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They predicted "computer world" in 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa7WrCqsTC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa7WrCqsTC0 "Crime, Travel, Communication,

• LaserDiscMan 6y ago
  And electronic dating in "Computer Love" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBGWenPlGo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBGWenPlGo). I always thought that song was about the "love" one feels using a computer. The relationship between a programmer and a machine. Perhaps I was just hearing what I wanted to hear though.
  • LeoPanthera 6y ago
    > I always thought that song was about the "love" one feels using a computer. It's definitely about both. They've always enjoyed writing songs with multiple meanings. Before it was re-written for the live tour, the original lyrics of "Radio activity" are about both Radioactivity, and "Radio Activity".
• Lio 6y ago
  Computer World was used for the opening theme of the BBC’s ground breaking Computer Programme[1]. My family were lucky enough to have a BBC model B, a home computer developed for the show and the eventual proving ground for the ARM processor. Kraftwerk and the Beeb were bound up in my head as a child. For me Kraftwerk sound like the white hot future rushing into our world (...and also playing Chuckie Egg and Elite with my Dad!). [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Programme https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Programme