#MARVIN THE PARANOID ANDROID ANDROID#
#MARVIN THE PARANOID ANDROID TV#

A catchy tune, Marvin sings to you just what the title suggests, voicing frustration at his menial life. The title of this second, less successful, record is a spoof of the song ' Reasons to be Cheerful' by Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Very little turns me on, Marvin is my name 'Reasons to be Miserable (His Name is Marvin)' Reasons to be miserable give my brain a pain 'Metal Man' could be compared to David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'. Eventually, Marvin comes around and saves the day. In spoken word, the captain is trying desperately to get Marvin's attention and assistance. The B-side to 'Marvin', this is about a ship and its captain trapped in a black hole. This song is droned by the Paranoid Android, accompanied by female backing vocals, telling about his terrible life and anticipating the great junkyard in the sky. Marvin's first single made it to Number 53 on the UK singles charts. They make me pick the paper off the floor 'Marvin' Ten billion logic functions, maybe more

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#MARVIN THE PARANOID ANDROID TV#

Catchy, largely electronically-produced music, they were sung and/or narrated by Marvin, voiced by Moore who played the role in the original TV and radio series. The four songs featured on these two 45rpm records were composed by Douglas Adams, Stephen Moore and John Sinclair. In 1981, Marvin released two pop singles produced by Polydor Records: the self-titled 'Marvin' and 'Reasons to be Miserable'. He was manufactured by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation when they were developing robots with a GPP feature (Genuine People Personalities) 1. Marvin is a chronically depressed robot who has a brain the size of a planet, but his owners make him do menial chores like picking paper up off the floor.

#MARVIN THE PARANOID ANDROID ANDROID#

Marvin the Paranoid Android is a character from Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books.

Marvin the paranoid android