 'Unlimited Edition' from 1976 but I think I lent it to one of my brothers...anyway, I haven't listened to it for nearly 30 years...I can only remember one track as being a 'standout' and that was called 'Mother Upduff'. It had a spoken lyric and a storyline worthy of the redoubtable Diggsy himself...as I recollect it involved a family holiday on which Granny dies so they wrap her in a carpet and put her on the roofrack of the car from which she is promptly stolen whilst they continue their holiday...those crazy Krauts eh? The rest was meandering bleeps and shrieks and tin bashing...pretty dire really. Now, Amon Duul 11 ...there was a good Kraut band. 'Live in London' (which I have) is now worth a bloody fortune....well, 15 squid at least . JMHO Edited January 7, 2006 by Guest
The Seeker Posted January 12, 2006 Report Posted January 12, 2006 (edited) Re Nina Hagen: I used to have an album of hers (and a T-shirt, and a badge...) German: yes , Rock: after a fashion...but I don't think she counts as "KrautRock". I'd be interested to know what she's doing (and looks like) nowadays... She hasn't changed one bit, she's still one big joke. Edited January 12, 2006 by Guest
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