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Styx's Mr Roboto is a garbage track
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Oh okay. Thank you.
But that is a wrong guess on his part though. I just like rock in general. I don't really care what style or genre it is.
Corporate rock is the (sort of unfair) label that was used to group all the rock bands that have that slick, radio-friendly sound from the mid 70s through to the 80s. Also known as AOR, arena rock etc.
*insert obligatory Styx Sucks reference*
Though seriously, I never liked them at all. Mr .Roboto annoys me, not rage inducing but definitely turn off radio/device for awhile type of song.
Though seriously, I never liked them at all. Mr .Roboto annoys me, not rage inducing but definitely turn off radio/device for awhile type of song.
Don't blame Styx for Mr Roboto (or Babe, for that matter) blame Dennis DeYoung, who wanted to take the band in a more 'artistic theatrical' direction. The rest of the band liked the harder rock syuff. Styx eventually kicked him out of the band in the late 90's.
Tommy Shaw still plays Mr. Roboto on tour though. His bitch ass was also in Damn Yankees who put out lame music as well.
I grew up in the '80s. My Jr. High prom theme was Paradise Theater. I reflexively find myself singing along when a song plays on the radio. Tommy Shaw was a good guitarist. But, I cannot deny that Styx sucks. So does Kiss. They have a few good songs, but their albums are some of the worst-produced in rock.
I used to hate Steely Dan, but I recently took a dive into their catalog and I really like them now. Brilliant musicians, funky grooves and arcane lyrics. Still, they do have one of the dumbest lines ever. "Is there gas in the car?/Yes, there's gas in the car."
I used to hate Steely Dan, but I recently took a dive into their catalog and I really like them now. Brilliant musicians, funky grooves and arcane lyrics. Still, they do have one of the dumbest lines ever. "Is there gas in the car?/Yes, there's gas in the car."
I swore most of the band hated that bullshit too based on a behind the music I saw. Big reason why that one main guy left to do his own thing.
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But those are both terrible songs. Kokomo was Mike Love's trash fire with no writing involvement whatsoever from a Wilson and We Built This City was so desperate to appeal to everyone it couldn't decide whether it was Cincinnati, San Francisco or New York.
Kokomo especially because Brian Wilson was far, far, far, far, far, more talented than Mike Love and Mike Love knew it.
This is a god damn art form.
I like the album Kilroy Was Here, but Paradise Theater is better. Both are story albums, though, and the songs sometimes make more sense in that context than standalone.
I love the Beach Boys, legit like my favorite band growing up, but I never got the hate for Kokomo, especially when the retort is "but it's Mike Love not Brian."
What Mike did to Brian and the rest of them was terrible, but that doesn't automatically mean his songs are trash. Kokomo is a great song, it's catchy and it puts you right into the atmosphere of being on a tropical getaway. Is it as nuanced and deep as some of Brian's hits? No, but that doesn't discredit it from being a good song.
I mean Mike did write the lyrics for Good Vibrations, which was one of their best songs.
As far as We Built this City, the entire point was that it wasn't any specific city or town, it was just a simple catchy as hell tune that anyone could get into, and that led to it being a gigantic hit.
Look, concept albums don't work too well piecemeal.
He's Kilroy!
He's Kilroy!
Garby song from a garby band, no doubt. I will however always listen to Come Sail Away if it comes on a radio.
I don't think I've ever even heard another Boston album, even though I love the first.
That said, "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" can safely be skipped, IMO.
Mr. Roboto was an integral part of this, the greatest moment in TV history. By definition, that means it's awesome.
Sure, it's the weakest tune on there, being penned by the lead singer. Still a rollicking slice of melodic country rock though. Their second album was a hastily made followup which sticks very close to the S/T's template but falls slightly short of it, while their third album didn't release until 1986 as a result of legal issues and consequently sounds 80s as fuck.
Scroll up the thread, Dishwalla posted probably the best track from their second album "Don't Look Back".
