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[DemforBush]

One of the greatest electronic music songs of all time. Kraftwerk were so far ahead of their time, it’s scary.

BTW, one of the very first videos I ever saw on MTV was “The Model”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgS252XT_Ts

[ctdonath2]

Well that was amusing!

Memories of _Computer_World_ rumble...

[Vince Ferrer]

“Now is ze time on Sprockets vhen ve dance!”

[John Robinson]

I don't know how to respond to that. Oh, wait...

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Is that a song about Dhimmicrats? Robotically following commands from DC?

[oblomov]

I love krautrock....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYp6dnAEVhY

[tophat9000]

well it certainly was ahhh?......German...

[Disambiguator]

You can still get their concert DVD on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Kraftwerk-Minimum-Maximum-Ralf-H%C3%BCtter/dp/B000BW7R26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411101689&sr=8-1&keywords=kraftwerk+minimum+maximum

They seem to prefer vintage footage as “video” on some of the tracks.

[Captainpaintball]

STOSS für Kraftwerk

[Joe Brower]

Great stuff. Here is something a bit more recent from the 'Powerplant':

Aerodynamik

[dfwgator]

I liked them better during the Autobahn era, when they still incorporated flutes into their music.