i don’t really know much about Kraftwerk – I sort of like what they’re on about, and I quite liked “Bahn-bahn-bahn-der-Autobahn” back in the day.
But I love this footage. Serious German music fans from the 70’s, who really want to hear Somezink Mit Ein BEAT, they love to CLAP. But they also appreciate ze good art ya.
In the 70’s I was in New Zealand, and the UK for a couple of years. The look of the audience is familiar. They seem very – I don’t know, accepting? And also urging the band to play something exciting (which they sort of do).
I’m still confused, 40 years on…
Nice one, thanks – will watch & post thoughts
That’s definitely not their “first gig” – it’s from their second phase with Klaus Dinger on drums (they later added Michael Rother on guitar for a few weeks, until both Rother and Dinger left to form NEU!). They had previously performed as a purely electronic band (sometimes augmented by latin percussion…) in free jazz clubs and at art events.
That really is dreadful.
Hell’s teeth: a keytar in 1970!
I like it. Synths being synthy, not keyboardy. Not doing cabaret.