"We Looked Like Idiots" - Styx's 'Mr. Roboto' Embarrassment
267K views · Nov 25, 2025 · People & Blogs
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@daweller · 10 months ago
This is totally something Spinal Tap would come up with.
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@nocalsteve · 9 months ago
The song was used in a pretty funny Volkswagen commercial for a 1999 Super Bowl ad.
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@mojo4376 · 10 months ago
Tommy has got balls complaining about Mr Roboto while wearing his baby blue onesy….
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@joachimgoethe7864 · 9 months ago
My 1979 senior prom. Styx, "come sail away" was the theme song. Still remember that night.
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@SqueegeeKidz · 10 months ago
“Best of Times”, “Mr. Roboto”. <br><br>Brings back childhood memories of the video arcade with songs like these playing in the background. The good ‘ol days…. <br><br>Thx GMS!!
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@bat2275 · 10 months ago
Still not as bad as the Billy Squier video Rock Me Tonight.
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@aFairLife · 10 months ago
This was like when Spinal Tap tried to reinvent itself as a jazz fusion band.
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@thecentralscrutinizerr · 10 months ago
In was in Houston Texas that the end came. Ted Nugent had just fired up the stadium crowd with his Motor City Madman antics, and Tommy Shaw said, "I can't go out there and make myself look stupid". Reminds me of - <br>"I'm NOT WEARING the Bat Suit, Ozzy!" ~ Zakk Wylde
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@MichaelC76x · 10 months ago
I was 7 years old when this came out, I thought Mr. Roboto was a Queen song for years 😂🥴
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@casonfriseal1551 · 9 months ago
For me, the Styx song that most successfully married the disparate influences in the band was Suite Madame Blue, which was penned by DeYoung. As much as I despise Mr. Roboto and all the theatrical garbage around it, DeYoung's talent shines brightly in the earlier song, and if you haven't heard it, or have forgotten it, do yourself a favor and listen to it now, all the way through, at high volume. That is a classic 70's arena rock song. I don't know what the hell Mr. Roboto is.
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@georgepowell2715 · 10 months ago
Dennis DeYoung was the Peter Cetera of Styx. He wanted to be Liza Minnelli’s Musical Director and play Broadway show tunes.
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@agresnif9751 · 10 months ago
I remember them headlining the Texas jam and everyone walking out on them when they started playing Mr Roboto
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