Mr. Roboto
Mr. Roboto is a song by Styx from 1983, which was written by Dennis DeYoung and on the album Kilroy Was Here was released.
History
The chorus begins with the phrase " Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto ".
Chorus:
Translation into German:
The song tells the story of Robert Orin Charles Kilroy fictitious character ( first letter: ROCK), the What cooperates Here in a rock opera named Kilroy. The part of the song, the Dennis DeYoung sings the role of Kilroy, who in a futuristic prison called rock and roll misfits of the anti- rock-and -roll group "The Majority for Musical Morality " (in short: MMM ) ( German: The Anti- rock & Roll - association ' The majority of musical morality ' played by James Young) ) and its founder Dr. Everett Righteous ( was imprisoned. With Roboto are the robots that monitor the prison meant. Just before the song ends erupts Kilroy by hiding in one of the robots and everything ends by uncloaks. The song ends with his quote: "I 'm Kilroy, Kilroy "
Complete sets of the robot were spoken with a vocoder. As a synthesizer was used Oberheim OB- Xa and PPG Wave.
The publication took place on 11 February 1983 in Canada, the synth pop / rock song became a number -one hit.
Music Video
The director of the music video took over Brian Gibson, the video was shot on a stage and the plot was very similar to the song. At the beginning you can see Jonathan Chance ( played by Tommy Shaw) in the fictional rock museum, there he meets Kilroy and a robot. The robot turns into five robots, they dance. Then they turn into the members of Styx. Add fade outs to Kilroy freed by hitting some robots to flight, and, disguised as one of them escapes through a ventilation shaft. In the end, Styx transform back into robot.