THE MJ MACHINE
In The Sound Of The Machine Karl Bartos reveals that Elton John asked to work with Kraftwerk around the time of Computer World. An even bigger and perhaps more unlikely fan was Michael Jackson. “Ralf told me that Michael wanted to work with Kraftwerk,” says Bartos. “He also said Michael wanted to purchase the master tapes of The Man-Machine.”
What for? “You can say anything you want about that fact,” smiles Karl.
“I can’t possibly comment!”