Yesterday night i got the occasion to see one member of the Kraftwerk in concert.
Karl Bartos is now 58 and he's touring around Europe.
I've never been a big fan of Kraftwerk. I read about them as they are considered the fathers of electronic music and traces of their influence are common in some contemporary bands (Daft Punk in primis)
Besides this, their cyberspatial sounds didn't fit with my "modern" tastes.
But then, yesterday i realized i was wrong. I was surprised to see how this music could actually fit in the '70s, while, at the same time, it might perfectly suit a modern club friday night.
Good show, with video screen projection at the beck, and good lights games.
I was thinking at how this guy feels while playing now...like...is playing Kraftwerk's songs a nostalgic, and probably painful, flashback? Yesterday a couple on their 50's was wearing the Kraftwerk's uniform: red shirt with a black tie. They might have been there for music, but i am quite sure they were there also to remind that time when they used to listen to Kraftwerk, the time when they were young.
Here's the power of music.
It can stop time, and sometime it enables you to go back in time, at least for a while, until you realize it's just a spell and everything is fake. But, even when you finally get wrapped up by melancholy and disillusion, the acknowledge of that feeling, and your personal chance to make it come to life again, will never go away.
E.
Karl Bartos is now 58 and he's touring around Europe.
I've never been a big fan of Kraftwerk. I read about them as they are considered the fathers of electronic music and traces of their influence are common in some contemporary bands (Daft Punk in primis)
Besides this, their cyberspatial sounds didn't fit with my "modern" tastes.
But then, yesterday i realized i was wrong. I was surprised to see how this music could actually fit in the '70s, while, at the same time, it might perfectly suit a modern club friday night.
Good show, with video screen projection at the beck, and good lights games.
Here's the power of music.
It can stop time, and sometime it enables you to go back in time, at least for a while, until you realize it's just a spell and everything is fake. But, even when you finally get wrapped up by melancholy and disillusion, the acknowledge of that feeling, and your personal chance to make it come to life again, will never go away.
E.
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