Best Ever Albums

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

EyeKanFly — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:40:05 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 06/29/2013 17:40

Link

Machines (Back to Humans) by Queen, from The Works. I think this would work very nicely. Parts have a vocoder/robot-like voice, and most of the lyrics talk about computers and such.

I'm also not entirely sure how old this grade-schooler is, but I might recommend Dr. Steel. He was an internet personality/steampunk musician (similar to the whole Dr. Horrible thing, in fact I think Dr. Steel actually sued Joss Whedon over Dr. Horrible). He even went so far as to claim his backing band was robots (and when performing live shows would claim that the robots were broken down so he had to resort to a live human band). As far as I can remember, he didn't curse, but his music was a little creepy and propaganda-y. I was never a fan, but Dr. Steel was at the forefront of steampunk music, which is often very robot-y.

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

GeevyDallas — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:00:32 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 06/29/2013 16:00

Link

S Club 7 - Don't Stop Moving

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

paladisiac — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:52:27 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 06/29/2013 15:52

and i somehow forgot how catchy
Link
is

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

paladisiac — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:46:14 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 06/29/2013 15:46

some more good suggestions! i think kraftwerk and mstrkrft are my favs, but it's up to him... i'll probably not play him the one with "blood and guts" in the lyrics though as that wouldn't please the wife..

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

CellarDoor — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 05:51:07 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 06/29/2013 09:51

The Buggles - I Love You (Miss Robot)

Link

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

AlexZangari — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 02:43:53 GMT

Author: AlexZangari

Posted: 06/29/2013 06:43

Oh boy do I have the perfect song: "Cyborgs vs. Robots" by Ludo. One of my favourite tracks from a (rather unlikely) favourite band of mine.

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

cattlest — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:05:36 GMT

Author: cattlest

Posted: 06/29/2013 04:05

Link

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

paladisiac — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:37:17 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 06/29/2013 01:37

awesome selections ... keep 'em coming if you have more.. gonna spring most of these on him and see what he thinks..

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

meruizh — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:39:58 GMT

Author: meruizh

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:39

Quote:

Not familiar with these songs or artists for that matter (except for name recognition). This will be a fun thread to revisit after work! Smile (i heart discovering new-to-my-ears music.)

Quote:

MSTRKRFT is the bomb! you should check them out!!

Another great song from them.. vocal Emily Haines from Metric

Link

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

paladisiac — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:30:05 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:30

meruizh wrote:

Link

Best robot type song ever

MSTRKRFT!!!

Add N To (X), "Plug Me In"

Not familiar with these songs or artists for that matter (except for name recognition). This will be a fun thread to revisit after work! 😄 (i heart discovering new-to-my-ears music.)

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

paladisiac — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:28:49 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:28

CellarDoor wrote:

Grandaddy - Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)

i was thinking of grandaddy (specifically sophtware slump) but no song came to mind.. This could work.

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

paladisiac — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:28:05 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:28

Norman Bates wrote:

Kraftwerk, "The Robots"

this might work! forgot about that one somehow... See how he leans to early electronic sounds.

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

Norman Bates — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:24:35 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:24

Link

The double-entendre may be a little too much though.

Add N To (X), "Plug Me In"

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

meruizh — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:24:34 GMT

Author: meruizh

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:24

Link

Best robot type song ever

MSTRKRFT!!!

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

paladisiac — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:24:31 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:24

Can you all name the artist and song suggestions? I can't see/play music clips/videos from work... (For a lot of these, all i see is a blank rectangle and a "Link" that i can't follow.) Thank you.

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

CellarDoor — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:23:49 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:23

Grandaddy - Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)

Link

And one of my favorite videos.

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

Norman Bates — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:21:53 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:21

Link

Kraftwerk, "The Robots"

Re: robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:20:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:20

Link

robot-related songs a grade-schooler could dig?

paladisiac — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:18:40 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 06/28/2013 19:18

Hi all,

I'm looking for ideas for songs that a kid who likes science stuff, especially robots, would dig. They can't feature profanity and the like and the song has to be simple enough to where it's more about the fun of the song than any complicated ideas.

So far, i only have 3: one from daft punk (he's seen all of their videos), one from lcd soundsystem about daft punk, and "mr. roboto". I think "yoshimi battles..." would work, so i might add that. I think the alan parsons project album songs are a bit too non-poppy for him to want to listen to often. It'd be great if the song actually features a talking/singing robotic voice..

Can anyone think of anything else along these lines? Thanks for the help. I thought this would be a fun exercise for some of you...

P.S.: Can you name the artist and song suggestions? I can't see/play music clips/videos from work... Thank you.