Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider-Esleben dies aged 73

apnews.com ^ | May 6, 2020 | AP

[Berlin_Freeper]

BERLIN (AP) — Florian Schneider-Esleben, a co-founder of German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, has died, record label Sony said Wednesday. He was 73.

Citing fellow group founder Ralf Huetter, Sony said that Schneider-Esleben had been suffering from cancer, German news agency dpa reported.

Schneider-Esleben and Huetter started working together in 1968. In 1970, they founded the Kling-Klang-Studio in Duesseldorf and launched Kraftwerk.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Kraftwerk's 10 Best Songs

[FreedomPoster]

Autobahn was such a big album when it came out where I was at. There were a lot of kids who had just moved from Germany around, so we were exposed to it earlier than most in the US.

[Kriggerel]

Will they load his coffin on the Trans... Europe... Express...?

/sorry, couldn’t resist. :)

[PGR88]

[Berlin_Freeper]

2013 - Why Kraftwerk are still the world's most influential band

[Obadiah]

Loved Kraftwerk back in my high school daze. Still have two of their albums.

[struggle]

BAHNBAHNBAHN THE AUTOBAHN

[Olog-hai]

Wow, three days after Stranglers’ keyboard player Dave Greenfield, too.

Kraftwerk’s early song Ruckzuck was used as the opening music on the PBS kids’ science show “Newton’s Apple”.

[grimalkin]

One of my favorite bands. Pioneers.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

It’s actually “Wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn.” “We’re driving, driving, driving on the Autobahn.”

[Flycatcher]

Probably my favorite band. I remember being right out of high school and hearing this absolutely crazy song on the radio while driving along. The song was “Showroom Dummies” and I immediately went out and bought the album (Trans-Europe Express).

What a magnificent record! And what a magnificent opening song: “Europe Endless.”

All these decades later, I still get out the old Kraftwerk records. Always a treat.

[dfwgator]

Sad news. Was a big fan.

Autobahn was a game changer.

[dfwgator]

It was a play on the Beach Boys “Fun Fun Fun”

[dfwgator]

“Das Model” is my favorite.

Rammstein did a good cover of it.

[dfwgator]

Was this the inspiration for Pink Floyd’s “Time”?

Kling Klang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWTcGmTQl0

[newfreep]

"2013 - Why Kraftwerk are still the world's most influential band"

[M1903A1]

And a looped and sped-up snippet of “Electric Cafe” was the theme music for the SNL sketch “Sprockets”.

[lee martell]

I think the group DEVO was meant as a parody version of Kraftwerk. There was room for both back then.
Who can forget one of their biggest hits “Whip It!”

[Dr. Sivana]

Well, I am glad that “Numbers” didn’t make the list. That was painful to listen to. I rather liked the B-side of one of the singles, “Computer Love”.