Florian Schneider RIP

[wpj]

Yet another musical icon is lost
Hugely influential

[Captain Trips]

Yet another musical icon is lost
Hugely influential

Just posted on dugout, one of the all time greats.

[wpj]

Just posted on dugout, one of the all time greats.

Posted simultaneously 👍

[Smartie]

Funnily enough I’ve only got into Kraftwerk during this lockdown. A friend of mine put lyrics on Facebook that I didn’t understand. I looked them up and it sent me off on a detour that hasn’t stopped since.

[ekhibee]

Ah yes, Schneider left Kraftwerk a few years ago but was still a really important influence on the band along with Ralf Hutter. An extremely reclusive and eccentric band, but one of the most innovative, and well ahead of their time. Here's a wiki entry that probably sums them up:

Chris Martin of Coldplay recalled in a 2007 article in Q magazine the process of requesting permission to use the melody from the track "Computer Love" on "Talk" from the album X&Y. He sent a letter through the lawyers of the respective parties and several weeks later received an envelope containing a handwritten reply that simply said "yes".

Another notable example of this eccentric behavior was reported to Johnny Marr of the Smiths by Karl Bartos, who explained that anyone trying to contact the band for collaboration would be told the studio telephone did not have a ringer, since while recording, the band did not like to hear any kind of noise pollution. Instead, callers were instructed to phone the studio precisely at a certain time, whereupon the phone would be answered by Ralf Hütter, despite never hearing the phone ring.

R.I.P Florian Schneider

[lapsedhibee]

Another notable example of this eccentric behavior was reported to Johnny Marr of the Smiths by Karl Bartos, who explained that anyone trying to contact the band for collaboration would be told the studio telephone did not have a ringer, since while recording, the band did not like to hear any kind of noise pollution. Instead, callers were instructed to phone the studio precisely at a certain time, whereupon the phone would be answered by Ralf Hütter, despite never hearing the phone ring.

Nice story, but being German they would have had a visual flasher on the phone. More efficient, when the time came.

[patch1875]

6music playing Trans Europe Express in full at Midday.

[wpj]

6music playing Trans Europe Express in full at Midday.

Dug out my vinyl version earlier. I am only playing vinyl at the moment, been an interesting week. I have over a thousand CDs and that will be for next week. In a month I will start the MP3 marathon. Interesting to go through my music properly

Ok, maybe not a thousand but way more than I need

[Geo_1875]

Sad news. I remember when Kraftwerk played guitars.