R.I.P. Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk

[@candy__.__candy]

Many who doesn't know the German language so well, think that they sing "fun, fun, fun" on the Autobahn track. They sing "wir fahren, fahren, fahren" which means "we drive, drive, drive". Now you know 🙂

[@adrianmadden]

Well I never......🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

Thank you i learned

[@stack_of_records]

Kraftwerk proved that electronics can be warm and human sounding. Man and machine.

[@philbell5774]

If one band has defined contemporary pop music it's Kraftwerk. Their fingerprint is all over the modern musical topography.

[@MrChrisStingray]

I cannot believe how ahead of their time that Kraftwerk was. Every time, I listened to them, they have this timeless quality to their music. I only have their mid 70’s albums but those albums were sick great.

[@jeffmassey4860]

Even adding Fukushima to the song "RADIOAKTIVITY".

[@michealcurrie8272]

Thank you, for all the pleasure you brought to the world. R.I.P. Florian Schneider.

[@claud1961]

When I was 12 I found Ralf und Florian in a Thrifty's music bin. I didn't know what it was but the cover fascinated me. I still love them 46 years later. I am saddened by his passing. A musical great.

[@rewanji]

There's a world pre-Kraftwerk and a world post-Kraftwerk. That's how referential this project is. Great hommage, Dereck.

[@alexandermikhailov2481]

Love Kraftwerk since I was 13. I'm 52 now. RIP Florian. You and Ralf were once compared to John and Paul by NME as being the most innovative musicians ever. I feel the same too... and oh boy you have such a great Kraftwerk record collection!

[@peter-utrblk]

Wir fahrn fahrn fahrn auf der Autobahn. Nice video and impressive Kraftwerk vinyl collection. Best wishes from Düsseldorf.RIP Florian Schneider.

[@gamedad1984]

Love your collection of Kraftwerk. R.I.P. Florian

[@movieedge7370]

I use to Dj electronic and industrial music in college back in the 90’s into 2008 and use to play the hell out of Kraftwerk . 👍🏻

[@williamperez6251]

Thank you for sharing your awesome collection with us of Kraftwerk. R.I.P. Florian

[@duckbrew]

Beautiful little homage to Florian Dereck. Thx for showing your collection!

[@prozacpeople]

Kraftwerk was my first contact with music, i was two years old. I'm forty and i still love this band! Rest in peace Florian!

[@wellenstrom]

Hey Dereck! Great Collection. Greetings from Germany! R.I.P. Florian Schneider.

[@roycarder6179]

Seen them twice live.....In my home city of Liverpool 2 years ago and in Manchester in early 2000, RIP Florian.....you know your music Sir thanks for this Tribute .

[@jeffmassey4860]

Kraftwerk carved out their own niche of electronic music. They will forever be in our hearts. Godspeed,Florian.

[@priesttd]

Thank you for sharing your love for Kraftwerk. The first time i heard of them was on the Movie Breaking. The scene where Turbo was Popping and Locking to Tour De France. I was around 10 years old and thought I was listening to a Electronic Funk Band. The track is so Mesmerizing that as of today I still listen to it. Their Music is so Timeless. R.I.P. Florian Schneider.

[@bighairydel]

its great to see an american who loved music outside US. great influencial band!

[@gorvo31]

RIP Florian. Love that 'Ralf und Florian' too. Very loving tribute here.

[@spherevil]

nice collection DereckVon .. great memories thanks

[@terrypussypower]

I first saw Kraftwerk on their "Computer World" tour, along with my Sony Professional Walkman to bootleg the gig and it turned out great! I played it today the 1st time for ages and it's as great as I remembered. There will never be another Kraftwerk!

[@florianb81]

Having had the honor of seeing Florian perform live in 2004 with Kraftwerk i must say i was shocked to hear of his passing. His legacy will sound on for Centurys to come.

[@CruiseControlOne]

Your audiophonic legacy, as part of Kraftwerk's revolutionary and groundbreaking electronic compositions, will continue to traverse through the Autobahn of present and future generations to come. Thank you. RIP, Mr. Schneider.

[@spiroslalakos9219]

Rip Florian Schneider 🤖, we never forget you. Condolences from Greece 🇬🇷

[@McLarenMercedes]

Unsung pioneers if there ever were any. I only discovered them in the late 90's and was amazed how ahead of time they were with their 70's output.

[@Musik_Arbeiter]

Thank you for sharing your memories of their music and seeing them live! I'm a huge fan of Kraftwerk's music and it's impacted me greatly as an aspiring musician and music lover. They are easily one of the most influential bands ever to all of electronic music, and the world will not be the same with the passing of Florian. RIP Florian Schneider.

[@robertgarscadden]

Thanks for this.I've seen them live twice.1991 and 2004 in Glasgow.

[@chrisgibson5267]

Thanks very much for your tribute and your love of and appreciation of the band is heartwarming.

[@treyjohnson82]

My dad bought The Man Machine in 1978..I got hooked when I was 2

[@JetBlackBerry]

Oh no Florian is gone! I'm glad I got to see them once. It was a great show at the Palladium in Hollywood. Sadness :(

[@conorosullivan3795]

RIP to FLORIAN - An iconic music LEGEND of our times - TREPANIC

[@ichhasseamerika]

Trans Europe Express, one of the reasons I emigrated to Germany in 1994. And never regretted it. R.i.p. Flo.

[@lucidity1353]

RIP to one of the greatest composers of all time.

[@giarcnella66]

“Franz Shubert”, one of the most gorgeous pieces of music every.

[@Bingowings11]

Thanks from Kraftwork.We love you .

[@babygerald4645]

What a wonderful tribute and eulogy, Dereck. Your collection is incredible and your knowledge vast. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Florian's passing. His and Kraftwerk's influence on music as we know it today cannot be overstated.

[@andrewburns5697]

Very sad indeed. I've been a fan since I became aware of them in 1981.

[@billydow9798]

The Pocket Calculator was so popular it also made it the stores in Saskatchewan Canada way back. Still have my picture sleeve. Thanks for the videos.

[@cillyede]

I listened to KRAFTWERK since 1973 and joined many concerts in Germany. Sad but life. Take care Dereck

[@Freddy-Da-Freeloadah]

RIP Florian Schneider. IMHO

[@GamesExposed]

Man you are 100% legit the person to talk about this! Great video and nice collection! R.I.P Florian!

[@davidphillips6543]

It's great to see your passion and energy today Derek. This was a great tribute. Your Passion travels and I can feel how much this music means to you. RIP Florian.

[@louisemartin6820]

Thank you for sharing this was real interesting great collection Rip Florian ❤️

[@Problembeing]

Thank you for sharing your story. I am in AWE of your record collection, sir!

[@2150dalek]

Nice tribute to Florian. You have a heart as well as good taste..

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

It was a very very bad time for me. Kraftwerk for have been so important and very inspiring for me. I adore their very strong and unique discography. The beautiful thing about them is that they're always being themselves making original music that no one every tried achieving the music. I had played a lot of tracks from some of their albums and it still hits my inspirations for me and hits home. To a legend like the rest of the band especially with Michael Rother, Klaus Dinger etc.

[@deannilvalli6579]

I only learned of this through this video. All the greats are dying. Bowie, Cohen, Petty, Prince...... the list gets longer and longer. Thanks for this great video and telling us your personal story and relation to it. It must have been amazing to see them live.

[@mrdefinitely8769]

Thank you for sharing your memories and thoughts. I'm a music head myself but Kraftwerk are one of maybe 3 total bands that stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard them. For me it was Trans Europe Express. I was blown away. Completely.

[@airwatersun]

Well done...a fitting tribute from a true fan. Also RIP Dave Greenfield. These passings have prompted me to call a friend from 40 years ago with whom I reveled in this music. Thank you sir.

[@AndyKing1963]

I have everything they ever did - great up to 1981, that’s their peak for me. Also have most of their worldwide singles as well - including a BBC copy

[@tuulidahlm8930]

Thank u for this. This is an awesome KZbin recommendation.

[@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT]

TX for this Mr. May, you are also a pioneer, to be sure !

[@satori4183]

Haha, 'bottom feeder moments' :D Thanks for sharing your Kraftwerk story! For me as a relative youngster it's cool to see the LPs. RIP Florian, music pioneer and a real Mench

[@_PrimetimePranks]

Florian was such a great talent. Thank you for this video.

[@robertcabuto3284]

Thank you for sharing your memories and record collection. Kraftwerk was great when it comes to record collecting. There were so many variation in artwork and languages issued from many countries. There was always another good find. i had the Ralf and Florian LP which I enjoyed hearing Florians flute playing. RIP Florian Schneider.

[@user-troy76]

Привет из России! Крафтверк лучшая электронная группа ! Слушаю до сих пор с удовольствием.

[@UTRAXHQ]

Such a lovely personal story! Thank you.

[@ZaragonTrimaximalist]

"Klingklang" is my favorite piece of music by Kraftwerk. I profiled it on my channel a few months back. "Pineapple Symphony" is my second favorite. Their third album, Ralf und Florian, is my favorite overall.

[@bloomdidier]

Very sad news of Florian passing Dereck. Kraftwerk were hugely influential and inspired so many artists including Bowie, Depeche Mode, OMD, New Order etc. They have been dubbed by some as 'the electronic Beatles' !

[@solOperator]

RIP Florian Schneider. I grew up listening to Kraftwerk. Sad to think that the originals have come to and end. "Electric Cafe" was the first album that I had ever heard by Kraftwerk and I have to completely disagree that it was their worst album. Even though I never really heard that it was popularly regarded as their worst?! In fact I think it was their best! So memorable and so original. They never made an album that was as engaging in my opinion. "Computer World" was close though.

[@jeshkam]

I agree, I love "Electric Cafe" since I first heard it around 1989.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Hey just to pick up on your mention of how the 'originals' have come to an end. Ralf Hutter is very much alive and active. In fact the last time I saw Kraftwerk Ralf was last to leave the stage and, being near the front, I could see tears in his eyes as he absorbed the huge applause. Good old Ralf. Florian will be a huge loss to Ralf and I wouldn't be surprised if it might trigger some activity in tribute or homage to him.

[@jessemacias2]

I agree, it wasn’t their worst album, in my opinion it was perfect up until Ralf renamed it and added house phone to it

[@jeshkam]

@@jessemacias2 true

[@johnhenningfield4360]

@@jessemacias2 "there was alot of friction in the band and Electric Cafe' itself, the original version of the album was reworked several times cause they were not agreeing on it's concept, but great record nonetheless 👍"

[@MUZAKFORCAGES]

"Tone Float" was just reissued on Vinyl on "Inner Space" in Germany in 2020. You might find that at indie stores or "discogs".

[@dereckvon]

I already got it.

[@djdigital3806]

You have an impressive vinyl record collection. I just converted back to vinyl. Kraftwerk is one of my favorite groups. 🎶 Trans-Europe Express 🥁🎹🔊 🎶

[@SharpblueCreative]

Man after my own heart. Similar tastes. The late 60’s & early 70’s are the best era for electronic. For me it was Tangerine Dream, along with Kraftwerk, Klaus Schulze (Timewind), Jean Michel Jarre (70’s albums up to Magnetic Fields in 81), Spain’s band Neuronium, Neu, Edgar Froese, early Vangelis and many more.

[@mikaellundqvist]

I really love them too, a lot because of the big portals they opened for me to a much bigger musical universe than the very small one I've been fed from Swedish radio and TV in the 60's to 80's when these pioneers did the very most for German culture. I think it was Ralph who was the creative one, mainly, while Florian searched the world for new musical instruments, was on many electronic instruments shows, met Robert Moog, and so on. I think a lot of the robot voices, like in Autobahn, was thanks to Florian. The news about his death made me sad too.

[@lew5142]

That was a great video and tribute Derrick. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for showing us your Kraftwerk records.

[@mindhack5088]

Thanks a lot ! Greetings from Germany!

[@DanKaries]

i am proud to say i saw them live on stage. thanks for your video.

[@crisswolff]

sad and unexpected, RIP ... and amazing collection

[@ErikIversen]

Thank you for sharing your collection and memories. A big loss for me as well.

[@EzaVinylAddict]

Dude! Can't believe you're still making videos. Great stuff. I'm all about Kraftwerk. Pioneers and foundation of my musical journey.

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

R.i.p mr florian schnider. Music non stop

[@logonazo]

Athough my favourite band is NEU!,...Kraftwerk was a very important part of my life and musical, lets say, "education",...very very sad news,...my heart is broken in two,...yesterday i posted some condolences in Michael Rother's facebook (ExKraftwerk/NEU!) saying among other things that in the last years Kraftwerk is more Ralfwerk than Kraftwerk, for me they were like the electronic Beatles, with all the original members (Florian,Ralf,Wolfgang & Karl Bartos) and now is impossible a comeback of the real band,...and Claudia Schneider-Sleben gave me a "like" with a heart form...sorry for my crappy inglish,..Cheers from Barcelona,...

[@archstanton8988]

Thank you Sir for this Upload. I am Subscribing to your Channel for the simple fact of your enthusiasm for Kraftwerk and all things Kling Klang Studios can clearly be seen in this Upload. Kudos to you and your Amazing Collection. Please do more Uploads with playing some of your FAVORITE Selection from such an AWESOME Musical Talent. Thank you again Sir. WELL PLAYED.....................................................

[@coogycoogman3715]

Hugely underestimated on the influence they have had on music. I knew about them but discovered more after finding my favourite band OMD. Checkout OMD's last album, The Punishment Of Luxury. You will hear Kraftwerk's influence on this brilliant album. Thanks for sharing your memories.

[@LovroSabljak]

R.I.P Now that I think about it, Kraftwerk is probably the reason I started doing music.. They really are the best.. :(

[@diamond_marimba]

lovely tribute, what a giant indeed. cheers, alex

[@omegaman2767]

Electronic Cafe is one of my all-time favorite albums, especially Musiq Non Stop!! The entire 1st side is a masterpiece!! I remember when I was a kid in the mid 70's and my older Brother brought home the Man Machine album and I loved We Are The Robots!!

[@dinkc64]

Thanks for sharing your collection and experiences. Very cool

[@eklektikTechno]

Being an African male myself it’s cool to see others into Electronic music on this level. After discovering the guys in Detroit making Techno many years ago definitely knew I wasn’t alone afterwards :) but back on topic Yes! this was a huge loss for the electronic music scene, glad I finally saw them live in 2016 at the Movement Fest not all of the original members but nevertheless got to see them.

[@michaelmeade9111]

I recently bought a resrored Farfisa Professional Piano, mainly because of that sound on Ralf and Florian and the early Roedelius records.

[@planes124]

Love this video love Kraftwerk their music will live on forever

[@Speekers_corner]

Nicely done, Dereck. Thanks for the stories.

[@linusevosonic]

I´m so glad, that i discovered your Channel. Thanx for the great Video.

[@maskmarvin803]

They set the road for electronic music to be known, they were the DIY music makers, they were the first fully electronic band, THEY are MUSIC WORKERS!

[@user-bw8xg8br2n]

Крутой афромэн! R.I.F. Florian...

[@laltromondoyoutubechannel6537]

Great collection 👍🏼🖖

[@Miler97487]

The sad thing about Kraftwerk other than the loss of Florian, of course, is that Ralf Hütter disowns everything Kraftwerk had done before Autobahn. That means all their earliest material will never receive legit reissues. I've often wondered why he should think so negatively of the earliest material. Tangerine Dream never disowned any of their pre-Phaedra releases meaning their first four albums received tons of legit reissues through the years.

[@Wilantonjakov]

Some musicians are so plagued by their perceived "ineptitude" of their early work that they forget that it helped form their more current sound. In Ralf's case I don't know why he feels compelled to bury Kraftwerk's early material, but I suspect it's because he believes it is at odds with the band's famous image and look. Either way, at least for us dedicated music fans it lends us some secrecy.

[@Miler97487]

@@Wilantonjakov And as mentioned earlier Tangerine Dream never disowned their early material even if they realize an album like Zeit would be a gigantic shock to those used to a later release such as, say Underwater Sunlight. No one will mistake Kraftwerk 2 with Trans-Europe Express but as much as Ralf wants to forget that early Kraftwerk past, those albums have been released and are a part of Kraftwerk history as much as Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, Zeit and Atem are to Tangerine Dream.

[@Wilantonjakov]

@@Miler97487 You're preaching to the converted. I didn't disagree with your original statement.

[@johnhenningfield4360]

"Ralf Hutter considered the first four L.P.'s Organisation-Tone Float Kraftwerk 1 Kraftwerk 2 Ralf and Florian as an earlier period-before, but I loved those early works...Kraftwerk had balls ✌

[@5046262]

R.I.P Светлая память! Покойся с миром...

[@michaelwosslert9524]

The world is a lesser place without him. RIP Florian.(I just listned to "Ananas Sinfonie; Wonderful!)

[@cockatoomagnet583]

A true legend will be missed.

[@davidrockello8059]

Thank you so much for the journey back to my youth with my favorite band too!!!

[@castlestreetrecords]

Thanks for that amazing video from germany

[@cesarcardoso2216]

Triste saber da morte dele. Acho que o Ralf deveria gravar um depoimento falando do parceiro de grupo. Já que ele raramente fala em público, pelo menos desta vez. Tudo que o Ralf é hoje, em muito deve ao Florian. RIP Florian. Tenho vários vinis deles tbm. Valeu o vídeo. César. Do Brasil.

[@klassicjam]

Great stories about this amazing, iconic group. Happy that I found your video, and appreciate your dedication.

[@JH-px2hy]

thanks for sharing your thoughts and reflections, they really resonated with my own relationship to Kraftwerk and their music. RIP Florian

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

I just found your channel since I am a Kraftwerk fan and you were in my feed. I just subbed. Look forward to more good content, Love that wall of Vinyl!!

[@derekcoe9633]

My first Kraftwerk album was Computer World, like you it was a musical revelation (also like you I can’t find it 😔)... great video, cheers man 😊👍

[@reggietelly]

“45 years I have loved this band” fantastic. Not quite as long for me but I love Kraftwerk too, very very much

[@inchemwetrust]

Great share of your memories and records on Kraftwerk. RIP Florian!