Why didn't anyone tell me the theme to '80s PBS staple "Newton's Apple" was Kraftwerk's "Ruckzuck"?!

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Because I wanted to find out what their first album sounded like and now I'm having flashbacks to Ira Flatow talking about space shuttles. (a href="http://www.ktca.org/newtons/newtonsclassics/classic26.html">Or cocaine.)

― MC Transmaniacon (natepatrin), Saturday, 27 November 2004 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

why doesn't someone tell ethan trife that one of his favorite bands has a song named "backpack" (which is what "ruckzuck" means auf Deutsch)!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 27 November 2004 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Later on, though, they changed it from the original to a cover of "Ruckzuck". Ho hum...

― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 27 November 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Weren't there just sounds added to the original recording? I can't recall now.

― Pangolino (ricki spaghetti), Saturday, 27 November 2004 04:35 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I read about how it used to be the theme a while ago and the same article said that it was later replaced with a rather faithful cover of it.

― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 27 November 2004 06:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Eisbär is obviously not German, nor is s/he very well acquainted with the language. FYI:

1. Ruckzuck can be roughly translated to mean "in no time flat". The common German phrase "Jetzt aber Ruckzuck!" is equivalent to the English "make it snappy!"

2. The German for "backpack" is "Rucksack" (NOT "Ruckzuck")

3. Ergo, Kraftwerk never had a song named after a backpack. That would be a bit silly, wouldn't it? (Well, about as silly as songs titled "Autobahn", "Telephone Operator", et al. Ho hum.)

― Majooba, Saturday, 27 November 2004 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't lie, it's German for "rockist."

― LaRue (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

It's German for "bling in quote marks".

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)

i did.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Sunday, 28 November 2004 06:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Kraftwerk. On Newton's Apple. That is the most surreal thing I can imagine right now.

― Bimble (bimble), Sunday, 28 November 2004 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

God I wish Kraftwerk had a song named after a backpack.

― Bimble (bimble), Sunday, 28 November 2004 09:23 (twenty-one years ago)

http://uk.games-workshop.com/news/uk/events/campaignweekends/damocles-2004/images/owens/model-backpack.jpg

This one is called "the model"

― mark grout (mark grout), Sunday, 28 November 2004 09:32 (twenty-one years ago)

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