From Greg Earle Sent Wed, Jun 10th 1998, 07:15
From Greg Earle Sent Wed, Jun 10th 1998, 07:15
[ Spoiler alert: if you haven't gone to Kraftwerk and don't wanna know ... ]
Che wrote (partially in response to Joe Rice's SF review):
> Next came a radically
> reworked version of "Airwaves" off of "Radioactivity". This was a fantastic
> update of a song which I always felt could be better. Now it is. Great
> job guys!
and
> Apparently I went to a different Kraftwerk show than Joe Rice, or maybe I
> was just paying attention. First, there was only one new song. I'm
> guessing that Joe didn't recognize "Airwaves", even though the lyrics &
> main melody were the same as the original.
After seeing the Los Angeles show, I'd like to submit that maybe you're both
right.
There is no doubt that they played "Airwaves", albeit in altered form (slower,
for one). But there was a break and the entire song changed pretty much at
roughly the same time as the original ends (the original "Airwaves" isn't very
long). One could say that since the green oscilloscope pattern was used
throughout that it was the "same song", I guess. But with a full breakdown
and a complete change in the music (to something I alluded to earlier - "Aphex
meets Kraftwerk in an elevator" - with apologies to Derrick May), for all
intents and purposes the 2nd part was effectively a "new song". I know the
original well and I didn't really see the two parts being all that connected,
except for the use of the oscilloscope pattern throughout.
(Sadly, in LA the Candy Raver and Club Kid quotient was almost nill.)
- Greg