The lyrics are here if you are interested in what is being said.

http://www.tunewiki.com/lyrics/styx/mrroboto-s42634.aspx

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Tor Norbye <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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