\u201cDomo arigato, Mr. Roboto!\u201d has become a popular culture catchphrase. But what is the song \u201cMr. Roboto\u201d about? And what\u2019s the story behind this Styx hit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The song comes from the band\u2019s 1982 album Kilroy Was Here<\/em>. Inspired by real-world controversies in which religious groups accused Styx of satanic messaging<\/a>, Kilroy Was Here <\/em>is a rock opera set in a world where rock music is banned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The band’s plan was to show a short film to introduce the album’s premise. Then, they would come out on stage to play live. \u201cMr. Roboto\u201d was originally meant as a transitional piece between the film and the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI wrote the song because it fits a transitional piece from the backstory movie from our live show to the concert stage,\u201d Dennis DeYoung told Songfacts<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI never thought it was going to be a hit record\u2014ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But hit record it became! Today, the catchphrase \u201cDomo arigato, Mr. Roboto\u201d (\u201cThank you very much, Mr. Roboto\u201d in Japanese) can be found all over pop culture, including appearances in Austin Powers<\/a><\/em>, Archer<\/a>,<\/em> How I Met Your Mother<\/a>, <\/em>and The Simpsons<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n As a Pianote+ Member, you\u2019ll get access to our 10-step Method, song library, and growing community of piano players just like you. Plus: get coached by world-class pianists and learn whenever you want, wherever you want, and whatever you want.<\/p>TRY PIANOTE FOR 7 DAYS<\/a><\/center> Lawrence Gowan of Styx explores the keyboard parts behind the band’s hit “Mr. Roboto.” Plus: the story behind the song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17310,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16251\/revisions\/17310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Master the Piano YOUR Way \ud83d\udd25<\/b><\/h3>
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