Reading on a Kraftwerk mailing list, there are some moans about the fact that they don't play anything new. I think people have to accept that it's unlikely that they will ever do anything new now. 2 singles and 1 LP in 20 years is pretty much a sign of a band that aren't in a creative vein! So for now, I suppose we have to accept that seeing them now is just a refinement of their sound, and to see a band showing the blueprints of what was to come. I enjoyed it thoroughly, not least because I'm a fan, but for the fact that it seemed so damned sophisticated. Catching a plane (the eurostar would have been a healthy substitute for T.E.E if it weren't for the fact that it was £280) to see Kraftwerk in Paris is v.european...
----- Original Message ----- From: Odeluga, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 1:56 PM Subject: RE: (313) KraftWerk > Then again, I hope you're right! I once asked Lee "Scratch" Perry how old he > was ... he said he couldn't remember ;o) .... (there is a lie somwhere in > this message.) > > k > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Cyclone Wehner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 1:41 PM > >To: 313 Detroit > >Subject: FW: (313) KraftWerk > > > > > >Age ain't nuthin' - how long did George Clinton play in Sydney on his 60 > >something birthday? Ha! We saw Lee "Scratch" Perry the other night and he's > >what? Who cares! > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ken Odeluga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 1:26 PM > >> To: Toby Frith > >> Subject: RE: (313) KraftWerk > >> > >> > >> Toby describes it well yet that's about 99% away from how devastating it > >> was. > >> > >> Aussies, don't fail to cram every nook and cranny of whichever > >venue they're > >> playing. It's 'once-in-a-life-time a-lifetime' event. They're getting on > >> (agewise) - these could be amongst the last shows that they do. > >> > >> k > >
