Songs About ROBOTS -- S&D

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Inspired by my Trans thread, as well as my recent obsession with Bruce Haack.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Other examples -- Mr. Singer's faaaaaavorite FZ song, "Sy Borg." Styx's "Mr. Roboto." And goodly portions of the Kraftwerk song catalogue.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie'

― N., Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Destroy both "Paranoid Android" and "I Am Your Robot" by Elton John.

― Judd Nelson, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Island of the Robot Building Monkey" by Charlie McAlister. Not just one of the greatest robot songs of all time, but one of American song's finest moments, period. "Then the monkey flipped the switch/and the robot went insane/slashing at the sailors/with a bamboo cane." Ahh...poetry.

― John Darnielle, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Michael Sembello's follow-up to "Maniac" was "Automatic Man", which didn't sell as well. Psycho 1, Robot 0. Although DeBarge's "Who's John?" on same theme was quite successful I recall

― dave q, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Previously on ILM: C90: Robots, in which mark s refused to name names.

― Sean Carruthers, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― jel --, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Island of the Robot Building Monkey" by Charlie McAlister.

Woohoo! Another Charlie fan! Did you catch any of the shows he played out here a few years back? Man's a god.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Whoops, thanks for correcting my bogus link, jel.

― Sean Carruthers, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Never seen him. Word is when he's feeling ornery he can clear a room, *any* room, in ten minutes. Did some thing involving an oscillating fan and some bucket full of stench in Tennessee that people out there still remember with wonder and shock. Given his room-clearing capabilities I think that his presence as support act on the (cough) next MBV tour is warranted.

― John Darnielle, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Metal Fingers In My Body by Add N To X.

― Nick Southall, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Mechanical Man" and "Smart Patrol/Mr.DNA" by Devo

― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Did some thing involving an oscillating fan and some bucket full of stench in Tennessee that people out there still remember with wonder and shock.

Astounding. He and my friend Jake Anderson have known each other for some time, and Charlie and his tour partner (forget his name) crashed at our apartment back in 1996 or so. They were both great -- I still have pictures from Charlie at the station dressed in a yellow rain slick and the other fellow in drums wearing a dress, and then snaps from the following day's show at the Impala Cafe, with one of them dressed as a giant leech or something being interviewed by the other. Pure joy.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i'm currently completely in love with the title track of the new flaming lips album. it is summery and it is about fighting pink robots and is thus completely ace.

― toby, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Charlie McAlister.... search: well everything, but especially the "Mississippi Luau" album on Catsup Plate. I have a live tape from KUCI somewhere which I need to encode badly.

Ned: his partner was George Willard, or something like that. Charlie was the bull, George was the fair maiden. Calliope music was playing out of an amplified tape player walkman. Nothing Painted Blue headlined that show... The Yak Brigade also made a beautiful din, courtesy guest Mike Landucci (Gang Wizard) on Vectrex game system. All 'twaz GRATE!

― Brian MacDonald, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have a live tape from KUCI somewhere which I need to encode badly.

Yes you do. Yes yes.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes! As pictured above, Servotron Robot Alliance really have this whole subject locked down.

― Bobby D. Gray, Sunday, 28 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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