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Tune of the (yester)day: Styx - Mr. Roboto // Issue #61

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Styx musically personified this technological adoration and ‘Mr. Roboto’ was the song that every youth hated to love

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Last Edited by: Ffion Davies July 24th, 2012.
The 80s were obsessed with futuristic sounding synths, robots and the terrifyingly thought provoking 1984. Styx musically personified this technological adoration and ‘Mr. Roboto’ was the song that every youth hated to love. Written by lead singer Dennis DeYoung, the song makes use of the contemporary recording technologies and takes them from being an archetypal American rock band, to being a prog-rock phenomenon. The vocalist sings about Kilroy, in reference to the concept album title Kilroy was here, inspired by graffiti following World War II.

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The Story

The song captures the narrative of the rock opera, where character Robert Orin Charles Kilroy (ROCK) tries to escape a futuristic prison run by Dr. Everett Righteous.

When he escapes to meet a friend, ROCK removes the robot mask he was wearing to help his escape and shouts “I’m Kilroy! I’m Kilroy!”.

The single reached #1 in the US and the album peaked at #3 in the Billboard 100, however Styx never recreated the success in Europe.

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