Eltigro Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Gary Garcia, half of Buckner and Garcia, died. Famous for the song Pac-Man Fever... I had a poster with they lyrics on it. http://kotaku.com/5861038/gary-garcia-wrote-and-performed-80s-pop-hit-pac+man-fever-dies-at-63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Funny ... I was just wondering the other day what Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia were up to these days. This weekend, I think I'll fire up Pac-Man Fever (I've got the original and their newer re-recorded version on CD) and my Atari 5200 and play a few rounds of Pac-Man, Frogger, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Defender, and Berzerk in his honor. It will be a nice way to break in my new 5200 trackball and joysticks from Best Electronics, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animan Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) I listened to that album a million times in the 9th grade. A lot of people gave me awkward stares when I told them I was listening to songs from the 80's about video games . I just shrugged them off, and kept playing Space Harrier 2 on my GP2X Wiz. (Strangely, this was during the one time I actually had a girlfriend.) RIP, Gary Garcia. Edited November 19, 2011 by Animan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Wow that is so weird to me because earlier today in my Facebook gaming group I posted the Youtube video of PAC MAN FEVER.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I got pac man fever on record just a couple of weeks ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I just bought that album a couple of weeks ago at a thrift ($.49); first time I've listened to anything on it except the Pac-man song. They definitely capitalized on the popularity of specific video games to make their album sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 RIP, Gary Garcia. I loved you and Mr. Buckner's Pac-Man Fever album. Still love Pac-Man Fever and Do The Donkey Kong, and have sung both karaoke style. Miss you sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Original good stuff: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=155E832DB2A9118B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Weren't they supposed to be working on a new album with all new video<>game songs that was supposed to be released several years ago? Whatever happened to that project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animan Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Weren't they supposed to be working on a new album with all new video<>game songs that was supposed to be released several years ago? Whatever happened to that project? Never heard of that, although they recently did a song based on GiantBomb.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22e9fTHuCnk A new album with songs based off of newer video games would have been awesome, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Sang Pac-Man Fever at karaoke last night in memory of Mr. Garcia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600Lives Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Odd, was just talking to a co-worker today about Pac-Man fever, and this is the first I'm hearing about him dying. RIP, man. My Pac-Man Fever vinyl album is right next to my comp desk, resting comfortably against a green monochrome monitor hooked up to my Tandy 1000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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