Computer love
Another lonely night
Stare at the TV screen
I don't know what to do
I need a rendezvous
Computer love
Computer love
I call this number
For a data date
I don't know what to do
I need a rendezvous
Computer love
Computer love

Kraftwerk (German: [ˈkʁaftvɛɐ̯k], lit. "power plant") are a German electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk were among the first successful acts to popularize the genre. The group began as part of West Germany's experimental krautrock scene in the early 1970s before fully embracing electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, drum machines, and vocoders. Wolfgang Flür joined the band in 1973 and Karl Bartos in 1975, expanding the band to a quartet. Since the band's formation, it has seen numerous lineup changes, with Hütter as its only constant member.
On commercially successful albums such as Autobahn (1974), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), and Computer World (1981), Kraftwerk developed a self-described "robot pop" style that combined electronic music with pop melodies, sparse arrangements, and repetitive rhythms, while adopting a stylized image including matching suits. Following the release of Electric Café (1986), Flür left the group in 1987, followed by Bartos in 1990. The band released Tour de France Soundtracks, their latest album of new material, in 2003. Founding member Schneider left in 2008. The band, with new members, has continued to tour under the leadership of Hütter.
The band's work has influenced a diverse range of artists and many genres of modern music, including synth-pop, hip hop, post-punk, techno, house music, ambient, and club music. In 2014, the Recording Academy honoured Kraftwerk with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. They later won the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album with their live album 3-D The Catalogue (2017) at the 2018 ceremony. In 2021, Kraftwerk was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the early influence category. As of 2024, the band continues to tour, with the members' live performances celebrating Kraftwerk's fiftieth anniversary.
Scores of recording artists have been inspired and influenced by Kraftwerk and countless artists have sampled their music. They are one of the most influential bands ever.
OMG - it is Coldplay!!
You should listen to Autobahn :)
OMG - it is Coldplay!!
As for the comments about Coldplay’s use of the main motif, it seems some people atebsuggesting that there’s a plagiarism issue. There is not. Look at the credits for Talk and you will find that Coldplay co-credited the members of Kraftwerk for the composition. It’s a tasteful homage, not theft.
Everything was easier:
The band received permission from the electronic music German band Kraftwerk to use the main riff from its song "Computer Love", from its 1981 studio album Computer World, for "Talk", replacing Kraftwerk's synthesizers with guitars.
From wiki.
edit: RP is scaring me now. I PSD'd from Low Strung - Fix You" to this, then the main stream came back on. Coldplay - Talk.
Stop it.
figures, Coldplay's sample of this was the only thing I liked about them and it turns out it's not theirs
I think you've got a case about being stalked
interesting - just now exactly the same order :D first "The Model" (version by The Treble Spankers) then "Computer Love" by Kraftwerk :]
And once again - the exact same sequence today
interesting - just now exactly the same order :D first "The Model" (version by The Treble Spankers) then "Computer Love" by Kraftwerk :]
Also like Coldplay's hommage.
Was about to type nearly the exact same thing!