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I also bought that album on CD as a teenager. It had a massive impact on me in terms of opening my mind to possibilities of musical structure in `popular' musi
by parenthesis 6y ago
I also bought that album on CD as a teenager.
It had a massive impact on me in terms of opening my mind to possibilities of musical structure in `popular' music other than song form (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, etc.).
Of course there is jazz form (head, solos on same form, head) and disco 12" form (the song, the dubbed out section, the reprise). And Kraftwerk's structures have a lot in common with the latter. But there is an incredible perfection and tightness (despite the extended durations) of form on all the tracks on that album.
- tpmx 6y ago> But there is an incredible perfection and tightness (despite the extended durations) of form on all the tracks on that album. Exactly. I think the reviewers just didn't get the whole concept.. just redoing old tracks, in a better way. It's kind of the software way of life (v1, v2, etc - you keep iterating, by default). It's also similar to how Mike Oldfield keeps working on variations of Tubular bells, and they do keep getting more and more interesting.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoStraight out of the German classical tradition, updated with industrial minimalism.