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Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk Co-Founder, Dies Aged 73

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 06 2020, @10:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the R.I.P. dept.

Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk Co-Founder, Dies Aged 73

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As well as being forefathers of the synthpop that would dominate the 1980s and beyond, the title track of Trans-Europe Express was sampled in 1982 by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force for one of the earliest hip-hop hits, Planet Rock, while Computer World was hugely influential on the house and techno music that emerged from Chicago and Detroit that decade.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/06/florian-schneider-kraftwerk-co-founder-dies-aged-73

The German band he helped found toyed with ideas about technology and society, leaving a profound mark on rock, dance music and hip-hop.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/arts/music/florian-schneider-kraftwerk-dead.html

Kraftwerk won a lifetime achievement Grammy award in 2014 and the Grammy for best electronic/dance album (for live album "3-D The Catalogue") in 2018. Last fall, the band was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/05/06/reports-kraftwerk-co-founder-florian-schneider-dies-73/5175586002/

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Snotnose on Thursday May 07 2020, @12:40AM (3 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Thursday May 07 2020, @12:40AM (#991206)

    of reading about these guys I learned about in high school, and are only a few years older than me, croaking. I may be in my 60s but I still see 16 y/o awkward me in the mirror every morning.

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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday May 07 2020, @01:28AM (1 child)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday May 07 2020, @01:28AM (#991217)

    I agree that youth is wasted on the young.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @04:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @04:06AM (#991239)

      Life is wasted on the living.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @03:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @03:23AM (#991231)

    In that case, jump back to Runaway's birth-era, "Class of '55" reunited four of the real R&R pioneers, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins. They all recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis when Elvis walked in off the street https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBAAn_Wd2vY [youtube.com]