holy shit kraftwerk!

kosmo wrote:
I'll be in the balcony as well

i will find you, kosmo!!

Won't be hard I will actually be glowing in the dark…

kosmo wrote:
Won't be hard I will actually be glowing in the dark…

that's amazing! When I'm elected a moderator, I hope to also glow-in-the-dark.

i have an exploding cold situation so i'm really gimping to this/these shows most pathetically.. i'm not feeling that great or i'd make more of an outreach effort..

however if you see a thin guy about 6 2 if straight 6 ft with stooped posture wearing thin red ll bean jacket (nope its jcrew).. one of those white things people wear to the beach with the front kangaroo pocket and a string on each side and blue jeans and black ll beans snow-ish boots..looking rather  maybe a bit jeff goldblum-esque…my hair has gotten long due to hospital stay/rehabilitation…welll say hi… i may leave early to go to dean wareham and i may get there just as they go on and i hang by lower left bar… i try to sidle my way forward past the burrito stand

hmm

got a really good deal on tickets for the early show on Stubhub. Looks like some scalpers had some failed scalps.

holy shit, this gig was so awesome!

I bailed on kraftwerk… in the end i could not get past the fact i wanted to see dean wareham and a few other issues (only 1 original kraft dude), and my exploding cold, recovery issues……at 7 pm the presumed start time it looked like the line extended around the block.. i even saw seth out there talking to some guy that looked like a press dude.. also saw a kraftwerk crew dude (number 23…germanic organization) who was talking to the 930 staffer about when they were going to get everyone in the building…i decided to take it easy and just go see dean..clearly kraft was going to start late….

but i'm happy with my choice…. wareham soundedd great.. he got a good crowd too…. he played new stuff, galaxie stuff, luna stuff and indian summer… the second encore was ceremony (spectacular)

i hope you all had fun at kraftwerk!

Show started around 7:20 presumably after the line cleared.  Overall, I thought the show in  2005 was better than this one.  And other than opening videos for Robots, Numbers the 3D animation really didn't add a whole lot to the experience.  My favorite bit was extended version of Tour De France and concert ending  Boing Boom Tschak / Techno Pop / Musique Non Stop medley.  Show just seemed tepid overall….

kosmo wrote:
Show started around 7:20 presumably after the line cleared.  Overall, I thought the show in  2005 was better than this one.  And other than opening videos for Robots, Numbers the 3D animation really didn't add a whole lot to the experience.  My favorite bit was extended version of Tour De France and concert ending  Boing Boom Tschak / Techno Pop / Musique Non Stop medley.  Show just seemed tepid overall….

Pretty much agree, although I probably liked the 3D more than you. Good mix of tunes but some of the arrangements were disappointing, especially "Airwaves". Barely any "Metal On Metal" during TEE. Florian obviously meant more to the band than Ralf thought.

I also almost bailed due to illness but loathed to piss away nearly $70 (yeah, I nabbed it on first sale…).

And everybody got a souvenir:

did I leave too early (during music non stop), or did they 'play' pocket calculator?

well I thought the whole thing was just a wonderful unique work of art

Same for early set, minus the last song:

        The Robots
        Metropolis
        Numbers / Computer World
        It's More Fun to Compute / Home Computer
        Computer Love
        The Man-Machine
        Spacelab
        The Model
        Neon Lights
        Autobahn
        Tour de France 1983
        Tour de France Étape 1
        Tour de France Étape 2
        Airwaves
        Intermission / News / Radioactivity
        Trans-Europe Express / Metal on Metal /Abzug
        Boing Boom Tschak / Techno Pop / Musique Non Stop
        Aéro Dynamik
        Planet of Visions / Expo 2000

I just had an MRI. 35 minutes of loud electronic buzzing, and it was done.

Just like a Kraftwerk show, right?

I thought the concert was absolutely spectacular and the balcony was not that crowded. A really unique experience.

Seth wrote:
well I thought the whole thing was just a wonderful unique work of art

Agreed! Thanks for bringing it here!

James wrote:
I just had an MRI. 35 minutes of loud electronic buzzing, and it was done.

Just like a Kraftwerk show, right?

This sounds more like a Merzbow show.

emmanuel wrote:
Same for early set, minus the last song:

       
        Planet of Visions / Expo 2000

Would have like to have heard this in the early show, it was my favorite in the 2005 show.  It being their homage to the Detroit Techno scene.

Remember back in the day when Belle and Sebastian played the club and it sold out immediately and a late show was added and everyone lost their shit because they were certain the late show would be longer? This actually just played out and everyone is being cool about it. When did we all collectively grow up?

It was an awesome show, the sound was superb. Really groovy bass, especially during Numbers.

Just wish it wouldn't have been so crowded. Seth, I'm not sure if the later gig was oversold, but if it was, please don't do that again! The crowd was pretty chatty, too.

betao wrote:
The crowd was pretty chatty, too.

Coming from someone who sees shows in Richmond regularly that is saying something…

i thought the show was great….first time seeing them live.