I don't think it is about a robot at all...I think the idea is that people are becoming 'robotic' or 'mechanical' within our society. Go to work, work hard, rest. Go to work, work hard, rest. Go to work, etc. I am a mechanical man, just like everybody else, working in my mechanical system, just like everyone else. I wan what you want, I want the same thing everyone else does. I want what YOU GOT - keep up with the jones'- consume, and you'll be 'happy'.
That's what I got out of it anyway, and it makes sense if you study Devo's original lyrics/message.
I don't think it is about a robot at all...I think the idea is that people are becoming 'robotic' or 'mechanical' within our society. Go to work, work hard, rest. Go to work, work hard, rest. Go to work, etc. I am a mechanical man, just like everybody else, working in my mechanical system, just like everyone else. I wan what you want, I want the same thing everyone else does. I want what YOU GOT - keep up with the jones'- consume, and you'll be 'happy'.
That's what I got out of it anyway, and it makes sense if you study Devo's original lyrics/message.