The first time I saw Kraftwerk was in London at Tribal Gathering, many a years ago- it was such a different experience than in Chicago- which was sold out and PACKED. We sat in the balcony WAAAAY up. No dancing this time, no fresh air...but still worth it. It was the first time for two of the people I was with-so that was an added bonus to the entire experience.
Agreed on the visuals and the Tron suites!!! gotta love those!! It was funny b/c at the Chicago show the two on the right (facing the stage) looked as if they forgot to charge the battery on their ties. Anyone else notice the bald-hair-bald-hair pattern ? Though I must say one of my FAVORITE things about the show was a certain sighting of a cerrrtain list member. Truely a great addition to an amazing trip. d --- Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I saw them in Detroit on Friday. I also hope they > put out a DVD of the > tour--what incredible visuals. We staked out a spot > right in middle and > about 10 feet from the stage at the State Theater. > When the Tour de France > visuals came on it was like you were on a bike in > the Pyrenees--holy sh*t! > > I didn't realize before the show that the vocals on > Radioactivity were: > "Chernobyl, Harrisburg, Sellafield, Hiroshima." I > guess I thought that > Radioactivity came out before Chernobyl but I guess > it must have been in > response. The little intro before Radioactivity was > interesting as > well--bringing the anti-nuke cause up to date. > > I was also struck by the road sign at the end of > autobahn that showed a red > slash through the highway sign--as to say NO to the > autobahn/autoculture. > Maybe I'm reading into it. I hadn't really pegged > them as political before > but I guess the whole fascination with the Tour de > France kinda fits into > the same anti-auto message a bit. Of course the > focus is making really > f*ckin great tunes--as it should be. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:06 PM > To: lisa > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (313) Kraftwerk in Chicago > > > > > > well, Minimum Maximum is supposed to be released > either with a DVD > component (enhanced CD?) or will be a separate > release. > > Radioactivity blew me away (no pun intended). > > MEK > > > > > lisa > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ne.net> > To > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 06/06/05 01:01 PM > cc > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject > Re: (313) > Kraftwerk in Chicago > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone know if they'll be doing a DVD for the > 2004-2005 tour? The stage > show / visuals were really awesome. > > Lisa > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > Holy sh!t - what a show. The Riviera was jam > packed sold out just about > a > > week before the show. Got in the queue and it > started raining. Got in > > just about five ten minutes before they took the > stage. Went upstairs to > > the balcony - no room. Tried the mainfloor - down > front left speaker > > stack. They weren't letting anyone else in. My > wife and I managed to > > squeeze our way through on the second tier, > mainfloor. Found some space > in > > the nick of time. > > > > speechless really - the show was fantastic. Best > in the world. > Listening > > to Minimum Maximum right now on the iPod (had a > leaked copy about a month > > ago). > > The playlist of the show was pretty much the > Minimum Maximum track > listing. > > But the added visuals of the show - holy crap. > > > > It's funny that a friend of mine who was also at > the show (but got down > > closer - every man for themselves!) had the same > thought I did when the > > robots were on stage: > > > > "they get a bigger cheer than the actual band!" > The crowd went nuts when > > the robots were revealed. > > the falling pills on Vitamin got a great reaction > from the crowd ;) > > > > all-in-all I was ready to hop on the plane to go > see them in San > Francisco > > for the next night. > > > > hope they do this again soon. > > > > Detroit next time for us > > > > MEK > > > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > com > > > > To > > 06/03/05 03:45 AM > 313@hyperreal.org > > > > cc > > > > > > Subject > > (313) > Kraftwerk Minimize Maximize > > > (again!!) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > IT'S ON VINYL TOO!!!!! > > > > A beautiful 4 vinyl box set!!! I have it here, it > came this morning!!! > > > > Tracklist looks the same as the double CD!!! > > > > OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
