Next month, a remarkable coincidence in live entertainment arrives on these shores. Bill Bailey, the great English comedian with musical leanings, returns for his umpteenth national tour. Also playing at the same time will be Kraftwerk, the influential electronic band that is arguably Germany’s greatest contribution to pop music.
That the 58-year-old Bailey and the 53-year-old group will be in the same country on the other side of their world is a case of the planets aligning. Because among Bailey’s finest musical parody moments was his version of in a Kraftwerk style complete with three other guys in black suits. His introduction to the piece, performed onasked if he would like to explain his long-term affection for the band, its aesthetic and sense of humour and how he’s sent them up, complete with a recently recorded Kraftwerkian Here’s Bailey’s take on the Teutonic techno titans …
