kraftwerk - Radioactivity (Original Version)

[popcultureisgo]

Kraftwerk deserves a massive thank you from the techno community. Stellar song.

[KrzysioFisiol]

later electro version is better

[geoffolehane]

A great song from Kraftwerk. I have this album and CD.

[marcfedak]

I love this song for so many reasons, one of them being the minimalist electronic drumming.

[JFANDHISPEOPLE]

what they produced then influenced the music today

[keyboardjeff]

I don't like 3:35.

[g2sickfrown]

dope



[Potionette81]

I wonder if OMD's track 'Electricity' was influenced by this? I think the little synth motif we hear at 0:30 -0:34 and 0:38 -0:41 and throughout is very like the synth track of that song. The concepts are similar too, relating to energy and forces etc.

[666badmad]

Das war meine erste Single die ich mir gekauft habe. Auch schon "einige" Jahre her. Aber immer noch geil !!!

[kostas040989]

greece likes this......................



[ismaelmora66]

Como padres de la musica electronica creo que son insuperables.En mi vida hiceron mella. muyyyyyyyy buenos.Ismael66

[OrontesRM]

I really like the '91 remixes... but the original ones create a completley different atmosphere, especially radioactivity.

[Giusepe2011]

Sou fã dessa banda desde que era criança. Comprei o LP Radioatctity logo que o ví na loja e ouvia quase todos os dias O estilo me atraiu pelo fato de ser algo diferente daquela época e que me levava onde a imaginação podia ir como num cenário de ficção científica.

[naturesmusic49]

when I was 14  ,,this was so cool ,,, since everyone was stoned on acid ha ha

[jostube06]

Any Chernobyl survivors here?

[MFF136]

@jostube06

you retard, its not funny to joke about this!!!

great track, i'm still having the lp, but the video is kind of scary...

[shufflebert]

/watch?v=OFy3l62tVeM vocoder!

[Zalpater]

Great piece of music. This song is from 1975 - Kraftwerk were utterly groundbreaking and like nothing else back in the 1970s. They literally invented electro-pop. Their output in the 1970s was completely revolutionary.

[wlattkouzd]

This song makes me want to go to Pripyat (Chernobyl)...

[jhackney1990]

ONKALO IS UPON US

[tinyvox]

what's the latest on fukushima

[Christianpreaching]

@tinyvox the radiation is worse than ever. you can thank the men who decided to builld it on a fault line in their quest of evil

[kloppeder100]

@Christianpreaching You seem like a fine upstanding gentleman. I'm of course lying. You're just another christhard idiot that gives Christians a bad name.

[Christianpreaching]

@kloppeder100 Ok, I confess. Iman idiot. Building nuclear plants on fault lines is a good thing. Nothing bad ever came of it in Japan. Please teach me more so I can be smart like you.

[kloppeder100]

@Christianpreaching The plant in Japan wasn't on a fault line, idiot. When the tsunami came in the floodwalls were five feet too short and it flooded out the main cooling pumps and the back-up generators. The earthquake was out at sea which caused the waves to crash up and over the flood walls.

[Christianpreaching]

@kloppeder100 Its called the Hatakawa fault line. Look it up

[kloppeder100]

@Christianpreaching Regardless, it was not the earthquake itself that caused the failure of the cooling systems.

[TheGladmankilla]

@kloppeder100 more people died for the cause of christianity than any war,to be christian these days is nothing to be proud,its all about money ,ever seen a priest that doesnt drive a brand car i havnt ,its a big cult and your in it

[kloppeder100]

@TheGladmankilla Well. Our local preacher just drives a rusty old pickup. Besides. I can't really take your argument seriously when you're that fast to call something a cult. I respect your opinion, but you'd get a lot more respect if you just spoke calmly instead of thinking you know everything.

[RickyDarth]

A song that makes us travel in time!

[666MASTERTARIUM]

RIP Fukushima

[ZyvIkKra]

Kraftwerk music would go perfectly with the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.

[TheOwlking1996]

Ralf has the prettiest male voice I've ever heard. It's so boyish, yet it's smooth and mellow. Oh and the accent makes it even better.

[thegreatfriend]

His voice is so mellow...you'll have to agree with me that Ralf just has a way of making such a tremendous topic seem like a love song xD

[thomasey2]

kind of pretty updated to our present cases.

[mariopolaitalia]

good vibration,sole mio,cinderella,meine liebe mr. Einstein on the beach..

[Bo9903]

Fukusima:(

[coopercat20]

such less but so much more. It arrives my tummy

[LunasCeiling]

Topical, huh?

[warminator]

Ralf Hütter was quite attractive back then.

[tolotolo1977]

one word : magic !

[marcfedak]

This is a beautiful, haunting song, partly because of the sparse, vulnerable vocals.

[shinelikethunder100]

CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[krasty64]

los padres de la musica eletronica!!!!

[gigamakkie]

Original, creative, unique, pioneering, inspiring, 4ever and massively groundbreaking..

What on earth do kids nowadays have?...Feel sorry for them...

Grtz from Amsterdam

[nolanightmare]

man, ever listened to that when you're high?

[Tiramisator]

@nolanightmare a lot....cant stop...

[jacketero1]

Check out Los Coronas - Jinetes Radioactivos, amazing surfing version!

[Bo9903]

Chernobyl:(

[Vanhee1]

GENIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ojbdemaria]

Excellent, precurseurs non?

On ecoutat aussi Jarre et Moroder a l'epoque......

[MrPlatto1]

Genial !!

[Blacksins94]

so beautiful<3

[flake199]

love this

[yelton7]

They invented electronic musik!

[Alex7Sheva7]

DAS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!

[pelobike]

Original ist immer geil

[whitemaremma]

The original version and the best. Loved this lot in the 70s but sold all the albums when skint. Got my favourite tracks on an old cassette somewhere - must dig it out and re-create it!

[chessrockwelll]

geil geil geil

[Jefferdaughter]

Two by two, hands of blue...

Wasn't it great when they actually played music?

[yuztupid]

@Jefferdaughter Nagyon gonosz,beteg vagy!

[yuztupid]

@Jefferdaughter Illetve primitív! És nem kicsit! Idióta!

[peter93200]

géant

[vettemuziekjes]

0:50 they already has a kaoss pad back then ? 

[Fogglestein]

@vettemuziekjes they built that from scratch. Possibly the first of its kind.

[vettemuziekjes]

@Fogglestein :D, i knew it wasn't a kaoss pad hahaha.

interesting device though, it should be in a museum !

cheers .

[salsollo]

Radioaktiviät übber alles, sehr gut!

bloody great !

[pioneerz450]

this is the original and the best of all the versions.

Kraftwerk is the grandfather to all the electro music.

[dimvoly]

.-. .- -.. .. --- .- -.-. - .. ...- .. - -..--

[tangerine334]

MAGIQUE!!!!

[NesBoy1985]

I don't know about godfather that's pushing it

[brazenhubris]

saw it live in a much later setting- great

[sunshinecatalysis]

sexy and intense

[leujam]

the eletronic music never die, the good music dont stop...

[kraftwerkgal80]

☢RADIOACTIVITY☢

[noordish77]

The Godfather of all elektro musik... love it so much... thx for your courage in this time to create so great musik... 5*****

[Gunion11]

das beste von kw ....es gaebe keinen scooter oder anderen " technostar"

[NotNamedJones]

sounds like the soundtrack to some great 80s horror movie. I like it.

[McLarenMercedes]

Yes, for one about the radioactive wastelands of a post nuclear holocaust dystopia.

In fact this song wasn't originally only about radioactivity from fallout, but rather the amount of radioplay a song got on radio, that's what Kraftwerk themselves claim..

[clsleamington]

@McLarenMercedes

I didn't think the original had anything to do with fallout at all?

[McLarenMercedes]

True. It's a common misconception. The 1991 version did though.

[drappelfed]

@McLarenMercedes

considering that the original song contains the lyric "discovered by madame curie" it's pretty unlikely that the song isn't about radioactive material. The album Radio-Activity (Radio-Activitat) is a concept album that plays on the two ideas or radio airplay and radioactive material.

[lunastellaris]

Love it! But that´s not the Geiger counter ticking, it seams to be a certain kind of Morse´s alphatbeth.

[lahonorable]

aqui radio intercontinental madrid, desde youtube...la honorable sociedad

[RolandMC4]

This is a great example of how electronic music should sound!

[Casin]

c----f---f---c---f---c---f----­a----g---f

this is what I got for the first part of the piano bit. But I don't think I've got the second part right. I'm not a piano player so if there's anyone who is, can you figure out the other part?

a----c---c---a---c---a---c----­e----d---c

that's my guess for the second part.

[scatmanjohn3001]

the first one is E-A-A-E-A-E-A-C-B-A

(and when it gets lower) C-F-F-C-F-C-F-A-G-F

and at it's highest: G-C-C-G-C-G-C-E-D-C

hope that helps

[Casin]

Thanks so much.

[csatimaci]

I'm into noise presently, and I want to cover this song for conclusion

[takedamoneyrun]

this is the song that made me fell in love with electronic music..my father would play it a lot when i was a child..thanks daddy! kraftwerk rule

[gioiellofi]

adoro la musica di quei tempi...ho moltissimi dischi tra cui questo..

ho trovato un altro grande pezzo su you tube... martin stevens..midnight music...

ciao a tuttii

viva la musica

[eltorg]

kanskje en av tidenes flotteste!

[nombrilou]

Cette version originale est la meilleure !

Merci !

5*****

[blatten123]

Fantastisk Låt! Kraftwerk <3 Dom äger!

//Viktor Från sverige

[glrivalta]

maestri...

[walmoscon]

vero , mi stupisce che qualcun altro in Italia li ricordi ancora..io questa la ascoltavo sui juke box all'epoca...che bello

[thommypohl]

Diese Musik hat Heute immer noch einen guten Stellenwert ! mit wenig viel Qualität herausgeholt. Danke fürs reinstellen.

[ubl140]

Da muß ich Dir beipflichten. Kannst du Dir Scooter mit der damaligen Technik vorstellen?? Gäbe es ihn überhaupt????

[d2ohn]

Absolutely superb ...is this the perfect pop song?

[stayenkaaugiasza]

miszczostwo poprostu

[NoahFlieger]

the video is apparently late

[sidensvans54]

Fantastisk!

[Milkwokee]

Genial

[Northrog666]

mir ist diese Musik zu minimalistisch

[MarcoHair]

Stupenda!!

[freeri87]

Wunderbar.

[androidstar]

This is a great tune from Kraftwerk!

[latinsugardoll]

chuyotkl mitryhjk akokl gkym wkfgre tkjeru fbdd mexico mexicali baja arriva mexico

[1x3tzght]

Definitv einer ihrer besten Klassiker.

[RozettaBonn]

How can you not love this kind of music? It's just sooo cool lol XD

[iklock]

Because some people are stupid.

[RozettaBonn]

Haha, guess you are right about that :P

[Hinata2003]

cool ^^

[purrfectpink]

este un clip - mesaj impotriva emisiilor de radiatii care sunt emise de diferite surse de radiatii stiind ca acele radiatii sunt nocive pentru corpurile umane sau omenesti deoarece pot provoca diverse boli foarte periculoase si greu de vindecat...

stiind ca stiinta atomica este o stiinta secreta care este manevrata numai de specialisti in acest domeniu strict secret care de fapt a fost si este o taina a acelor nucleari care au strabatut timpul si spatiul

folosind aceasta tehnica numi in pace..

[dumiel]

At least 25 years ahead of their time.

Or more simply: eternal !

[iklock]

Yeah, You can hear shit like this now (Actually no.)

[NeaFrea]

Welle:Erdball

machen heute ähnliche Musik

natürlich nicht annähernd genial

[OPSL]

Deutsche Fortschrittsmusik!

[emiliozapata55]

already a classic

[HOLLIBU]

Kraftwerk ist super.

[anakin1525]

cette music est vraiment génial enjoy kraftwerk

[rosaire0]

Morse! It's been a while since I received a telegram... The relevancy of this song is higher than ever!

[sammyj3247]

I got bored after the first verse

[srtyxczewlsrolkid]

Kraftwer rule!!!

[thirteeeen]

the morse code sound actually spells 'radio activity'

[andremelo710]

Uooooahh! Man, when I listen this muz I fell radio!

[diequote]

the best piece in music !!! ever