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"Mr. Roboto" is a song written by Dennis DeYoung of the band Styx, and recorded on the Styx album ''Kilroy Was Here''. It was also released as a 45 RPM single in a 4:44 radio edit, which has the synthesizer intro removed (available on "Greatest Hits" released by PolyTel in Canada in 1982), with the song "Snowblind" (from their previous album ''Paradise Theatre'') as the B-side. In Canada, where they were generally more popular than in their native U.S., it went to #1 on the ''RPM'' national singles chart, becoming their third single to top the charts in that country (following "Babe" in 1979–80 and "The Best of Times" in 1981). In the U.S., it reached #3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ==Description and background== The song's chorus features the line, "''Dōmo arigatō'', Mr. Roboto", which has become a catchphrase. The Japanese lyrics at the beginning of the song are as follows:
The lyrics translate into English as follows:
The song tells part of the story of Robert Orin Charles Kilroy (ROCK), in the rock opera ''Kilroy Was Here''. The song is performed by Kilroy (as played by keyboardist Dennis DeYoung), a rock and roll performer who was placed in a futuristic prison for "rock and roll misfits" by the anti-rock-and-roll group the Majority for Musical Morality (MMM) and its founder Dr. Everett Righteous (played by guitarist James Young). The Roboto is a model of robot which does menial jobs in the prison. Kilroy escapes the prison by overpowering a Roboto prison guard and hiding inside its emptied-out metal shell. When Jonathan Chance (played by guitarist Tommy Shaw) finally meets Kilroy, at the very end of the song, Kilroy unmasks and says "I'm Kilroy! Kilroy!", ending the song. The robot-like catchphrase was created with a vocoder. The song heavily features the Oberheim OB-Xa and PPG Wave synthesizers. Stan Winston designed the Roboto costume and mask, which is displayed prominently on the cover of the album ''Kilroy Was Here''. The track was released as the first single from the album at the last minute instead of "Don't Let It End" at the request of A&M Records. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr. Roboto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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