As well as being forefathers of the synthpop that would dominate the 1980s and beyond, the title track of Trans-Europe Express was sampled in 1982 by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force for one of the earliest hip-hop hits, Planet Rock, while Computer World was hugely influential on the house and techno music that emerged from Chicago and Detroit that decade.

Ripton was familiar with the rod, a monster much despoiled of his terrors by intimacy.

Physician, heal thyself.

Even a trip to beautiful California can be a disappointment.