Electronic legend Florian Schneider

[knoblandia]

I say now that the group Kraftwerk has no reason to exist with this name, but it should change. After Flur and Bartos, another serious parting comes to us: that of Florian

[Uberlaser]

The original and the best - Coldplay's ripped version didn't even come close . . .

[bulletinthewind]

Anyone spot the Coldplay riff in there?

[bchicoski]

@bulletinthewind Coldplay's Chris Martin had to attain permission from Kraftwerk to use this riff in their song Talk... in other words, Coldplay did not come up with this riff.

[fuelyournews]

KRAFTWERK = INC0MPLETE !! FL0RIAN DU ELECTRONISCHE LEGENDE

[Obiwan198]

Why is he so legendary?

[djmixsound]

@Obiwan198 Because he is co-founder of Kraftwerk, the pioneers of electronic music. I made this video because in 2008 he mysteriously left the band, after 38 years of partnership with Kraftwerk leader, Ralf Hutter. And, of course, he is legendary and WILL REMAIN legendary because of the influential music that Kraftwerk made and the big impact it had over many important artists we know today !

[MrUncleo55]

electronic music is kraftwerk

[levelone06]

SI QUE ES UNA LEYENDA, ICONO DE LA MUSICA ELECTRONICA, GRAN TRIBUTO!!!

[macdeath69]

He looks like the blue men...oh wait.... they stole his face actually...

[bumsweaters]

This track really 'kicks-in' at 3:23... one of my all time faves from Kraftwerk

[Somesubjekt]

042: typical kraftwerk,a flute with some electro stuff and cable.nice.

[nickknox75]

I love his outfit at 6:25. Were did you get that picture from as well as 7:04? Great tribute video.

[djmixsound]

those pictures are screenshots from their Minimum Maximum DVD

[gmendesce]

Very nice electronic musician, genius,master.

Greetings from Brasil. And... Music Non Stop!

Gilberto Mendes,

[djmusicjac]

i love this tune, can this be re-released? with more space sounds, more spacey?

[djmixsound]

"Computer Love" was released in 2009 again, along with "The Catalogue" compilation... but it's still the 1981 version... remastered however !

[alessandrosoares]

When I remember kraft werk. the surface face Florian schneider.o the band's best

[b1tbomb]

I owe so much inspiration to this guy and his comrades. Great montage, man. Sounds like this recording is from vinyl?

[jrperson100]

I would sit in the heavily German American city of Cincinnati, OH, USA and listen to kraftwerk during my computer electronic class. All the new elcetronic music meant nothing to me

Some Germans there star just as blankly as Mr. Schneider- the German mind is the most distinct of any Europeans. No other race of people could create a band like kraftwerk.

[Liz66bee]

A lovely tribute to such an amazing man - thanks so much for posting this:-)

[MrDiego881]

Coldplay take a sample of this

[cureosa21]

heee hoy es mi cumpleaños y el de florian tambien, feliz cumpleaños Florian Schneider!!!

[ChrisVanOz79]

bald 40 jahre kraftwerk warn dann wohl doch zuviel ^^

[Atta67]

7:10 :)

[marcotmcom]

I wonder if the produckt kraftwerk will continue when ralf also will leave the band. A virtual kraftwerk maybe?

[MonaroDoorslammer]

A double for Rubens Barrichello. Seperated at birth?

[sertuerner]

Ralf is suffering from a senile mental disorder. He thinks he is Kraftwerk. Well, we all know there was a time when Kraftwerk existed and Hutter was´nt even in the group. Sick ego´s destroy everything. Kraftwerk is and was : Hutter , Schneider, Bartos and Flur.....( Rother and Dinger were`nt that bad either, were` nt they?!!! Senile Bettflucht is not the answer! Kick out the Style bring back the Jam!

[FoxtronInk]

They allways come back for more...just pray dude.

[betterthepast]

I hope that Florian and Ralf will meet again @ Fintropstrasse in Düsseldorf and will do one last big shot!

[werkinwoman83]

I wished florian would comeback to kw. we love you florian. thanx for being a part of group that was introuduced to me in 1981 in a prodominantly african-american school that played your music when breakdancing was going strong (not to mention I enjoyed watching the guys break dancing) ;) i have love kw's music through the years and have since branched out to other musical generes. we love you florian and you are in our prayers. *virtual hugs to florian & a kiss on the jaw for good luck* :)

[kKRAFTWERKk]

Florian Schneider-Esleben... Genius, Legend, Friend. Great video ^-^

Greetings from Düsseldorf

[ixceix]

they should have Will Forte stand in place of Schneider. i swear the guy is the spitting image of Florian.

[FoxtronInk]

Just as ugly teuton face.

[transfixedtornado]

Kraftwerk will live forever no matter what - but even though they don't seem to be doing much on stage besides tap their feet occasionally, having only one original member on stage makes Kraftwerk feel more and more like the Blue Man Group with their replaceable performers.

I'm so glad got to see them in 2005 in a really well done concert.

[zerg066600]

that melody at the beginning... i know i heard it somewhere before, not from schneider. but i can't remember where. anyone who can help me?

[transfixedtornado]

Coldplay "Talk"

Kraftwerk was ~25 yrs earlier

[werkinwoman83]

Hi zerg. it was "Computer Love" which KW apart of the1981 album "Computer World" in the US "Computerwelt" in Germany. I think Karl Bartos (1 of the original members no longer with KW) sung this song or it could've been Mr. Schneider.

[gizmoffm]

its from computerliebe - a kraftwerk song - also coldplay sampled it in "talk"

[Plexpara]

i hear kraftwerk got a normal rock life with sex ,drugs and,roc.........electro music.

[coronaextra99999]

OMG oh well saw them in brixton 2004 that was amazing (the mushrooms and truffels we had were mindblowing as well)

[SirHawkeyeWho]

Bet his solo stuff will be awesome but will sooo miss him in Kraftwerk ='[

[MrKraftwerk1]

it is sooooo sad that he had to leave. i actually started to cry, becuase i had a good connection with them becuase i met them i comming out of the Kling-Klang. it is really sad that he just threw away all of these 40 years for nothing. PLEASE reply to this message if you think i am right.

[djmixsound]

you're a lucky guy it you had the occasion to meet these geniuses

you are very right... it's sad that he had to leave

but... as we all know, there is no band in this world who resisted over the years

that's life... kraftwerk still goes on though, thanks to ralf hutter...

[Starrysky812]

It IS very, very sad that Florian had to leave the band, for whatever reason (which I am still curious about), but he did input an amazing 40 years of musical creativity, which will probably be remembered for decades to come, and long after Kraftwerk has ended. I've heard a few rumors that he might still be making music. We still have yet to see if he is actually working on a solo career or not.

[djmixsound]

He recently made a collaboration with Atom TM aka Senor Coconut, a german electronic musician

[namaste91]

oooh ;((...i've had mistaked always florian schneider with ralf hütter and thaught ralf hütter was he.. for info: i'm 17 and haven't so much occupied with every single member...

[SFBurbridge]

Florian is a great musician and one of the two musician's to keep Kraftwerk alive over all these years (the other of course being Ralf Hutter).

Thank you for this video tribute. :)

[6364gg2]

what happened? (please exuse my ignorence)

[dastbar]

Florian Schneider had left Kraftwerk at Nov 2008.

[164man]

they were a great band, i think they still have a lot to offer music, but not in the same way as when florian was in the band

[svedupelle06]

Florian<3 ^^

[YURoKRIS]

nicht Florian Schneider, das ist Fantomas...

thats not Florian Schneider , thats Fanotomás

[paulutzus]

ja yes das that is ist Florian Florian

ja yes das that is ist Fantomas Fantomas

[SirHawkeyeWho]

-Sigh- Can't believe he left Kraftwerk ='[

Ich vermisse Sie, Florian ='[

[scatmanjohn3001]

WTF 2:20 WHY DID HE DO THAT?!?!?

[robotorb]

I LOVE THAT SHOT! Spooky..... That's our Florian, baby! : D

[scatmanjohn3001]

Yeah, But Why? Why did he do that in the picture?

[robotorb]

because

1) he's Florian

2) has always stood out in KW

3) you don't need to ask! ; )

[nekoland89]

2:20! =)

[Pixiedustgirl101171]

Happy Birthday, Florian!!!!!!! x

[ALXXMaXX]

Does anyone else besides me find it amusing that in that one picture, Florian is wearing a shirt with his face on it? Isn't that kind of redundant?

[Eremita68]

It's 1 AM and I'm going to bed. I am sad now, when I saw this video... please Florian come back to Kraftwerk, Kraftwerk is the best band through the world... Kraftwerk is my cultural life...

Why the "?" on the screenshot of Aerodynamik at 8:03 ?

[djmixsound]

The "?" sign means "why did he leave kraftwerk? for what reason?"

I still don´t understand it till today :((

[Eremita68]

Me too... :o(

[rafalexpx]

We miss you Florian!

[drummerlandin]

Why he leaved the best band in the world? :(

[xwsftassell]

We love you, Florian.

[FoolsWorkhard]

=( =(

[lsb6785]

it's Coldplay cover???

[FoolsWorkhard]

Yes ... xD

[djmixsound]

look at the title in the end. It says 1981

...Coldplay´s "Talk" was released in 2005

...think about it

[FoolsWorkhard]

Sorry I do not understand English and understand it = P, coldplay copy Kraftwerk ... we know anyone with good taste in music ^ ^

[lsb6785]

sorry, it was just a joke (bad one...)

[Daaanvh]

Coldplay sampled/covered the intro of computer love.

[Quintippio]

Knew I had heard this somewhere else, thx :)

[flashchrome]

As far as I understand There isn't a kraftwerk as I knew it anymore. To bad...

[robotorb]

is this even REALLY confirmed? It WAS posted on certain sites but has since been removed.... WTF?!?!?!?

KW without Florian is not the same! : |

[djmixsound]

you´re right... kraftwerk is not the same without him!

Unfortunately, EMI Germany has officially confirmed his departure :(

[robotorb]

Florian, babe? If you're out there, I want you to know

that I am very sad about your departure. It's like Boris

Blank leaving Yello. I wish you all the best in all to

come, be it in future projects or your complete musical

retirement, however... if you choose to continue with

music, I have but one request..... bust out the flute

again! : D

[MrKraftwerk1]

Yep, EMI has done it. but all of us, all around the world are still wondering what he is doing.

[djmixsound]

He recently made a collaboration with Atom TM aka Senor Coconut, a german electronic musician

[Starrysky812]

I second this comment. To my knowledge he retired, but I'm not sure, since no one seems to be positive. If he is still doing music, I also would like to see the flute again. The man has some awesome flute playing skills :D

[m1044]

I entirely agree with you. I really love early Kraftwerk songs featuring with his flute, such as Tongebirge, Megaherz etc.

[robotorb]

It's really a shame now that Florian left because there really isn't a chance that KW may throw RUCKZUCK back into their set list as a replacement opener for THE MAN MACHINE, LMAO! ; P

Perhaps he is secretly working on a new project with Michael Rother and Karl Bartos! : O

hehehe....

[soepil]

Yep, or Bartos or Flür - they could call themselves "Florian Schneider's Kraftwerk". I would buy a ticket to their show :)

[antoniohauaji]

All this situation is really sad. =/

[MoebiusGer]

kraftwerk rulez. hat mich mein ganzes leben begleitet und die gesamte elektronische musik beeinflusst. absolute sahne, bin heute noch von aufnahmen von 1970 begeistert (ruck zuck, tanzmusik) :-)