Uploaded March 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Auto-Pops and D-Cepticons: A Robotic Rhapsody
Arranged by Haohang Xu DC '17, Jason Yang ES '17
Conducted by Harry Kane, BR '18
Performed at 'DPops Gets Wired' in Battell Chapel on February 19th, 2016
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Program Notes:
Since the “Arrival to Earth” (Transformers, 2007) of technology, we have tried to assimilate robots, big and small, into our culture, transforming adorable and awkward little machines (Wall-E, 2008) into the unstoppable “Immortals” (Big Hero 6, 2014) running the world today. Our devices have inhabited our classrooms, living rooms, bedrooms, and even our concert halls. But though it seems like you are may be carrying your technology right in your pocket, it’s really your technology that is “Carrying You” (Castle in the Sky, 1986) ever onward toward the decadence and degeneracy of society, until humankind is left empty and alone, reminiscing upon the dulcet tones of a “Song on the Beach” (Her, 2013) and wondering how our robot overlords so swiftly enslaved us. For all of the local cybertron refugees, lovestruck trash compactors, healthcare companions, floating island guards, and sexy operating systems (i.e., not Windows)...please have mercy when you become self aware.
Auto-Pops and D-Cepticons: A Robotic Rhapsody
Arranged by Haohang Xu DC '17, Jason Yang ES '17
Conducted by Harry Kane, BR '18
Performed at 'DPops Gets Wired' in Battell Chapel on February 19th, 2016
––––––––––––
Program Notes:
Since the “Arrival to Earth” (Transformers, 2007) of technology, we have tried to assimilate robots, big and small, into our culture, transforming adorable and awkward little machines (Wall-E, 2008) into the unstoppable “Immortals” (Big Hero 6, 2014) running the world today. Our devices have inhabited our classrooms, living rooms, bedrooms, and even our concert halls. But though it seems like you are may be carrying your technology right in your pocket, it’s really your technology that is “Carrying You” (Castle in the Sky, 1986) ever onward toward the decadence and degeneracy of society, until humankind is left empty and alone, reminiscing upon the dulcet tones of a “Song on the Beach” (Her, 2013) and wondering how our robot overlords so swiftly enslaved us. For all of the local cybertron refugees, lovestruck trash compactors, healthcare companions, floating island guards, and sexy operating systems (i.e., not Windows)...please have mercy when you become self aware.
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