Since I bought an Ipod I’ve been going retro.
I started listening to things I first bought when I was a teenager suchas “I am” by Earth Wind and Fire, “Out of the Blue” by Electric LightOrchestra and Kraftwerk’s “Computer World”.
That last album contains one track that remains appealing; “ComputerLove”. I still do not understand why. The tune is overproduced,too simple and cliche but it manages to tickle the lower belly. I ampuzzled.
Recently somebody told me that Senor Coconut y Son Conjunto did a whole album with Kraftwerk covers.
Google brings us to an article that describes some of the background
Although the disc is credited to Senor Coconut y Son Conjunto, it’s purely the work of Schmidt on keyboards and samplers, helped by three vocalists. And he’s fully aware of the irony involved in what he’s doing, noting that “since the entire album is programmed and not played by real musicians, it contains the simulation aspect and questions the term of authenticity.” At the heart of the music, though, he “tried to interpret their songs trying to imagine how a real Latin band would do them. The Latin styles I worked with are certainly uplifting and light” and form an wonderfully absurd juxtaposition with what Coconut called “the Kraftwerkian coolness.”
Do I like “Coconut”? I am not sure yet. I need to listen to it a little more to appreciate if it is more than a gimmick.