# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/21 "2003-07-06T16:28:49Z")
[Automatic Lover](http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/9855/dee.txt) by Dee D Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/22 "2003-07-06T17:54:03Z")
Well, there was an ancient concept album called Intergalactic Touring Band (cross of progressive rock and SF) that had a number of cuts that would qualify – Robot Saleman (obviously) and Silver Lady (which I think might have been about an intelligent starship, which would be close enough). Curiously, I see that the album is back in print on Amazon – I may have to order it and relive my geeky college days. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/23 "2003-07-06T18:57:34Z")
Dammit, dammit, dammit! I was so close to being the first to post a slew of Kraftwerk songs… Ah well, here are some others: - Man Made - A Flock of Seagulls Are ‘Friends’ Electric - Gary Numan Engineers - Gary Numan M.E. - Gary Numan Replicas - Gary Numan The Crazies - Gary Numan The Machmen - Gary Numan Computer World - Kraftwerk The Model - Kraftwerk Tesla Girls - OMD Artificial Life - Ultravox I Want to be a Machine - Ultravox \* the 80s rocked 🆒 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/24 "2003-07-06T18:59:38Z")
Can’t believe no one posted… _Iron Man_! ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/25 "2003-07-06T19:18:37Z")
Iron man is actually About THE Iron man from mavel comics. Tony Stark is not a robot…Dont ask for a cite I just remember reading it somewhere ,Maybe WIZARD mag.🙂 What about “The SENTINAL” By Judas Priest-Defenders of the faith? ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/26 "2003-07-06T19:34:25Z")
I mean MARVEL comics :smack: ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/27 "2003-07-06T19:45:28Z")
Oooh… There’s that Foo Fighters songs on the 1st _X Files_ CD. _Down In the Park_ > [@](#): > > (snippets of it, anyways…) > > down in the park where the machmen meet > the machine and play kill by numbers > down in the park with a friend called five > > you can watch the humans trying to run > oh look, there’s a rape machine > i’d go outside if it’d look the other way > wouldn’t believe the things they do ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/28 "2003-07-06T20:12:15Z")
“Electric Barbarella”, Duran Duran “Mechanical Man”, Command & Conquer OST ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/29 "2003-07-06T20:16:37Z")
Hmmm… for the funk/fusion contributions: Digital Display by Ready for the World (1985) Electric Lady by Con Funk Shun (1977) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/30 "2003-07-06T21:37:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rolandgunslinger \* > \*\*Iron man is actually About THE Iron man from mavel comics. Tony Stark is not a robot…Dont ask for a cite I just remember reading it somewhere ,Maybe WIZARD mag.🙂 > > What about “The SENTINAL” By Judas Priest-Defenders of the faith? \*\* Horsefeathers! The character in the comics bears no resemblence whatsoever to the character described in the song. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/31 "2003-07-06T23:11:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*Horsefeathers! > > The character in the comics bears no resemblence whatsoever to the character described in the song. \*\* I have to agree. If Black Sabbath meant for the song to be about the superhero Iron man, they must have never read the comic before writing the song. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/32 "2003-07-06T23:22:04Z")
Guys, I’m serious, I swear on my mothers good name that read that somewhere…I’ll find it…I love a quest:) ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/33 "2003-07-07T00:22:29Z")
Wizard magazine, issue no. 61, 1996… letters page… To Jimmy-boy, Black sabbath wrote a really cool song in the early '70s entitled “Iron Man.” This song rules, and I was wodering if the Iron man comic character was the basis for this song or if Ozzie Osbourne was just drunk again? Reply… Pobably both. Marvels Iron man was indeed the inspiration for the song and Ozzie was probably tanked ( or something ) when he wrote it . However, it should be noted that Mr. Osbourne has recently switched to healthier life style and no longer imbibes the demon rum or any other distilled spirits. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/34 "2003-07-07T00:59:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manatee \* > \*\*“I’m a Mechanical Boy” (or something like that): from “H. R. Pufenstuf.” \*\* Whoa…flashback. And as I recall, Gillian Anderson (Yeah, the same one) once did a music video called **“Extremis”** that featured a woman fantasizing about an android. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/35 "2003-07-07T04:45:40Z")
**NoClueBoy** : Down in the Park was originally done by Gary Numan. The Foo Fighters just released a very bad cover of it…:rolleyes: ---
**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 7, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/36 "2003-07-07T04:49:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trigonal Planar \* > \*\ ***NoClueBoy** : Down in the Park was originally done by Gary Numan. The Foo Fighters just released a very bad cover of it…:rolleyes: \*\* 😛 I liked it. No accounting for taste, is there? What album did Numan do it on? I’d like to hear it. ---
**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 7, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470/37 "2003-07-07T05:00:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*😛 > > I liked it. No accounting for taste, is there? > > What album did Numan do it on? I’d like to hear it. \*\* I like both… Numan’s version is on **Replicas**. A fine album in it’s own right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domo-arigato-songs-about-robots-and-such/186470.md?page=1)