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The Rick Moranis? As in the guy who played the dad in Honey I Shrunk the Kids and Lord Helmet in Spaceballs?
Yeah. He’s made three albums, two of them after retiring from acting. It seems that all three are comedic.
Remaster of original Autobahn: https://youtu.be/vkOZNJYAZ7c
I did not know he put an album out. From a 89 perspective, maybe it is dated, but I like this song!
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
