Best Ever Albums

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

Anonymous — Mon, 1 Sep 2014 16:20:32 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/01/2014 20:20

BEA gets it very right. Glad this was the blowout I hoped for. �'�

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

Listmeister — Mon, 1 Sep 2014 13:12:48 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 09/01/2014 17:12

The Queen is Dead. Long live the Kraftwerk.

Autobahn 13-4

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:06:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2014 22:06

fahren fahren fahren auf der Autobahn, for those of us scholars who prefer the original German 😭

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:23:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2014 19:23

meccalecca wrote:

fun fun fun on the autobahn

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

Necharsian — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:14:14 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 08/28/2014 15:14

I saw the thread title and got excited. But right, this is a 1974 tourny and so their s/t album couldnt possibly be here. Bummer. I like their first 2 records more than anything else theyve done.

Oh but yeah still voting Autobahn regardless.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:09:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2014 15:09

Not thrilled about having to vote for Queen II twice in the same tournament.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

Skinny — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:57:24 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/28/2014 14:57

Autobahn, and it's not even close. I don't think it touches Trans Europe Express or Computer World, but it's still an awesome album by one of the greatest bands ever to have been put to wax. Plus, I can't fucking stand Queen. It's not that I'm against theatricality in music (I just voted for the Residents in another matchup), I'm just against Queen's particular brand of pompous theatricality. I know they never took themselves too seriously, and therefore I shouldn't, but I just... Fuck Queen. I really, really hate Queen. And I really, really love Kraftwerk, more importantly.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

NickVolos — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:27:58 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 08/28/2014 14:27

A drive on the faster road...

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

meccalecca — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:03:14 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/28/2014 14:03

fun fun fun on the autobahn

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:01:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2014 14:01

The party doesn't start until Kraftwerk is being played.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

mickilennial — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:00:25 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 08/28/2014 14:00

Kraftwerk were one of the defining artists of my childhood, they were on these weird cassette mixtape things my dad made who knows when. Autobahn’s title track was one of the songs on it and whilst not my favorite of the Kraftwerk songs as a child it definitely stuck with me. This was my introduction to electronic music and I’m very thankful for it. As for the record? I think it’s absolutely wonderful even if it’s not even my favorite of their catalogue (‘Ralf und Florian’ is). There’s a lot of cool experimentation that lead the way for not just early techno artists but also ambient artists that you can hear all over this record. Looking back maybe this is where my love for experimental music comes from? It was the first thing I had ever heard with this much “weird” and I remember digging around and listening to a bunch of soundtracks my parents had collected (for example: ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’).

I like Queen well enough, but they can’t beat that.

[Closed] Best of 1974 2AJ: Queen II vs. Kraftwerk

Listmeister — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:40:43 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/28/2014 13:40

meccalecca wrote:

[The previous] matchup is really unfortunate. Rejuvenation is a really fantastic funk record deserving of more than a first round dismissal, but I just can't vote against Autobahn here. It's such a revolutionary work. I prefer a few of the later Kraftwerk record, but this one really put them on the map.

sp4cetiger wrote:

Autobahn was Kraftwerk’s international breakthrough and was also a major landmark in the history of electronic music. The idea for the first half of the album is summarized on Wikipedia:

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The title track is intended to capture the feeling of driving on the Autobahn: from travelling through the landscape, the high-speed concentration on the fast lane, to tuning the car radio and the monotony of a long trip.

There’s no citation for that passage, so it may as well be an anonymous opinion, but it describes my experience with the album perfectly. In a sense, I have to tip my cap to Kraftwerk, because it’s not easy to create something that’s so profoundly antithetical to what I want music to be.

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Autobahn by Kraftwerk

RepoMan wrote:

Queen II was a motherfucking bomb that changed the course of hard rock and metal history as we know it. It's influence on metal history is both incalculable and under-appreciated. It still totally ROCKS today.

sp4cetiger wrote:

Queen II has to be among the whitest recordings in the classic rock canon. Queen takes the theatrical stylings of progressive rock and wraps them in a melodic, throbbing package so gringo-friendly that their music has even become a fixture at sporting events. Whereas bands like Genesis and Yes give the impression that they actually see themselves as “progressive”, Queen just sounds like a bunch of guys who love being over-the-top white.

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Queen II by Queen