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    Not sure if you’re kidding, but this is a cover of Kraftwerk, namely this track.

    Moranis released two more albums in 2005 and 2013, during his long hiatus in acting.

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      2 months ago

      I did not know that, thanks! I’m not especially familiar with Kraftwerk but this song sounds more like 70s era which I guess would include them. I will look into these other Moranis albums.

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        2 months ago

        ‘Autobahn’ is from Kraftwerk’s 1974 album with the same name. Basically, Moranis messed with that track by turning the drawn-out hypnotic opus into a radio-format bombastic tune. (Though Kraftwerk are pretty pop-friendly themselves.)

        I haven’t listened through his other songs, but it seems that all three albums are comedic in nature.

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          I should probably check out Kraftwerk, also. I know I ran across them years ago when I learned about Joy Division as a predecessor to New Order, but only remember a song that (I think) was called Radioactivity.

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            They have a peculiar sense of humor (the linked song is called ‘Pocket Calculator’ in the English-language release). The ‘Radioactivity’ track originally referred simultaneously to nuclear decay and radio waves — though iirc a later version increased the emphasis on nuclear incidents.