Mr. Roboto
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Roboto-san is a synth pop / rock song by Styx written by Dennis DeYoung and appeared on the Kilroy Was Here album. The piece was released as a single on February 11, 1983 and was a number one hit in Canada .
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The chorus begins with the Japanese sentence "Dōmo arigatō (thank you very much), Mr. Roboto". The song tells of the fictional character Robert Orin Charles Kilroy, who starred in a rock opera called Kilroy Was Here . The part of the song, the Dennis DeYoung sings the role of Kilroy, who in a futuristic prison by the "anti-rock-and-roll group The Majority for Musical Morality " (anti-rock & roll Association 'The majority of musical Moral ') and its founder Dr. Everett Righteous was imprisoned. With Roboto are the robots that monitor the prison meant. The song ends with his quote: “I'm Kilroy, Kilroy!” The robots' sentences were spoken with a vocoder . The band used an Oberheim OB-Xa and a PPG Wave as a synthesizer .
Music video
The music video was directed by Brian Gibson , the video was shot on a stage and the plot was based heavily on the song. At the beginning you see Jonathan Chance (played by Tommy Shaw ) in the fictional Rock Museum, where he meets Kilroy and a robot. The robot turns into five robots, they dance. After that, they transform into the members of Styx. In Fadeouts Kilroy frees himself by chasing some robots and, disguised as one of them, escaping through a ventilation shaft. In the end, Styx transform back into robots.
Cover versions
- 1995: Thomas Dolby
- 2002: Polysics
- 2004: Dennis DeYoung