#SongoftheDay The Model (Kraftwerk)

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This song was playing in the background of an episode of Bergerac I was watching the other day. Later on my partner and I were watching something else and one of the characters said something to the effect of, "Why are you all standing around like Kraftwerk?" 

That's when my partner told me he once ended up with a Kraftwerk tape, but it wasn't his and he never listened to it.

The musical equivalent of "I was just holding it for a friend," am I right?


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Giselle


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