Techno/House Parodies?

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I'm currently debating the worth of someone's techno parody on Little Detroit:

http://www.littledetroit.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9361

Aside from an episode of The Simpsons I'm struggling to think of any. Can anyone think of techno's answer to Spinal Tap, aside from übercoolische?

Thanks .

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

The Nihilists from Big Lebowski?

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

Anyhow, I skimmed that guy's parody, which looked only marginally funny. He's beating some tired old horses, and yeah I know, his entire point is basically "it's OK to beat tired old horses --> it's OK to like crap" but you can only hear the same jokes so many times before they stop being funny.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

Quite.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:42 (twenty years ago)

"Poing"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:42 (twenty years ago)

radio sfur in grand theft auto:san andreas

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Not exactly what you're looking for, but there was some techno song that looped a sample of Eminem's infamous line "nobody listens to techno/ now let's go".

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

"Kicked Out the House," De La Soul

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail45.html

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)

MOBY

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

Haha, that's a great Strongbad! Cheers!

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Mudhoney - untitled #1 (from Piece of Cake)
Mighty Force - Thrashing a Dead House

― Tony Bleach, Wednesday, 13 April 2005 16:21 (twenty years ago)

Select magazine ran a v. funny cartoon strip called 'Moody DJ'. (I suspect most of it was based on Weatherall).

Does Denim's 'Supermarket' (originally released under the name 'Supermarket') count?

― alext (alext), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)

Not exactly what you're looking for, but there was some techno song that looped a sample of Eminem's infamous line "nobody listens to techno/ now let's go".

Base Attack, "Nobody Listens To Techno", later parodied by Son Of A Gun as "Everybody Listens To Techno".

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and there's this, an occasionally funny parody of everyone's favourite Eurotrash crew, Scooter:

http://www.moped.org.uk/

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

JackOfficers!

― space2k (space2k), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

is the Simpsons episode the one about the hellfish? artwork heist by mr. burns turns into artwork heist by a german collector who has to "make it back to dancentrum in stuttgart in time to see kraftwerk?" beernp beernp beernp beernp

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

The "Bitter Bastard" column in XLR8R often makes fun of techno. From the March '05 issue- Dance-rock sounds like: Two wigs in a wig shop telling bad jokes to each other while the assistant manager blasts the Cars and stalks one of the models on Suicide Girls.

― Jonathan Lee (JonG), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

all your base, your base...

― irrigation can save your people (irrigation can save your peopl), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

Shprockets?

― david day (winslow), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

There was a Techno parody act called "The Pod" here in the UK back in the mid-nineties. It featured Julian Barrett, one of the Mighty Boosh. They seemed to be parodying the Future Sound of London mainly. There was an in-character interview with them I read once - they claimed that they could transmit the answers to the interviewer's questions in a way that was beyond all language, and would have said interviewer "crying on the floor like a frightened ape" (paraphrased from memory).

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Thursday, 14 April 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)

make it back to dancentrum in stuttgart in time to see kraftwerk?

Yep, that's the one!

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 14 April 2005 07:46 (twenty years ago)

One of the Simpsons nerdlinger sites actualy lists the track that's playing as the guy speeds away, but I'm fucked if I'm gonna look for it right now

― DJ Mencap0))), Thursday, 14 April 2005 09:20 (twenty years ago)

One of the Simpsons nerdlinger sites actualy lists the track that's playing as the guy speeds away

"Mind Control" by D.J. Keoki, sayeth SNPP.com http://www.snpp.com/episodes/3F19.html

Comments on Kraftwerk from later on down that page:
"Kraftwerk was (is?) a West German [now in one piece --ed] synth-pop band from the 80's. I don't remember their being big in the U.S., but they supposedly inspired other Europop bands like Depeche Mode."

― Vic Funk, Thursday, 14 April 2005 09:28 (twenty years ago)

sfur in gta:san andreas is the best parody I've heard, by miles.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 14 April 2005 09:40 (twenty years ago)

Select magazine ran a v. funny cartoon strip called 'Moody DJ'. (I suspect most of it was based on Weatherall).

Moody DJ looked exactly like Sven Vath

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 14 April 2005 09:54 (twenty years ago)

Melody Maker had a "wacky adventures of two DJs" style cartoon, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 April 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

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