I'm surprised by this. Personally I couldn't agree less. I thought the book
was pretty lacking in all departments. the research is pretty lazy with most
details being rehashed from previous interviews, and Barr does his best to
suggest that Kraftwerk single-handedly created all modern music (with
occasional assistance from Bowie). Whilst the book's remit might have meant
he was preaching to the converted I found it all a little tiresome. I fact
this argument (which I'm just dying to believe anyway) would have been all
the more convincing if he'd actually bothered to look into the contemporary
work which also stimulated these genres rather than basically shouting
'Numbers!', 'Autobahn!', 'Very Influential!' ad infinitum.
I understand Barr has worked for the NME in the past, and to be honest this
is what "From Dusseldorf..." reminded me of, the same poorly argued
sensationalism over and over again. In my opinion it wastes a great subject
and I came away from the book a bit pissed off that I'd wasted my time on it
at all.
I'm in the minority here, but I'd advise you to steer well clear... great
title though.
-s
> > Tim Barr's book is superb - he's one of the UK's finest
> > electronic music journalists without a doubt and I highly
> > recommend his Kraftwerk book...
>
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