le 16/08/2003 21:44, ian tyson à i_tyson@hotmail.com a écrit :
When KW were part of the Kraut Rock scene (in there own way) many fans would have been disappointed when Autobahn appeared.
Sure ! :-) *lol* I'm afraid those early fans of pre-historic K' and 'choucroute rock' would have been disappointed for ever (*btw* is it possible they are still fans? hehe...) in fact since Kraftwerk became really Kraftwerk in 1974.
When someone is held in high esteem and has created ground-breaking material in the past, they will inevitably release new material that will be disappointing to other peoples expectations.
This is not necessarily true: YES if the album isn't a "greatest" one, NO if it is better than expected... (and that's only ascertainable *after* and not *before*... anyway) ;-)
This no doubt has been a major factor in KWs long silence.
For great pioneers wearing the yellow jersey since the mid 70's like K' who have already all achieved, the challenge is "(besibe bike riding) what to do now?" Then they cleverly chose the silence ...to emphase their own Legend ;-)
TDF 2003 the single could have been presented as a completely new song by simply not using the cover art of their previous single and changing the title to something else (Vuelta Espania perhaps).
Noooooo! (and why not "Deutschland Tour"?) why changing title??? But you can't find better, mate! I wonder if you have any idea of what the epic Tour de France can actually represent... *sigh*
and Wolgangs Time Pie is fine
*grr* certainly not!! Flur's Time Pie is *§à!ù`$=®¶«¡Çø]Ø»¹´&@* (censored comment) *hehe* >:-))
I am delighted that KW chose not to release albums for the sake of it, but rather waited until they had something as good and original as their previous albums
...*almost* as good, but I agree :-)
(...) it has harsh minimalism and humour (Pocket Calculator and Elektro Kardiogramm)
and for me the *frenchielyrics* Aero Dynamik/Titanium and La Forme can even sound more 'humorous' than Elektro Kardiogramm, you know *hehehe*
They are still innovative and uncompromising in their music, and that is a very rare quality.
Yep !! and that's why this *relatively disappointing* TdF_S is definitely a GOOD enjoyable album. :-)
When KW released Autobahn, TEE and Man Machine it truly was a new sound that identified an era.
a timeless era.
Maybe it wont be so long for the next album.
Perhaps... Last year Maxime Schmitt told that 2 hours of new material were ready to be released. We have got 1 hour on TdF_S... So why not the other one *soon* on the next album ?? ;-) Maybe, perhaps, _ /o o\ Filtre4Pole \ ~ / I I - -