Talk:Mr. Roboto

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Contents 1 Bull.... 2 Reverto 3 austin powers. 4 Translation 5 Generation Y 6 Terrible japanese translation 7 Fair use rationale for Image:StyxMrRoboto.jpg

[edit] Bull....

• I call BS on the "most known to generation Y" comment... "Come Sail Away" is clearly the more popular, well known song.. I was born in 1989
• Any information about the apparent intentional misspelling in the song of the word "modern" as "modren". As in "Modren man" ? The article does even mention this curiousity. ---- (anonymous)

Dunno. He definitely sings "modren". Was the band from Canada? That might explain it. Lupine Proletariat 13:28, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Furry Roadkill 05:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)Added hyperlink to Mr. Roboto (not sure if in right place)

I heard this was the song that tore the band apart. Anyone know anything about this and if true willing to add it to the article? (unsigned comment by 06:35, 5 October 2005 66.75.49.213)

Dennis DeYoung wanted to do rock operas; the rest of the band wanted to rock. DeYoung had a certain amount of power over the rest of the band, because he wrote hit singles that brought in money. But the band hated "Mr Roboto" because it was not rock, and the tour for Kilroy was Here involved the band dressing up in robot costumes, acting out bits of the album's story, and miming to backing tapes. It could not last. Lupine Proletariat 13:28, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll put it another way. Imagine you are in a rock group. In your own mind the group is a credible, grown-up rock band like contemporaries such as Pink Floyd or The Who. Would you prefer to be remembered for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Behind Blue Eyes", or "Mr Roboto"? Lupine Proletariat 13:35, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Mr Roboto, no doubt. 193.44.6.146 (talk) 19:05, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reverto

Domo Arigato, Mr. Reverto --Mr. reverto 01:56, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Domo

Domo

--R. Evert 02:10, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

• The users 133.20.16.171, Revertus Maximus, Mr. reverto, and R. Evert are presumably all the same person. Since you seem insistant on repeatedly reverting back to a specific and very old version of this article, perhaps you can be more productive and discuss here the reasons why you think that version is better. There have been many additions and removals to the article since then, and you probably are only in disagreement with a few of those changes and not all. Although providing song lyrics is a noble goal, there may be legal copyright issues with that; linking to an external site with lyrics is probably safer. -- Bovineone 07:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] austin powers.

i wasnt aware that quote was said more than once.  :/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.132.149.227 (talk) 04:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Translation

Though copyright naziism prevents us from displaying the full glory of the lyrics here in our information repository, I think a blurb featuring the translation of the Nihongo bits in the song would be useful. I seem to remember a 'himitsu no shiri tai' which has something to do with a secret... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.122.208.51 (talk) 17:00, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Generation Y

I've asked for a citation on the Generation Y comment. I agree with the comment above that it sounds like BS. I was born in 1970, but from what I've met of Generation Y I would be astounded to discover that most of them are aware of Kilroy Was Here, let alone derive amusement from it's concept.HarryHenryGebel 01:53, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Terrible japanese translation

Just noticed that the translation of the Japanese lyrics is completely retardedly 100% incorrect.

The Japanese lyrics are:

   どうもありがとうミスターロボット 
   また会う日まで
   どうもありがとうミスターロボット
   秘密を知りたい 

The translation provided is:

   "Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
   For doing the job, nobody wants to
   Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
   For helping me escape to where I needed to be"

These are just the English lyrics sung later in the song. Somebody has just assumed that it's a translation. It isn't. The proper translation would be:

   どうもありがとうミスターロボット
   Thank you very much, Mr Roboto
   また会う日まで 
   We meet again on this day
   どうもありがとうミスターロボット
   Thank you very much, Mr Roboto
   秘密を知りたい 
   I want to know your secret

The moral of the story is: don't ever assume anything.

Shnur 11:58, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:StyxMrRoboto.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:42, 26 November 2007 (UTC)