On Thu, 23 Oct 1997 11:14:17 -0500 "Mark Bowen" <mb@gettins.bche.uic.edu>
writes:
quoted 22 lines Sorry to repost this to the list but I lost the original post.
>Sorry to repost this to the list but I lost the original post.
>
>Anyone wanting to hear Kraftwerk's set at Tribal Gathering can point
>their
>browsers to
>
>http://www.andreas.de/kraftwerk/index.html
>
>The sound quality isn't the best but it gives you the flavor.
>Personally I
>found it kind of dissapointing. I was a big Kraftwerk fan years ago
>and it
>seemed more like a tired rehash. Its not musically bad in some
>absolute sense,
>and at times is really good. Its more like watching people try to
>recapture
>something from the past rather than press on. These were the
>innovators that
>really made modern techno happen (via early hip hop and detroit). Are
>these
>the Rolling Stones of techno or can they recapture it?
>
based on all the commentary on the kraftwerk list regarding their two
recent concerts, the consensus seems to be that they cannot....sad but
true....
tom w
np: matmos - s/t