Spiritualized Acoustic Mainlines live in Boston.  Amazing!!

MP3s available from http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2007/11/mp3s-spiritualized-live-in-boston.htm

Rumours abound that our very own @RicoS321 wrote the lyrics to this 

 

Kraftwerk - Live at the Manchester Apollo

Surpassed my expectations and then some.

Musically and visually stunning.

Ralf Hutter, 78 years old, still up on a stage doing his thing.

I reckon there will be an AI version of Kraftwerk, up on stage, in the not to distant future.

7 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

I reckon there will be an AI version of Kraftwerk, up on stage, in the not to distant future.

I fucking hope not. 

But delighted to hear the real thing was so good. 

Keep music real

1 hour ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

I fucking hope not. 

But delighted to hear the real thing was so good. 

Keep music real

I think Hutter would love that. Four AI Robots up on stage, carrying on the  Kraftwerk brand, long after he is gone.

Met a couple of scousers last night, who first saw them in Liverpool in 1978 and last night was their 12th Kraftwerk gig.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

Keep music real

Keep real music real. If they want to replace Taylor Swift* or some pish with an AI, they are more than welcome. 

 

*I've never listened to her, so probably harsh, but I don't know ony modrin singer names. 

5 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Keep real music real. If they want to replace Taylor Swift* or some pish with an AI, they are more than welcome. 

 

*I've never listened to her, so probably harsh, but I don't know ony modrin singer names. 

Much as I detest the likes of Taylor Swift (not that I could name a single song), I would rather manufactured pop music continues to be manufactured by actual people (who probably have more song writing talent than most of us on here combined) than churned out by AI. And I would rather AI doesn't start to infiltrate 'real' grassroots music and make kids think writing a song of any style or genre is as simple as entering some parameters to whatever software they can get their hands on.

It's our there, it pops up unknowingly in our algorithms, and it is another nail ready to be hammered into the coffin of what was once our creative minds.

Where I live we have quarterly gigs by under 18s. There is still some real talent out there, and I am quite blown away by the creativity of some of them (others not so much but good on them for getting up on stage and giving it a go). It gives me a modicum of hope for the arts.

And don't get me started on the Abba hologram pish that passes for a gig and people pay £200+ to see.....but moan at a real gig by real people singing real live words costing them £30.

It's anti fucking music.

5 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

I think Hutter would love that. Four AI Robots up on stage, carrying on the  Kraftwerk brand, long after he is gone.

Met a couple of scousers last night, who first saw them in Liverpool in 1978 and last night was their 12th Kraftwerk gig.

 

 

 

Last part of my AI rant - as an avid reader, would you be happy if a series by your favourite author continued to be churned out by AI after their death? Or would you rather give new aspiring young creatives the opportunity to flourish in their stead?

52 minutes ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

Last part of my AI rant - as an avid reader, would you be happy if a series by your favourite author continued to be churned out by AI after their death? Or would you rather give new aspiring young creatives the opportunity to flourish in their stead?

My point about Krafterk is about them becoming a robotic live band, using AI robots, as performers, who will look like actual humans.

Kraftwerk predicted this in the 70s.

 

 

I’m no Swifty but she’s got some toe tappers. 
 

The 2020s so far have been a golden era for music. Stop listening to Jethro Tull and put Radio 6 on 

1 hour ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

And don't get me started on the Abba hologram pish that passes for a gig and people pay £200+ to see.....but moan at a real gig by real people singing real live words costing them £30.

It's anti fucking music.

I've been to ABBA Voyage and it's fabulous, saw it with my daughters and best friends. Didn't pay 200 quid and also same time last year saw Brooke Combe live at Barrowlands, that was also fabulous and not 200 quid either 😊

If Kraftwerk were replaced by AI robots, how would anybody notice?

1 hour ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

Much as I detest the likes of Taylor Swift (not that I could name a single song), I would rather manufactured pop music continues to be manufactured by actual people (who probably have more song writing talent than most of us on here combined) than churned out by AI. And I would rather AI doesn't start to infiltrate 'real' grassroots music and make kids think writing a song of any style or genre is as simple as entering some parameters to whatever software they can get their hands on.

It's our there, it pops up unknowingly in our algorithms, and it is another nail ready to be hammered into the coffin of what was once our creative minds.

Where I live we have quarterly gigs by under 18s. There is still some real talent out there, and I am quite blown away by the creativity of some of them (others not so much but good on them for getting up on stage and giving it a go). It gives me a modicum of hope for the arts.

I probably shouldn't have used Taylor Swift because I think, although could be wrong, that she writes her own stuff. There is a very large proportion of pop music that, for some time now, has been written for generic pop wanks that have zero personality, creativity and seem to have no understanding of music. I'd have been in the latter group that you mention (although I have the voice of an angel), and I don't think they'd be put out by AI. If anything, it'll weed out the ones (like me at that age) who aren't actually interested in music, but fame, as they'll be the ones generating AI wank. 

1 hour ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

Last part of my AI rant - as an avid reader, would you be happy if a series by your favourite author continued to be churned out by AI after their death? Or would you rather give new aspiring young creatives the opportunity to flourish in their stead?

If someone's output is so shite that it can be replicated by AI then they won't be my favourite author. There's a reason AI hasn't written Bleak House. Because it can't feel like Dickens could. It can't look at a person's face and describe it so that the reader can see them.

Take That Hampden Park

They were actually quite good. Weather was miserable as fuck.

Belinda Carlisle and The Script were supporting. Didn't think Belinda had the voice for an outdoor gig like that and wasn't keen on The Script at all.

My first time back at Hampden since 24/05/25 and was having a few flashbacks of that momentous day.

Was also sitting close to where Shinnie recieved the trophy.

❤️🤍❤️

 

The traffic down was a fucking nightmare though.

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear arguably the greatest album of all time,

Happy Birthday to you 

 

40 today and the Mozz was right, the Queen is actually dead 🙂

4 minutes ago, Mason89 said:

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear arguably the greatest album of all time,

Happy Birthday to you 

 

40 today and the Mozz was right, the Queen is actually dead 🙂

I may have to go and put it on.

I feel old. An invincible, never growing old, early teen when this came out!

They were on Top of the Pops. My mum said she would leave home if I came home with their 'depressing' music. I did. She didn't.