Is the Wikipedia article inaccurate?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Roboto
"The Roboto is a model of robot which does menial jobs in the prison.
{…} This song also represents the use of technology and robots in the
1980s. {…} The robot-like catch phrase was created with a vocoder.
{…}"
-- Tor
On Nov 8, 2:42 am, Gaijintendo <[email protected]> wrote:
> The use of Styx song, since it was written has annoyed me greatly. The
> lyric is clearly about " Mr Robāto", Mr Robert Kilroy, to be slightly
> more precise. The audio clearly says "Robāto" and not "Robotto" (even
> from a tinny speaker). And from context it is clear that it is the
> Japanese pronunciation of "Robert".
>
> So unless you can come up with a really good link between Android and
> Robert, every time you play this song in this context, my brain will
> actually shake. It is physical pain, and it probably stems from some
> disorder, but the more people that I tell about this, the better I
> will feel.
>
> I propose an edit of the following Kraftwerk
> song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ
>
> But failing that, I will imagine the Android robot is called Mr.
> Robert.
>
> May I also propose gear4 blackbox mini bluetooth speakers (which can
> power over usb) for making the link audio sound lovely.
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