ersatz-noddy wrote:
quoted 8 lines Ok, and let us not forget Eno/Michael Rother/Neu!/Moebius/Roedelius> Ok, and let us not forget Eno/Michael Rother/Neu!/Moebius/Roedelius
> (Cluster), Connie Plank, and other German Prog-gies. I find a lot of
> their material has aged better and holds up a little more strongly
> than Kraftwerk as a pre-cursor, who seem to be--to me anyway--rather
> dreary and overly-pretentious. Anyone who caught their tour/side show
> last year might agree--they are too easy to parody; in fact, they're
> doing it themselves. The Tour De France Soundtracks make me think of
> hampsters running on wheels.
You pick the weakest selection, culled from a time when 1/2 of the band
is gone and ignore some very pertinent history to make that point.
If you're talking about influence, Kraftwerk just can't be denied -
regarless of what you think "holds up".
I was there when all of those artists splashed on the scene and still
listen to them all, but influence takes scope into account. They were
all major forces, but Kraftwerk is the big gun up there, with only Eno
even in that kind of 'running'. Even YMO (and I was/am a rabid J-pop
collector from the late 70s on) cite Kraftwerk as THE influence. There's
a whole web-page out there devoted to a meeting between the bands.
jeff
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