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What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 01/10/2011 - 12:24
by datucker
Simple question: what (regular) pop songs do remind you of the C64-era (let's say from 1982-1992 approximately)?

For me these songs make me go back in time in my mind, remembering the good old C64 times:

Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F. (heard in several SID versions of it)
Sabrina - Boys (probably because of the C64-demo using samples from the track)
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (obviously because the track was used in the game)
Inner City - Big fun (SID-version used in some Hotline-intro)

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 02/10/2011 - 6:41
by LMan
Heh, yeah.

Axel F, Ghostbusters and Blue Monday! :)

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 02/10/2011 - 8:11
by trace
Defenitly Ghostbusters. Loading it up and the song starts with the laugh and then the small small bouncy ball came along so you could sing along. lovely :D

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 02/10/2011 - 10:10
by Chris Abbott
The stuff on the Bogg Album 1: Axel F, but also Shake the Disease, Master and Servant, and Kayleigh particularly.

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 02/10/2011 - 21:34
by k_rostoen
Airwolf

Edit: Hmm ok, maybe it's not a regular popsong, but still...

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 04/10/2011 - 5:18
by LMan
Airwolf, that's true. Also Miami Vice, and Vince di Cola's Transformers soundtrack.

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 04/10/2011 - 9:13
by k_rostoen
Not to mention Lambada.

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 05/10/2011 - 1:54
by Analog-X64
Apoptygma Berzerk and the last album from Prodigy had a specific track that sounded very Amigaish.

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 06/10/2011 - 18:30
by Commie_User
I've found generic synth tracks can remind me of the C64 era to varying degrees. Especially from the period itself.

And that's even though chip music was a seperate genre in itself.

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 07/10/2011 - 18:27
by StormKeeper
I find that this song reminds me of the Amiga or C64: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDf1wFiOnwY

Granted, I never had an Amiga, but I'm pretty acquainted with how they sound at this point. The chiptune sound is very distinctive in this , I feel.

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 13/10/2011 - 19:12
by Razmo
Zombie Nation reminds me o.... ok, never mind :)

Re: What popular music reminds you of the C64-era?

Posted: 21/12/2011 - 16:16
by Doddsy
Magnetic Fields by Jean Michel Jarre as used in Yie Ar Kung Fu. Also Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome to the pleasure dome. Possibly The Stranglers Dreamtime album and ZZ Top Eliminator because its what I played when playing games with no music.