Celebrity Deaths

  On 5/6/2020 at 6:46 PM, dr lopez said:

florian schneider has influenced the course of music around the world more than tony allen. sorry. im a big tony allen fan too but 

True.

Oh man, RIP

I myself cannot think of any artist or band more influential to modern music than Kraftwerk.

because there really isnt one

shit. not a good thing to wake up to. RIP Florian. 

Florian Schneider passing deserves own thread rather than just mentioning it in a Celebrity (???) Deaths thread....

This forum is about electronic music thanks to him.

Wtf 

thats right upset man.

today we are all upset men

I always liked his friendly but reserved personality 

Kraftwerk in general always had this sincere face value to it - what you hear is what you get - and this comically efficient interview with Florian reminds me of that

godspeed

rest in peace Florian ♥

  On 5/6/2020 at 8:42 PM, joshuatxuk said:

I always liked his friendly but reserved personality 

Kraftwerk in general always had this sincere face value to it - what you hear is what you get - and this comically efficient interview with Florian reminds me of that

 

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That was Awesome:)

Thanks for posting that interview joshuatxuk

We're streaming Kraftwerk exclusively right now.

RIP Florian.

https://www.twitch.tv/intelligentdanceparty

  On 5/6/2020 at 8:42 PM, joshuatxuk said:

I always liked his friendly but reserved personality 

Kraftwerk in general always had this sincere face value to it - what you hear is what you get - and this comically efficient interview with Florian reminds me of that

 

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I like how her interpretation of "yep" goes on for a couple paragraphs.

  On 5/7/2020 at 2:19 AM, yekker said:

 

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Yeah, I was expecting someone to post this at some point 

RIP

UK rapper Ty dead at 47 from COVID:

https://people.com/music/rapper-ty-dead-at-47-from-coronavirus-complications/

jesus. his first two albums are great, not kept up with him after that

Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87 (Rolling Stone)

Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy

  On 5/9/2020 at 4:25 PM, dcom said:

Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87 (Rolling Stone)

“Massively influential” is an understatement for Little Richard. This guy was a force of nature. Easily as important to the development of modern music as a dozen Florians. If any of you haven’t done a deep dive, I highly recommend it. As a performer, he was possessed by a power that was almost terrifying. I can’t think of many other artists, especially at the time he came out, that consistently had vocals “in the red” like him. He was a damn monster. He could also basically re-record the same song over and over and change the lyrics and it would still be equally as electrifying because of how much passion he delivered. 
David Bowie once said, after hearing Tutti Frutti, "I had heard God".

Damn, little Richard!

87's nothing to scoff at though.  We all got our money's worth (in this case, almost all rock music for free... he was kind of like Napster before it was a thing).