Top 10 Songs that Best Describe the Classic 1987 Movie RoboCop
Mostly just the individual character, but also the film's general themes.
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Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Literally what Robocop is in the film.
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Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Probably how Murphy feels about being roboticized, and also an incredibly disturbing satire of modern society, just like the film.
"Please, can you stop that noise, I'm try'na get some rest from all the unborn chicken voices in my head" - Robocop being haunted by constant flashbacks to his own nightmarishly brutal death as Murphy.
"What's that" - Whenever he detects crime.
"I may be paranoid, but not an android" - Also, he's technically a (95% robot) cyborg.
"When I am king, you will be first against the wall with your opinion which is of no consequence at all" - Robocop violently rebelling against the very same corporation that created him due to the fact that its leader is a complete inhuman monster himself.
"Ambition makes you look pretty ugly. Kicking, squealing, Gucci little piggy" - Basically a perfect description of the gangsters that killed Murphy at the beginning of the film, and also a reflection of how much the film makes fun of consumerism.
"Off with his head, man" - ED-209 gunning down an innocent civilian for no apparent reason (and also Dick Jones' entire SWAT team ganging up on Robocop).
"Why don't you remember my name?! I guess he does" - Robocop finally regaining his long-lost memories of his parents.
"Rain down on me from a great height" - Because of how little of his former self remains in the machine that he's become, Robocop has become suicidal and almost wants to be left out in a thunderstorm so that he can just rust (and/or get electrocuted) to death.
"That's it, sir, you're leaving" - Robocop shoving Dick Jones out the window of his corporate office and making him fall to his death.
"The crackle of pig skin" - Dick Jones and everyone willingly associated with him effectively burning in Hell for their misdeeds.... read more
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Black - Pearl Jam
How Murphy emotionally feels about his memory loss.
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One - Metallica
Referring to how Robocop is a toothless, technically limbless reconstructed corpse that can only eat baby food and the like.
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Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Represents Robocop's physical nigh-invulnerability combined with his inability to feel emotion.
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American Idiot - Green Day
Literally what the entire film is a giant satire of.
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Karma Police - Radiohead
"For a minute there, I lost myself."
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It's the End of the World - R.E.M.
It's the end of Murphy's life (and his hometown of Detroit) as he knew it, and he feels fine.
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Still Alive - Portal
If you can even call Robocop alive.
"I'm not even angry. I'm being so sincere right now. Even though you broke my heart and killed me. And tore me to pieces. And threw every piece into a fire."
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Whatsername - Green Day
Murphy's mother's name, to be exact.
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Love the Way You Lie - Eminem
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Ace of Spades - Motörhead
There was deck of cards or something I don't know
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Mr. Roboto - Styx
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Bad Boys - Inner Circle
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Till I Collapse - Eminem
