Kraftwerk - Numbers

[MrTremellhale]

believe it or not i still have the same boombox i use to play this on an it still workin WOW so many memories HOLLAND TOWN HOUSES, ROCHESTER NY...

[speeddammit]

Ah yes, music from the skating rink! Used to skate my backside off to this!!!

[Bongwater80]

gonna have a party soon and i will be playing this the whole time

[cochristian62]

I was at the monastery...this was magic!

[sicklefudge]

yes thay did

[viewtiful23]

EPIC!!!!

[ponydownboy]

EATCH ME SUN CHE....LUV IT!!!!313

[det300zx]

9 people disliked this because Kayne West can't remake it...lol

[NarutoShippuuden921]

im here cuz of wind technique

[NykuMjFan]

@NarutoShippuuden921 me too :)

[MrSouthernman73]

THE SHIT THEN,THE SHIT NOW, AND THE SHIT FOREVER!

[BurrMorr1]

WOW !!! I Miss those times wearing dark shades, flip up collars, Str8 leg Levis in the club, and the dancefloors use to be actually dancing, moving, to tracks like this, singing>>>> Eech !! Mee!! Sun !! Sheek !!!! Kraft Werk use to rock the floors around the world, this tune is truly a Vintage Floor Banger !!!

[Juan321C]

@BurrMorr1 Straight up truth right here!

[IIKrYsII]

Kenny Muhammad rox it ! xD

[Tee95loc]

this is how i learned to count :D

[mr2000aaa]

Does anyone know the notes to this on the keyboard/synth?

[TheHollerwood]

@mr2000aaa It is a very strange arpeggio sequence in the key of A is all I can tell. I'll play around with some of my VST instruments and let you know when I can pinpoint a patch that is close to it(I'm sure I've heard one before).

[mr2000aaa]

@TheHollerwood Allright, thanks.

[DebZoid]

at at time when you remembered every 'note' of an album- burnt into the ears

[BigWen130]

Still a sick song!!!

[1965bigblockchevy]

I went to so many house partys when this shit was out lol omg it brings back when life was so dam good  .lol

[jeffersonberba]

struttin

[TheHerrHeinrich]

Joseph sent me here...and he was goddmaned right! Amazing!

[1motorpsycho]

Doin' the "Pop" right now.

[marchivo74]

Orale , I use to breakdance 2 this jam!Chingon ESE!

[andreastory800]

we were dancing off this jam in the early 80s

[bronxchica777]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

EPIC  POPLOCKIN' THROWBACK

[UnderakerMr]

Joseph sent me here

[Mobdm]

Breakdance Heaven



[Rabshakeh9]

being in the house party when this was first played was nuts. it was a funny to hear that these dudes were white - crazier than queen's "another one bites the dust". and here it is 30 years later...like the house party in el paso texas so long ago i'm still laughing.

[nyguy88L71]

wow after 30yrs still fucking good that how you know is good.

[oldschoolbx1970]

One of the best joint for both poppin' and lockin'. thanks for posting it.

[djorganic]

great album, I used to listen to this as a kid, and get inspired(i now create my own electronic music) I remember the vinyl record(large usually black round sound discs that you play on a spinning table with a needle)I remember it was so warped the needle would skip. Finally had to get this album on CD(another smaller spinning disc)

[painterpayne]

Not every musician, that takes the label, can count. Some are simply charlatans......

[awesomebrendan19]

i hait thyss sonng!!!!!

[jazzzamars]

PROTO_RAP



[PhoenixxH345]

Yo break out the cardboard and breakdance battle .

Straight up ole skool righ here yo.

[benelli3000]

I heard that 8 people can't count as of December 2011...

[1973giraffe]

Un,deux,trois. Uno,due,treis,quattro. Mais ou est le chiffre quatre?

[grooveskin]

My Chicago Days - WOW!

[blonde7000]

strange song but i like it well done

[themanmaschine]

Now I know where Salt n Pepa stole the beat from on the song, Gotta Keep On! I think this is brilliant, and Kraftwerk are brilliant too!

[igfromthe323]

I feel like I'm inside of a Tron environment listening to this

[GwinnieGwindel]

I love how they count in German, then there is a slight pause between one - two.

Either way, I really don't know why I don't listen to more of these guys music!

[xCARSARESEXY]

SHIT SONG.

[cruz488]

@xCARSARESEXY Well, to each their own...Don't come raining down on our parade, for those who like this...Just change the channel to something else you like

[xCARSARESEXY]

@cruz488 You're a chicken pussy shit. Go and "cruz" in your crappy old rusty Radio Flyer.

[lazorlasso]

6 people dislike because they are jealous of people who can count.

[rvistaworkbench]

T-1000 likes this i don't know why

[DJeRoXXX]

Classic

[papiblatino]

Owwwwwww...git em'!!!!!

[CruiseControlOne]

Krafterwerk #1

[dragonxanimation]

wtf is this its? and why are they counting in Japanese?

[bigsixtyseven]

@dragonxanimation It;s German

[dragonxanimation]

@bigsixtyseven ichi nii san yon is 1234 in japanese

[JulianSF123]

@dragonxanimation It's also English, Spanish and French

[Guakingo]

@dragonxanimation The voices are coming from a little electronic translation device, probably one of the first ever. When Kraftwerk started there was very little electronic gear available, they build half the stuff themselves and used anything they could get their hands on.

[dragonxanimation]

@Guakingo that's pretty cool... its better than all that new electronic crap they have today.

[nonos1866]

saw in Sheffield 1981 - still a sword of steel!

[freesouluniverse]

early 70's Block Party Music in the hood, one of the best.. Timeless, you young kids missed it

[sparkey989]

@freesouluniverse Apparently you missed it as well, about ten years too late to say "early seventies" ('81 bro)

[AnimeDnBfan112]

@freesouluniverse But I didn't

Kraftwerk for life.

[GeniusQBN]

@freesouluniverse you lucky motherblucker

[321thebigcheese]

@freesouluniverse to bad this album was released in 1981.

[FleshandBlood8]

@freesouluniverse how is this early 70's music when it came out in 1981?

[dnjp4life]

So good for a 1981 release. These guys were so ahead of their time with this album it's crazy. I just wish that I had discovered this album before now!

[TheQzma]

stephanie WDC

[minsk1996]

recall this being used with someone singing gotta keep on (edwin starr?) and possibly cookie crew or salt n peppa?...anyone else recall?...circa 1989ish?...

[MrOld1964]

i hope rock and roll hall of fame bound

[bicyclesophie]

@Slsweetheart98: I love you. Thank you for pointing out Kraftwerk's contribution to music. :) I bought this album when it came out. I think I was 16 or 17.

[JetsonVinyl]

I can't stop grooving - these are the sounds that occupy my brain - I must have been a machine in a past life. This rules!

[sparkey989]

@JetsonVinyl OCCUPY JETSONVINYL

[roboroschi]

30 YEARS BEYOND . . .

[jordinyc]

Clean .. The .. Tree

[goldenchild254]

WOW!

[3960md]

Aren't they pretty famous?

[mrproper3817]

sounds almost like a numbers station broadcast

[Mister86Productions]

These guys PIONEERED THE SYNTH! How are they not rewarded!? Man...

[pnmdmd]

This song reminds me of when we were "Mods" in La we used to rock the La Sports Arena when Uncle Jams Army would come do their shows, Egyptian Lover and Mr. Prince

[crysjumar1]

@pnmdmd trench coats and hats.....Mods

[crysjumar1]

@pnmdmd 1680 K-Day

[RapRockDeathcore]

this sounds like digital pot smoking music

[1uniqueweirdgrl]

makes me want to break dance....

[PappaWheelie]

@javier29m90 Disco and Kraftwerk go hand-in-hand. Kraftwerk BEFORE Giorgio Morder's 1977 Disco hit "I Feel Love" was less danceable, and Kraftwerk clearly were inspired by it with 1978's "Metropolis" and "Space Station" (from Man Machine). Moroder was openly inspired by Kraftwerk, notably, with 1975's Einzelganger .

[bmoregan]

#6 - Invented the "Motorik" beat.. Best example is probably "Autobahn".

[PappaWheelie]

@bmoregan #6 Neu!, in 1972, after they left Kraftwerk.

[hentaisexfreak4life1]

awesome song here wow cool indeed awesome wow cool

[GCLwins]

Kraftwerk = GOLD. Extraordinary genius.

The more you listen to them, and the older you grow, the more AMAZING these guys are!

Phenomenal group - I am not worthy before them (truly, I feel inferior).

[wilcole1971]

Shout out to Michael boogaloo shrimp chambers aka turbo

[thesiouxgoddess]

@javier29m90 Hey, what's wrong with classic disco, dude? It is definitely more enjoyable to listen to these days than most of the crappy commercial stuff that they play on the radio here in NYC anyways. :-) Nonetheless, I am a die-hard Kraftwerk AND Depeche Mode fan!  Oh, and check out this group from Iceland called Gus Gus, if you are really into electronic music!

[thesiouxgoddess]

If it wasn't for the invention of DISCO during the 1970's, then these guys wouldn't have existed in the first place. Disco really did introduce electronics and technology into music! Kraftwerk are definitely the fore-fathers of electronic genres that came after them (house, techno, trance, industrial, drum-and-bass, etc.)

[djrogerrubeo]

THESE GUYS ARE STILL THE ATOMIC BOMB OF TODAYS TRANCE HOUSE AND CLUB MUSIC,,THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED ALL YOU PRODUCERS AND DJ'S OF TODAY THAT HAVE EVERYTHING HANDED TO THEM. KRAFTWERK MADE IT ALL HAPPEN WITH VERY MINIMAL GEAR AND THEY PROGRAMMED IT ALL, .

[dankeschone]

@djrogerrubeo Absolutely correct.

[AmericanGeneration]

One word. SWAG.

[sparkey989]

@AmericanGeneration No. This isn't fucking "swag." get your radio bullshit out of here.

[goroem]

@AmericanGeneration wow rly???????? a lot beyond swag in my 0pinion

[Slsweetheart98]

The MOST underrated music group / song of all time:

#1-first group to have computer / digital technology 25 years before everyone else had it (1981).

#2-first to use automated beats (Stevie Wonder is 2nd).

#3-first to use samples and first to be sampled (Planet Rock).

#4-first to produce the first rap video (Planet Rock).

#5-this song taught all late 80s rap producers (Dre, Ice Cube, Puffy) the 4 beat system, overlapping on 4 tracks.

AND THIS GROUP HAS NEVER WON A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD!

[muchofunko]

@Slsweetheart98 ....calm down: All of them you mentioned, gave KRAFTWERK the best reputation, without knowing it! Look: lots of writers wrote chapters of the New Testament- but only JESUS was the creator, the reason for it! It's the same thing with KRAFTWERK...

[PappaWheelie]

@Slsweetheart98 #1 was Robotwerke in 1979, #2 was Sly & the Family Stone in 1971, #3 wasn't a sample; it was an interpolation, as they also interpolated Captain Sky & Babe Ruth, #4 is Sugar Hill Gang in 1980, #5 Emu's SP1200 + Ultimate Breaks & Beats are the parents of Golden Age Hip-Hop. Kraftwerk is more than Electro/Techno founders. They were Krautrock experimentalists, dating back to 1970 (where Cluster recorded the electronic "Zuckerzeit" in 1973, before Kraftwerk put their flutes away).

[AnotherRandomGeek]

@PappaWheelie Well said.

[JohnnyDoy1]

@Slsweetheart98 i agree with you on that im a beat maker and i make downsouth beat ex....Lex luger

and i think this is HOT and lol...... IM BLACK

[sk80soarus]

@Slsweetheart98

How about Raymond Scott?

[hulaqde]

@Slsweetheart98 - i tried to tell someone this and they didn't believe me- and for the record i was listening to them way back in '76......

[groundpounder35]

@Slsweetheart98 I think you need to factor in Grand master Flash into your equation.

[eboneetigress]

@Slsweetheart98 I thought Kraftwerk started their computer music in 1979 actually

[eboneetigress]

@Slsweetheart98 still, you are right; Kraftwerk is the foundation and have not been recognized at all!

[eboneetigress]

Respond to this video... this is the SHORT VERSION!

[sc20910]

@Slsweetheart98 Yes 100 percent absolutely agree. What I loved was back in the early 1980's when you could hear folks walking around blasting 'Numbers' on their shoulder-perched boomboxes or driving in their loud car stereos. Seeing Kraftwerk perform in person years later in SFO and NYC was a high I can't forget.

[Lilzachman]

Wind Technique much

[discovery781]

i remember this getting quite a bit of radio play in New York on 92.3, a disco station that was hugely popular-----i remember thinking what a strage song--it was different from what was on the radio at the time---the music/sound always reminded me of ripping fabric..... interesting indeed

[IamKittySweets]

yah i feel that daft punk got the flavorr

[spursred]

this jam is off the chain i remember growing up to ths kind of music i was a dj back in the day when this jam came out i love it, i remember cutting it up on the turntables with planet rock dam what memories

[AstonMerryGold4Ever1]

Everyone that has commented, i would just like to ask, who here is young??? who is 12, 13, or 14??

[BeatBox140]

Beatbox Version Is Better !! Thump Up If You're Agree !!

[MrSuckafree247]

Imma start pop lockin now, watch out.

[YourFunkLord]

Every Time I Hear This Track I Think Of Techmaster P.E.B

[MyHumanLife2011]

what year is this album for?

[pointpoint10]

@MyHumanLife2011 This album if for the future.

[TRKizm]

@MyHumanLife2011 from 1981

[Tkraemer81]

Why can I still see this track DESTROYING dance floors 30 years later?



[rush1er]

oops... wrong song

[rush1er]

I wonder if Broomstick sales went up after this song was released?

[Shux3000]

Rock rock planet rock dont stop

[yn1scott]

The new sound of Hip hop in the early 1980's was created off of this. Africa Bambata used this to make Planet Rock...

[paydem]

I forgot all about this song. Still sounds great.

[wikiemol2]

The Daft Punk of the 70s

[t0xin420]

@wikiemol2 you're an idiot. daft punk doesnt have SHIT on these guys. they invented electronic music. daft punk should be sucking off these gods.

[wikiemol2]

@t0xin420 I wasn't saying that Daft Punk was better, I was just saying that they are very similar in style and its amazing how something so old could compare to something so new. By comparing Kraftwerk to Daft Punk I was simply trying to illustrate how Kraftwerk was so far ahead of its time, which it was. I was also trying to show how Daft Punk has a very similar mindset and way of thinking, which it does. If you want to argue with that, then I think you may be the idiot.

[ROCKNROLLFAN]

@t0xin420 I wouldnt say that kraftwerk invented electronic music because Roger & Zapp was doing electro-funk songs like more bounce to the ounce

[southport97]

Still ahead of it's time.

[TheSeanwill7]

Every DJs' dream mix back in the day !!!!!!!!!!

[fjtbone100]

This song and strobe lights in a dance club back in the 80s ... 'nuff said!

[EtereRadioascolto]

agghiaccianti, meravigliosi kraftwerk

[TheFemmgurl]

this song was the shit when i was in college! Pop locking to it and noone knew what the hell they were saying...lol!! I got the album and became hooked...yes!

[dustindiamond11]

@TheFemmgurl Awesome! 

[dustindiamond11]

Respond to this video... They are saying "Eins-Zwei-Drei-Vier-Fünf-Sech­s-Sieben-Acht." which is "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8"

[VebseLover]

I can recommend Todd Edwards - Counting where he samples this song.

[thereallouminatti]

I just downloaded this off iTunes. On my iPod with headphones it loses so much as compared with hearing it on vinyl between a pair of massive speakers with a state-of-the-art stereo system circa 1981. I can't put my finger on the difference... maybe it loses a lot of the low end.

[sbseed]

counting never sounded quite so interesting or good lol

[DurtyDnation]

DiZ SHIT SUCCS..80S SUCC.You SUCC

[Blufbunny]

@DurtyDnation fucking beter then todays music, its sucks not this its awsome. dont fuck with german techno

[NFSHackerz]

@DurtyDnation shud up, You know nothing about good music =)

[grfranco122177]

@DurtyDnation

your mother should've swallowed you...j/k say hi to your moms for me!

[tomp45]

Electronic Music's roots.

[Doreauxgard42]

I liked the part where they counted.

[MegaBungus]

Mad respect for Kraftwerk. Minimum Maximum is sick.

[cuddleslapine]

best part:

Ichi ni san chi

Adjin, dva, tri

[MsPrincessaj]

I used to love this song! This was actually played on R and B stations back in the day - we used to jam to it at parties.

[PavelZajec]

The beginning of techno at its finest!

[Blackboilingrobotoil]

Its easy to dowload the original german version now. Worth doing if you love this album.

[jcarrasq20021]

Way back when, I used to go to Bonds International Casino in Times Square NYC and when they played this record the lasers above the dance floor were incredible. It seemed like those lasers were installed just for this JAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone remember the musical staircase which hardly worked?.....LOL!!!!

[ceegod007]

Was Kraftwerk considered a band



[1NationUnder1God3in1]

@ceegod007 Most definitely!! An awesome one at that ! They were "normal" musicians in the 70's before they started the techo stuff. This is what made them legends in what they do. So many bands since, have totally ripped them off.

[Fine39XMEN]

Awesome track that we used to break dance to back in the day!

[silvashiva]

a primeira vez que ouvi, pensei que eram realmente robos e fiquei com medo! tbera criança!não tem como comparar..os caras são atemporais, visionarios, perfeitos e ninguem, nunca, fará nada igual!!!!!

[cuerpoeperra]

I heard it late: 1990. I was 13. It was on a country town......... When my uncle put it to us, my ltle cousin begins to cry....he was afraid!!!!!

[swedenisthebest02]

now THIS is REAL electronic music! <3

[adamcharney]

I learned how to count to 4 in Italian, Japanese, and to 3 in Russian thanks to this song! Lol

[GMS747]

**1981**

[feegio]

My daughter is teaching herself how to speak German. All these years later, I realize they were just basically counting, LOL!

[NadadorRojo]

uno, due, tre, quattro!

[chexmixnider]

@NadadorRojo I know I wait the entire song for that part! :D my mom used to play this song when I was a little girl on a record.. in the 90's. :D

[NadadorRojo]

@chexmixnider aww how nice :)

[MrHotpantsImComin]

I can't imagine what it would be like to grow up in the 70's and then hear something like this. It's not of this world. Kraftwerk brought something that was outside the realm of human consciousness.

[lewisner]

@MrHotpantsImComin If you lived in the 70's you had crap fizzy AM radio, no computers, youtube, internet, CD's , Ipods, free downloads or MTV.The best you could hope for was an early Sony Walkman if you could afford it. I know, I was there.

[esscolab]

0:23 it all goes mad, as a kid 0f 10 listening to this on a walkman it blew me away back in the early 80's. Kraftwerk are genuises and the only real pioneers of electronic music. Their stuff is still on a different level that most so called electronic bands of today.

[p4ddythehelipilot]

I want you monkey say monkey do :D