Fanta 4, Fettes Brot, Jan Delay ... this is no Krautrock. Just German Rap. Please do not mix up "Krautrock" with music "Made in Germany" or music with german lyrics.
Neu! - German krautrock band formed in Düsseldorf in 1971 by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother, after their split from Kraftwerk. In the 1970s, Hallogallo used to be a German slang term for "wild partying".
Hah ! I just left Discogs to take a break over here.
Yep, a truly international site and no one over there is offended by the term Krautrock. It is embraced and highly visible as a genre.
And having some German heritage, it does not bother me one bit.
Political correctness of some things stops at the border and is used to intimidate those within those borders by creating a group think that it should be offensive to everyone, everywhere.
Rock on ! or Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn ! I do have the album on vinyl btw.
But this is probably my favorite only because it is one of my favorite songs anyway and my favorite version of many ...
Yeah, for me Kurt the term didn't bug me because I thought it wasn't "PC" - I don't really care much about what's "PC or not". When I first started hearing and reading that term it just seemed more dismissive and "pigeon-holing" - as if all the artists were doing the same thing and all sounded the same - which they do not of course. Apparently several artists didn't care for the term. It's an interesting coincidence that you brought up Kraftwerk - I was just listening to them a couple of days ago - Autobahn and Trans-Europa Express.
Krautrock (also called kosmische Musik, German: cosmic music) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, electronic music, and various avant-garde influences... (Wiki).
In this thread, I intend to post some Kraut-Rock which I like and still listen to. Your inputs are very welcome. Here's one from 1972 most of you probably know, since Bill has been playing it (or so me thinks). The title is Spoon by the band CAN (ringing some bells at the time):
That term always bugged me a little (it seemed like a denigration of German musicians by British music critics?), but as far as I could tell you are German and the term is not offensive to you, so, whatever. Anyhow, I like much of that genre of music as well.
No offense taken here anyways since the term applies to a whole genre in rock music I find heavily under-explored by the public, and WWII was long ago (thank God).
And... guess what, the song Heroes by David Bowie is also considered to belong in that genre (he lived in West-Berlin during the mid-1970s). Not quite sure, who's responsible for this labelling...
An overview of Krautrock in Discogs shows a whole lot more than I am allowing myself to post here for now. Kraurock embodies a huge vault.
Yikes.
Hah ! I just left Discogs to take a break over here.
Yep, a truly international site and no one over there is offended by the term Krautrock. It is embraced and highly visible as a genre.
And having some German heritage, it does not bother me one bit.
Political correctness of some things stops at the border and is used to intimidate those within those borders by creating a group think that it should be offensive to everyone, everywhere.
Rock on ! or Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn ! I do have the album on vinyl btw.
But this is probably my favorite only because it is one of my favorite songs anyway and my favorite version of many ...
saw these guys at a little off limits joint outside of Butzbach called Busters Workship . They were really cool guys and my buddy and I bought their record and they each signed it for us. 1978. Can only find a link for whole album but man they were good live. Not sure it fits krautrock time wise but what do time machines know about music? What we hear that's what. Lol
Never knew them, until today. I stuck with local bands, and the screechingly popular ones, I guess.
One record apparently. They were from Bad Homburg/Frankfurt area. Makes sense. It was just another day in my music memory but for kicking it at the Buster's Workshop with the elephants big teeth
Krautrock (also called kosmische Musik, German: cosmic music) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, electronic music, and various avant-garde influences... (Wiki).
In this thread, I intend to post some Kraut-Rock which I like and still listen to. Your inputs are very welcome. Here's one from 1972 most of you probably know, since Bill has been playing it (or so me thinks). The title is Spoon by the band CAN (ringing some bells at the time):
That term always bugged me a little (it seemed like a denigration of German musicians by British music critics?), but as far as I could tell you are German and the term is not offensive to you, so, whatever. Anyhow, I like much of that genre of music as well.
saw these guys at a little off limits joint outside of Butzbach called Busters Workship . They were really cool guys and my buddy and I bought their record and they each signed it for us. 1978. Can only find a link for whole album but man they were good live. Not sure it fits krautrock time wise but what do time machines know about music? What we hear that's what. Lol
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