Want You Gone : Jonathon Coulton

The first robot song I posted by Jonathan Coulton was titled Still Alive; his gloriously haunting contribution to the video game Portal... and it remains to be one of my all time favourite robot songs.

This final instalment of the hugely anticipated Jonathan Coultonathon is the song he contributed to Portal 2... Want You Gone, also sung by GLaDOS and is just as beautiful and haunting as Still Alive but with a hefty chunk of analogue synth programming thrown in for good measure.

Check out the Easter Egg in this post to hear my favourite version of Still Alive featuring vocals by Sara Quin and some ecstatic theramin playing by Dorit Chrysler... but only after you've given the wonderful Want You Gone a spin.

Like A Robot : Aqua

Back in '97 I had a bit of a guilty soft spot for Aqua's breakthrough single Barbie Girl. It was a cheesy chunk of teeny-bop-pop that had it's tongue firmly in it's cheek. At the time I was fairly sure that Barbie Girl would be their only good song... but I suppose the fact that Aqua went on to be one of Denmark's most successful bands proves me wrong. Saying that, every Aqua song I've heard since Barbie Girl has been utter pants (in my humble opinion), and this is no exception. From their 2011 album 'Megalomania', featuring a sweary lyric, it's Like A Robot.

[PARENTAL ADVISORY : EXPLICIT LYRICS]


Tune in tomorrow for even more bad language!

Robot Revenge : Ugress

Wrapping up this chunk of robot songs with robot voices is Robot Revenge by Ugress; a Norwegian maestro of electronica with a back catalogue dating back to the distant future (the year 2000). Robot Revenge is taken from the third instalment of his 2011 'Planet U' project titled Wulfhoken Spaceport Affairs, and does everything a good robot song should do... it bleeps, creaks, clunks, clangs and bangs like a bullbot in a china shop.




Robot Revenge, along with the entire 'Planet U' series of EPs can be downloaded for free* from the Ugress website.

*in exchange for your flesh, limbs & internal organs for the creation of our cyborg army at some point in the near or distant future.

I've Got A Robot : Sheila Margaret Ward

Whilst David Zed thinks he is a robot and Marina Diamandis is certain she's not a robot, Sheila Margaret Ward has got a robot, and she's making a real song and dance about it!  A cracking little song here, perfect for kids of all ages (even my age) and an essential addition to any robot party playlist.




I'm going by the details on YouTube to put a year to this song, but Sheila, please correct me if I'm wrong.  :)