Re: [Kraftwerk] Gary Numan less robotic/Prince more robotic in 1983
kraftwerk@mailman.xmission.com schrieb am 08.06.02 14:46:18:
Per-Olof Karlsson wrote:
There's no wonder electronic music was much better in the 70s and 80s. The same can be said about most technology things actually.. As long as you have to be smart and work hard to produce the results, some people manage to turn out works of art, but when every pooper can do something in ten minutes, quality is long gone. This holds true for music, and also for computer hardware and software.. Sure, today's stuff is really advanced and can be used for very nice things, but the old stuff is much more intelligent in a way, especially the software.
At least it's a defence for being nostalgic ;)
----------------- I don't know about the software, but yes, the music was more inventive, soulful.
Has anybody noticed the similarity of Gary Numan's "xxxxxxx" http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A1xkmu3egan1k
and Prince's "1999?" http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ahc851vsjzzva
In 1981 "KW-influenced" Numan went in a warmer direction with his music with "Dance;" Two years later Prince went in a more robotic direction with "1999."
Things Prince borrowed from Numan's Dance album:
1. His purple theme throughout the album 2. Computer funk synthesizers sound eerily like Numan's! 3. Window shades effect on Numan's cover looks like the same set designer did Prince's shades on the sleeve covers 4. Little Red Corvette influenced by earlier Numan hit Cars from a previous lp.
5. Prince's background chime effects on "Critics" sounds like many of Numan's Dance tunes, over and over.
Numan definitely influenced Prince, and KW influenced Numan.
amir
amir
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Who influenced Kraftwerk?
VU. Dadaism. Minimal music, esp. early Philip Glass. Early Pink Floyd. Joe Meek. (They don't know it, but I'm sure.) Jazz Rock. Fritz Lang. Can. Jingles and commercials. Russian constructivists, esp. El Lissitzky. Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol. j. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Who influenced Kraftwerk?
For those that missed an earlier post I made... There's a snippet of a radio interview where Ralf mentions some early influences.... it can be found on the page at http://www.keepwerking.co.uk/acoustic.php Keep Werking John www.keepwerking.co.uk
I think later Pink Floyd was influenced by KW - blatantly so in the case of "On The Run" from Dark Side of the Moon, where it sounds like a guy is getting run down by a helicopter then bombed - or maybe the guy wins and somehow blows up the helicopter. But the track Vom Himmel Hoch from Kraftwerk I has similar explosions - including some of the lead-in sound. Another group influenced by both Pink Floyd and KW was The Rockets - a french outfit who painted themselves silver and played up an all-space theme. Anyone remember them - a guilty pleasure? Bix ---------------------------------------------------------- Lord Ruthven wrote:
Who influenced Kraftwerk?
VU. Dadaism. Minimal music, esp. early Philip Glass. Early Pink Floyd. (snip)
At 14.02 08/06/02 -0600, you wrote: Another group influenced by both Pink Floyd and KW was The Rockets - a
french outfit who painted themselves silver and played up an all-space theme. Anyone remember them - a guilty pleasure? Bix
I love the ROCKETS ! ! ! ! ! ! Everybody on this list should know them..... Visit http://digilander.iol.it/rockets/ and enjoy! Didi, Milano
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