It's More Fun to Compute - Kraftwerk - New York Breakers

Last year in New York, I was filming a music video for The Hair Kid, and needed some pop and lockers. I met Ze and he took us to meet his friends. The video is out, it includes footage of occupy movement protesters being arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge moments after filming Ze knock out headspins on the wooden boardwalk!
This is a seperate cut together mash up of what those guys were doing, to one of the tunes they use to break to... These guys are so talented its unreal...
Big thanks to Ze and the crew

[@dcaseng]

I love how music transcends all cultures. This is German music being used in NYC hip hop. I remember growing up in the late 70s hearing Trans Europe Express at block parties.

[@archerpiperii2690]

It is strange to imagine the pairing of German techno music from the 1970's and Break Dancing in the 2000's. But like you said, music transcends, it is a gift that can bring people together in peace. Phoenix, AZ

[@cabre4]

Break dance and Kraft... a real Kraftwerk....

[@darrenjohnson7857]

Peanut butter &Jelly

[@deeazz777]

Being from South Bronx and raised in Puerto Rico exposed me to learn how to breakdance back in 1984; I could hold my own...back then. I'd break my right hip now if I tried it (hahaha!) These breakers, however, have taken it to a whole new and evolved level!!! Breakdancing is being considered as an Olympic event within this decade. I believe that it will be an amazing event to watch.

[@abbasroham4319]

Breakdance the style of presentation reached its peak in early 1980s and became subject of many movies of the era, but with amalgamation of Kraftwerk hit number this performance has become extraordinary.

[@andrereloaded1425]

This is immense. I'm 46 from Scotland but all the breakin in the 80s was all over this place. These guys are bringing me a lot of joy.

[@safetycatch]

Same here. I am 44 from Scotland too! But love NYC and these guys were the real deal.

[@andrereloaded1425]

​@@safetycatch Nice. I'll be honest I was shite at backspins. I was better on my feet - or so I thought. Have to listen to some Ollie and Jerry now.. ain't no stoppin' us..

[@safetycatch]

@@andrereloaded1425 funny I have the perfect pointy spine for back spins but found them so painful! Never stuck with it. Loving the Ollie and Jerry flashback. Don’t spose you knew Frosty and Flashback in Edinburgh back at the Bongo club circa 97-99? Look up The Hair Kid - Android Pop - for the video I was sposed to shoot in a day, it took a day and a half. Concept was he couldn’t dance so to find a dancer. I found ZE Silvan and he took me to meet and film with his friends. Real OG NYC dancers. But that film has him doing headspins on Brooklyn Bridge just as 700 occupy Wall Street crew stormed it and got arrested. So that ended up in the video too. Hehe

[@safetycatch]

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[@andrereloaded1425]

​@@safetycatch Bangin vid. A mad time to shoot it as well. You're not in it are ya? Really loved the tune through my bassy system and the breakin and poppin was class. An old friend Joe worked at the Bongo Club at that time but I never frequented. I got into raving from 1990 to 1994, mostly Pure at the Venue, and the rest of the 90s I was just getting my head back.

[@jamesrogers4898]

FIRST OF ALL GOD BLESS EACH OF THESE INCREDIBLE SOULS!!! ❤️🔥🙏 They are real, raw and true to themselves, just powerful what more can be said. This is how I remember it back in the day, just awesome. Much love and respect JIMMY HOUSE!!!

[@TB71294]

Kraftwerk may have just invented dance music. Grand master flash were also a huge influence.

[@steevs7912]

I dont care, the dude that swallow the cigarette is cool. Theyre all cool with their dances and finger stuff but that's really neat. I've never understood how people can do that. This man dances and does it

[@HitsFromThePast]

In Richmond, Ca, we been dancing like that since the 1970s

[@airfixx_8952]

Imagine if you showed this video to the lads in Dusseldorf back in the early 70's.

[@epicsseven7686]

During the early 80's, they were aware of this. Kraftwerk became very popular during the early hip hop years. My brother was a dancer during the early 80's when this album came out.

[@AEMoreira81]

Back then, they may not have known it, but starting with Trans-Europe Express, their songs had major R&B crossover.

[@JIMMYAVENTURE]

Great!! ..Real Breakers!! All respects!!

[@tomaswallmur7616]

Love it. A worthy tribute to the second most influential band in modern music.

[@darrenjohnson7857]

Who is the first /the Beatles are pop music

[@tomaswallmur7616]

@@darrenjohnson7857 - I would hold Beatles as more influential as Kraftwerk, But then I think its Fair to claim Bob Dylan has been more influential than Beatles, But he wasnt a band so…

[@archerpiperii2690]

It is a shame that Kraftwerke does not get the recognition they deserve.

[@hexerey]

The first being?

[@davideseadjara1170]

@@archerpiperii2690of course they do

[@iainqblank]

I don't have many things on my bucket list but going to watch subway breakers in NYC is definitely on there

[@KrtekFilm]

This made me want to visit new york.

[@michaeltruthson6262]

DAMN these cats are fire. cigarette man as my little niece calls him is killa

[@lhrider1312]

This is one of the sickest sequences in the whole world

[@alex_harnar_618]

There Were 6 Samples in the song: Fergalicious’ by Fergie (feat. Will.I.Am) (2006) --------------------------- 1. ‘Supersonic’ - J.J Fad (1987) - (Which is the main melody of how the song flows through each verse and chorus.) ---------------------------- 2. ‘Give It All You Got (Doggy Style)’ - Afro-Rican’ (1987) - (Which are the vocals saying the lines: ‘Four, Tres, Two, Uno’ in the beginning & towards the end of the song.) (Also, the sound effects of the silverware clicking on glasses are sampled from this track too) ---------------------------- 3. ‘Night Train’ - James Brown (1962) - (Which is the bass guitar riff used during the bridge of the song.) --------------------------- 4. ‘The Rat Patrol Theme Song’ - Dominic Frontiere (1966) (Which is the violin 🎻 sound/riff used each chorus) -------------------------- 5. ‘It’s More Fun To Compute’ - Kraftwerk (1981) - (Which is the electronic keyboard sound used each time Will.I.Am does his spelling/freestyle saying the lines: (‘T to the A to the S T Y, girl, you tasty, T to the A to the S T E Y, girl, you tasty’) (‘D to the E to the L I C I O U S; D to the E to the’) ---------------------------- 6. ‘I’m A Greedy Man’ - James Brown (1972) (This one is a little hard to catch, but it is the vocal sample saying: ‘Pick up on this!’ right after the Kaftwerk sample comes into play.) ----------------------------

[@safetycatch]

Excellent info thanks!!

[@TheBadguy42]

That was DOPE.

[@haroldaranda7532]

German legacy tekno-synth + urban black youth kulture = synthesis

[@epicsseven7686]

That actually started with Disco. Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer bring the European Disco tech to the Urban disco scene.

They said it right 40 years ago: its more fun to compute!

[@fergarcia6098]

I came here for the music but....*DAMN* those abs, i wish i was that riped

[@hilarykane6016]

Brilliant.... 🎉🎉🎉

[@underworldvisionlbg]

Love and Support from upstairs/next door, this video needs to go global

[@robinsoneric777]

Excellent video thanks

[@lhrider1312]

Top notch

[@shaneb.2464]

I fuckin lost it when this guy did the gyrating fingers! 3:16

[@Madbandit77]

That look like something from the first two American Ninja films. 😎

[@amintoredannibale8734]

Very best Kraftwerk!!!🎹

[@floatmasterjohn]

Thank You

[@alboogie74al]

PEACEFUL TIME'S!✌🏾& 💜

[@illinoisbear]

New York and Chicago had it poppin!!!

[@SofiaDepppp]

great video! thank you

[@gerald7148]

I could beat every last one of those dudes.....in 1987.

[@safetycatch]

Haha ;)

[@delanodelano2030]

Man what dam crew was this

[@markangelo4083]

Kids did that to this song. I was there.

[@safetycatch]

Yes they did!

[@ЛевВечканов-е7ч]

Кто бы мог подумать, что неомузыка молодых ребят родит новый танец брейк! Во веки веков по всему миру!

[@TheLazerus]

mein neues lieblingsvideo auf youtube

[@TheDavid2222]

This is proof of the truth of the Hegelian Dialectic!!

[@victorevanssr.5034]

Beats the hell out of drive buy's

[@bikemaurice1953]

I like these artists moves more so than the breakdancer/poppers in the last 12 years. Kraftwerk ausgeseitnicht o_o ^_^

[@sciencelabvideosl7558]

Is it safe to say that people danced to this here in the USA in the late 80s even though the music was created earlier? Or am I wrong?

[@rickmcarthur67]

Break Dancing was gigantic worldwide for sure, but what pre-dated it though that I can't B the only 1 who'd love 2 C videos of on here would be the thousands of tunes that Roller Discos played that people created dance routines for? Perhaps it might recreate the desire for the hundreds of fans of this wonderful skill to come back into fashion & at the same time fill up the millions of empty business property spaces worldwide with fresh jobs in new roller rinks?

[@neldcammock5123]

So much better with kraftwerk .

[@victorevanssr.5034]

I know I have that warm up suit

[@robertoalmeidadossantos9778]

New York Breakers The Best!

[@Hypercubeaudio]

Fabulous 👽

[@Brotherman7]

G.O.A.T.

[@inMotionOutdoors]

A fucking mazing!!!

[@justinkline1294]

Did you see dude holding the lit cigarette in his mouth?

[@mauriciosebastianrasio3494]

Que genios estos kraftwerk

[@robertoalmeidadossantos9778]

Muito bom ouvir Kraftwerk verdadeiro som de dança robótica.

[@meewannabe2525]

#CAN'T BE TAUGHT!!! LITERALLY LEVITATED/ LEFT PLANET 🌍!!!

[@JRADisDPK]

Big boogie killed this shit .

[@josemanueltorres7973]

El canto y baile de los robots es kraftwerk a futuro

[@airfixx_8952]

Rest easy, lieber roboter.

[@BLACKRAIN390]

👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯

[@av733]

01:29 Does he swallow that lit cigarette? Surely that can't be healthy.

[@darrenjohnson7857]

Don't ask 😅

[@neldcammock5123]

Was wondering something is Kraftwerk music playing in the subway or where it is or is it added on a later day ?

[@safetycatch]

It was what they were playing, but the video was shot in an hour of dancing. During that time they played it a few times. It was clearly a favourite. Which is why I made this tribute to them using it.

[@neldcammock5123]

@@safetycatch ok thx for the info , love the danceing but also Kraftwerk 💕

[@napoleonjackson2787]

I know a dude called Land shark that can break the floor

[@darrenjohnson7857]

What happened to the 🚬 ?

[@keiththomas111]

I seen flava flav he got another german connection

[@boyinthemirror]

he has a glowing cig in his mouth??

[@tjiiik]

Only the real ones would do that. And he's one.

[@BarbieChaite]

that's music !

[@abx6539]

Music is +A Dancing is a C

[@safetycatch]

Comment is a D-

[@vaso123]

Ive bet they are dancning something detroit techno and not krafrwerk

[@safetycatch]

Actually I didn't recognise the tune and was shooting something else with their help. I liked their dancing so much and had good footage. They had played the tune 3 - 4 times in the 1 hour I was there. I shazammed it and used it as the soundtrack and made the video as a thank you to them for dancing. And because the feel was so right for what they were doing. These guys played great music, on Union Square station subway. And they danced to dance. Any tips were a bonus was the attitude. Some just dropped in for a few moves and then left, but they were the best I had seen.

[@cylkbrunson]

.. dancers are SICK 😷 🤒🤕😵‍💫

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[@safetycatch]

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[@SuperbonyTheCat]

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