Kraftwerk war mega als Wegbereiter auch für Techno - Propaganda wird oft vergessen, vielen wissen nicht, dass die aus Düsseldorf kommen - aber die sind outside Deutschland wohl populärer als ich dachte
Propaganda - not Kraftwerk
The header sounds pretty German aggressive (or powerful) lol - during process to check my old vinyl music in the cellar I found more. So apart from Rock Classics (was reason i went downstairs) I was missing in the last 8 years on the blockchain I obviously also found other stuff.
- Techno / Trance / House - clear (but not topic today)
- Soul (not topic today)
- Pop (not topic today)
- Schlager (hope never topic lol)
The Synthi wave before Techno
Actually I need to admit - before I joined the Techno scene I was into Rock and Metal, the early Synthi sounds not all been something for me (I actually did not like Depeche Mode at all - changed) however even I bought some pearls of that period - Yazoo (related to DM), Visage (same) - both from the island of our Friends in the UK/GB. I loved a song (no idea if Synthi) by Barbara Gaskin and Dave Stewart (please note - not the one who was leading Eurythmics later - also a good Synthi project from the UK).
(I was trying to record this on tape from radio for one year - always been too late - good ole days - maybe @steevc remembers times where you had cassette recorder and wanted to tape from radio :-)!)
Why Propaganda?
I often wrote about our German Kraftwerk as role model and a reason why Techno was sooo popular in Germany. I also wrote about a band from Düsseldorf called "Propaganda" - but always considered them as one-hit wonder (or three hit-wonder) even I always loved their sounds.
Today I will tell you that I am totally proud of this project (produced by Trevor Horn - Brit, produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood as well as Simple Minds, even some production of Foreigner my all-time favourite band such as "I want to know what Love is") after having read a lot comments on YT videos by people from around the world i did not expect they love that music.
Seems they really are still popular - at least amongst older people like me. They had a British sound (based on their producer) but to me still sounded obvious German - good or bad who cares, it was great and they sometimes perform still.
In Germany we had also projects such as Alphaville, Camouflage - but I consider Propaganda as the most influential - knowing music always is a matter of taste, reading such comments in English, French, Spanish, German and more:
Talking is good, showing is better - enjoy their sounds (first one even a live performance in London not that long ago - Claudia getting older but still sooo awesome):
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I remember perfectly the time when we used to record from the radio and the announcer would speak in the part I liked the most AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Music that never goes out of style, so thanks for sharing. Happy Sunday.
Yeah - most annoying always been "Traffic jam reports on the radio" with a peeeeep in the middle of my fav song i just recorded :-)
You could get the impression that Düsseldorf is the breeding ground of electronic music. This is true, but then again it is not. In any case, it is only the consistent use of electronic technology that unites the two bands from the Lower Rhine. Especially in the case of Kraftwerk, there is a myth which is open to various interpretations. After all, Propaganda produced most of their music in the United Kingdom. But there is one thing that is indisputable - other artists were more than happy to help themselves here.
Man könnte den Eindruck gewinnen, Düsseldorf sei die Brutstätte der elektronischen Musik gewesen. Stimmt und stimmt dann doch wieder nicht. Ohnehin vereint nur der konsequente Einsatz von elektronischer Technik die beiden Formationen vom Niederrhein. Insbesondere bei Kraftwerk hat sich ein vielseitig interpretierbarer Mythos mit eingeschlichen. Propaganda hat ohnehin größtenteils in GB produziert. Eines ist allerdings unbestritten - andere Künstler haben sich liebend gerne bedient.
Alles soweit korrekt - was meinst du genau mit dem Satz?
Eigentlich ganz einfach nachzuvollziehen. Ob David Bowie, Giorgio Moroder oder jemand wie Dave Stewart - sie alle haben sich ihre Schnitte am "Kraftwerk-Brot" abgeschnitten und in gängigen Pop umgewandelt. Donna Summer kann hier als bestes Beispiel herangezogen werden. Die Grundelemente der Songs sind nichts anderes, als "aufgepopte Autobahnen".
Ach so - das musste eben erklären :-) - Bowie und Summer nie beobachtet - der Südtiroler Giorgio war cool "Reach out for the Medal" - Olympics 1984 Album mein ich war mega geil - aber wo die anderen geklaut haben direkt musst noch mal konkretisieren :-)
ABER - eventuell mochte ich es nur weil Foreigner mit Instrumental auch auf dem Album vertreten war (war echt Hardcore Foreigner Fan - immer noch - kenne alle Geburtstage der Bandmember auswendig) - Street Thunder war Marathon Theme:
Plus Loverboy (mein Leben Canada - eine meiner top 5 bands all time).
Plus TOTO (auch eine meiner Top 5 bands all time):
Ich picke jetzt mal Bowie raus, da es hier am offensichtlichsten ist. Er kam 76 zum Heroinentzug nach Berlin und (ganz entscheidend) um komplett weg von seiner Kunstfigur Ziggy Stardust zu treten. In Berlin traf er nicht nur auf Iggy Pop, Brian Eno und Tony Visconti, sondern wurde von Bands wie Can, Cluster und Kraftwerk quasi "abgeholt". Hörbares Resultat Nr. 1 ist das Album Low. 1977 kam dann die elektronische Offenbarung mit dem Erscheinen von Heroes. Auf diese musikalische Veränderung angesprochen, betonte Bowie mehrmals, wie wichtig ihm die Inspiration seitens der "Kraftwerkler" war.
Die intensive Zusammenarbeit von Moroder und Summer (größtenteils ohnehin in Deutschland produziert) ist das beste Beispiel, wie der Kraftwerk-Sound auf kommerziellen Erfolg getrimmt werden kann.
Dr. Mabus, P-Machinery und natürlich Duel, das in den Charts damals meines Empfindens nach etwas zu schlecht weggekommen ist. Legendär.
Alle drei waren mega,danach wenig gesehen
Very well
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propaganda are indeed kinda famouse here in italy too