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Scott M. Kozel  
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 More options May 17, 8:56 am
Newsgroups: misc.transport.road
From: "Scott M. Kozel" <koze...@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 08:56:00 -0400
Subject: Re: Kraftwerk - Autobahn
"Schrödinger's Cat Surprise! Jazz Band" <raashan...@ndki.rk> wrote:

> Oscar Voss wrote:

> > Later, a German-speaking colleague listening to the song in my car
> > assured me that the German lyrics for "Autobahn" are just as insipid as
> > the ones for the songs Kraftwerk does in English.

> Well, it's not a song ya listen to for it's lyrical profundity, no :)

The idea was for the lyrics to have a 'mechanical' sound to them.

This video describes the electronic instruments that were used to make
piece --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c81X6BiI0Y

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