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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. [Originally published in EST magazine, 1996] If you take my advice, you should consider the ability of some of Krautrock's greatest stars to demolish their own mythology as a salutary warning before reading Krautrocksampler. With groups like Kraftwerk incapable of recapturing lost inspiration, Tangerine Dream a now-dreadful money-making machine, and even Neu! besmirching their own reputation with the recent (appalling) Neu! 4, it's good to be reminded that however influential, however much of it remains amazing, huge swathes of Krautrock were, to be blunt, awful. The reason for this warning is to ensure that Cope's overwhelming enthusiasm doesn't completely rob you of your natural caution! Alongside lengthy, often delirious reviews of 50 classic Krautrock records, Cope explores the history of groups like Can, Faust, Neu!, Kraftwerk, the Cosmic Couriers, Tangerine Dream, Amon Düül, Popol Vuh, Ash Ra Tempel and Cluster. Like every true fan Cope is obsessed with "the early years", to the extent that anyone reading this book would be forgiven for thinking that Faust's story ended with Faust IV in 1973. Cope's taste for the wildest possible freak-out, for music as a path to psychedelic inspiration and spirituality isn't for everyone, but there's still more than enough intriguing material here to open the minds of casual Krautrock fans and perhaps inspire them to seek out much that has remained obscure. Hardcore fans will keep looking for a more encyclopaedic account of the genre's many ancestors, groups, and descendants, but I still found Krautrocksampler informative, enjoyable and, at times, inspiring. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Der Prophet gilt (fast) nichts im eigenen Land ... Als Ende der 60er, Anfang der 70er Jahre westdeutsche Bands einen spezifischen psychedelisch-elektronischen Sound kreierten, spitzten ausgerechnet Engländer und Amerikaner die Ohren. Diese liebevoll-ironisch "Krautrock" genannte Musik fasziniert bis heute, u.a. den britischen Rockmusiker Cope, der als Jugendlicher per Vinyl Gruppen wie AMON DÜÜL, CAN oder TANGERINE DREAM schätzen lernte. Eine umfassende, sachliche Aufarbeitung und Darstellung dieses teutonischen Rockphänomens darf man von ihm als Autor nicht erwarten. Er bringt gnadenlos und erfrischend zugleich seine ganz subjektive Sicht der Dinge zu Papier: eine komprimierte Geschichte des Krautrocks plus Kommentare zu seinen 50 Lieblingsplatten, somit eine Art Wegweiser zum Kennenlernen eines zum Kult hochstilisierten Rockgenres, an dem sich einst die Geister schieden. (2) (Roland Schmitt) Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The early part of the book where Cope sets the scene and introduces the main players is good and his pieces on bands such as Neu! and Tangerinee Dream are effective, but later on he gets all metaphysical and trippy and starts trumpeting the virtues of some of the more obscure offshoots of Krautrock. That's where he loses me.
The last part of the book is dedicated to Cope's highly selective and personal Top 50 Krautrock records, for which he provides reviews. Again his love of the music comes through in the passion of his writing, but again he has no objectivity and his highly personal cut-off point for some bands is questionable.
Cope has said that he has no plans to revise or update this book, which is long out of print (you can, as I did, locate a PDF of it with a simple google search), and he has acknowledged that there are factual and interpretive errors. But for all that it is an enjoyable and informative read, just take it all with a pinch of salt. ( )