# Songs for Robots? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768 "2005-07-16T04:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/21 "2005-07-16T14:58:07Z")
While it’s a Flash video and not a published song, I feel this deserves a mention: [Robots Are Our Friends](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/robots.php) ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/22 "2005-07-16T15:12:47Z")
Robots would probably dance to just about anything by **Devo**. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/23 "2005-07-16T15:59:17Z")
**Humanoid Boogie** by the Bonzo Dog Band. To find a version, got to [Neilinnes.org](http://www.neilinnes.org/audio/audio.htm) and look in the “Innes Book of Records” box. ---
**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 16, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/24 "2005-07-16T16:59:11Z")
Beat you to it, **RealityChuck**. **Mister Lacey** by Fairport Convention contains a robot solo (actually the sound of three toy robots buzzing around on the studio floor). ---
**Author:** ![Devushka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@Devushka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devushka)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/25 "2005-07-16T17:57:27Z")
**Bjork’s All is Full of Love** video has robots making love. Check out the video [here](http://www.glassworks.co.uk/search_archive/jobs/bjork_all/). Yowza! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/26 "2005-07-16T18:08:58Z")
2095 by ELO sure seems to be about someone loving either a robot or a computer. Hard to tell exactly which. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/27 "2005-07-16T18:25:10Z")
[**Robot Blues**](http://www.lyricsdir.com/the-incredible-string-band-robot-blues-lyrics.html), by the Incredible String Band, was purportedly Matt Groening inspiration for **Futurama**. _Number 1 come by, he give my work to me Oil the flowers, fix the showers, clean the electronic trees Shine the light, fix it right, now listen carefully Don’t you go romancing with that pretty Number Three and that’s why, why I got the Robot Blues, Down in my heart compartment Down in my old magnetic sole shoes_ ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/28 "2005-07-16T18:48:51Z")
**Electronic Malfunction** by DJ Ton T.B. ---
**Author:** ![Capa84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@Capa84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capa84)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/29 "2005-07-16T19:41:36Z")
There is an entire genre of electronia dance music that consists of robotic raps, spacey,mechanical sounds, computer effects, etc. Google “electro” or “electro breaks” or “electro bass” Electro breaks are the mentioned effects laid down over break beats(old school breakdancing beats) and electro bass is laid down over the Miami bass sound. Not surprisingly, this type of music is popular is the underground Florida club scene(from experience). I’m not sure where else it is heard. [www.vocode.com](http://www.vocode.com) is a good place to start. Dynamix II started producing this type of music back in the 70-80s,and are still popular to this day. [http://www.dynamixii.com/audioclips.html](http://www.dynamixii.com/audioclips.html) ---
**Author:** ![Snag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Snag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snag)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/30 "2005-07-16T21:13:59Z")
Oh jeez, how could I forget Buckethead’s album Giant Robot? Something of a reoccuring theme with him I think. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/31 "2005-07-16T21:29:54Z")
“Jed the Humanoid” by Grandaddy, and then there’s “Jed’s Other Poem.” ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/32 "2005-07-16T21:33:38Z")
“One More Robot / Sympathy 3000,” from _Yoshimi Battles the Giant Pink Robots_ by the Flaming Lips. The album as a whole is arguably anti-robot, but this track is about a robot learning how to feel emotion. ---
**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 16, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/33 "2005-07-16T21:34:26Z")
> [@Mr. Miskatonic](#): > > 2095 by ELO sure seems to be about someone loving either a robot or a computer. Hard to tell exactly which. “Yours Truly, 2095” is about a man in love with an android who looks like his former love. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/34 "2005-07-16T22:12:23Z")
What was that song by the Polecats? “Make a Circuit with Me”? I’ll be your electrode, diode capcitator, oscillator - make a circuit with me… Something like that. Anyway, I nominate **Alan Moore** from his series **Top Ten**. There is a storyline where Dust Devil has to go to his mom’s house to help her with an infestation of Ultramice (you really should read it if you haven’t - overall it is a great series, with this as a sidebar of humor). It turns out that robots live above her and listen to “Scrap” - featuring boasting robot raps such as: Yo! Listen up, clickers, this is Ice Machine with message here for M.C. Chuck Fifteen: Ohms, you ain’t so drastic - y’ain’t metal, yer plastic! I’m clanging your glitch and she says I’m fantastic and as for your mom - the chute that your from I had her on the blocks and she thinks I’m the bomb! Pretty funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/35 "2005-07-16T23:41:25Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > “One More Robot / Sympathy 3000,” from _Yoshimi Battles the Giant Pink Robots_ by the Flaming Lips. The album as a whole is arguably anti-robot, but this track is about a robot learning how to feel emotion. And then Yoshimi battles him in “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robot Part 1”, but the robot falls in love with her (because he’s learned how to feel) and lets her beat him in part 2. ---
**Author:** ![Bendarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@Bendarr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bendarr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/36 "2005-07-17T00:15:11Z")
Perhaps “Machine Messiah” by Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/37 "2005-07-17T03:38:28Z")
A friend of mine’s recording company’s slogan is: Noise for People. Music For Robots. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/38 "2005-07-17T04:26:50Z")
For a robot feeling they were better than people it could listen to “Robots” by The Golden Republic. A hyper robot could listen to “Machinehead” by Bush. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/39 "2005-07-18T00:32:09Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > A friend of mine’s recording company’s slogan is: Noise for People. Music For Robots. There’s a music blog called [Music for Robots](http://music.for-robots.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768/40 "2005-07-18T12:37:00Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > What was that song by the Polecats? “Make a Circuit with Me”? > > I’ll be your electrode, diode > capcitator, oscillator - make a circuit with me… You have the title, and the name of the band exactly right. They are available [here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/B00013MVQM/all/ref=dp_pb_a/104-6481495-1725504?s=music). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-robots/312768.md?page=3)