![]() ![]() But then he says, "All my money is gone, so I'll be back tomorrow night" at one point, and it just struck me. ![]() This is an arcade anthem, but that's all there is, which is kind of sad. So let's listen through the weirdness of this album in a careless effort to find a meaning behind these songs. Even though it all sounds so artificial, it really encapsulates how the mainstream audience perceived gaming culture. Today, Buckner and Garcia's music tribute to games is still considered one of the freakiest representations of the arcade scene from that time.Įach of the tracks in the Pac-Man Fever album tells the story of a classic arcade game. And that's how the silliest representation of 80s gaming culture came to be. Right after releasing the single through a local label, the duo got picked by CBS to make a full album of more jingled-up homages of other major game titles of the arcades. The title track might have been a hit, but could they repeat their success over the course of an entire LP? We loaded the album up on Spotify to find out.They came up with "Pac-Man Fever," a weird and overly excited song about going quite literally insane from the desire of playing with the yellow puck dude from Namco. The result was an album titled Pac-Man Fever, which Rocks Off is 95% sure was the first concept album about video games. That record deal came with a price: The label was only interested in more songs about video games. ![]() That was enough for Columbia/CBS to offer them a record deal. "Pac-Man Fever" was the right blend of silly and pop culture at the time and went all the way to No. Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia were just your average novelty songwriting duo when they got lucky in 1982. With the right song at the right moment, you could get that one hit necessary to live off of the rest of your life. There was a time, before viral videos and social media, where one could theoretically have a real music career off of novelty songs. It's not the type of success that makes for hit singles, but fame is fame. Anyone with some free time, a little bit of musical talent, a camera and an idea can go from nothing to viral sensation overnight. Since this is Houston, the obvious choice would be Lil' Flip's "Game Over." However, if that person hasn't studied up on their Houston hip-hop history, they'd have to go all the way back 30 years to find another big song about Pac-Man.īut "Pac-Man Fever" wasn't the last video-game song for the pair known as Buckner & Garcia. Unfortunately, America's favorite pellet-chewer hasn't had a lot of songs written in his honor.Īsk someone to name a song about Pac-Man. Pac-Man wasn't the first arcade game or the best game of all time, but it was a landmark in video-game history and became part of the fabric of pop culture. ![]() (Blowing Money Fast)," Del The Funky Homosapian's love letter to video games "Proto Culture" or Childish Gambino sampling the music from Donkey Kong Country for "Eat Your Vegetables." Much like pro wrestling, video games are another part of pop culture easily referenced by the modern artist, whether it's Styles P checking Red Dead Redemption in "B.M.F. ![]()
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