― Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 25 January 2004 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 25 January 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Sunday, 25 January 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)
8:Senor Cocounut "The Robots" (there are a few good tracks on that record, and this is one of them)
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― sym (shmuel), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― LondonLee (LondonLee), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)
MOST DISAPPOINTING POST EVER, LondonLee.
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)
11. "numbers," old school players
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Sunday, 25 January 2004 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 25 January 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― Douglas (Douglas), Sunday, 25 January 2004 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― Douglas (Douglas), Sunday, 25 January 2004 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)
As I mentioned on the other thread, Trouble Funk did "Trouble Funk Express" which is basically just "Trans Europe Express".
― Broheems (diamond), Sunday, 25 January 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― tod (tod), Sunday, 25 January 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 26 January 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)
(cc2000 were a prolapse shootoff)
― Shooz (shooz), Monday, 26 January 2004 00:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 26 January 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 26 January 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 26 January 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 26 January 2004 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)
22. sleepy township - europe endless
23. letraset - telephone call
― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 26 January 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 26 January 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)
24. There was a Mortiis side project called Fata Morgana which was blatantly a Kraftwerk cover band. "Space Race" 7" has the goods.
25. Also, I liked the Austrian band Komputer.
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Monday, 26 January 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)
27. warm jets - the model
― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 26 January 2004 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Monday, 26 January 2004 06:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― sym (shmuel), Monday, 26 January 2004 06:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian Grey (Ian_G), Monday, 26 January 2004 07:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 26 January 2004 08:26 (twenty-one years ago)
Whoever was talking upthread about a Cleopatra album - I have a Japanese tribute album I got off slsk... as I recall it's no-one you've ever heard of doing less obvious Kraftwerk songs.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 26 January 2004 10:30 (twenty-one years ago)
Curse this lack of edit! *shakes fist at sky*
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 26 January 2004 10:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― harveyw (harveyw), Monday, 26 January 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)
Did they do this as well as "Radioactivity"? Because that's the one I know (and had forgotten about until now).
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)
See my later post correcting my mental abberation.
Noticing you've made a mistake, mere nanoseconds after hitting the Submit button - c/d?
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)
32. Some kids in Germany
http://www.openculture.com/2016/01/kraftwerks-the-robots-by-german-first-graders-in-adorable-cardboard-robot-outfits.html?fbclid=IwAR2vgH95LPVLo26vdyvt2uaa-oRRNoLpy1bn1mKre4XL7Lb-8kzXllsFOsM
Kind of reminds me of the Residents.
― nickn, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 00:05 (six years ago)
33. U2--Neon Lights
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 00:55 (six years ago)
34. Simple Minds - Neon Lights
― visiting, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 01:21 (six years ago)
35. Love Tractor - Neon Lights
― brimstead, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 01:33 (six years ago)
Senor Coconut - various
― nashwan, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 07:34 (six years ago)
36. Agost - The Model
(This Barcelona band were fab on the final day at Primavera)
― i really, really, really, really, really, really like glue (fionnland), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 07:42 (six years ago)
37. Hikashu - The Model (video, charming Japanese version)
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 07:49 (six years ago)
Ebony Steel Band, with an album of Kraftwerk Kovers called Pan Machine
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 00:31 (six years ago)
^^^ I am listening to this now. It's really good!! I've heard Kraftwerk covered in every possible style it seems but I think the steel drums really emphasize how melodic their music is. It's super fun, especially "Tour de France"
― frogbs, Friday, 21 January 2022 21:49 (three years ago)
here it is along with "Europe Endless", they both rule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxjbJo-PMKg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omxNBCkiuLc
also dig that they pull out some deeper cuts like "Tanzmusik" and "Kometenmelodie 2"
― frogbs, Friday, 21 January 2022 22:12 (three years ago)
Penguin Cafe - Franz Schubert
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 21 January 2022 23:10 (three years ago)
Radio Birdman - Radio-Activity (probably only played once though, Nov 20 1977, Paddington Town Hall)
― StanM, Saturday, 22 January 2022 09:26 (three years ago)
Still wish Oasis had covered Autobahn.."Die Sonne scheine..." all that..
― Mark G, Saturday, 22 January 2022 11:37 (three years ago)
would love to hear a guitar based cover of Kometenmelodie 2 . Have dreamed of Savage Republic or someone similar doing that since i got Exceller 8 in the late 80s.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 22 January 2022 11:49 (three years ago)
xxpost: and here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giOGucLGTIA
― StanM, Monday, 17 June 2024 15:39 (one year ago)
Japanese surf band The Routes released an all-Kraftwerk covers album in 2022 and unlike many of these kinds of tribute albums, the covers are thought through and the band seems to be thinking "fuck yeah, Kraftwerk!" the whole time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPKcx0j4naU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GgUQL2i5sI
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 31 July 2024 06:41 (one year ago)
I did not see that as a T and I thought it said The Wang Machine
― StanM, Wednesday, 31 July 2024 09:19 (one year ago)
Ooh, nice find - the whole album's on Bandcamp!https://theroutesjapan.bandcamp.com/album/the-twang-machine
Last year's live William Taylor album had a great medley of his "Highway Anxiety" with "Radioactivity":
https://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/track/highway-anxiety-radioactivity
― etc, Wednesday, 31 July 2024 20:37 (one year ago)
Another from last year - Tartar italo act Arash & Quasar with "The Model":
https://arashandquasar.bandcamp.com/track/super-soul-you-are-wasted-in-life-cause-you-drink-too-much-arash-quasar-edit
― etc, Wednesday, 31 July 2024 20:42 (one year ago)
love this solo acoustic "europe endless"
https://shaneparish.bandcamp.com/track/europe-endless
― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 July 2024 20:43 (one year ago)
The Shadows really missed a trick not recording a version of "Neon Lights".
― Defund Phil Collins (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 July 2024 20:55 (one year ago)
In the same desert as the William Tyler, Prairiewolf perform a live medley of their own "Calcedonia" with "Neon Lights":
https://prairiewolfmusic.bandcamp.com/track/calcedonia-neon-lights-calcedonia
― etc, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 21:04 (one year ago)
The Shadows really missed a trick
How about Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet?
https://www.chunklet.com/wp-content/uploads/original-site/audio/Autobahn.mp3
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 18:13 (one year ago)
the love tractor cover is halfway there I guesshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzYsMdGjw-k
― brimstead, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 18:49 (one year ago)
― tylerw, Wednesday, July 31, 2024 3:43 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
yes!
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 21:16 (one year ago)
jon solomon's 25-hour xmas show on WPRB princeton is doing kraftwerk-inspired christmas songs for roughly the next 90 minutes
https://playlists.wprb.com/WPRB/pl/21719095/Jon-Solomon?layout=1
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 December 2025 03:37 (two weeks ago)
I’m not seeing an archive for this? Would love to check it out.
I saw Russian surf band Messer Chups a couple weeks ago, they did “The Model.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQpX_ZMTpH8
― cinematic hobo hip-hop rock ‘n’ roll blues-jazz soul-review (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 25 December 2025 12:14 (two weeks ago)
It's mentioned above, but here's the video of the German schoolkids performing "Die Roboter":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH-ycguHLBU
It's a rare glimpse of human culture from before the AI years.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Friday, 26 December 2025 21:00 (two weeks ago)