# Domo Arigato - songs about robots and such **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470 "2003-07-05T23:59:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/1 "2003-07-05T23:59:41Z")
How many songs can you name about robots, androids, mechanical men, etc? Here’s a start: 1. “Mr. Roboto” - Styx 2. “Automatic Man” - Michael Sembello 3. “Yours Truly, 2095” - Electric Light Orchestra 4. “The Robots” - Kraftwerk 5. “I, Robot” - The Alan Parsons Project ---
**Author:** ![elephant\_shoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@elephant\_shoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elephant_shoes)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/2 "2003-07-06T00:46:17Z")
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots parts 1 &2 - The Flaming Lips This whole album could be considered some kind of rock opera based on the battle between Yoshimi (she’s a blackbelt in karate), and the Evil Robots. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/3 "2003-07-06T00:47:33Z")
From _Pinky, Elmira and the Brain_: Roberto the great big robot We love him a whole lot How he works we know not But he is really big ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/4 "2003-07-06T01:06:55Z")
Wasn’t there a song called “Freakazoid Robot”? I am almost sure of it. Also, that Flaming Lips Album is one of the best around, a great addition to any music library. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/5 "2003-07-06T01:09:02Z")
“More Human than Human” by White Zombie. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/6 "2003-07-06T01:59:17Z")
**Down in the Park** - by Gary Numan (and Foo Fighters) **My Girlfriend Is A Robot** - The Hanson Brothers **Bob Was A Robot** - Red Dress ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/7 "2003-07-06T02:05:51Z")
The band Servotron has an entire album dedicated to Robots and Christmas, and three other songs all dealing with robots. Devo-esque techno music and really fun stuff. Man or Astroman also has many songs dealing with robots. They’re a techno/surf band, and really good stuff. **Psychotron** by Megadeath. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/8 "2003-07-06T02:07:02Z")
Jon Bon Jovi once did a song entitled _R2-D2 We wish you a Merry Christmas_ for some obscure Star Wars holiday album. I heard it a few years ago on the Stern radio show, it is even more embarrasing than the title indicates. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/9 "2003-07-06T02:26:27Z")
_The Body Electric_ by Rush. _Star Fleet_ by Brain May & Friends. And I myself, am featured (my handle, at least) on Kilroy Was Here. Mess with me not. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/10 "2003-07-06T03:45:15Z")
The Stranglers: **Hey (Rise of the Robots)** ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/11 "2003-07-06T04:40:06Z")
Somebody did a novelty song called “Marvin I Love You” about Marvin the Paranoid Android from Douglass Adams. Don’t recall who did it, but Doctor Demento plays it a lot…Timmy ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/12 "2003-07-06T04:47:06Z")
Rush also did Digital Man back in the day, which may or may not be about a robot (Could be about a cyborg). Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/13 "2003-07-06T04:55:02Z")
Ringo Starr had Gort from _The Day The Earth Stood Still_ on the cover of one of his albums, but no robot songs IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/14 "2003-07-06T05:41:26Z")
“I’m a Mechanical Boy” (or something like that): from “H. R. Pufenstuf.” ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/15 "2003-07-06T05:45:55Z")
“Stick It Out” and “Sy Borg” by Frank Zappa. “The Terrible Secret of Space” by someone whose name escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/16 "2003-07-06T06:57:15Z")
They Might Be Giants - Robot Parade Radiohead - Paranoid Android (admittedly, it’s not really ABOUT robots, it just references Marvin in the title) Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/17 "2003-07-06T10:55:58Z")
I Am A Machine – Meat Puppets Monsters and Robots (album title only) – Buckethead ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/18 "2003-07-06T12:26:27Z")
\*We Are The Robots The Man Machine Pocket Calculator Metropolis\* all by Kraftwerk ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/19 "2003-07-06T13:45:20Z")
_The Terrible Secret of Space_ – the Laziest Men on Mars. Please go stand by the stairs so I can protect you. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/20 "2003-07-06T14:30:52Z")
Zappa’s “Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470.md?page=2)