Bizet’s Carmen.
Today’s question: This song inspired another very popular song, which in turn inspired the sounds on something which was all the rage a few years back. (Listen to it through the flash widget here or by downloading the file directly from this link.) Details?
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Maybe learning German is a good thing, getting the lyrics helps with Googling 😛
“Eins zwei drei vier fünf sechs sieben acht” => Kraftwerk’s “Computer Love” => Coldplay’s “Talk”=> The Guardian’s April Fool’s day 2006 prank “Talk To David”, supposedly supporting David Cameron.
Kraftwerk’s Numbers and Trans Europa Express inspired Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet rock which inspired the sounds of Miami Bass.