kraftwerk - antenna

[MSBollWeevil]

That oscillograph is just classy!

[Andylh106]

Geil, kannte ich noch garnicht

[TheUnhappybirthday]

I love it. Kraftwerk forever. :-)

[golfprocarp]

21 people are tuned in to the wrong frequency

[MegaGroovin]

21 people have problem on transmission

[JamesIreland]

This is fucking fantastic. I love the delay on the vocals. and also everything else

[PMSUEYRO]

Best Krafwerk song ever!!!

[alabvix]

I'm the Antenna

Catching vibration

You're the transmitter

Give information!

Wir richten Antennen ins Firmament

Empfaengen die Tone die Niemand kennt

[alabvix]

Puta que pariu! Que troço foda!

[ALXXMaXX]

This...this is kinda like proto-proto-proto-dubstep. 0_o

[RuRulanlan]

自由に　身体を　気持ち良く、動かして

[RuRulanlan]

さぁ、ダンベル辞めて、肩を　動かし、ならして、ストレス解消

[Hobby331]

Still sounds ahead of today's electro.

[texasB666]

Kraftwerk reminds me of an Isaac Asimov novel.

[dhalsim33]

Thats the HARDEST HARDCORE electronics ever!!!

[2shotgethafuckup]

Warning an antenna is faling to earth to Sweden its true!!!!

[joebstarsurfer]

the ipod or this i choose this.

[stegerrrrr]

chi ha messo "non mi piace" è una sega orizzontale ! e ascolta la Pausini !..

[BreslauerHerr]

Kraftwerk! Kraftwerk! :D

[lepivert]

Kraftwerk are the secret weapon of the ...

[nutster9000]

I guess this is what inspired the guy from LCD Soundsystem, without this album, we would have no LCD Soundsystem.

Radio Activity my all time favourite album. Bought first on cassette (1983) - the tape noise enhanced the listening experience of this album & sounded like no other. Changed me forever

[motographix]

And the best part ıs they dıd all analog. No dıgıtal gızmos and Lady GaGa/hiphop enhancements. The way to hear these guys ıs wıth a tube amp playıng vınyl.

[nutster9000]

@motographix Now ya talking I would lurve to hear Home Computer cranked up on a luxurius uber Valve amp!!!

[laromande]

Its always futurist today.

[DDistorciondesonido]

@Cetara86 hahahaha that's right!! xD

[okoskutya35]

its so good feeling the..PRIMITIV SONGS

[SoldatSolutrea]

-A genuine example of German musicality at the awe of the modern music of it's time, and also a great mental relief from metal aha

[djmusicjac]

futurepop,electropop, robotpop, kraftwerk do it all, AWESOME

[FissionNonStop]

these guys are fucking awesome, they seem like they are from the future? their demeanor, their music, their style.....

[das81]

Only people like Sean MCferry keep this sounds alive.

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@Cetara86 Hey, if I were a time traveler from the far distant future, I too would choose to go back to the 70s. Thumbs up, if you agree.

[chroniclerofthe70s]

Wonder if Carpenter subconsciously wrote this back track for the film, Escape From New York, without realizing he probably heard Antenna in his earlier days.

[sumydid]

Only Germans can do this as good as this.

[Eurannmmiel14]

@sumydid Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[nelsonextremo]

totally agree torontoboy...it is incredible how they sound today so actual...

[unhappeningful]

Would you find it fair to say Art of Noise is in the same class of genre, creativity, and futuristic incline?

[biophonc]

@unhappeningful nope. never ever. Art of noise (to me) is/was just some synth/sampler pop more than a decade later, that sounds like typical 80's synths + some samples/loops. Kraftwerk is 70's and Art of noise is 80s ;)

[roboroschi]

@Cetara86

Me too i think so . . .

[ssparrow331]

So. Awesome.

[TheMaceymacreary]

bowie played this album before his show in 76 and nobody in los angeles knew what or who it was. once i found out, i bought everyhting they did !

[AlexandriaCaroll]

I can almost hear Ian Curtis voice ghosting over

[kylekoolvidz]

I think this is cool.

[Johannes992000]

I totally agree with torontoboy. Don't get fooled by the old fashioned look of the video. This was state-of-the-art at the time. Every dj, electonic musian, etc etc anno 2011, in my opinion, should be aware of the fact that they are "standing on the shoulders of giants" as Isaac Newton said in his time.

[modgemtb]

@Johannes992000 newton said that about kraftwerk?

[Braun808]

17 people are captivated in a black hole and have no idea of any dimension.

[DeadBelaLugosi]

@Braun808 it's 21 now

[NintendoSegaSonyGuy]

This is one of my all-time favorite Kraftwerk songs. It's too bad that it's not more popular.

Does Florian sing this song with Ralf? I can't distinguish their voices...

[rarararangaro]

@NintendoSegaSonyGuy Yeah that's got to be Florian doing the harmonies with Ralf there-- the whole Radio-Activity album, in fact, seems to be the two of them duetting! Their voices are definitely pretty similar though. But I find that Florian's accent is just the teensiest bit heavier than Ralf's! Dunno.

Anyway, I guess my real point is that this is one of my all-time favorites too!

[SoldatSolutrea]

It's pleasing to see that such great music can be appreciated on a large scale. One doesn't come across musicality inspired by German technicality and innovation very often.

[dhalsim33]

@SoldatSolutrea Ain't nuthin but German Electronics and Metal!

[Fraimann1]

Trenul electromagnetic.............su­ntem acolo!!! Sublim pentru acei ani!

[TheStrammer]

Uooo ... jak radziecki solaris !

[rarararangaro]

In relative Kraftwerk terms, this song is like Barry effing White. "I'm the transmitter, you're the antenna"? GodDAMN! Ralf is making me swoon.

I didn't know this video existed! Bless you, sir!

[jrmetmoi]

@rarararangaro These guys make you swoon? Seriously? LOL Oh well to each their own and all! LOL

[rarararangaro]

@jrmetmoi You better believe it! Who needs boring, everyday, dime-a-dozen conventionally handsome beefcakes when you can swoon over unconventionally attractive GENIUSES, am I right??

[jrmetmoi]

@rarararangaro No you're wrong. Their bodies don't have to be so beefy, but they at least have to look some kind of, you know....good?

[capricious71]

Florian Schneider looks like Eraserhead here.

[cheguitare]

One of the favorite Kraftwerk tracks...

[Dmaster7Productions]

Am I the only one who is severely scared by this song?

[neolopus]

@Dmaster7Productions nope

[333collo]

great vid

[MicahBuzan]

unique!

[abc07281108]

nagyon szar



[newaver64]

i played this on huge ghetto blasters back then lmao.

[digitalmasterdata]

aaahh ok ok i love antennas and telecomm good done i guess with the rithm, :)

[Kleidfrosch]

1:21

I want that thing! :)

[rubixsduck]

awesome song love it wow

[sparkybaz77]

Didnt System of a Down cover this?

[2001Randomkid]

I LOVE RETRO

[admi908]

We want KRAFTWERK video in HD!

[guillermofeto12983]

without kraftwerk, there would be the alan person projects, the peche mode and many bands of the 80's and 90's

[gronker2]

@guillermofeto12983

... and Hip-Hop, Trance, Electro, Club, etc., etc,

[smalllucy88]

@chibiqueenie Yeah, me too... ;) he's a real man and he has perfect face!

[DhanDim]

@smalllucy88 Vorsich! Ich bin neidisch!

[chibiqueenie]

I can spend hours watching Ralf manly face XD

[greggynite]

high technology

[docfraktal]

B FACE !!

[mantra3000]

Extraordinary lyricists, these people.

[bwhackers3]

in my opinion all the kraftwerk songs are spooky :).Sure amezing for that time.

[alex528ify]

vielen vielen Dank für das hochladen dieses Video,s :)

[paulwady]

This for me should have been as big as The Model. I have more or less emulated it in all the songs I have tried to write on my own, in as original a way as I could. They just moved on and did better stuff.

You cannot eccagerate how good they are.

[Michaelslayer1]

what year is that?

[Plexpara]

@Michaelslayer1:antenna come out 1974 or 75 i think.

[blobvision]

@Michaelslayer1 1975

[64mung]

Geniuses !

Loved them since the 'Autobahn' days! I was about 8 years old back then :)

[charly9927]

Kraftwerk are incredible!

[Sails470]

That is of course, pioneer, lager for pioneer, Anapa!

[14lessthan1]

It's good to see that after all these years Kraftwerk still has it...

[sparkey989]

@14lessthan1 This is old dude.

[phillyflu]

1975...And i was adicted.

[shadrackur]

What's freaky is when these guys were doing this stuff...they were working on synthesizers with used TUBES.

[tigerlvrz]

I grew up and went to school with some of the guys from Kraftwork excellent stuff way ahead of its time and still is Hardcore...............

[Tiramisator]

The art of Kraftwerk is , they never used Synthesizers from the shop , the builded Synthesizer by itself.So all soundsd are origin at all..

[MrTriss83]

Amazing video

[tumblklaat]

dubstep.

[HarryUpHarry]

Second best record ever.

[OLee82]

Steve Jobs prob. hates this song. :-/

[uyg2008]

I have been listening to this song for several DECADES. It is nice to FINALLY see the video. Thank you for that! May something be delivered to you in kind!

[aaajjjccc46]

;) ;) ;) 

[waheex]

class material

[callmeadmin]

Very different, very basic, very simple, too original. It is not easy to create something like that.

[callmeadmin]

Very different, very basic, very simple, too original. It is not easy to create something like that.

[freitasnetuno]

hottest synth ever!

[jorgeerosa]

The best music! And made in 70s... Can you imagine ???

[torontoboy45]

nobody - but nobody - comes even close to these guys in terms of innovation, style and influence. nobody, I'm telling ya.

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@torontoboy45 Unless there is some other band prior to the 1970s, Kraftwerk are truly pioneers of futuristic techno music and very likely influenced bands like Devo and Hawkwind. Great stuff.

[djmusicjac]

@torontoboy45 tend to agree they do spacepop,electropop, robotpop, futurepop, technopop AWESOME

[nutster9000]

@torontoboy45 Back in 1985 when I was 15 I was trying to convince everybody exactly that, but did anybody listen? I always knew even back in 77 year of the robots, that they would be the electronic equivalent of the Beatles/Rolling Stones, but as far as influence is concerned, they spread far wider and further than any traditional rock band ever will.

[thenos4rat2]

This band is the best band on the planet really, I cant imagine seeing these guys in 75/76 must have looked like aliens.

[TheJuvene]

Kraftwerk is simply the best of Electronic Music around the world, was the beginning of the style by looking through the eyes of today, and see WHAT they did in this era, they are even the geniuses of music eletônica. Thank Kraftwerk, São Paulo - Brazil

[DIBEovSvarteHelvete]

The first time i saw that, it scared me pretty much..expecially the starting part...fucking love KRAFTWERK, that's pure primitive extremism.

[TheReal1inflater]

Scary sound at the end.

OO!

[admi908]

Depeche Mode for Peace was ispirated by this, GREAT

[mrsdengler]

I remember when i first heard this song; I was just starting to listen to Kraftwerk and I had them on in the background while I was doing other stuff, but when this came on I found myself just standing there, staring into space, mesmerised.

[ALXXMaXX]

@JDRoberto Yeah, the more I listen to this song, the more things I realize in "That's Good" that were taken out of it!

For example, doesn't the ascending arpeggio at 2:19 remind you just a bit of the guitar (or whatever, it's been a while since I heard the song) part after Mark sings "Everybody wants a good thing, too"?

I always knew these guys influenced Devo, but I wasn't sure to what extent exactly!

[MrSpeno77]

brilliant!

[Hismerla]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[gusviewer86]

woa this is what happens if you browse YT randomly, you find unfamous stuff like this and hey it's quite good

[machiner6]

this is actually a note LOWER than the official release.

[Belailyo]

The thing I like about Kraftwerk the most is that they

Play so monotonely...

[uneek1991]

kraftwerk are the niggas to listen to when ur high.....like real shit. im a black guy by the way lol

[Naggarmon]

@uneek1991 Lol!!! Awesome man =) Kraftwerk is the best stoney music

[dhalsim33]

thats hardcore electronics

[7OLGA7]

They are geniuses! I didn't expected that they have so great tracks!

[horstb29]

From the Album Radio Activity. Kraftwerk rules!

[6lobeta]

あーもう最高

[hotelmario510]

Kraftwerk is so out of this world.

[Oreoboots]

True pioneers of the original electronica

[pandataki]

lovely tune

[showroommeryll]

Make me vibrating mensch machine

[difdude]

Truly Fucking Epic

[PeterVonRock]

Soooooo brilliant... and funny!!! :)

[teexjei]

it's pretty cool yeah is the 70s' but sounds fresh

[DjJohnnyM68]

Great album (Radioactivity, 1975). A glimpse into what their early material was like, kinda, but with more emphasis on the electronic side of things. (when i mean early...Kraftwerk 1 and 2 with Moebius)

[britoca]

boring this one, do they something upbeat?

[dwarfer777]

LOL

[DjJohnnyM68]

Look up Kraftwerk "numbers', "tour de france", "radioactivity francois kevorkian remix', computer love, The Robots, etc etc

[britoca]

tour de france etape 2 does it for me, thanks for the tip

[yootoobah1]

respect the original kraftwerk, man!

[UNGIDOGIL]

Esa rola me da miedo

[chrisrap4ever]

props!

[thankGodforDavidG]

WoW this is definitely feels like an electric jolt is passing through the body, oh my God everything is perfect now !

[DarkWagner4]

kraftwerk always was the future

[ffm20zaheri]

incredible good song

i mean it was released 1976 and they sounded really inniovative at that time

[wawawis]

It was actually released in 1975 in places! We're talking about Depeche Mode 5 or 6 years before Depeche Mode here!

[DjJohnnyM68]

Depeche Mode formed in 1979 or 1980?

Cuz Speak and Spell came out in 1981..surely they didn't write a whole album straight out the box.

[wawawis]

Yes, Depeche Mode formed in 1980, (though I don't know the exact time of that year.) While some albums can take years to complete, some have been cut in a day. I believe Depeche Mode's first single was "Dreaming of Me", and if my memory serves me right, it was released by February 1981. And the Speak and Spell album was released in September of that year.

[DjJohnnyM68]

actually , Radio activity was 1975 ..and that's printed on the u.s. release.

[plastikshit]

sin estos muchachos, mi vida no hubiera sido la misma. precursores!!!

[marquis0r]

i remember so much if i listen to this song!

[MelancholiaImpact]

Ta samaja!! Vot vkluchaju i spat' lozhus'.... ULJOT POLNIJ :D

[machiner6]

It ain't fair that this never made it to the DVD.

[EthanThePerson]

i agree totally! Kraftwerk music video collection on DVD? YES!

[machiner6]

I'm referring to the Minimum Maximum DVD. It was released in '04.

[kamf12]

i would like to know them in rl :) really enjoyed theyr music always 5/5

[sluttyfrogmagician]

This is pretty hardcore!

[machiner6]

no, it starts german when the key tone changes, like 0:20.

[machiner6]

could somebody tell me what the german lyrics mean?

[SmearBody]

Wir richten Antennen ins Firmament (We are aiming antenna to the sky) Empfangen die Tone die Niemand kennt (Receiving tones no one knows) Es Strahlen die Sender Bild, Ton und Wort (The transmitters send image, sound and speech) Elektromagnetisch an jeden Ort (Electromagnetically to every town) Radio Sender und Horer sind wir (We're radio transmitters and receivers) Spielen im Ather das Wellenklavier (Playing the waves-keyboard in the Ether)

[machiner6]

sometimes German people just use their language to make songs rhyme, but thanks for this!

[machiner6]

Say, When I get the pictures together, I wanna post a response of this song, involving the RADAR puzzle in the game of Myst with this song. Btw, what is that on the table at 2:14?

[joengnewheee]

That's an old radio, its also on the cover of this magnificent album. :)

[machiner6]

2:19 is my favorite part.

[Shyyrn]

The beat on this song is really cool. I've heard it in recent stuff like "Peace" by Depeche Mode.

By the way, is it just me, or at the beginning does Mr. Hutter look a bit like Michael Palin from Monty Python?

[ALXXMaXX]

@Shyyrn O SNAP I SEE IT TOO.

Heh. Now I see a Python parody of KW in my mind. Wonder how they would have gone about doing that...

Kraftwerk are playing their electronic instruments. A knight in shining armor walks behind them and bops them each on the head with a rubber chicken.

[machiner6]

What was the beginning of this song? Also, when I was playing the game of "realMYST" AKA "MYST" and working on the RADAR/sound signal puzzle in the Age of Selenitic, I noticed that all the views showed the 5 transmitters all pointing straight forward. Then, while doing all that, I was singing this song!

[Plexpara]

they start cool strange music 1968.

and they still do it today.

just amazing.

[machiner6]

yeah, I can tell that this was from the 70s. They all have hair. Wonder when the two guys lost their hair?

[lacreudesantisidre]

As far I know, the first time Florian - the guy who is playing a keyboard with only two fingers - made his 1rst public appearence without hair in 1997. Karl Bartos, the other guy who plays one of the electronic dums... well, he replaced his whole body by the Henning Schmitz one (who started to appear totally bald at the late 90's as well :D)

[machiner6]

This song inspired an idea for another of my many ideas for Pokemon Robots: A venusaur robot operated by two people, and the huge flower on its back would be a huge transceiver dish. One person would drive the robot, and the other would operate the dish. does this sound good to you? Don't call it spam, please.

[900heyzeus]

Wow! Radioactivity is a beautiful LP.