They need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame No Doubt there wouldn't be bands like Depeche Mode Human League New Order and other synthesize bands without Kraftwerk
I'm from the USA and Discovered KRAFTWERK back in 1974/75 when I was in Junior High. While listening to the radio in my art class the DJ said " This is what the Future sounds like ' and then played " Autobahn " I have been a Fan ever since. I consider them to be the Forefathers of the Electronic Movement which have Inspired and Influence many.
Similar story here, perpetual61. Same years. I was in high school, also in USA, with radio playing in my bedroom upstairs. Top 40 station. Rainy & overcast outside. Springtime. While walking from my room into the hall, "Autobahn" came on the radio for the first time I'd ever heard it. The music literally stopped me in my tracks. I turned around and headed back into my room and listened, rapt, to the whole thing. Transfixed me, and it was the perfect music to accompany that cold, rainy day in Michigan. You don't remember moments that clearly when they're ordinary. That's because the music was EXTRAordinary. Ausgezeichnet, Florian Schneider. RIP
We must be the same age. In 8th grade we were allowed to bring in records to play on the last day of class. I brought Autobahn and everyone just turned and looked at me like, what is this?
I have heard Kraftwerk music since I was a little child in elementary school in Atlanta Ga-USA. Even at 52 yrs of age, I still love their music. As many black city dwellers.
Why is this guy bashing rock performance? It's just another way of expression, not better or worse. He says people were small minded for not accepting machines in music but like, Jimi Hendrix wailing on his guitar and moving along to it is pure expression to me. Kraftwerk in a way subverted that and did their own thing. That's to me what's so great about music, the huge variety and constant evolution. No need to exclude, great music comes in all forms! I admire his passion for Kraftwerk tho.
Kraftwerk and Neu! the inspiration for David Bowie's most creative period the "Berlin era": Station to Station , Low ,"Heroes" and The Lodger and his production and writing on Iggy Pop's : The Idiot and Lust For Life.
That guy who tries to sell me the idea that rock music is soulless and the beatles didn’t have the same inpact than Kraftwerk just pisses me off! Why can’t we all agree that the beatles AND Kraftwerk had an enormous impact on music. I don’t understand why this is so hard for certain people to grasp...
as a huge beatles fan from england, i grew up in the 80s and agree 100% that kraftwerk are indeed the most influential artists in the history of popular music, with perhaps only michael jackson and the beatles themselves coming close. hip hop born of afrika bambaata and the ilk were total disciples back in 82. respect to the great
*From the first Moment I heard Kraftwerk, I knew that Synthesizers are my World, the "Novation Peak" is the next Synth I want to buy, damn Kraftwerk, you've cost me so much Money ;)* *I bet my Grave-Stone, Kraftwerk is the only Band in the World that will be still talked about in 500+ Years.*
@@achtertijdtm786 Like the bloke in the video said -- the Beatles influence is minute compared to Kraftwerk. I too believe that they (Beatles) will be talked about, but ultimately, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk and Velvet Underground have a much bigger legacy than Beatles and Rolling Stones.
@@b_markovic I agree with you. the Beatles did experiment some but compared to Floyd The velvet underground and Kraftwerk their accomplishments are minuscule. I would actually throw in captain beefheart Frank Zappa and The Beach Boys (because of the unreleased smile) because of how cutting edge their music is and will remain to be
When you see most of the german youth sitting ducked on the ground, ashamedly clapping their hands whilst a full-on can performance, you recognize how strong oppression before techno really was in germany. thanks to kw and others, this has changed, during the 90s there was a strong movement that the youth of today has lost and we go back into ( digital ) opression. Xcuse my kraut english and R.I.P. Florian Schneider, without him mr. Huetter would never had his grammy....
For Paul Morley to say that Beatles didn’t influence anyone other than Elton John shows complete ignorance and destroys his credibility. The Beatles were amongst the first to combine tape loops and sonic experimentation with accessible songs ( and amongst the first to use a Moog synthesiser on Abbey Road). Kraftwerk obviously took it a step further and we’re hugely influential pioneers of purely electronic music. This guy just comes across, though, as a pretentious hipster trying to bash ‘mainstream’ rock for no obvious reason. Just listen to Tomorrow Never Knows from 1966 - that would have mind blowing back then, and still holds up today.
R i p, Florian! Mit Kraftwerk warst Du einer der Helden meiner Kindheit und Jugend. Nun bist Du vereint mit Deinem früheren Bandkollegen Klaus Dinger und dem Entdecker des internationalen Erfolgs von Kraftwerk :David Bowie! I must say it in German...! 🎹🎹🎹🎹😢
I could listen to David Morley (of Parker & Morley) speak on Kraftwerk at length, but we get Paul Morley (eh?) instead proclaiming 'suddenly it seemed very modern". And a narrative which leads by jumping sporadically from origin days to promoting a new exhibit(eh?).
Kraftwerk is amazing and I'm no Beatles worshiper, but Paul Morley, "The Beatles didn't influence anybody"? C'mon man. I'm turning this off now but thanks for the part with Neville Brody! See ya over at the next Kraftwerk doc.
The band has a trend-setter streak and had some talent. The documentary other than the facts of the band is weak. Makes the band look like a lightweight band. T hey bulk of the data came from three guys gushing about the band. No real stars or influencers saying that Kraftwerk influenced them. What was with the Coldplay shit. Kraftwerk popular in Europe is hardly known in the US. If this documentary was your introduction to Kraftwerk you'd say - Meh.
Tremendous music. Decent basic profile but the commentators were imbeciles. Idiotic comparisons, mistaken song titles, ridiculous/pointless commentary . . . Whoever decided these clowns were the most qualified to speak to Kraftwerk’s genius, creativity and originality should have stuck with restocking videos at Blockbuster. The exception was the cool looking gentleman from Can. The others were just embarrassing.
18:38 Red and Black are also colours of Albanian people who destroy the states in SE Europe create Greater Albania and establish Islam in the same area
Coldplay is definitely not and never will be on the genius level of Kraftwerk. Their music is mid even for their genre and category, almost annoyingly boring.
The amount of hip hop and electro music these individuals inspired is incredible
Kraftwerk,Jean Michel Jarre,Tangerine Dream,Klaus Schulze,Vangelis,Mike Oldfield...Masters Of Electronic Music ! Greets From Poland ;-)
They need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame No Doubt there wouldn't be bands like Depeche Mode Human League New Order and other synthesize bands without Kraftwerk
Great point! How are they not in the HOF?
@@marcstov Because they never were Rock and Roll.
I think they're in the 2021 rock and roll hall of fame
I mean no disrespect but…. who gives a fuck
It shouldn't matter @@stellaVista
I'm from the USA and Discovered KRAFTWERK back in 1974/75 when I was in Junior High. While listening to the radio in my art class the DJ said " This is what the Future sounds like ' and then played " Autobahn " I have been a Fan ever since. I consider them to be the Forefathers of the Electronic Movement which have Inspired and Influence many.
The amount of bands they influenced is astronomical.
Greetings from The Netherlands.
Similar story here, perpetual61. Same years. I was in high school, also in USA, with radio playing in my bedroom upstairs. Top 40 station. Rainy & overcast outside. Springtime. While walking from my room into the hall, "Autobahn" came on the radio for the first time I'd ever heard it. The music literally stopped me in my tracks. I turned around and headed back into my room and listened, rapt, to the whole thing. Transfixed me, and it was the perfect music to accompany that cold, rainy day in Michigan. You don't remember moments that clearly when they're ordinary. That's because the music was EXTRAordinary.
Ausgezeichnet, Florian Schneider. RIP
We must be the same age. In 8th grade we were allowed to bring in records to play on the last day of class. I brought Autobahn and everyone just turned and looked at me like, what is this?
@@LMDinNC You were a young lady ahead of her time, among the avant garde. Be proud of that!
Funny - I think they were never as big in Germany as in the US.
R.I.P.-Florian Schneider.
I checked this back when Florian died and his spirit is still in the synths for all eternity
Indeed. A sad loss to the world of music.
Rest in peace, Florian Schneider. It is literally incalculable to name how many you have influenced thoroughout your lifetime.
Growing up hearing karftwerk was an incredible experience. And is still today forever in my heart 🥰
Crazy I just discovered them..most important band of all time , wow
I have heard Kraftwerk music since I was a little child in elementary school in Atlanta Ga-USA. Even at 52 yrs of age, I still love their music. As many black city dwellers.
R.I.P. Forian Schneider!!!
Why is this guy bashing rock performance?
It's just another way of expression, not better or worse.
He says people were small minded for not accepting machines in music but like, Jimi Hendrix wailing on his guitar and moving along to it is pure expression to me. Kraftwerk in a way subverted that and did their own thing. That's to me what's so great about music, the huge variety and constant evolution. No need to exclude, great music comes in all forms!
I admire his passion for Kraftwerk tho.
Paul Morley is a pretentious wanker who has a little too high an opinion of himself. That's why he talks such shit ;-)
I'm not really sure how you could even begin to explain it to a guy who has to go back to talk about Hendrix.
@@mattford1593 Maybe. But he's brighter than you.
He needs to antagonize something to protagonize himself.
That’s just Morley’s schtick annoyingly. He slates whatever music is different to the one the documentary he’s in is about to try and make a point.
Kraftwerk the most important group of all time.
Kraftwerk changed my life. Bought my first synth in 1981 and never looked back. Excellent documentary...thanks for posting! ⚡🎹⚡
what synth did you get? im building my own, im not spending all that money!
You're spending time.
Post WW2 Germany: "A refreshingly blank canvas."
The TRUE fathers of electronic music
They are timeless !
I laughed my head off when the guy said he wished Kraftwerk weren't associated with techno because "Most techno is shit."
The guy being one of the three people that created Techno, Derrick May, makes it even more fun
@@b_markovic Yeah... that's not "the guy" that's Derrick (expletive deleted) May!!!!!
they started the entire electro-funk breakdancing craze, oddly as a sidenote. Bet they didn't expect that.
Legend Of Electronic Music ! Poland Loves Kraftwerk ;-)
Kraftwerk and Neu! the inspiration for David Bowie's most creative period the "Berlin era": Station to Station , Low ,"Heroes" and The Lodger and his production and writing on Iggy Pop's : The Idiot and Lust For Life.
What a wonderful documentary.
Not really. Exceptional music done-in
by idiotic commentary. A real disservice.
R.I.P. Forian Schneider
That guy who tries to sell me the idea that rock music is soulless and the beatles didn’t have the same inpact than Kraftwerk just pisses me off!
Why can’t we all agree that the beatles AND Kraftwerk had an enormous impact on music. I don’t understand why this is so hard for certain people to grasp...
Beatles are overrated.
Exactly. He's been a dickhead for 50 years
as a huge beatles fan from england, i grew up in the 80s and agree 100% that kraftwerk are indeed the most influential artists in the history of popular music, with perhaps only michael jackson and the beatles themselves coming close. hip hop born of afrika bambaata and the ilk were total disciples back in 82. respect to the great
*From the first Moment I heard Kraftwerk, I knew that Synthesizers are my World, the "Novation Peak" is the next Synth I want to buy, damn Kraftwerk, you've cost me so much Money ;)*
*I bet my Grave-Stone, Kraftwerk is the only Band in the World that will be still talked about in 500+ Years.*
I think people will talk about the beatles as well ...
@@achtertijdtm786 Like the bloke in the video said -- the Beatles influence is minute compared to Kraftwerk. I too believe that they (Beatles) will be talked about, but ultimately, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk and Velvet Underground have a much bigger legacy than Beatles and Rolling Stones.
@@b_markovic I agree with you. the Beatles did experiment some but compared to Floyd
The velvet underground and Kraftwerk their accomplishments are minuscule. I would actually throw in captain beefheart Frank Zappa and The Beach Boys (because of the unreleased smile) because of how cutting edge their music is and will remain to be
When you see most of the german youth sitting ducked on the ground, ashamedly clapping their hands whilst a full-on can performance, you recognize how strong oppression before techno really was in germany. thanks to kw and others, this has changed, during the 90s there was a strong movement that the youth of today has lost and we go back into ( digital ) opression. Xcuse my kraut english and R.I.P. Florian Schneider, without him mr. Huetter would never had his grammy....
They are great in the way that they are so unique in their concerts...
What's amazing is they were pioneers but also so evolved at the same time. They have no peers.
Desde 1975 escutando
... sensacional o trabalho dessa banda...deixaram sua marca na história da música...
Kraftwerk are more important for the music history than The Beatles.
Not really - the Beatles laid the groundwork for progressive music. Kraftwerk were, of course, very influential in their own way too.
The Computerworld lyrics are far more relevant today than they were back when this documentary was made, let alone when they were written.
krafwerk is the real pioneer of techno
OMG!! Isn't the sample at min. 28.40 the one used by The Prodigy in their song "Girls"?
For Paul Morley to say that Beatles didn’t influence anyone other than Elton John shows complete ignorance and destroys his credibility. The Beatles were amongst the first to combine tape loops and sonic experimentation with accessible songs ( and amongst the first to use a Moog synthesiser on Abbey Road). Kraftwerk obviously took it a step further and we’re hugely influential pioneers of purely electronic music. This guy just comes across, though, as a pretentious hipster trying to bash ‘mainstream’ rock for no obvious reason. Just listen to Tomorrow Never Knows from 1966 - that would have mind blowing back then, and still holds up today.
Yep, knobhead
R i p, Florian! Mit Kraftwerk warst Du einer der Helden meiner Kindheit und Jugend. Nun bist Du vereint mit Deinem früheren Bandkollegen Klaus Dinger und dem Entdecker des internationalen Erfolgs von Kraftwerk :David Bowie! I must say it in German...! 🎹🎹🎹🎹😢
I could listen to David Morley (of Parker & Morley) speak on Kraftwerk at length,
but we get Paul Morley (eh?) instead proclaiming 'suddenly it seemed very modern". And a narrative which leads by jumping sporadically from origin days to promoting a new exhibit(eh?).
Agreed. Paul Morley only likes the sound of his own awful voice.
Still breathtaking.
thank you bbc
This is really good! Thanks for sharing.
Kraftwerk truly have come full circle. Started off shit, went amazing, went shit again.
They’ve always been great, buzz off.
Thank you for a wonderful documentary. Kraftwerk are so inspiring!
Kraftwerk is amazing and I'm no Beatles worshiper, but Paul Morley, "The Beatles didn't influence anybody"? C'mon man. I'm turning this off now but thanks for the part with Neville Brody! See ya over at the next Kraftwerk doc.
I watched this till I reached climax
Rest In Power Florian Schenider
I think Rammstein’s cover of The Model also helps getting people in this band
Love me some kraftwerk I know that we had some cardboard trying to breakdance. lol
Why does it end so abruptly? ? :(
And some people dont beliave in time travelers. They are awesome, how cold the see the future?
The fact is whites have contributed plenty, just as blacks have. Rock and roll is a combination of blues, country and probably many other elements.
42:54 Morley talking out of his arse as usual.
@Lucy Anna it doesn't need a timestamp, it applies to every part he's in
Thank you AnalogNoiseLab, very cool!
Sho nuff roots of hip hop.
Kraftwerk started synthwave
Great ! good documentary.
Eu com 17 anos em 1982 andando com vários LP deles debaixo do braço achando que estava rumo ao futuro,
Estaria...?
My idols
41:09 the OG inventors of the mannequin challenge
at 38:20 The first apple event ever recorded
Morley is wide if the mark to put it mildly , Bowie was not an influence of anyone
Oh they coming to Nashville July 24th, hope we are off punishment by then
You’re serious?
@@OnALivingSpreeLLC yeah they were scheduled this past July tho
Paul Morley loves the sound of his own voice. A proper rent-a-talking head. 😴
Yes, totally
28:34 Kannst mir irgendjemand sagen, was das ist (Interpret, Musikstück)?
28:34 Can anyone tell me what this is (artist, piece of music)?
You had me until Coldplay.
adding coldplay to this film is a sell-out.... coldplay are pastiche... why not mention joy division? brody mentions factory but that's it.
should have got jean michel jarre
Maybe because Coldplay made a song using one of Kraftwerk's melodies.
More like Coldgay
Decent profile. Incredibly stupid commentators. Embarrassing
9:58 Pierre Karoli???? MICHAEL KAROLI!!!!!!!!!
uuugh, cold play
they are more Ralfwerk than Kraftwerk,...
Florriiiiaaaan
31:53 #mood
SPROCKETS
The blue man groups synthesized forefathers
I think you’ve started synchwave..Never heard of it!
This is interesting, but that guy always bashing the Beatles makes me laugh ahahahahah wtf
Paul morley aahahahah man these critics are awesome
The guy’s a moron. Decent profile. Embarrassing commentary. Mistaken song titles. Ridiculous comparisons. I guess that works for some people.
I love Kraftwerk but Paul Morley's hate boner for The Beatles kinds ruins his otherwise astute observations.
ECG fam
Eh theyre OK
Paul Morley pretends to be current but he thinks he's a punk , what a joke it's got bigger all to do with Kraftwerk
Rubbish Morley , Space's hit in1977 magic fly was the first techno hit
The band has a trend-setter streak and had some talent. The documentary other than the facts of the band is weak. Makes the band look like a lightweight band. T
hey bulk of the data came from three guys gushing about the band. No real stars or influencers saying that Kraftwerk influenced them.
What was with the Coldplay shit. Kraftwerk popular in Europe is hardly known in the US. If this documentary was your introduction to Kraftwerk you'd say - Meh.
Tremendous music. Decent basic profile but the commentators were imbeciles. Idiotic comparisons, mistaken song titles, ridiculous/pointless commentary . . . Whoever decided these clowns were the most qualified to speak to Kraftwerk’s genius, creativity and originality should have stuck with restocking videos at Blockbuster. The exception was the cool looking gentleman from Can. The others were just embarrassing.
18:38 Red and Black are also colours of Albanian people who destroy the states in SE Europe create Greater Albania and establish Islam in the same area
Nobody gives a shit
@@OchikrasnyeEspecially you shithead
I like Kraftwerk but Paul Morley has always been a dick
Coldplay is definitely not and never will be on the genius level of Kraftwerk. Their music is mid even for their genre and category, almost annoyingly boring.