Florian's sarcastic smile is the finest moment for me.

the most amazing part is these guys where doing this stuff while most people were doing disco shit. truly waaaaaaaaaaay ahead of their time. no one else was even close to doing anything this original in '75

You can certainly can say that again. That's probably why the Minimoog is one of the most beautiful synths and of course the Prophet 5 which also has a lovely wooden chassis. They 're also definitly one of the best sounding synths there is.

Wolfgang and Karl really rocked the handmade electric drums!

the mighty Kraftwerk...the best electronic band ever...great little documentary..thanks for posting cecilbeans

Modern music owes so much to these guys and yet many in the mainstream will never understand or even know who they are.

Über 30 Jahre als und noch immer ein Meilenstein der Musikgeschichte. Ein Vorbild unzähliger Elektro-Bands.Diese revolutiönare Technik "damals" ist schon geil...

Aw man I still love this stuff,we built unconventional technotronic sound generators and used a guitar pickup to play with a pearing knife and even used near dead batteries for the voltage drop "A tribute to a dead battery"it was called. There was no beat box or drum machines back then, so we played live electronic jazz that was progressive,all mistakes or broken connections left in the masters,became part of the art.Still thinking about reformatting and posting on KZfaq with some sort of vid

these guys were pioneers, the fathers of what we now know as Techno. Saw them at Auckland town haal on the 26/11, damn cool.

The jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter once pointed out that your nervous system runs on electricity and "there ain't nothing wrong with electronics." I think this was in a Miles Davis documentary. Not to fear, though. Acoustic instruments will always be with us too.

Autobahn was released in 1974, at least 7-8 years ahead of the music at that time. Genius.

These men deserve the respect of every electronic music lover. I personally don't like their music, but I can see how what they done back in the 70s influenced generations of musicians to come. They built custom instruments to express themselves through music. True visionaries and fathers of electronic music. Where would we be today without them?

Brilliant EM Group ! Poland Loves Kraftwerk ;-)

I hope the mentioned 'suits' materialized. Kraftwerk were pioneers and God only knows where we'd be without them.

They have a single of this song that is 30 minutes long and it just blows me away. Its so relaxing. Love kraftwerk

I had no idea Kraftwerk were even around back in 1975. That sounds so excellent even back then.

Narrator: Kraftwerk have a name for this. It’s called Machine Musik. Me: Shut up! I don’t care! I’m trying to listen to this awesome music!

desde adolesent aprendi a gostar deles e m praser telos novamente tinha eu os discos em vinil mas foram roubadas eles sao maravilhosos.flavia goiania go brasil

2:15 That face!^^

kraftwerk fantastic musicians/scientists of music i still have autobahn the album and it is treasured thanks for posting and thank you youtube !

listening to joy division and then this it makes total sense how influential they were! great stuff!

love it! 'eliminating keyboards completely and build jackets with electronic lapels that could be played by touch'! definitely Ralf Hutter humour going on there.

the drums are so cool omg, imagine what kind of stuff they would have come up with today

This was my absolute favorite band back in the day and I still like their music!

Saw them playing this live at the Cardiff Capitol, September 1975. Also, 2 years ago in Sydney.

Excellent thanks for this totally amazing 2009 wil the "KIDS" really understand how amazing this was in the 70s

I know what that is like. I got hooked on Kraftwerk from a documentry on tele eight years ago. And everyone else was hooked on alternative rock or hip hop. I dig innovative electronic music.

Can you imagine what this sounded like in 1975? It is amazing even in 2007!

Super!!!!!Tout simplement mn morceau préféré!

Kraftwerk are just soooo cool!! Where would we be now without them??? Avant Garde!!

Just analize this music done in the middle of the 70s.Its amazing.Kraftwerk s music lovers could think this is an incipient sound if we hear tthe other versions of autobahn but its just the beginning of the influence of technology over music

Not only did they crate some of the most interesting music of its time, they built revolutionary instruments with which to do it... Epic.

Thank you Kraftwerk for helping to initiate this amazing chapter in the evolution of music.

Best of all: They play LIVE in it. Ahhh, I remember listening to the 22-MINUTE-SINGLE (No 1 in the German charts back then) in our car on the AUTOBAHN of course.

absolutely perfect synth...and all the instruments made by them selves....how can you question perfection#

Most underrated musicians ever

first all-electronic band in the world. If anybody can take credit for inventing Techno or Industrial its these guys. Computer World is my favorite album by them, it came out in 1981

Thanks for posting this video. So awesome to see and hear these again.

Ode to the beetle, bocho, fusca...and many many other alias in different countries around the world for the Wolskwagen Beetle. This is the homenage from the fathers of the electronic music!

The round plattens on the "drum" kit are the "pans" from Ohaus analytical digital scales, you can tell by the bump pattern on the edge of each.

Omg he smiled! (I was beginning to wonder if Kraftwerk themselves were robots). A revalation in the roots of Electronic music.

Aaahh this is awesome, I'd never seen this bit before eventhough there was a point in time when I scavenged and collected Kraftwerk videos like a deranged squirrell. Lovely.

The Balanescu quartet made a really impressive Autobahn version for string quartet (and very respectful with the rhythm, harmonies and general arrangements). There are other artists who made classicla versions of other Kraftwerk songs. Even the Viena Choir and Orchestra made a symphonic TEE. Kraftwerk music sounds cool with classic intruments, without changing too many things of the mechanical spirit. Check it at KZfaq and enjoy it :)

son los creadores y dueños de un estilo musical unico, exclusivo y que perdurará siempre.

You're right.They even made another percussion instrument,based on photoelectric cells.But it couldn't be controlled properly live,due to interferences with stage lights.You can read a funny anecdote about this in Wolfgang Flür's book 'I was a robot'.

The electronic drums you see are build by them self. That tells me they know about how electronics work^^

I remember listening to the original recording of this in July 1975 in England, and it made me dizzy. It actually scared me! How funny is that? Of course, I was only 10 then, so I'd llove to hear it again and see what my reaction is. I love this group!

Holy hell i just now realized that they were one of the first electronica bands. So THAT's why everyone thinks they're so influential.

I remember just sitting around with my "buds" and this song would blow us away!!

yep, Ralf&Florian totally rule through all the ages of electronic music! autobahn here sounds totally diffrent than on the LP, no to mention the length... :)

I love Kraftwerk, my friends were lucky enough to see them on their last tour. Talk about ahead of your time!

the beatles of electronic music. simply the best.

They seem so ahead of 1975. I bet many of today's artists can't dare do something as creative and risky as kraftwerk.

little did they know back then, that this 'machine music' as they called it would sweep the world!

Kraftwerk were so far ahead of the music world, primitive as it was, at that time. People can look back at them now and snicker but these were serious musicians who integrated art with technology like no one had ever seen. Impressive and still cool after all these years.

crazy germs! love that smile at the end.

I doubt it's a matter of leaving the spirit of the group behind, he probably wants to relax at his age.He deserves it, for all his great creative achievements

This tune makes me feel happy 🎉❤

so many wonderful memories thx for the post!

Hahaha! Holy damn, theyre so young.. This is adorable! "All the hip hop of the early 80s can thnak these guys " True.

Florian rocking the ARP Odissey

They were the first really good "machine based" group down here in good old germany, today take a look at the billboardcharts or any charts (except oldies) and just try to find a song that has no computer generated part in it, summed up Ireally like this band and even got some original store bought tapes of their music

That's German Engineering for you! Great group of friends and colleagues. Brilliant minds.

dis is one of there best songs ever ;)

If this symphonic and epic tune would have been recorded today, it still would be an masterpiece, but this has been composed and released in 1975! *You may watch this: Kraftwerk - Ruckzuck (Live 1970!) Kraftwerk - Tanzmusik (Live 1973!) Kraftwerk - Autobahn (Live on BBC 1975) Kraftwerk - Europe Endless (1977) Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine (1978) Kraftwerk - Computerwelt (Live 1981) Kraftwerk - Tour de France Kraftwerk - Radioactivity Kraftwerk - Autobahn Kraftwerk - Music Non Stop

Increíble, cuando la música disco no estaba ni en proyecto, ya existía la música electrónica! lo máximo Kraftwerk

Their best track ever. Its so cool. I always remember the only person brave enough to play the full version on Radio 1 was the late John Peel.

They are the godfathers of electronic music! Yes thats is it!

I don't know what you're talking about. Kraftwerk sounds great now, 30 years later, and will sound great in more 30 or 50 years. Good music never sounds lame, despite the years on.

I remember listening to this on my quadrophonic stereo in 1975.

When I watched this video, I firstly got shocked by it intro sound. They were the first band to play electronic dark pop music in 1974. They first invented electronic drum sound with sticks. So imposing sound. Trans Europe express “ n’ Radioactivity have been so pioneering

Without Kraftwerk there would have been no British music revival in the eighties, after the excesses of the seventies

Very cool, originally filmed for the BBC's Tommorow's World! I want an electronic lapel!

musica que a pesar del tiempo que tiene sigue vigente

I love it towards the end...the sounds of the cars passing by. Haah.

now, you're on 70's listening hendrix, marley n doors... and then... eat this!!!! we're still learning from them... larga vida al tekno aleman

It's still pretty amazing how much effort they put into it.

Personally, one of the five more influential bands in modern music!

This was Pioneering Electronic music....think of the Wright brothers first flight, to the present day fighter jets pilots.....Everything came from this!!! very important! lol

so unbelieveably retro! Love it!

hahaha, this video made me laugh so much. A great change after watching Mr.Crossmack all day

long time without listen that song thats to bring me back memories

Un freekin believable! This live document shows history in the making...

These guys were so far ahead of their time it's amazing.

Florian smiles so tenderly... I just love them!!! By the way, I'm completely in love with them...

I'd say they're second only to the Beatles in terms of their influence on twentieth-century musical pop culture. Who knows what Hell life would be without them.

Minimalist music always polarizes people. Kraftwerk were serious innovators. They built much of the technology they used and kept things uncluttered and spartan. Modern. Frequently "classicist" musicians (including metal people) don't get it because it is about fresh ideas, not running scales up and down. I am a big fan of Kraftwerk and many early krautrock bands. The Mr Bean comment is hilarious! Very nice....ha!

Saw them last September here in Dublin! Amazing!!

kraftwerk godfathers of electronic music

The Drummer did an Autobiography, read it if you want to get the skinny on the whole amazing story. Love their music, and there just isn't any other band that comes close, even now, to the amazing textured soundscapes they created.., The Remix CD is great too!

Kraftwerk live, even in 2008 = genius/the best

Electronic lapels that can be played by touch? Wow, they were ahead of the '70s by far.

These guys are true poineers. Thanks to them we get to enjoy the new gods of techno like Aphex twin, squarepusher and Music. And btw, this is as techno as it can get radioguyuk.

absolutely love that track

They are the creators and owners of the musical only(unique), exclusive style and that will last always.

Delightful lead synth there, half of my face screws up into a ball when I hear it and I wouldn't have it any other way

Great clip thanks, I went to see them in Manchester July 09, ive put some videos on here if you wish to see them

Crazy,they were in essence making hip hop.Way ahead of there time>Music now definitely lacks this type of care free,genuine creativeness.

Wolfgang offered to me his old Mercedes for about 6500 DM 1982, wich is HISTORIC part of the band, that same wechicle from the cover of "Autobahn" album! What a dambass I was...

Brilliant history ! I loved them to no end !