Kraftwerk - USA 1975

[@bebeezra]

For 1975 this was so ahead of its time. This wasn't just the birth of a band it was the birth of an entire genre.

[@ghost500e]

And no-one has really come close since. They are still at the top of the jengre...... Extremely ahead of the time.

[@tapemaster8252]

I was 8-9 years old in 1975, I'll be 52 next Saturday, this is one of my all time favorite bands, long live and prosper Kraftwerk🖖🖖🖖🖖

[@bertvennemann189]

🖖

[@CaelaBartos]

My daughter was born in Germany but her parents are Australian she has been born listening to Kraftwerk and has been asking about them since the age of 3😊❤ to!

[@RED_indiemusic]

I just love that story, they are tuning their synths and the people are going crazy over the sound! It would have been awesome to witness that :)

[@steveaustin6467]

kraftwerk were well ahead of the time. very talented and still sounds fresh today

[@mraaronhd]

I wish I could go back in time and see them.

[@normanperez9096]

I was only 5 years old, thanks to my older brother's I had the chance to know who Kraftwerk is, I then became a huge fan of the group, I'll be 50 soon. R.I.P. Florian Schneider.

[@MultiPetercool]

I spent the summer of ‘75 in Germany living with my aunt. Bought my first Kraftwerk album there.

[@Mrtapp5357]

Saw them 1975 in San Diego. The Strawbs opened. It was a fascinating show, long pauses and all.

[@etc834]

Do you have any recording of the show?

[@DitchBarfelo]

RIP Florian....:(

[@bernardogui3933]

they came from the future.

[@lucasc5622]

i thought they came from germany

[@lethayle3388]

@@lucasc5622 Same thing. Germany invented things americans didn't know were possible.

[@blutuf]

Yes they did

[@wifikraftofficial8645]

They did

[@siys]

I saw the 1975 tour in Tulsa, Oklahoma and met Kraftwerk. They all signed my Autobahn album cover. Wonderful show.

[@nickelodeonstuff1572]

Do you know what date it was? April or May? Did you record it?

[@herbertjansen1808]

😑NÉVER sell... take a picture of it and send it to RALF 😉

[@jvitalis9483]

This guys are so unique as unique can be.... What ever they did and all their ideas where so pioneer so unreal SOOO KRAFTWERK.... IM HAPPY THAT I COULD LIVE IN YOUR AGE

[@kzinful]

I was laughing when Wolfgang was talking about stabilizing the moogs, and the people were floored by the sounds that were emumated, ha that was wonderful! Thank you gentlemen,you were truly innovators of your craft, Andy of OMD will testify on that.

[@marcodia3443]

They are the forefather of techno music...and no one else. I thank you so much 💓 ❤

[@mclarsj]

No. Disco was.

[@mclarsj]

Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and Kraftwerk were something else. Cosmic music. Techno or House is way too commercial.

[@rivotrich7]

Wow! I’m always looking for more videos of their early performances pre 1978.

[@grahammaguire404]

They gave us so much from so very little!!! " Brilliant".

[@davidchristensen6908]

I saw them in 1975. Grand total for 2 tickets was 12 dollars. 4 bucks for gas. Need enough to drive the gal out of the city to a place to make out. It was a home run evening. Was a wonderful time. No I don’t want to return to the 70’s. That was then. I don’t live in the past.

[@Mr11Worcester]

David Christensen love your comment, must have been great though👍

[@yorganyog]

Amazing

[@pablomalaga4676]

I would want to go back to the seventies, music and everything is shit today and this will end in the worse wars in history

[@simon5005]

Primo comment!

[@Audiogeek-kf2ez]

Kraftwerk was a blast to listen to in the 70s. Not really new,but a electronic vartion on best music. No guitars,very little drums,but everything was electronicly produced. No analog insturments as source. Still listen to these guys once in awhile.

[@bluv6]

Kraftwerk's show at Detroit's Eastown Theater on this tour was one of the seminal events in the genesis of what became known as techno.

[@hardcoded]

At around the same time they were coming back to Germany with a LOT of funky beats in their luggage. Not coincidentally, after Afrika Bambaataa's Electronic Epiphany we had Renegades of Funk... That's the beginning of The World as we know it. o.o

[@etc834]

Do you have any recording of the show? or any footage.

[@doyoumind9356]

They were a really good band

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Flur's comment about tuning synthesizers for minutes between songs is dead right. I have a Kraftwerk bootleg from the 1975 US tour, and between Comet Song 2 and Autobahn there is a gap of nothing but silence and random beeps for four or five minutes.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

@Thejimbobs The electronics break down lol

[@pankaburek59]

I think they got rid of this issue by headphones or idk Because knlt florian wore it during 1981 computerworld tour ralf had only microphone a little microphone

[@HHG_BREEDINGGROUND1]

They played at my high school (my big regret not buying a ticket) but my friends and I did go regardless and hung out front of the auditorium. I can remember the intense volume from within - but it was also incredibly clean. Funny to hear Wolfgang talking about blowing out P.A. speakers.

[@nickelodeonstuff1572]

What city and date?

[@andkris05]

It's funny how many americans think they say ''Fun Fun Fun On The Autobahn'' when it's actually ''Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn''

[@Aieaue]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn_(song) The lyrics of the song are in German, the main refrain being "Wir fahren fahren fahren auf der Autobahn" (English: "We drive drive drive on the Autobahn"). The chorus was often mistaken for the English phrase "Fun fun fun on the Autobahn" and thought to be a reference to the 1964 Beach Boys' song "Fun, Fun, Fun". ...

[@dannyboy9963]

we´re cock sucking on the highway all the time pal

[@video2000_TV]

nobody thinks that

[@Jazz-dc6tf]

Und zie had fun fun fun till zie father took der tee-vogel aus

[@NorsePJ]

@@dannyboy9963 whatever turns you on.

[@sigridtimmann849]

Musical minimalism at its best. Kraftwerk were groundbreaking pioneers of electronic music 45 years ago, and they still are today - better than ever and a musical 'gesamtkunstwerk' in each of their live performances. They accompanied my life, and I was with them all the way - built my 1st synthesiser, played their songs, etc. In my view one of the most iconic German bands of all theme; they should be elected to the Hall of Fame. Can anyone initiate this, please ?

[@jasonlefler3456]

Thank you very much for the upload!

[@imno1157]

I saw them in 1974 and just found out half the show was them tuning...Still loves it....

[@pmoris4405]

Just incredibile! My favorite period

[@SpecialSP]

Boston MA 1975. And I still love them!

[@etc834]

Do you have any recording of the show?

[@nickwortmann566]

Groundbreaking brilliance

[@minomsncam]

Florian Schneider, Sie werden immer für die außergewöhnliche Musik in Erinnerung bleiben, die Sie hinterlassen haben, ein Pionier der elektronischen Musik, robotisierter, hochwertiger Pop-Techno. Leider ist er vom 05.06.2020 gegangen. Ruhe in Frieden mit Gott, Jesus, vielen Dank für alles, meine Gefühle gegenüber Familie und Freunden, er war und wird immer als eine großartige Person und professionell angesehen werden!

[@kennethedwards3936]

These guys are great. Granddads of techno.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

Fathers not grandfathers.

[@dontlookspins]

@@fuckamericanidiot who are the grandfathers then? stockhausen?

[@slimedog]

There is something so pure and true about Kraftwerk that I always place them with my favorite music- like Eno, James Brown, Ramones, Iggy Pop- it's poetry because it's art pared down to it's perfection.

[@Christof_Classen]

*YES, Kraftwerk is Soulmusik too ;)*

[@anthonyleighton4754]

digging the kitchen foil drum kit - must be good when you have to make half your own instruments

[@alfiekershaw2946]

wolfgang is the fucking man, 1/4 of the original ravers

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

A Minimoog cuts through everything!

[@lucasc5622]

yeah it does, its a shame it didnt come with a passive high pass lol

[@Cellmate412162]

@@lucasc5622but at least it was still used in the 80’s & 90’s by synthpop & later techno bands. If I recall, The Prodigy did make use of the Minimoog synth.

[@ssunkite1]

Kraftwerk, the grandfathers of electronic music.

[@SuperbonyTheCat]

😿 Florian Schneider ♰ / 2020 - 04 - 21 😿

[@_zanetello_9883]

I miss him 😢

[@JakobFischer60]

Haha, I was 15 and we had a band echo machine in our band too. Incredible. It had a short loop of magnetic band and there was one recording head and 4 audio heads to give back your recordings. To change the echo you could change the speed of the tape.

[@jorgesiqueira7317]

Muitos grupos musicais inspiraram no Kraftwerk como : África Bambaata, Depeche Mode e vários outros. Valeu?

[@patricialambert3110]

I'm not sure who here in America would have been ready for them in 1975, or even 1985! In many places, we still had hippies running around and the "disco thing" really had yet to take off! You drop these guys off somewhere in the middle of Kansas or Oklahoma back in 1975, and people would have thought that musical SPACE ALIENS had landed!

[@Christof_Classen]

*100000% True, Aliens meet America ;)*

[@bobbycouch6481]

Saw this tour at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Educational Building with Pavlov's Dog opening the show! It was Fantastic!!

[@Stormy4ya]

I´m sick of today´s music. Although I saw Rammstein playing in front of three hundred people in Munich in 1996. Guess every dog has it´s day.

[@colewoodard8920]

I had no idea they played in Tulsa

[@SotR59]

So Kraftwerk is responsible for the revolution in power handling speakers??? lol

[@offworldnetwork]

yes, just as they are in the revolution of electronic music

[@christoroppolo8742]

Echoed repeats and guitars and electric pianos! For folk like grooves is magical! Peace 🎶🎶🎶🎶🙏🙏🙏✌🏻✌🏻👽👽🕺🕺🔦🔦🎶❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻🛸🛸Christo

[@spurioustransients]

Wonderful footage!

[@trevorrandom]

There is no argument Kraftwerk are Kraftwerk.

[@sweiland75]

A perfect non sequitur.

[@jean-louispech4921]

are you sure :-p

[@Visualsgo]

No ShIt ShErLoCk

[@JRStephens5005]

Really? I thought they were another band......

[@lucascarioli]

Pioneers.

[@erocrush]

Sweating guitar bands. Love it.

[@patjlinnane]

my mom went to a catholic convent where the nuns used the autobahn lp for P.E. class 🤦‍♂️😄

[@teknofil007]

Fantastic Video!

[@mitchellbaker9434]

You don't compare Kraftwerk to Depeche Mode or Gary Numan. You compare them to Edison or Marconi.

[@haroldellis9721]

I like Depeche Mode, and I love Gary Numan, but yes, well said. I might add Testla.

[@espresso5512]

yes because they are inventors

[@lotharhempel]

Marconi?

[@leojukic9106]

Tesla genius - mind from the future

[@abdcdario8700]

read about walter giers

[@tylerreiske7810]

This is really well put together

[@WF203]

thanks haha :)

Beautiful

[@eiandolo]

The greatest ever.

[@NeilVanceNeilVance]

Wonderful clip ty!

[@markanderson8119]

I always dreamed of piloting the latest baddest Porsche down the autobahn with this song roasting the speakers!!

[@PazuzuStalker]

I was -1 yr by then... and i'm 41 now... that is quite some time for music not being able to evolve from what they did in 75' only morph and transform.. not evolve further.

[@yorganyog]

This is art florishing.

[@linokleinmeuleman5233]

Homemade drum computers by kraftwerk.

[@nakedmambo]

Sweating guitar bands...

[@RuudLang]

Unique footage

[@DungeonStudio]

It's amazing the simple melodies and bass lines Ralf and Florian came up with, and the sounds to go with them. And they come off sounding so BIG and dramatic, and subconsciously meaningful. Even with all the hard and software synths today and amazing sound quality, the music is just so lame, repetitive, and unmemorable. And Rolling Stone Record Guide called Kraftwerks albums "music to watch goldfish sleep by".

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@dk13165]

The best of Kraftwerk is the credits of Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flur.

[@v.a.993]

I agree with you. Kraftwerk is not the same without them.

[@pankaburek59]

I don't want to be mad but wolfgang mostly punch drums he is credited only to play drums Karl bartos created some melodies and helped on song creating But flür still was helping with showing work effect

[@Vingul]

IMO their best record is Ralf & Florian, which didn't have either of those guys on it. Not discounting their contributions but Kraftwerk was great before they joined.

[@steveswan5714]

Brilliant 👍

[@femme-mirage]

Wonderfully ethereal version of Tanzmusik 🖤

[@georgeobrien9748]

Pure genius.

[@marioelms9355]

RIP Florian Schneider

[@foxtrot801]

The pioneers of techno

[@gerardowalas6434]

Never too many people can thank so few people ... this was the beginning

[@TestTubeBabySpy]

Ralf cleaned up so nicely ..

[@hsvfan_x1212]

The GOATs

[@andchat6241]

Thanks for compiling ,edit & uploading...I think I recognise bits from Tomorrow's World BBC programme?

[@BonesJovi]

Басы просто волшебны

[@janipashkvan797]

We blew a lot of speakers. That's great

[@luciofreitas3790]

Eternos.

[@ziltox711]

the 1970 show is the real game changer show!

[@geraldowilsonbarbosalalado1525]

SENSACIONAL !...

[@Christof_Classen]

*Untertreib mal nicht ;)*

[@dariuszmarekmorawski3571]

💓💓💓mark morawsky aus Poland

[@nazcaplain]

That's a LOT of burned out speakers. You know?

[@TestTubeBabySpy]

i bought a moog subsequent 37 a month ago and almost blew mine not knowing....gotta be careful with true analog sound..

[@GNeuman]

Cos those amps didn't got to 11, you know...

[@krollpeter]

It was not a big problem. At that time many stage speakers allowed changing the voice coil.

[@Poqanics]

When he was talking about having to recalibrate the synthesizer every minute after every song really correlates with the stereotypical motions in mannerisms of a DJ that looks like he's doing a lot more than he should be... but now I understand he's just trying to adjust the frequency that's running away

[@hsvfan_x1212]

In 100 years they will talk about Kraftwerk like Mozart, Beethoven, Bach

[@XXplaythegamesXX]

they are the best.

[@GeorgeAlexander3370]

I was 5 years old ...

[@CS-sf1rz]

I was -4

[@crominion6045]

Yep, same here. Born in '70. I didn't discover Kraftwerk until around 1985, but I've been a fan ever since.

[@carlosnavarro2872]

i wasnt even born yet!!! Checkmate!

[@julian-xd6iz]

Knitting needles and ya mums baking tray was all you needed back then.........

[@richardcompton1964]

Can anyone tell me the track towards the end with a vibraphone sound ... I've heard it before but this version so trippy and hypnotic ... Lovely happy vibe ❣️

[@WF203]

That's called Tanzmusik. :)

[@scottlarson1548]

Karl Bartos played his vibraphone on this tour, but never again.

[@Teeb2023]

Occasional duff note aside, that's a really pretty version of Tanzmusik.

[@WF203]

Its from their Concert in Denver 1975, the Bootleg CD is called Concert Classics

[@scottlarson1548]

Bootleg? I bought it on Amazon!

[@WF203]

Its an ilegally released unofficial CD.

[@scottlarson1548]

And no one in the Kraftwerk legal team has informed Amazon?

[@WF203]

You can also buy the first 3 Kraftwerk albums on Amazon and they were never oficially released on CD. I don't know why they don't get taken off...

[@rainbowrainbow-do9zg]

💯💯💯💯

[@franciscoae9375]

I ❤ Techno pop music

[@patel7222]

Pierre Henry, Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre.

[@DonPedro6901]

Always wondered how those drum looked like

[@carlosnavarro2872]

im remastering the robots version video from a clear footage, on it even you can read what these labels say... im going nuts checking every detail!, on the next comment ill put the link to the image, in case yt blocks it...

[@carlosnavarro2872]

Here it is one, i dont know what it says!! prntscr.com/jjg8xp

[@WF203]

Looks like "Marschtrommel"

[@carlosnavarro2872]

Ok, i left aside the proyect, but ill end it on this week, to be uploaded on a new remaster focused channel. Ill tell the channel once is uploaded, i hope all you will love it!

[@carlosnavarro2872]

also bastrommel?

[@Chief-Solarize]

Oh shit , I wish I had a mini-moog

[@Christof_Classen]

*You can buy a cheap Behringer Minimoog-Clone ;)* *Like This:* www.thomann.de/de/behringer_poly_d.htm kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGTHdnSmqdialaM

[@goldkante]

5 minutes, 16 "You know?"

[@weberjose8009]

Os criadores da música eletrônica!!

[@RundFyrkant]

eight, ten or nine, but four different colored neonlights that's not...pretty good isn't it?

[@jurgenhaflinger1188]

Kraftwerk ist Kraftwerk

[@John010567]

Kraftwerk number 1

[@dpalaoro]

Wait, so wolfgang said he had a drum synth instrument, sortly before his self built one? So what was this machine?

[@AndrewJohnClive]

❤️

[@WF203]

wow why does this get so many views??? thanks for all the likes and comments!

[@alexalexin9491]

because KRAFTWERK are a legend. Enough said...

[@briansheridan9975]

Never heard of them till yesterday and I am here cause I wanna learn more about this awesome band. Born in the 70s and was a sheltered child and I missed this as a kid. I feel even now this band is my spirit band.

[@andik8570]

ha ha ha ha how could you compare Kraftwerk with Depeche Mode ???? Your an very Funny Teenager David...? Go do your homework....??? Without Kraftwerk no Depeche Mode.....

[@GSSIMON1]

caberat voltaire

[@espresso5512]

agree

[@jorgemartin5093]

CLARA ROCKMORE KILLS THEM ALL PLAYING THE THEREMIN LIKE AN OLD LADY POSSESED BY SOME EVIL SPIRIT

[@gasolin75]

Don't forget yello, jean michell jarre and mike oldfield

[@gabrielruizdiaz3733]

LOVE KRAFTWERK AN DM.....A LOT

[@R---66---R]

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