Not entirely original and not the first blog to feature a similar list. But whatever.
Here's my top 10 list of songs about robots (in no particular order):
Radiohead - Paranoid Android: Of course.
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: Again, an obvious choice.
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens of Tomorrow: Great song about the coming robot uprising (apparently in 2009).
Flight of the Conchords - Robots: Also known and performed as "The Humans Are Dead." Simply hilarious.
Rush - The Body Electric: They were doing binary solos long before that weird New Zealand singing comedy duo above.
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic: Because of the cool robot voice thingie.
Andrew Bird - Not a Robot, But a Ghost: I understand the title slightly contradicts the point of the list, but I don't care. Good song.
Super Furry Animals - Sex, War, and Robots: I'm terrified of all three things.
Daft Punk - Robot Rock: I don't know, it just makes the heads bop and the toes tap.
Styx - Mr. Roboto: You thought I was gonna forget this one, didn't ya? Had to include it, even if I can only tolerate it once a year.
Upon completion of my list, I realized there is a severe lack of popular music written about robots.
Also, I've been told I should've added a song called "Jed the Humanoid" by Grandaddy and "Transformer" by Gnarls Barkley. I, myself, thought about including Kanye's "Robocop" and Sabbath's "Iron Man." But you know what? It's MY list (and the last two would be cooler for a similar superhero themed list).
Here's my top 10 list of songs about robots (in no particular order):
Radiohead - Paranoid Android: Of course.
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: Again, an obvious choice.
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens of Tomorrow: Great song about the coming robot uprising (apparently in 2009).
Flight of the Conchords - Robots: Also known and performed as "The Humans Are Dead." Simply hilarious.
Rush - The Body Electric: They were doing binary solos long before that weird New Zealand singing comedy duo above.
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic: Because of the cool robot voice thingie.
Andrew Bird - Not a Robot, But a Ghost: I understand the title slightly contradicts the point of the list, but I don't care. Good song.
Super Furry Animals - Sex, War, and Robots: I'm terrified of all three things.
Daft Punk - Robot Rock: I don't know, it just makes the heads bop and the toes tap.
Styx - Mr. Roboto: You thought I was gonna forget this one, didn't ya? Had to include it, even if I can only tolerate it once a year.
Upon completion of my list, I realized there is a severe lack of popular music written about robots.
Also, I've been told I should've added a song called "Jed the Humanoid" by Grandaddy and "Transformer" by Gnarls Barkley. I, myself, thought about including Kanye's "Robocop" and Sabbath's "Iron Man." But you know what? It's MY list (and the last two would be cooler for a similar superhero themed list).
xo