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Flashback: Kraftwerk's "The Robots"
The German band Kraftwerk--from their look to their sound to their sense of humor--has had a huge role in what modern music looks and sounds like. Devo, Daft Punk, Air? Ambient, Techno, Electroclash?
Electronik Supersonik
Apologies for traumatizing you yesterday with Chocolate Rain. Trust me, I, too, was damaged. I could NOT get that song out of my head before I slept--and as you know, that song was no lullaby.
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Lily Allen Entertains Kate and Lines Up Bestival
Lily Allen continued her UK tour with a gig at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London last night. She had famous friends like Kate Moss in the audience to cheer her on as she debuted yet another new haircut. My girl Bella UK wants to know do you love or hate her new round bob?
And Now For Something Completely Different!
If Kraftwerk was your dad's dorky office buddies with matching beige topsiders and socks, this is what they would look like. Here they are performing, on synthesizer, an ode to the minivan. Naturally.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Sings the Best of Public Domain!
From the crazies who brought you The Obama/McCain danceoff, it's Governator Ahh-nuld Schwarzenegger himself as the Songinator! Gospel music, '60s folk songs, German nationalist music — there's nothing this guy won't tackle! (May I request some Kraftwerk and Rammstein?) In any case, because his performance is reminiscent of this character's, I fully sympathize with the children who run screaming from the room during his lullaby.
Flashback: Styx "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto"
Poised somewhere between the tongue-in-cheek '70s Kraftwerk robots and Daft Punk's nudge-nudge wink-wink robots of the new century is the masterwork "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto" by the awesome band Styx. Without a trace of irony or humor (that's OK, that's my job!) the lead singer goes on and on about how robots represent the worst of dehumanizing technology. That's an original critique!
TGIF!
Where has this video been my whole life? These faux Germans from Helena, Montana are making my Friday a little more surreal with the masterpiece, "My Hands Are Bananas." I doubt they're going to put Kraftwerk outta business, but someone's gotta pick up where those crazy Deutsch-bots left off!
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