"A person has to be thoroughly disgusted with the way things are to find the motivation to set out on the Christian way. As long as we think that the next election might eliminate crime and establish justice or another scientific breakthrough might save the environment or another pay raise might push us over the edge of anxiety into a life of tranquility, we are not likely to risk the arduous uncertainties of the life of faith. A person has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she, acquires an appetite for the world of grace."
- Eugene Peterson
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Or five.
Domo arigato, my bruthas and sistas.
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1. salguod.net
- 05/14/2009 12:26 pm CDT
I was into Styx big time in HS and college, collecting all their albums and following the band member's solo careers. Mr. Roboto was the song that started it for me, believe it or not. I've got a couple...
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3. Bill
- 05/13/2009 11:27 pm CDT
This is the song and album that broke up a great band
Yes. Terrible turn of events.
4. salguod
- 05/14/2009 12:07 pm CDT
I was (OK, am) a huge Styx fan, and ironically this song was what started it for me. I agree, not their best work, but still a fun song.
I didn't see the concert but I later rented it on VHS and thought it was pretty cool. It opened with a movie made by the band that told the story of how Rock and Roll was banned and 'Kilroy' was a rocker who was imprisoned because he wouldn't stop. He overpowers a Mr. Roboto (Japanese servant robot thing) and uses it as a disguise to escape. He then organizes a protest/concert in the old Paradise Theater. That was the end of the film and the start of the concert. At the end of the show, the 'authorities' break in and drag the band off stage.
Dennis DeYoung (lead singer) was always interested in the Rock Opera concept and this was his baby. Yeah it was cheesy, but it was 1983, everything was cheesy.
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This is the song and album that broke up a great band..........I get sad when I see this video......people were throwing rotten fruit on the stage during this concert tour.......really bad, though Mr. Roboto remains a cult classic.