Drehen wir am Radiophon
Vernehmen wir den Sendeton
Durch Tastendruck mit Blitzesschnelle
Erreichen wir die Kurze Welle
Nach Feineinstellung mit der Hand
Lauschen wir dem Morseband
Elektronenklänge aus dem Radioland
Turn the dials with your hand
Till you find the short wave band
Electronic music sounds from Radioland
We are turning dials of the Radio
We are hearing the sound of transmission
By pressing a button fast
We reach the short wave band
After fine tuning by hand
We are listening to the Morse band
Electronic sound from Radioland
I like how this one starts, with the tail end of "Radioactivity" what a beautiful song that was, and I'm loving this one too! it sounds so peaceful! Oh I love this! Its so wonderful!
35 years later, and I can still visualise sitting in my bedroom, listening to this while looking out at the falling snow. It's one of those memories that will likely never be bettered.
Before graduating as a musicologist at the university I worked for several months on a large Essay on the compositions of Kraftwerk, the tonal and harmonic universe. This heartfelt and intense pursuit was mainly inspired by the approximately 25 seconds' awe-inspiring chorus of this song, starting at 1:50. A military speech synthesizer, based on creating phonemes, was used on this chorus.