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@gameboypocket9038

Жыл бұрын

Your "Fun Fun Fun"-Theory is very wrong, "Fahren" = "Driving" in Germany, so your little Beach Boy Reference ist just a happy little accident :)

@gameboypocket9038

Жыл бұрын

As you thought about, what they sing about on Autobahn, here is a little translation: We are driving on the Autobahn In front of us is a wide valley The sun is shining with glittering rays The driving strip is a grey track White stripes, green edge We are switching the radio on From the speaker it sounds: We are driving on the Autobahn Obviously it rhymes in German, haha

@InSurrealtime

Жыл бұрын

Phase shifter has a very hypnotic effect. I use it all the time.

@gps4l184

Жыл бұрын

@@gameboypocket9038 Exactly and the part Dr Mix asked for Die Fahrbahn ist ein graues band, weise strife, grüner rand (20:58)

@MojoSpoon

Жыл бұрын

@20.58: "Die Fahrbahn ist ein graues Band, weisse Streifen, grüner Rand" and means: "The roadway is a gray band, white stripes, green border"

Can you just imagine being alive in the 70's and hearing this for the first time. Amazing.

@galier2

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I can. I have good memory.

@oldunclemick

Жыл бұрын

​@@galier2 me too

@user-du1yk7uk9v

11 ай бұрын

I was there and sincerely did not impress me too much ..there were LOTS of better music back then.....basically some kids nowadays listen to electronic music thinkin that is something new (ignorance) but it's as new or as old like rock..funk...disco....prog...hard-rock/heavy-metal....new wave...soul...hip hop....fusion...electronic etc....every modern genre was invented in the 70's (or in the 70's it was developed at its max)

@davidchristensen6908

9 ай бұрын

Yes I can I was there.

@Cl4rendon

9 ай бұрын

Yes i can - We perceived it different than today though.

20:56 the lyrics are: "fahr'n, fahr'n, fahr'n, die Fahrbahn ist ein graues Band. Weiße Streifen, grüner Rand." which translates to "drive, drive, drive, the road is a grey band, white stripes, a green roadside" Love your analyses ❤

@PascalBlondiau

Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for someone to correct that ;-) Nice analysis, though, as always with much enthusiasm in it.

@karlp8484

Жыл бұрын

When you drive along an autobahn, it's almost mesmerising. And I think the trees on both sides (Germany is extremely forested) , are somehow evoked in the later stages. But the speed on autobahns are very high and that's even projected at certain points in the music.

@ewetoo

Жыл бұрын

vielen dank

@dannynysus

Жыл бұрын

No distinction is made between the present simple and present continuous tenses in German, so "(wir) fahren" can mean both "(we) drive" and "(we are) driving"

@srh2301

Жыл бұрын

"Fun fact": There was a german Beach boys cover band in the eighties which did a cover version of "Fun Fun Fun" which actually utilizes the similar sounding and uses "Fahrn Fahrn Fahrn" in the chorus: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZmGotNizm9vYh5c.html

Without doubt or argument, this is THE ALBUM that brought electronic music into the mainstream conscience. I remember very clearly that I was getting my haircut by a Brazilian "stylist" when I first heard this album circa 1974-5. It was during the Disco era and his salon in NYC had a very Euro vibe, mostly decorated in chic black and white decor. He would spin vinyl, and most of it obscure. When this record came on, I was transfixed. This "new" robotic music that the guy was playing was my doorway into Larry Fast and his Synergy experiments, as well as other electronic artists. Long live Kraftwerk!!

I love how Kraftwerk gets almost 100% electrically created sounds to sound human. It’s really what sets them apart from everyone else.

@j.maxell3030

Жыл бұрын

El que le dió 120% humanidad a la Electrónica fue Moroder...no el Krautrock & Ruido Dusseldorft de Conny Plank (Kraftwerk). En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica (Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

@miloshp7399

8 ай бұрын

Human? Please verify that you're not a robot.

@fortheloveofnoise9298

4 ай бұрын

​@@miloshp7399We are all just in the universal machine.

"Fahrn auf der Autobahn" translates to "Drive on the Highway". It has nothing to do with "fun"!

@jochenreich683

Жыл бұрын

So siehtz aus😃🚙🛻🚛🚐🚗

@compfox

Жыл бұрын

Ja, aber wenn es schon so eine Koinzidenz gibt, warum sie nicht mitnehmen?

@jochenreich683

Жыл бұрын

@@compfox stimmt👍

@unduloid

Жыл бұрын

"Fahr'n" sounds like "fun," but it's just a coincidence.

@madyogi6164

Жыл бұрын

Not, if you can't grab the Beach boys context...

In 1974 I was 5 years old and whenever "Autobahn" was on the radio I was like glued to the speaker. In consequence, "Autobahn" was my very first music cassette. Significantly, I didn't have a stereo at the time, but an old "Blaupunkt" car radio with a cassette slot built into a wooden box by my dad. The cassette has survived all the years and is still safely sitting in my cupboard.

@j.maxell3030

Жыл бұрын

Después de escuchar el Synthetizer Man/ Freedom Day de Jarre 1972 nada de Kraftwerk sorprendía o llamaba la atención...😉 En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica (Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

@flufycat2748

Жыл бұрын

My dad build also speaker for me.!

@hschieck

Жыл бұрын

@@flufycat2748 The speakers to my car radio where the old car speakes built into cigar boxes. Definitely not high end, but better than nothing. Those were the days ...

@flufycat2748

Жыл бұрын

Why you was 5 years În '74??.. Like me?? 😄

@hschieck

Жыл бұрын

@@flufycat2748 Class of '69 - at least we enjoyed the 80th at its fullest. 😁

TUBULAR BELLS TUBULAR BELLS II - perhaps the greatest ever sequel to an album ever made. Loved the Autobahn analysis Claudio, very insightful and makes you really appreciate the nuances and complex simplicities!

@jayceeloop

Жыл бұрын

Tubular Bells II manages to go above the original and beyond! Love it lots

@TechnoBillyD

Жыл бұрын

Totally Agree

@NavelOrangeGazer

Жыл бұрын

Oldfield is criminally underrated.

@michael1234252

Жыл бұрын

Tubular Bells is one great album and kickstarted Richard Branson's Virgin record label as well as his Virgin brand. That album also kickstarted Mike Oldfield's career.

@ZZZer00

Жыл бұрын

One of my all time favourites

When I Autobahn came out I was 8 years old. I was in Germany with my German grandfather, grandmother and their son, my uncle, who introduced me to the music of Kraftwerk. Got me hooked for life, I got all their original albums and all vinyl remastered ones as well as the CD's. Still play it regularly, I so love their music. BTW I also love driving on the German Autobahn.......remember that until quite recently the German Autobahns were mainly made of large reinforced concrete slabs, so driving on them would produce a "thumb...thumb" noise from your tyres hitting the small gaps between those slabs - now listen to the transition at 18:27.

I love the idea that they are quoting the Beach Boys with "Fahren" in place of "Fun" but I did hear that a member of Kraftwerk had denied that they had that in mind. So maybe, maybe not

@Doctormix

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I always remember the story but I see how this could be speculation. Thanks for the comment! C

@Emlizardo

8 ай бұрын

Anybody whose read interviews with those guys knows they were great comedians and tricksters, hardly ever giving a straight answer to any question.

8-9 year old me would listen to this 8 track over and over (thanks mom and dad for being HIP!) this song is an emotional journey.

@n84434

Жыл бұрын

You and me both. We were on a road trip to Mackinac Island in 1975 and stopped to eat at a diner. I walked in and heard this coming from a small Jute box and was hooked!! I was 9 at the time. 👍🏻

Heard this on late night FM in 74, never heard anything like it. Bought the album the next day, and became a lifelong Kraftwerk fan. RIP FS.

Between the album "Autobahn" and "The Man Machine", Kraftwerk released : " Radio-Activity"

Great! This record was not recorded in Kling-Klang Studio, but in legendary late producer Conny Plank's studio. He was a master of echo and production and is all over the record. The Minimoog was certainly present at this time and also the Farfisa Professional Piano. Klaus Röder is on guitar and violin.

@MonsieurC64

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning Conny Plank. He played a big part in their early albums.

@j.maxell3030

Жыл бұрын

En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog (influencia que toma Conny Plank en su Rock Prg. & Krautrock) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s: Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

I remember the feeling of elation when I realized I had owned both a late 1960s white Bug and a black 1961 Mercedes 220, and there they were on the cover of Autobahn !!

The last album they recorded and mixed at the Conny Plank studio :) It was even Conny's idea to add sounds that sounded like cars passing by. This man was quintessential for shaping the Sound of Kraftwerk in their early years and the mixes of the first 3-4 Albums (Kraftwerk, Kraftwerk 2, Ralf & Florian and Autobahn) are AMAZING. I think there's even a quadrophonic Mix of Autobahn. There is an incredible spacial feeling in Conny's mixes which i love so much. Also fun fact, the sound of the Car starting at the beginning is a foley sound that was also often heard in the german Audio Drama series "Die Drei ???" based on the original series about the 3 detectives by Alfred Hitchcock.

@j.maxell3030

Жыл бұрын

En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica (Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock y su productor Conny Plank. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

@lowandodor1150

4 ай бұрын

LoveLoveLove his companionship with Moebius & Roedelius and their CLUSTER & HARMONIA records.

This was THE song that began a 50 year journey of discovery and enjoyment of "electronic" music for me. It takes me way back to being 12 years old again. It sounds as fresh as the day it was released. The whole album is a joy to listen to.

I'm the same age as you and remember hearing Autobahn for the first time in the 70's; my mind was blown!

Nobody analyses like Dr. Mix! Excellent as always.

@FunkyDisco79

Жыл бұрын

Not excellent at all. Lots of error in this video.

@richardervins

Жыл бұрын

No. Sorry to say. But there are a lot of mistakes in this. Not just the mistake with „fun“ being „ fahr‘n“ (short for „driving“ in German). I know two members of Kraftwerk personally. I know how they worked at the time. And there is just too much speculation and not enough knowledge of how Autobahn was produced in this „essay“. ❤

I just saw Kraftwerk a week ago in Santiago! Full of young people enjoying the music and singijg aloud the songs ! Ralf Hutter is still there singing for all of us. Autobahn was one of the tracks they played live. Great band, great trajectory, great video !

I remember buying the album in 1974 as a 16 year old kid; I still have it in my record cabinet. I also remember that my mother liked it, and we listened to a live version when she was 90.

Hey, i'm from germany and i can translate you what the say in section 3, where the voices singing is changin.. German: Die Fahrbahn ist ein graues Band, weiße Streifen, grüner Rand. English: the roadway is a gray band, white stripes green border. As simple as genius it is! 😊 Love your Videos, your deconstructions! Take care! 😘

@compfox

Жыл бұрын

Band = ribbon

@winesynths

Жыл бұрын

Back in the days, when I had my old Mercedes, this sentence was written on the dashboard! 😎

@hermannrudi9688

Жыл бұрын

​@@compfox "Rand" here means edge or border. So you have a gray highway and green grass beside it.

Though a lot of the music sounds sequenced, Autobahn was made before they started using their (custom-made) sequencer. To think that they were so precise as musicians that they actually sounded like machines is mind-blowing. And you can't only hear influences of classical music, but actually classic *electronic* music, like eg. Karlheinz Stockhausen.

@j.maxell3030

Жыл бұрын

En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. (Conny Plank) y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica (Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

Oh yes please, Tubular Bells or any of the early albums of Mike Oldfiel, they are so amazing ! So much to tell about composition, melodies, harmonies, ... These are real masterpieces !

@j.maxell3030

Жыл бұрын

En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica (Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

I remember me and a my friend listen thet LP over and over again when we where 12...we where blown away.

14:00 the rythm is the concrete blocks of the autobahn under tyres :)

One correction, claudio: they don't sing " fun, fun, fun auf der autobahn". Instead the lyrics state " fahren fahren fahren auf der autobahn". It is a sentence in German and fahren means to drive or driving... which makes more sense....

@timi_ro

Жыл бұрын

Kraftwerk said it works both ways, if the listener wants to!

What they did several times, on Trans Europe Express as well, was to capture the rythm of the surface. In this case the concrete slabs (or rather the small gaps). They did the same with the train tracks.

i'm over 50 years old now, and i start to listen kraftwerk when i was 14 yo, but everytime i listen kraftwerk i discover new things, they are my master, the light to follow

I am from Germany Düsseldorf and i love Krafterk. Nice Video 😊 you speak good germen ;))

in 2003 we traveled as part of a high school charity band across Europe which worked with Make-A-Wish, granting wishes in each town they performed. One night we rode in a bus from the Hague (Scheveningen) to Frankfort. I went to sleep that night, on the Autobahn, listening to Autobahn. It was surreal. And something I ALWAYS wanted to do. Once in a lifetime! GREAT VIDEO Claudio!! I'm listening through the whole album now, every song just as good as the first time I heard them.

Kraftwerk played the theater in my picture, here in Detroit (Eastown Theatre, then called Showcase Theater) for the first time in the midwest United States, in 1975. ....The rest is TECHNO HISTORY. ❤

Stumbled onto an original copy of this record yesterday at an antique shop. Oddly enough, I found another original Kraftwork album at this same shop from a different vendor a couple years prior.

It's amazing how something as simple as a delay on the bass can make it so special and iconic. The title track is just sensational. Also Kometenmelodie 2 from the album is one of my fave Kraftwerk tracks

@jamesmay3941

Жыл бұрын

I bought the Kometenmelodie single in the 80s not knowing at the time it was from this album (I have most of them now, I think). Hearing that movement on this vid took me straight back. 👌

@lowandodor1150

4 ай бұрын

Ohhh Kometenmelodie is swee heat!

@lowandodor1150

4 ай бұрын

A little more like Cluster and Harmonia perhaps or. well, just wonderfully blissful electronic exploration!

Saw these guys in dusseldorf in 1977 was 10 unreal been a fan of electronic music ever since thanks guys

I knew them with their second album, Radioactivity, when i was at middle school. It was lve at first sight:) And last year I saw one of their concert (at Milan), including Autobahn and its 3D vintage computer graphic video behind them

FON FON FON on the AUTOBAHN My own misheard lyrics, I stand by it.

You must sleep very happy in the nights. ❤

To me the bit from 18:27 to 18:44 feels like entering and driving through a tunnel, and 18:45 when the bass comes back is when the tunnel ends and you come back out on to the road.

30:22 - This is my favorite track - I love when it breaks into an explosion of treble notes!

Autobahn was the first record i ever bought. I have very fond memories of playing this on my primitive record player.

Very nice video, as always!!! Autobahn is like an audio journey through the german state of Nordrhein Westfalen. You can hear birds, steel mills and rivers. All what you can hear when your window is open on the Autobahn. Greets from Düsseldorf

@JockGit64

Жыл бұрын

Love Düsseldorf, spent 3 years there while in the British Army in the 80's. Very fond memories of the place. Was my intention to stay there when I left the Army but I met a girl, left the Army, and got married in the UK, oddly enough she was born in Düsseldorf when her Dad was in the Army. One day I will go back for a visit.

@philipgilligan_art

Жыл бұрын

Used to travel to Dortmund and Paderborn as a teenager visiting military relatives, many times in a car several times hitchiking in trucks…… nighttime on the B1 was magical

@user-fr7dk9xw9m

Жыл бұрын

HITLER KAPUT!!!

@rainerwaansinn

Жыл бұрын

That was the case 50 years ago. Try driving on the AUTOBAHN today 😞 Greets form Germany

First time I heard Kraftwerk I was 14. It was 1978 and I fell in love. I was pretty much the only one in my friend group that liked them...I still have eclectic tastes in music to this day.

I could listen to you break down records like this for hours. Gives me a new appreciation for it.

I'm in love with the passing cars sounds

Do something Yello in the future please. Eventhough i like everything really.

@damouze

Жыл бұрын

Yello has my vote too!

@peter-utrblk

Жыл бұрын

Same here

Wunderbar, sehr schön

SIMPLE Vs COMPLEX Superficial Vs Deep Kraftwerk Vs Kraftwek .... Like a mantra, exactly Excelent video indeed

The use of the synthesizers to create those whizzing Doppler effected car sounds whizzing by without the use of digital sampling is just magic!

I remember, the first electronic music that was popular and even got airplay on the raidio was Jean Micheal Jarre's Oxygen inthe 70s. After that, I got to know Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Klaus schulze and so on.

@wiseoldfool

Жыл бұрын

Real music!

Kraftwerk is very important for the electronic music because, Kraftwerk is the origin of electronic music. Without Kraftwerk, there would be no Techno or House. Without Kraftwerk, we would still be listening to Rock n Roll today. Nice Video 🔥🔥🔥

@gwivongalois6169

Жыл бұрын

Ok, let's just ignore ~30 years of electronic music before Kraftwerk. The are very important, but they are also standing on the shoulder of giants.

@djbuebby_official

Жыл бұрын

@@gwivongalois6169 Before Kraftwerk, there were also excellent electronic productions. However, Kraftwerk played a significant role in commercializing electronic music. As a result, electronic music became relevant to the commercial music industry.

@lee_drifting

10 күн бұрын

same with a lot of hip hop records. they were sampled a lot on old electro funk and miami bass beats

@djbuebby_official

9 күн бұрын

@@lee_drifting Yes this is correct, great hip-hop acts such as Africa Bambata made their sounds blossom again in the late 80s and early 90s by sampling!

"It feels like an elf. In the morning." Well, yes it does, now that you mention it. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

I really love these deep dive album analysis videos. Keep them coming

This and The Box by Orbital (the full 28 minute version) are my favorite long-form electronic music tracks. Just amazing!

@roygalaasen

Жыл бұрын

Aaaaaaahhhhhh The Box is insane! You listen to part one, slowly building up to part 2 and it totally blows up! Pure genius. That is also a true Gold nugget, though of the 90’s. Edit: you mentioning 28 minutes, which made me have to research a bit, and there is this single where there are more parts continuing where part 2 ends, totalling 28 minutes. Sadly I never had the single though the part that did not make the album are great as well. It is different, and you may not like, but give this album a listen. It is brilliant as well. kzread.info/head/OLAK5uy_mixmsfhHN1xgSZtgviqq2SW63bQkLIe7c

@j.maxell3030

Жыл бұрын

En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica (Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

I remember so clearly when I first heard those opening chords. Perfection! Thank you!

He's genuinely enjoying that. That fact makes me proper buzz. Love it.

I sure enjoy your deep dives into these iconic albums. Your energy and spirit is worth the watch alone. You got me smiling bro and that's pretty good in a world that needs more smiling. :) Thanks for doing what you do.

Claudio, I just love the way you deconstruct these masterpieces. Thank you.

These are some of your best pieces. Educative, meaningful content. Thank you.

This is good stuff. I love the enthusiasm, that goes into the content of these videos, because watching the creation of music inspires me to create music that's different from what I normally do.

more videos like this Doctor Mix would be great they are amazing!

This channel is SO MUCH FUN! Doctor Mix’s enthusiasm is very contagious. - always gives me a fresh case of synth fever. As a new synth enthusiast, I am learning and appreciating so much. Cheers!

@j.maxell3030

Жыл бұрын

En 1974 esto no era diferente...ya estaba hecho y en proceso de evolucion y desarrollo. En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica (Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

J'ai découvert l'album à sa sortie, je ne l'avais pas entendu de cette facon après cette déconstruction. Merci cette vidéo est superbe.

Nice as always Doc. This is one of those where I hit the like button before I even watched the video because I knew how good it would be.

I recently found your channel and as an electronic music fan dance my childhood I find this very informative. Now this Autobahn that I heard first time on 80's opened to me very differently. Can't wait the new content. Greetings from Finland!

I am thrilled by the dedication with which you present this masterpiece. Thank you! I was 24 years old at the time (1974) and had already covered quite a few kilometers on the highway. Driver jobs financed my living.

Man, I just loved your analysis 👏..and about a group that changed music concept forever...thank you Claudio!

Thanks Doctor Mix!

Thanks for reviewing this. I love this album dearly as my mum introduced this to me when I was about 15 years old and it totally blew my mind. I used to listen to it repeatedly and used to practice keyboard with this and it still remains gorgeous to me today.

I have heard this album probably at least a hundred times, but... just like the last one you did on JM Jarre, next time I will hear it with so much more interest because of these fantastic videos! Thank you doctor Mix, I greatly appreciate this and can't wait for more :)

@j.maxell3030

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Jarre - Synthetizer Man / Freedom Day 1972 ya le daba escuela a los 4 robots del Krautrock de como hacer verdadera música electrónica a corte Synthpop

So, now only Computer World and Trans Europe Express and my dreams are gonna be fulfilled! Great analysis as always

Thank you so much for reintroducing me to this album, an old favourite from my youth... loved the exploration too.

I remember taking a bus from Northern Germany to Turkey (2500km) in the late 70s and all of the Autoput in Yugoslavia was this album.

i have to say i love your breakdowns My favorite album is Trans europe express, that chugging rhythm gets me every time (and hall of mirrors)

You're the Rick Beato of electronic music. I just love love love your channel....so very informative and I learn so much. I also learn to appreciate music even more. Thank you for doing what you do!🥰 Kraftwerk..? I'd call their genre "krauttronica" 🙂

@bdoehner

9 ай бұрын

“The Rick Beato of Electronic Music!” Good description for this channel. Absolutely agree with it too

Your joy whenever you take apart iconic electronic albums is infectious. Indeed I have that on vinyl but was purchased as a used item in the late 1980s so that makes me a latecomer to it. Now I want to fire up the ol' turntable and listen to it on headphone, so I'll be back an hour. 😋

I can't get enough of your deep dives into Kraftwerk's music, it all makes so much sense when you lay it all down for us, please keep this series alive! If you ever find yourself curious about Organs and want to take a momentary step away from the world of Synths, then I'd absolutely love to hear your takes on organ masterpieces like Deep Purple - Lazy and/or Boston's - Foreplay/longtime (studio versions). Those intros are mind-blowingly good, and pretty relatable to synth. Much love from Sweden,

Great album, great melodies, regardless of how it was made. Music like this opens your mind.

This song truly goes straight into my heart… It gives me same lovely feeling as does Eric Prydz music (which makes sense as Eric Prydz is inspired by Kraftwerk) and I was inspired by Eric and I have been producing Kraftwerk/Eric Prydz style music quite long time now ❤️‍🔥

Fantastic, the joy of watching and learning from someone with a passion

Autobahn, a masterpiece. I like your references to Buddhism, trance and spirituality, it’s true. Even with the machine aesthetic, this music speaks to the heart.

What a journey! I remember being 12 or 13 and hearing the radio version of Autobahn. Can you imagine pop radio stations playing something so different today? Thank you for exposing your young listeners to this record. It’s sad that the Art component of music has been lost in pop music today.

@j.maxell3030

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En 1974 esto no era diferente...ya estaba hecho y en proceso de evolucion y desarrollo. En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica (Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

I love the way you analyse music in general. But this one is a perfect hit. Thank you!

Your exuberance is a great way to start my days.

He is basically singing: "the lane is a gray band / white stripes / green borders" There are a couple of other couplets in German as well. The first couplet is "A broad valley lies ahead of us / Glittering beams of sunlight shine on us". The last one is "and now we put on the radio / and out of the loud speaker comes / Autobahn". I remember when I first heard "Autobahn". My dad played the record for me and I was mesmerized. It was the early 80s, but after Nova's "Aurora" had come out. I had heard the latter song and asked my dad what kind of instrument that was and all he said was "synthesizer". A couple of days later he sat me down on the couch and he put on "Autobahn". Ah good times... I have some requests: MIKE OLDFIELD - TUBULAR BELLS (You asked for it) Nova - Aurora Yello - Pinball Cha-Cha (actually, anything by Yello).

7:28 actually it wasnt, ralf noted later that he was saying fahren (drive) but fun makes sense, as driving on the autobahn was fun

It's a joy to hear the album with you Claudio! ♥️

one of my favorites! I can listen to it every day and still amazes me!!! Kling Klang was truly a magical place!!

Simple is the key to success ❤ Isn't that we're all taught at somepoint , when creating something complex . Florain was a genius... Just like you Claudio explaining musical stuff...❤

@MonsieurC64

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No offense to Florian's memory, but I think Ralf was the real genius of the band. He's the one who came up with most of their melodies, and most concepts for the albums.

Kraftwerk is like Bauhaus for music. And they loved the art of the Bauhaus.

Got goosebumps as soon as I heard the first bars. Grazie maestro!

Love your enthusiasm for this album so much. So I just purchased a copy for myself. Thank you

Kraftwerk was able to paint vivid sound images using mostly primary colors...the art is in the simplicity.

@j.maxell3030

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Kraftwerk dibujaba sobre lienzos ya marcados por otros...😊 En Autobahn los Kraftwerk se van alejando de su Krautrock & Rock Prog. y entrando mas al rubro de la Música Electrónica (Post Concreta, Experimental, Soundtrack & Moog) que se desarrolla desde los 60s y finales del 50s Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshire, Hodgson, Cecil, Garson, Prilly... Moroder, Jarre, Lacksman, Tangerine Dreams, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Tonet, Gizzi, Pinhas, Martin W. & Ian Craig...(entre otros) toman la misma base electrónica para el desarrollo de sus modelos y lineas electrónicas siendo Moroder el Top 1 con su modelo EDM (NRG & Synthpop) desde 1977 influyendo incluso a los 4 Robots del Krautrock. Habría que decirle a Doctor Mix que escuche música electronica anterior a 1974 antes de creer que Autobhan es algo avanzado o revolucionario 😅

And actually the swinging delay was probably inspired by the little gaps between the concrete elements which the German freeways are made of - especially the older ones.... While driving one can feel this characteristic constant rhythm.... I love Your videos BTW! :) Thumbs up as always! :D

@loboheeler

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Concrete roadway sections (slabs) can buckle with temperature changes, and cause a ticking sound that varies with speed. Those are seldom seen anymore on US highways, and replaced with asphalt. Not sure about the Autobahn.

Claudio, it is such a pleasure watching you play or deconstruct albums. In many cases, I've never heard of some artists you discuss. Taking the time to pay homage to these artists all the while educating us through your passion is outstanding. I honestly wish there were more individuals such as yourself sharing their own love and passion for what has inspired YOU! The fact you show your emotion with how music has enhanced and carved who you've become is contagious. Thank you for sharing this love, and God bless you and the DrMix team!

I remember watching the video for the single on Top Of The Pops at the time, I would be 5 years old and it was my first real encounter with Electronic Music. I was hooked and still love this album! Great deep dig of a classic piece of music!

I love every minute of this album, and you did a great job, celebrating it. Thank you for that! 27:10 reminds me of ‚on the run‘ by Pink Floyd. Might be a coincidence, might be a tribute to PF from the Kraftwerk guys, who knows… The Album ‚Dark side of the Moon‘ was released in 1973. Listen to that piece of innovative/progressive music.

Brings back so many memories! Thanks for this great analysis! One small nitpicking remark: it’s just ‘Kraftwerk’ and not ‘the Kraftwerk’! 😊

@oldunclemick

Жыл бұрын

The one that always bugs me is "The Talking Heads".

@j.maxell3030

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The Krautrock de Kraftwerk...

Well... i love the way DR. celebrates Albums with Details... I feel his joy...

I never thought about Autobahn being meditative but you're absolutely right! Just gently rocking in a seat to the song is a soothing vibe.