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Unlike Kraftwerk's later work, "Autobahn" was only released with German lyrics, without a simultaneous English-language release. The main refrain "Fahren Fahren Fahren" was often mistaken for the English phrase "Fun Fun Fun" and thought to be a reference to the 1964 Beach Boys' song "Fun, Fun, Fun" to which band member Wolfgang Flür later commented: [3]
Autobahn is the fourth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk, released in November 1974 by Philips Records.The album marked several personnel changes in the band, which was initially a duo consisting of Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter; later, the group added Klaus Röder on guitar and flute, and Wolfgang Flür on percussion.
With Emil Schult working on artwork and lyrics, Kraftwerk began to compose music for the new record. Even though Radio-Activity was less commercially successful than Autobahn in the UK and United States, the album served to open up the European market for Kraftwerk, earning them a gold disc in France. Kraftwerk made videos and performed several ...
While their initial albums featured mostly German lyrics, in 1975 Kraftwerk began writing lyrics that combined both German and English verses. Beginning with "Trans-Europe Express" (1977), most songs by the group were created as duplicate versions sung in English or German; some French, Japanese, Italian or Spanish versions were made.
Kraftwerk Returns to the ‘Autobahn’ on First Night of Disney Hall Residency: Concert Review. Andrew Barker. May 22, 2024 at 1:39 PM. Half a century ago, give or take a year, two of the most ...
Radio-Activity (German title: Radio-Aktivität) is the fifth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk, released in November 1975. [3] The band's first entirely electronic album is also a concept album organized around the themes of radioactive decay and radio communication. [4]
Kraftwerk performing in Zürich on 10 March 1976, before starting production on Trans-Europe Express. After the release and tour for the album Radio-Activity, Kraftwerk continued to move further away from their earlier krautrock style of improvised instrumental music, refining their work more into the format of melodic electronic songs. [7]
"Trans-Europe Express" is a song by German electronic music band Kraftwerk. It was released as the lead single from their studio album of the same name in 1977. The long version of the song was on the original released album, is 13:44 long, and split into two (in the United States) or three parts (in Germany).