The Model
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The Model by Big Black
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Performed by
Big BlackProduced by
John Loder & Steve AlbiniWrited by
Emil Schult & Ralf Hütter & Karl BartosAbout
This is a cover of “The Model” (or “Das Model” in German) by German group Kraftwerk, originally written in 1978. It was a popular single in Europe.
The original 7" sleeve also emulated the cover art of Kraftwerk’s Man Machine, on which their version appeared.
The Model Lyrics
She's a model and she's looking good
I'd like to take her home with me, that's understood
Playing hard-to-get, she smiles from time to time
It only takes a camera to change her mind
Posing for consumer products now and then
I even saw her on the cover of a magazine
She's going out to nightclubs drinking just champagne
She is looking good, I want to see her again
The Model Q&A
Who wrote The Model's ?
The Model was written by Emil Schult & Ralf Hütter & Karl Bartos.
Who produced The Model's ?
The Model was produced by John Loder & Steve Albini.
What did Big Black say about "The Model"?
About developing Big Black’s cover of “The Model,” Steve Albini told Rolling Stone,
It seemed like there would be very few songs in Kraftwerk’s catalogue that you could adapt to a rock-band setting, and it seemed like the perfect one… There’s a little Russian melody in the middle, which Santiago co...