masterpiece? Kraftwerk's Tour de France (version francaise), from 1983. Maybe the best pop song ever, and definitely Kraftwerk's best track ever. Sure, they have made some other great tracks, but this one... This one is something else. Really. We can still recall the first time we heard this. It was played on the radio, we don't remember when - it was ages ago - and we don't know why either - maybe someone on the Swedish public broadcasting company simply had fiilis (Finnish for vibe or feeling) and wanted to play it. Anyway we were completely blown away by it. The futuristic sound, the melody, the bicycle sounds, the lyrics about the stages in the tour, the beauty of cycling and the friendship in the peloton...
Since then Kraftwerk has made the Tour de France Soundtracks album, which we think is OK. But for some reason they included a new version of the original song on the album, which sound pretty much like the original version, only... lamer. We don't really know why, although we suspect that feelings between former and current band members might have something to do with it. Anyway, the original version is the best. Trust us.
(We borrowed this picture from The Bike Show. Hope that's OK!)
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