Pocket Calculator (live)

[BaumDerProllige]

Schön. Wenn ich sowas gucke, bin ich ausnahmsweise mal froh deutscher zu sein. :) Kling Klang

[ACxaY]

did you record this with a calculator?

[davolfman]

I really wish I could find recording of them when they had the kit.

[Trainsirenguy]

1 person don't know what is Taschenrencher :D.

[RibbonedRat]

Partyin partyin yeah

Freaky show

[hammerbrother]

This is when they actually used their gear! The Homemade Drum Pad, The Stylophone, the Bee Gees Rhythm Machine and the Texas Instruments Language Translator! I love it!

[Trainsirenguy]

Taschenrencher!!!!!! 

[Phenomate]

Weirdest show ever

[Raunchola]

ich bin der Musikant mit Taschenrechner in der Hand!!! Love this short excerpt of this amazing performance. Florian is really getting into it! Kraftwerk forever!

[CloudSpiral]

Love the way those skinny pale boys swing their hips! This is fantastic.

[AndresFCR]

a o.....o..i.......ä.....a......­...o....a....

[damian1983ar]

amazing robots

[radioakt]

ripping it up

[SirHawkeyeWho]

They look like they're having a lot fun which is always great to see =]. Love them <3

[MaZeBeaTs01]

a classic.

5*

[6364gg2]

The germans always seemed so serious...

[kinmanyuen]

very rad bassline

[6364gg2]

I love the intro!

[HarryBlach]

what is florian using to get the looped sounds and the letters

[Discfiend69]

Now this is the best!!! This is the place I want to go to when I die...OMG!

[scatmanjohn3001]

ah, the youthful Kraftwerk, where have they gone? letting other people play there Equipment, now in 2009, the bouncer will kick your ass off the stage if ya did that.

[furyplum44]

Florian looks like he's really enjoying himself there, nice to see a kraftwerk member mess around!

[FoolsWorkhard]

jaja me encanta!

[darklord20042002]

hmm wel lthey are getting old now

drmegabite that being said im sure they enjoy it as they wouldn't do it otherwise but i still love ol kraftwerk

[darklord20042002]

soz jav i meant to give u a ++ thumbs up coment rating

[64mung]

Best beat ever!!! Cool vid.

[darklord20042002]

florian always looked pissed off most the time lol, and ralf also it was part of the robotic look, saying that tho i would have loved to be at one of these early gigs where they just did the music to have fun Xd such a good piss round on the mini beegeez synth pad lol

[CaptainThrice]

When I saw Kraftwerk in Sheffield in 1991, their performance of Pocket Calculator sadly did not seem live. However, Florian in particular seemed to be having great fun, wrapping the lead of his instrument around his leg and playing it (or not playing it) upside down or behind him, in a manner reminiscent of Jimmy Hendrix.

[ooooohpancakes]

haha! apparently, florian is the goofy out of the group.

[HarryBlach]

ye he was the most humerous in the group pity to see go

[Starrysky812]

I was thinking the same thing, Florian seems to be the silly one out of the four. Do you happen to know where a video of Pocket Calculator from the Sheffield concert is? I've looked everywhere and can't find one. I would LOVE to see Florian acting silly like you describe :P

[CaptainThrice]

I doubt if there is a video, I'm afraid. In those days cameras were reputedly confiscated from people who tried to take them into Kraftwerk concerts. I think I would probably have seen and remembered if someone had been filming the concert officially.

[HarryBlach]

he was the modst humerus sad to see him go

[debiani3866]

00:18 i would be 10x that excited (referring to the girl on the bottom left)

[noncogito42]

UI want to have florian's babies

[ooooohpancakes]

daaaaaaaaw florian is cute and happy in this video. i'd give him a hug

[RoadRunnerLaser]

There could never be another Kraftwerk !!!

These guys were true pioneers.

[augustusdes]

IT DOES NOT GET BETTER THAN THIS!

[brucethebear]

Yes, Florian in recent live performaces looks totally bored and quite pissed.

[drmegabite]

I read somewhere that Florian doesn't like touring.

[Grawperthenerd96]

so do you, crapper!!!

[Davaonline]

So would I, after 16 years of doing the same. He said he would leave if they didn't at least make a little compilation album, and they didn't, so he left.

[verapamil07]

Tour de France Soundtracks 2003

Minimum-Maximum 2005

What about 16 years?

[MikeyMcCrashCap]

I wish I had a calculator that made sounds like that! I'd never be able to put the thing down!

[arkhangelsk]

they are SO cute and jaunty.

what geniuses.

[Raunchola]

Yeah! Florian is completly freaking out! That's probably the best performance i ever saw of this song! Nice video! (A, O, ...)

[testomatic12345]

Awesome

[theblob2007]

Excellent! Best Kraftwerk concert footage I've seen yet (although "Heimcomputer" from the same tour is a close second)

[augustusdes]

They dance like your grandparents at a wedding. Yet still for me this is one of the coolest moments in the history of music. Absolute perfection..

[kidairbag]

This is the only time in my life I have ever seen Florian having fun. Holy shit!

[rockmother]

how fucking cool is that? Beyond brilliant.

[oberon79]

this is history.

the gods of elektro.

[T4lambdaphage]

pardon my french...but fuckin' awesome vid!! thanks!

[Snowprophet]

This is a cool song! ^.^

[metalbass]

Early Circuit-Bent Pioneers

[Nagelbrett]

Go Florian go !! AW ! OH! EH! Brilliant !

[cliffchapman]

fantastic