Coldplay's 'Talk'

[Special K 0]

This song sounds EXACTLY like Kraftwerk's Computer Love. Do they credit them in their liner notes?

 

I mean EXACTLY. It's completely unmistakeable. And it's not like Kraftwerk is that obscure. Computer love is WAY cooler, too.

[Black Lushus 0]

how DARE you bash on the greatest band in the history of band-dom...or whatever...

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

I almost bought the crazy frog single to show my support of such a truly dreadful invention being more powerful than this gaggle of vacuous festering cunts.

[Special K 0]

Your screen name is so appropriate for this thread.

 

Wait, so is the Crazy Frog song. Beverly Hills Cop came out like 20 years ago. At least they KNOW they're just ripping off an 80's movie.

 

Fuck it. I'm gonna go loop the 'Ghostbusters' theme over a slightly peppy drum track and make a mint.

 

Then I'm going to sing like a eunuch over 'Pocket calculator' and make another mint.

[DARRYLXWF 0]

Coldplay give writing credit to Kraftwerk in their album sleeve. They've talked about the sample of Computer Love in dozens of their interviews, it's no secret.

 

Maybe I just don't get it, but Computer Love goes for more than 7 minutes and is essentially the same bar repeated over and over again. The same goes for a lot of Kraftwerk's work. Other than being incredibly innovative, doesn't their music sound too much like Super Nintendo music?

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

Basically you don't get it. Kraftwerk is superbly assured considering how innovative it was.

[Special K 0]

Well, good for Coldplay, then. (giving credit) Too bad it's like the interesting melody they've had since their debut.

 

I like Kraftwerk a lot, but I pretty much grew up listening to them, so I can't objectively judge.

[Guest Derek Bailey]

More importantly, was any credit given to whoever wrote the Family Affairs theme tune, or is "Speed of Sound" just an example of blatant ripoffery?

 

If you don't know what I'm talking about, stop not being British. Or continue being British and watch it whenever it's next on.

[DARRYLXWF 0]

Basically you don't get it. Kraftwerk is superbly assured considering how innovative it was.

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I said they're innovative, I just think they sound incredibly dated. It's all subjective anyway, if you like'em, good for you. My loss.

[Special K 0]

They do sound somewhat dated. What you have to keep in mind is they were a few German guys who just found a keyboard who were writing somewhat impassioned songs about computers.

I would put 'Computer Love' in the same boat as Herbie Hancock's song 'Rockit' which is still awesome, but was the first great scratch song I heard.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

From Kraftwerk's golden era, Computer World has aged the least well. I still like it, but I recognize that it's mostly chintzy; seriously, "Pocket Calculator," as fun as it is, is very much an artifact of its time. (Also, "Numbers" was an obv. influence on DJ Shadow's "The Number Song." C'mon.)

 

Their other stuff has fared better over the years, though. Sure, the sounds you hear on Trans Europe Express or The Man Machine may've not been produced by a laptop, but Ralf and Florian's songwriting was top notch. The alone is enough to make up for the primitive instrumentation.

[Slayer 0]

I'm gonna go loop the 'Ghostbusters' theme over a slightly peppy drum track and make a mint.

Huey Lewis will have your ass

[MrRant 0]

I'm gonna go loop the 'Ghostbusters' theme over a slightly peppy drum track and make a mint.

Huey Lewis will have your ass

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With jelly or syrup?