Kharon8 t1_j91v3ey wrote on February 18, 2023 at 4:29 PM

Reply to comment by SPACEMAN_B1FF in TIL that Kraftwerk got paid 200.000 euros for the official Hannover Expo 2000 jingle. It was 4 seconds long! by krisolin

Yes and all the other stuff too: Permission to use images and band name and all.

At some point in rising fame you are not paying to the venue to show your name, venue pays you to show your name.

IMHO Kraftwerk passed that limit in 1970s, after Autobahn. In Germany, at least. Globally after The Man Machine.

They had a number of records (3) before Autobahn and having 2 of them, I can say they are ... shall we say ... 'experimental'. I'm still not sure if they are horrible or brilliant .... but nothing between is possible. :)

krisolin OP t1_j93rgkj wrote on February 19, 2023 at 12:43 AM

Yes, I recon it was the whole "PR package", not just the 4 seconds of music,...which actually is not very good at all (I suppose I can say that as I am a big Kraftwerk fan).