Kraftwerk Interview Ralf Hütter BBC2 England 20090708 18:59 Culture Show

[goldensolder44]

one person did not want to press the special key which plays a little melody.

[JiGe96]

Some of these questions it's not strange why his answers is somewhat odd. Not having english as native language, a question like ''When you grew up, the shadows of the cold war, the tension between east and west, must have been a diffficult environment, what did music give you a chance to achieve?'' is not easy at all to answer.

On top of that, the Ralfbot is probably not that high-tech according to todays standards since they was built in 1990. I love her spirit of interview, either way.

[TheWulfe17]

I wonder why they shy away from the media?

[TheSanyaStyle]

she has no idea whats she it talking about.....first hip hop record....

[fuckamericanidiot]

@TheSanyaStyle nope she's absolutely right

[JBLAZE999]

"helped to invent Hip Hop" ...?

you may want to rephrase that.

[CompleteDistortion]

That last sentence was very inspiring (:

[nastarwarrior]

I can't believe she said planet rock was the first hip hop record ever, now I don't believe anything she says

[deltamode8]

poor social skills must be an understatement for these guys

yeah i said that, COME AT ME BRAH

[Cryofax]

They look more like Fatwerk now. Sheer awesomeness from the early days of the music revolution (no not that 60's hippie crap, the real one from the 70's/80's techno/punk/new wave movement). The influences from those days are still all over the radio right now.

[NebulaRasa]

Wonderful to see footage of the Manchester velodrome concert, thanks.

[SuperPirateTV]

trans-europe express.for me,the first hip hop track ever.

[nicothemusicfan]

Kraftwerk is freaking awesome they have had many innovations that were not even thought about. I really think these guys were aiming to progress music but not the type of music of today. I think they were going for a more progressive electronic sound that could quite possibly be mainstream music In the future which would be fantastic!

[kyilprkr]

It's the German pimpin of technology....would you expect anything less!!!!! KEEP DA FUNK ALIVE!!!!!! KLING KLANG MUSIK NON STOP!!!!!

[KesselGut]

He's a geerrmmmman robot

[sparky4444444444444]

.... and then I compose music

LIKE A BOSS

[LegRoom3]

What a scary man

[siameasles1]

The interviewer would have been ok if she had asked the right questions and had demanded to interview kraftwerk in the flesh than talk to this stupid dummy.It is rediculus that hutter a 65 year old man is still messing around and hiding behind this damn thing. All the other boring groups they had on this programe were interviewed properly, they should have demanded this of kraftwerk as well. Spoiled as usual by hutter.would have loved to have seen fritz henning and stefan in the flesh.

[umaralansari]

Kraftwerk. Those crazy guys... Ralf Nütter, Florian Schnitzel-Hasslebun, Karl Barking and Wolfgang Flöored. Funny guys!

No, really, I like Kraftwerk. ;)

[tudgefunnel]

People slagging each other over the origins of musical technology and genres always stop at their generation's era. To suggest no Kraftwerk, no modern music is a little harsh. Their contribution is huge. They further developed the technology. But would they have succeeded without using looping, back-tracking and dubbing techniques first used (created or invented?) by guitarist Les Paul in the late 50s? It is he who made modern music what it is by mixing electrical technology with musicianship.

[B1SCOOP]

@tudgefunnel there were a bit more people who contributed to progress of modern music. You heard about Concrete Music movement? They were using oscillators and samples in 50s as well. But wait, electric guitar wasn't first electric instrument too, before that existed already few electric instruments. One good example is Theremin invented in 20s in USSR.

[softcellgothicgirl]

Song? 2:52

[WWF1992]

@softcellgothicgirl Trans-Europe Express

[softcellgothicgirl]

@WWF1992 thank you :)

[khattamshud]

holy shit british women are ugly

[echobears]

@khattamshud She's not indicative of every british woman you fucking idiot

[capjoartist1200]

A REAL LEGEND,4 GENIUS

GOOGLE JOHAN CAPIAU

[MrDNAtkinson]

0:32 – Inspired by “Eli” Lissitsky?!

[canadianmetalmaggot]

Kraftwerk sucks! i can't belive you guys can listen to this shit, it's like listening to the little toy keyboards we had when we were kids!

[Decodermusic]

@canadianmetalmaggot Thats as maybe to you, but the simple truth is that EVERY piece of music made today has some sort of technological input which was created by Kraftwerk.

No Kraftwerk, no modern music. Now fuck off and actually listen to music properly. You might understand....

[canadianmetalmaggot]

@Decodermusic

Yeah and i hate today's music! Music today sucks!, and it's these douchebags who made this "technological" crap! Why don't you fucking man up and listen to Rock and Metal, real music that doesn't need "technology". If you wanna listen to REAL music PROPERLY listen to (Rush, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Blue Cheer) etc..

[Decodermusic]

@canadianmetalmaggot And the guitar pedals they use to create their sound? DIRECTLY descended from technology these men created and developed. I am not disrespecting your musical tastes, but I am merely pointing out that Kraftwerk are the genetic parents of the kit (tech/equipment) that your bands use today

[MittNamnFrigolit]

Cool one! Kraftwerk are genius! /// Christoffer

[Vebinz]

True legends!

I don't know if it's accurate to say they're the fathers of hip hop, or even techno and trans, as electronic instrumental music, including dance ones, pre-date Kraftwerk. Heck, "Popcorn" came out before them.

Still, they are the fathers of electronic and synth pop.

[SuperPirateTV]

@Vebinz

popcorn is old.its from 1969.but kraftwerk start 1968.

anyway."popcorn was a great track,but change nothing.

if you listen to kraftwerks "trans european express" you will hear where hip hop come from.a song,older as the first hip hop track from africa bambaataa.

[Vebinz]

@SuperPirateTV

Yes, but Kraftwerk didn't go predominantly-electronic until "Autobahn" in 1974, their first albums were apparently more real instruments it seems.

[SuperPirateTV]

@Vebinz

thats true.but popcorn was not electronic too :-P

[TheOptimod]

@rxrclan Bastard.

[TheOwlking1996]

Saying you don't know who ralf hutter is like saying you don't know who John Lennon is, honestly

[trainyjack]

@TheOwlking1996 SO FREAKING TRUE JOHN LENNON AND RALF HUTTER= THE SAME

[fuckamericanidiot]

@TheOwlking1996 no it isn't

[TheOptimod]

@rxrclan Nationalist? Fucking joke, do you even know what that means you fucking foreign dirty scumbag. I'm no fucking nationalist I just don't like spineless little racist xenophobic cunts making snidey little weak nasty bitch ass comments regarding shit they know nothing about. *Sorry I probably lost you as I used words with more than 3 letters in*.

[Atomgrinder]

@TheOptimod Don't you see the irony in what you just wrote? "do you even know what that means you fucking foreign dirty scumbag", followed by "I just don't like spineless little racist xenophobic cunts making snidey little weak nasty bitch ass comments".

[TheOptimod]

@Atomgrinder Actually, yes I do see the irony and probably stupidity in what I 'just wrote' (5 months ago) it was case of red mist and wanting to offend in any way possible as the recipient clearly deserved it.

[TheOptimod]

@rxrclan Why do you sign your reply 'Craphead'? Is that your real name then? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[TheOptimod]

@rxrclan And you're a trolling little prick - well done, you must feel elated after that little release.

[antmanbee1]

I'm always inspired by total silence... and noise. And then I compose music!

( "Be quiet!" and "We hate interviews, and sent you this robot to fuck with you!" - is what I heard )

All hail Kraftwerk!

[ChocolateExplosion]

miranda sawyer is just annoying as fuck

[Jefferdaughter]

Pardon me, but I am personally aware of a number of women who are fanatical in their appreciation of Kraftwerk.

[djkittycat]

Um. Planet Rock is not the first ever hip hop record. I mean, it was influential, but not the first.

[macdeath69]

At least she didn't say KrautWerk...

[deadlysin79]

..the robot sound more clever instead of this british gal..!!

[RibbonedRat]

Interesting show,I think she presented this very well too 

[NuntiusLegis]

The amount of hatred that is thrown at (especially clever and self-confident) women on Youtube is utterly disturbing.

She dares some humor, but her analysis is sound and her respect for the band always shows through - so I recommend to relax.

Another observation: The more dumb and primitive a male human is, the more his ideal of female beauty comes close to the nondescript plastic face of Barbie.

By the way: I am male, from Germany and like Kraftwerk.

[shairaptor]

@NuntiusLegis Yes, I am a male gay and some male humans are so macho and primitive and chauvinist it's not funny anymore ;) I'm from Germany too and I love Kraftwerk!!

[DRstaszak]

3:48 whats that song please??

[KossBert]

@DRstaszak Tour de france etappe something

Don't really remember wich

[lightoffuturedays]

When I'm in charge I'm going to round up all the critics, pundits and culture show presenters, lock them in a warehouse and play Jedward cds loudly until they resort to cannibalism.

[goldensolder44]

I love them madly!!!!!!!

KRAFTWERK WILL ALWAYS BE THE PIONEERS OF ELICTRONIC MUSIC!!!

[mitsubishi777]

Although I'm not very good at English, for me it is relatively easy to catch what Hütter says.

[machiner6]

Hmm...peculiar interview. I wonder why Ralf just sends out his robot, but is still communicating directly to the interviewer through a mic + loudspeaker? When not performing, Is he shy, or just not interested in off-stage publicity?

[SPeacock]

@machiner6 Both. He's a very private individual.

[RandomnessTube]

techno

[gmilf71]

@RandomnessTube

Electro actually

[RandomnessTube]

@gmilf71 the pioneers of techno my friend ... i didn't mean that this video was techno ya clown.

[gmilf71]

@RandomnessTube

Lol ok I guess I miss read. 

[Eldererr]

Too bad Kraftwerk was never appreciated.

[Necrolloc]

Far out I fucking hate this bitch. ''he's not only a robot, he's a German robot.'' Fuck you Miranda Sawyer, learn how to say Kraftwerk properly you fucking idiot.

[SuperSonicAnime19]

best band in the world im hunting for every album from autobahn, radioactivity, Trans - Europe - Express, the man.machine ( best album ever ) computer world and tour de France

[teatime90]

she doesnt get this music

[StaatsfeindNr10]

whats the name of the song beginning at 0:09?

[EscapeNewJersey]

@StaatsfeindNr10 "The Robots" is the sond.

[pedi007]

Godfathers of Electro. This band was WAAAY ahead his time and underrated because they were too progressive!!

[YoYoBIOS]

Is TEE really sampled on planet rock ?!?!

[brismike65]

I have seen the Robots live as many have, and it is amazing still. This interview was silly but.

[depeche609]

What is this lady going on about how women don't love Kraftwerk as much as men. shut up...I'm a lady and I have other lady friends as well that love Kraftwerk with a fierce passion.

[AEKAskenburne]

"... he is not only a robot - he 's a GERMAN robot." Hilarious. =D

Greetings from Germany ;-)

By the way: I am a woman and obviously I am not normal because I simply love KRAFTWERKs music.

[ClubBangerTV]

they created the innovative use of music intertwining with transportation. The rhythm that is in travel. Each sound a steam train makes when it is chugging down the tracks, The patterned sound of an engine thrusting energy throughout a car. The build up rhythm of anticipation and adrenaline that you hear in films today.

[Honeyglow1000]

You know what would really be cool? To see Ralf in person with a cowboy hat, shirt and blue jeans just relaxing in his saddle on the back of a big horse. Oh and of course with a little bit of smile on his face, looking at the sunset through his sunglasses. He'd be thinking about what country song about his babe he's going to crank out next with his synthesizer. To top it off, all this in my native Texas. Whew!, git along lil' doggie. Ralf's busy, got some ropin' and brandin' to do.

[hotelmario510]

Oh dear...shame he doesn't want to actually appear.

[electronicmedium]

so ppl pay to listen to someone to press the space bar on a computer?

[tickedturtle]

its fucking gay

[charliekid5]

@tickedturtle

joe, the fuck?

[themachman19691]

haha.brilliant!never seen this though i was at the velodrome.miranda looks cool in nthe man machine outfit.

[bettyx1138]

he seems kinda asshole-ish for not doing the interview in person.

[hyperseauton]

Interviews have become depersonalized since one could record what is being said and distributed it. Then came mass media and the person being interviewed had no control over the content any longer.

watch?v=vgwOjjoYtco

Kraftwerk, like Derrida want to re-emphasize the unnaturalness of the situation of the tv interview.

I would say, if, the asshole part comes in on part of the mass media exploiting sound bites and not show persons in their whole.

[hyperseauton]

my point is kind of proven by the end of this interview where the interviewer plays the hurt feelings card and bashes the bot for not being high tech.

[djkozmik]

The first ever Hip-hop record is Sugerhill Gangs Rappers Delight

[Lacrimosa12]

fuk u

[happygregory1989]

The BBC should have just played Kraftwerk songs by themselves because that's what we want to hear.

The presenter spoils what should have been an excellent tribute to an excellent band.

No wonder Ralf Hutter sent his robot out to chat with the annoying dunce.

[fearinwaves]

@happygregory1989 Your an annoying dunce

[happygregory1989]

Someone's on the BBC payroll.

All that taxpayers money well spent.

[fearinwaves]

Well you still get better value for money than if you payed to see a kraftwerk concert

[happygregory1989]

If you hate Kraftwerk, why are you watching a Kraftwerk video?

PS, Paying to see Kraftwerk is optional, a BBC TV Licence is compulsary, otherwise you go to jail.

Not that you care, you're probably too busy cheerleading for crap BBC shows like like Holby City and Coming of Age.

[fearinwaves]

Because Kraftwerk are the biggest waste of talent in the history of popular music. I can't think of any other artist who has done so much to benefit music whilst at the same time stoically giving in to whatever their fanboys want and thus losing any sense of their (at one time) ridiculous innovational practicality at making genre-spawning music.

[Shyyrn]

"Kraftwerk is a European band, with German passports- and we're touring the world."

That's a very good answer, in just a few words. I guess Mr. Huetter has that ability to put a lot of meaning in a few words, the way Kraftwerk has the ability to put a lot of emotion into synth pulses and a drum-machine beat.

[Zwitter59]

Damn, could those fucking english speakers learn how to pronounce Kraftwerk correctly ?

The name of the band is not "Craftwork", for God's sake !

[phanpharrao]

Zwitter59, you're right...

Once I spoke KraftVVerk and a guy corrects me saying with an american acent: ""Craftwoooork""

What can I do ? I just laughed...

[Zwitter59]

Really, really sad... -_-

[MrDefaulto]

to spell it in english it would be... Kroftverk, but even that can be mispronounced...  A as in Ball (not Brit's BOWL) and E as in... Hair!

I'd just correct the guy back and say, it's a German name, not English.

This interviewer's accent was even worse than and american's.... "kroftwuuuuuuuuuurk"

[machiner6]

@Zwitter59 knock it off, will ya? my family calls it like that too! Don't correct other people's mouths, please!!

[Zwitter59]

@machiner6 Craftwork is a total incorrect pronunciation. Even if your family pronounces Kraftwerk like that. The real pronunciaiton is Kraftwerk, in German.

When you like a band, the most basic way to show it is to pronounce its name correctly.

[Stumaloo]

@Zwitter59 - Not sure there is a big problem with mis pronouncing a name . Its a German name so its hard for an English speaker to pronounce without having to put on a German accent whilst saying it . It makes us come across as fanboys to call people out on issues like that surely ? and to anyone else bashing the interview at least it gets more people looking into who the nad are and thats only a good thing surely ? Craftwork...Kraftwerk.....in my eyes i dont care i just love them :)

[Zwitter59]

@Stumaloo I you love them, at least pronounce their name correctly. I am not German and I have no problem to pronounce Kraftwerk.

[Stumaloo]

@Zwitter59 - You misunderstand me . I do pronounce it correctly and i understand what your saying but its not a huge problem to me . Id rather someone asked me who Craftwork are than not ask me about the band at all . I love sharing their music with people who have never heard them :) . Not wanting to argue with you or anything just a different approach to people who dont pronounce it right :)

[njitram00000]

@Stumaloo @Zwitter59 look at 1.55, the pronounciation is equal!

[MrBellsBalls]

@Zwitter59 well.. how do you prenounce it then..

[Zwitter59]

@MrBellsBalls I pronounce it Kraftwerk. Yeah.

[tpavan]

@Zwitter59

HAHAHAHA!!

[robroxyfan]

@tpavan Yes, and the drums in "Planet Rock" are based on Kraftwerk's "Numbers"

[themachman19691]

@Zwitter59 well her english isnt that bad.did you not understand what she said?the english language is not set in stone,what your asking is that she pronounces the name with a german accent.

[Zwitter59]

@themachman19691 I never criticized her english, o_O

I criticized the fact that she did not pronounce Kraftwerk correctly. And this is not a question of accent, this is a question of pronounciation.

[themachman19691]

@Zwitter59 well miranda sawyer the woman doing the interview won a english writing award and has a very good eduacation.i pronounce paris with an s.am i wrong?if i was a french person i wouldnt.think your just being very pretentious.i knew and everyone on here knew what she was saying.maybe you should study more english.

[Zwitter59]

@themachman19691 I don't care if she received an english writing award, I never said anything about her english ! I just said that she pronounced Kraftwerk incorrectly.

The "Paris" pronouciation is not the same thing, it's more like a translation. It's like London : french people call it "Londres" because it's a translation.

The name of the band was never meant to be pronounced "Craftwork". It's "Kraftwerk" (German pronounciation) whether you are english, french, spanish, russian or anything...

[themachman19691]

@Zwitter59 so what youre saying in your own words..."us fucking english speakers"cant pronounce a german word which has neither no translation or meaning?how petty you are.i was listening and seeing kraftwerk or craftwork,who cares before you were born...cant be bothered with people who think they know it all.ill give you a word in english that i think you should relate to...wanker.

[Zwitter59]

@themachman19691 I never said that you couldn't pronounce it correctly, I honestly think that you can. But the fact is that most of the english-speakers don't put much effort in pronouncing "Kraftwerk" and prefer to say "Craftwork" instead, although it's not the name of the band.

If you consider yourself a fan of a band, at least pronounce its name correctly, except if you're really stupid.

By the way I can't imagine the confusions there'd be if there actually were a band called "Craftwork"....

[gmilf71]

@Zwitter59

Ralph was even pronouncing it like that.

He does it to downplay his accent.

[Zwitter59]

@gmilf71 Generally, he says KraftwerkI never heard him say "Craftwork"

[Dltn97]

@Zwitter59 Okay well then tell us how  to REALLY pronounce it.

[Zwitter59]

@Dltn97 You've got two nice examples here : forvo.com/word/kraftwerk/

[Szakats19]

the interview was absolute crap. this stupid woman should not have interviewed ralfs stupid dummy, she should have spoken to all four members in the flesh. Somones comment was right her mouth does look like a starfishes arsehole. Ralf stick your dummie up your a******, we want to see you.

[lilacgerbil94]

I love Ralf Hutter, he's amazing!!!

[todd12468]

minimum maximum is actually them not the robots

[hairycub69]

I have always found Ralf Hutter oddly engangeing. He is the same age as one of my oldest friends - 62 who is now chubby silver haired but stills enjoys Kraftwerk. When I was around his apartment recently we both had great fun watching the "Maximun Minimum" DVD

[deeznutsmahboi]

Something about her mouth when she talks... I shouldn't be commenting about just that, but it's so odd. Love the robot interview.

[julianindica]

This M. Sawyer's face is so magnificently ugly, so gloriously hideous, it is almost moving. I could study the crevices and deformed lips, aberrant cleft and strained pasty complexion for days. That upper lip looks like the puckered arsehole of a starfish. Thank you for sharing.

[xwsftassell]

This woman is a complete knobhead.

[Knoh]

"I don't know why I expected him to be more chatty. He's not only a robot... He's a GERMAN robot."

Ok, that was pretty funny :D

[SirAylmerBostock]

Interesting piece, but they got the facts wrong. The last Kraftwerk photoshoot wasn't in 1978 but in 1982. Planet Rock is very far from being the first hip hop record. Tour de France is hardly their second biggest hit (Autobahn, anyone? The Radioactivity single selling 1 million copies in France, anyone?). And Tour de France 03 (as played when she announced that Tour de France was their second biggest hit) is a totally different song. Morons.

[human20freedom]

they need to get laid as soon as possible...ahahhahaha

[benlu123]

I was their biggest fan in the 70's as a teenager.Why no new material ? Perhaps they're afraid of producing a flop.

[tompom89]

I don't think they're afraid of a flop. It doesn't matter what happens to their records in the charts because they are legends. It's more that they are very very slow workers - it took them 17 years to make Tour De France Soundtracks!

[minimomaximo]

Kraftwerk never get old, they keep reinventing themselves coming up with new ideas. I would have given my left arm to have been at the Manchester Velodrome, and whoever called them "the maestros" is so right.

[SirHawkeyeWho]

hehehe I love how the Ralf bot still has no legs x]

[Stromschlag]

the interviewer is very cute :)

[theshroud11]

Yeah, I find her also quite attractive. Maybe because she looks so special. I believe she is called Miranda Sawyer.

[theshroud11]

Just realized that her name is mentioned in the beginning...

[brucepercy]

well, so much regurgitation of false facts, the journalism in this was pretty poor.

[rafalexpx]

Ralf is the sexiest German robot ever!

[BigLesbowski]

Florian seems to join the band only for the studio sessions, not for the 'hated' live shows))

P.S. Planet Rock was not the first hip-hop record. Sugarhill Gang did it in 1980.

[AbsinthSycoActiv]

I always thought Sugarhill Gang used disco beats i.e. rappers delight and apache. Mind you I'm not gonna say I'm an expert on the Sugarhill Gang, they did rap good though. Peace.

[AbsinthSycoActiv]

Mr Hutter you still have it ;) Great show. Still wished Florian was part of it though. Mr Kling and Mr Klang.

[GriefTourist]

Even the future becomes dated.

[19861998]

Very wise words - even the future becomes dated.

But even that works in favour for Kraftwerk since they always were retro-futurists

[atmasphere]

He's not just a robot, he's a German robot.

[mac605]

THX Twingo :)

[tn800]

Nice video, vielen Dank. I'm not that good at English, what did he mean by "zero situation" ? (2:22)

Oh, I'd love to invite her to my band!

[earthacademy]

probably means, starting from zero/from nothing to create something.

[tn800]

Ja, it's simple.Thanks to you and wingokraftwerk ,

[twingokraftwerk]

neither do I am a native speaker. but as I understand "zero situation". from the ground up / with no basis. "close to zero" with almost nothing to be based upon.

[lewis72]

@twingokraftwerk

Being a native English speaker, I think that you are right. They were starting from a clean sheet of paper.

[freakpower2008]

"zero situation"... from nothing

[LUDWIGPARIS]

@tn800 I think "Zero Situation" means that they created music out of nothing. They did not copy or borrow any musical ideas from anyone else. They created 100% original music. They started with nothing, or "Zero", and created brilliant music.

[AEKAskenburne]

@tn800 Hi there, I guess, with "Zero-Situation" he refers to something, he said in an interview with Rock & Folk Magazine back in 1976: "The living culture of Central Europe was cut in the '30s, and all the intellectuals went to the U.S. or to France, or they were eliminated. We take back that culture of the '30s at the point where it was left, and this on a spiritual level..."

[EdgarDizzlewicz92]

@tn800 Zero Situation refers I think to the German phrase Stundenull which means literally hour zero, referring to the state of post-war Germany in relation to their music and literature, which up until then has all been heavily influenced by the Nazi Party..

[jamezdd73]

Numbers, at the end!

That's the most I've seen Ralf move on stage since any 1980's footage I've seen on youtube! Very exciting.

Thanks for the upload.

[TT6080]

Thanks for the up!

The second viewing is mine :-)