Ok guys, this is going to be a resume of my french post about the show last night. Sorry if it gets shorter in the translation, but it has been a good party and i’m hoping to hit my bed soon, if you know what i mean…<\/p>\n
so… I must admit that most of the time when i see a good show, i tell everyone that this one was the best one i’ve ever seen, but this one was obviously one the best show i’ve ever seen! <\/p>\n
You must understand that i have grown up in the 80’s and my biggest influences are mostly bands who where themselves influences by Kraftwerk. Kraftwerk are for me and for most of my friends, a legend. To see them live yesterday was history for most of us.<\/p>\n
So yeah, they’ve opened the set with Man-Machine. This was enough for us to make in our pants. It was clear to us that our 50$ (tickets price) were already well invested and that this show would be a key moment in our life.<\/p>\n
German band Kraftwerk, ancestors of electronic music with their legendary 4 members, gived us a truly intense performance. They’ve impressed the whole croud (the show was sold out by the way) with songs from their latest album and some of their older hits like tour de france, radioactivity, musique non stop, and computer world (i think i have been pretty well brainwashed by this last song as a teenager, which could explain lots of things related to my intimacy with computers… oh well..).<\/p>\n
They have prooven us again that art is a must have for humanity, with their strong melodies and lyrics which are still related to our times – radioactivity (Radioactivity Tune into the melody Radioactivity Is in the air for you and me<\/em>), Robots (We’re charging our battery And now we’re full of energy We’re functioning automatic And we are dancing mechanic We are programmed just to do anything you want us to We are the robots<\/em>), Man-Machine, Computer world (I create my own computer, me myself we do the future<\/em>), Boing ping boom tschak ping (Music non stop, technopop), and lucky us, we’ve got a french version of pocket calculator (I’m the operator with my pocket calculator I am adding and subtracting I’m controlling and composing I’m the operator with my pocket calculator<\/em>).<\/p>\n We’re not going to forget about this venue, and i’m pretty sure it’s gonna be a key moment in montreal music history. <\/p>\n * + * + *<\/p>\n Je sais que chaque fois que je vois un bon show je dis que c’est surement le meilleur que j’ai vu, mais cette fois ci, \u00e7a d\u00e9passe pas mal tout ce que j’ai pu voir et entendre live. J’ai grandi avec la musique de kraftwerk, les ann\u00e9es 80 et les d\u00e9but de la musique dite ‘techno’. De voir ce band live hier \u00e9tait pour moi un \u00e9v\u00e9nement historique en sois.<\/p>\n La pi\u00e8ce d’ouverture, Man-Machine \u00e9tait assez impressionnante \u00e0 voir et \u00e0 entendre live, que juste \u00e0 elle seule cette pi\u00e8ce a valu notre 50$ (prix du billet). \u00c0 partir de l\u00e0, on \u00e9tait tous bouche b\u00e9e et on n’avaient d’yeux que pour les 4 allemands sur sc\u00e8ne.<\/p>\n Ce fut un show intense, mais surtout droit (ai-je besoin de vous rappeller que les membres de kraftwerk sont allemands, et qu’ils sont les anc\u00e8tres de la musique ‘techno\/\u00e9lectronique’?). Ils on sut impressionner la salle du m\u00e9tropolis au grand complet par leurs compos du dernier album autant que par leurs vieux hit, dont tour de france, radioactivity, musique non stop, et computer world (je crois d’ailleur avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 brainwasch\u00e9 par cette pi\u00e8ce dans mon adolescence, ce qui expliquerait pas mal de choses…).<\/p>\n L’art est au service de l’homme, et ils nous l’ont encore bien prouv\u00e9 hier soir. Des m\u00e9lodies soutenues par des textes forts en \u00e9motions et encore bien de notre temps – radioactivity (Radioactivity Tune into the melody Radioactivity Is in the air for you and me<\/em>), Robots (We’re charging our battery And now we’re full of energy We’re functioning automatic And we are dancing mechanic We are programmed just to do anything you want us to We are the robots<\/em>), Man-Machine, Computer world (I create my own computer, me myself we do the future<\/em>), Boing ping boom tschak ping (Music non stop, technopop), et on a m\u00eame eu droit \u00e0 la version fran\u00e7aise de pocket calculator (I’m the operator with my pocket calculator I am adding and subtracting I’m controlling and composing I’m the operator with my pocket calculator<\/em>).<\/p>\n Un show qu’on a pas fini de se rappeller et qui deviendra sans aucun doute un rep\u00e8re dans l’historique musical \u00e0 montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n * + * + *<\/p>\n * Album photo du show – Picts of the show<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Ouverture – Man-Machine<\/a>, extrait video – short video.<\/p>\n * we are the robots<\/a>, extrait video- short video.<\/p>\n * Pocket calculator<\/a>, extrait video- short video.<\/p>\n ———————————————–<\/p>\n Here are some reviews of the show:<\/p>\n * Human legends’ robot soul<\/a>, from the montreal gazette.<\/p>\n * many mores…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ok guys, this is going to be a resume of my french post about the show last night. 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