Happy Valentine's Day!
For those of us in love, congratulations, love is wonderful. For those of us not in love, well then, love sucks, and you're not missing a thing. I was planning on posting a couple of love songs in celebration of today, but I thought that was cheesy. Then I thought, well let's put some "love suck" songs on, but then I thought, that's not cliche at all.
I got to thinking about robots. Robot's can't love. Robot's can fly spaceships, calculate numbers really fast, teach you how to spell, and even cure cancer, but love eludes them. Scientists can be so cruel sometime. So to all the robots who can't love, this one goes out to you. Here are a couple of anti-love songs, sung by robot-sounding humans (and I don't mean Madonna). I feel your pain.
- Chromeo - Mercury Tears - This is the sad tale of a robot who's pretty much resigned himself to being a single solitary unit. Chromeo come from Canada, and consists of best friends, Pee Thug and Dave 1. Their bio claims that they're "the only successful Arab/Jew partnership since the dawn of human culture." See Madonna had it right when she said "Music brings the people together." The whole album is pretty tech sounding, casios, drum machines, and vocoders. You can find this song of their album She's in Control.
- Rhythm King and Her Friends - Get Paid - This song could be about a robot who is truly dedicated to her work, or something. Number 1 prime directive, work! I'm stretching thin here. This comes from the German electro band Rhythm King and Her Friends, and off of their album, I Am Disco.
- Captain Ahab - You Never Ever Ever Ever - This is for the robot who's tired of his or her robot mate not doing nice things for them. If you've ever been in a relationship for over a year or so, you get to that point where you notice things aren't like they were when you first started dating. "You don't open the door for me anymore, you don't buy me flowers, you don't say how pretty I am anymore, and would it kill you to rim me every once and awhile?" Not that I'm speaking from experience, I'm just saying... This song came from Captain Ahab's website a long time ago, a few years perhaps, I'm not sure if it's available anywhere else. I heart Captain Ahab because it's really some fucked up silly shit, and I mean that in the best sense. For good measure here is his version of Avril's Skater Boy.
- Captain Ahab - Sk8er Boi - Finally, a love song for the robot with a crush. These can be also found on his website, where you can download two more songs for your listening pleasure.
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