History YMMV / Kraftwerk

* Un-Person: Wolfgang Flür has become this, after he published his autobiography that deals with his experiences at Kraftwerk.

* Unperson: Wolfgang Flür has become this, after he published his autobiography that deals with his experiences at Kraftwerk.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ This video]] is a perfect illustration of this trope in action.

* NarmCharm: Songs like ''We Are The Robots'' and ''Pocket Calculator'' run on it.

** And even though the band has disowned them, there's still some great stuff on their first albums. Especially the {{Krautrock}} jamming on ''Kraftwerk''.

* EarWorm: "I'm the operatah with my pocket calculatah." ''* Bleep bloop....broing!* ''

* {{Anvilicious}}: "The Mix" version of Radioactivity.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: All of Die Mensch Maschine, goddamit.

* OlderThanTheyThink: No, children, DaftPunk are ''NOT'' the first electronic band posing as robots. (They are in fact directly giving homage to this band.)

* Anvilicious: "The Mix" version of Radioactivity.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ This video]] is a perfect illustration of this trope in action.

* SampledUp: Most people never recognize it when bands sample from Kraftwerk, but it happens a lot. A lot of Industrial and EBM acts do it, and it occasionally crops up in hip-hop as well.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: All of Die Mensch Maschine, goddamit.
** Most fans agree that ''Autobahn'' through ''Computerworld'' represent their best work.

* {{Mondegreen}}: On ''Autobahn'' when they sing "Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn" (Fahr'n being short for "fahren", meaning to drive or travel), English speakers often hear "Fun fun fun on the Autobahn." Some Americans even thought it was an homage to the BeachBoys.
** Which it [[http://kraftwerk.technopop.com.br/interview_25.php actually was]].
-->'''Rock&Folk''' - Is it because you need to feel close to the audience that you have chosen the world of rock music and that you mention the Beach Boys as your reference ?
-->'''Ralf Hütter''' - Yes, in their songs they managed to concentrate a maximum of fundamental ideas. In 100 years from now, when people will want to know what California was like in the 60s, they only had to listen a single by the Beach Boys.
-->'''Rock&Folk''' - So, in the same way, when people will want to know about Europe in 1976, they'll listen to Kraftwerk ?
-->'''Ralf Hütter''' - Yes, I hope so. If our communication system works really fine...
** Also, to the Swedish-speaking amoung us, it sounds a lot like "Fan, Fan, Fan on the Autobahn", which means, basically "Fuck, Fuck, Fuck on the Autobahn (It's another name for the devil, but in terms of swear word harshness it's about the same) Makes it... cringe-y to sing along to.

* NarmCharm: ''We Are The Robots'' runs on it.

** YourMileageMayVary, but most fans agree that ''Autobahn'' through ''Computerworld'' represent their best work.

** YourMileageMayVary, but most fans agree that ''Radioactivity'' through ''Computerworld'' represent their best work.

* CoveredUp: A lot of young {{Rammstein}} fans sadly probably think that Rammstein wrote "Das Modell".

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Kraftwerk seem to be one out of two explicitly German bands well-known in the USA. The other one is {{Rammstein}}.

* NightmareFuel: "Showroom Dummies", for anyone who knows ''Series/DoctorWho'', or that episode of ''TheTwilightZone'' where the mannequins are alive.

* NightmareFuel: "Showroom Dummies", for anyone who knows ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* NightmareFuel: "Showroom Dummies", for anyone who knows ''DoctorWho''.

* NightmareFuel: "Showroom Dummies", for anyone who knows DoctorWho.

** This one is especially sad, as newer generations are not likely to recognize them for what they did.

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