Atari 2600 embeds itself into pop culture through music

[mos6507]

You know something has reached the point of cultural icon status when songs are written about it. In classic rock you'd have songs about muscle cars.

 

Now we have songs about the 2600.

 

I thought the Splitsville song I put on Stella at 20 and the Stella CD v.2 was the only song written about the 2600, but I was wrong. After doing some searching on Kazaa I found this stuff:

 

I'm not much of a fan of hip-hop, but this might just change my mind.

 

Atari 2600 (is for the children)

 

Here is something that might have some 2600 sounds mixed into it:

 

1982

[Godzilla]

heck the title track of moulin rouge (lady marmalade (sp,)) added an atari reference in its new hipper lyrics (gonna play these cats out like i'm playin' atari, (roughly,)) and its cool for skaters to wear old 2600 shirts/etc. so yea, the 2600 has transcended.

[gulag picture radio]

I remember finding a few more on mp3.com. They've recently changed their policies so artists can only have three songs up (unless they pay a membership fee), so it's hard to say whether those songs will still be up. I don't remember any standout tunes that I found.

 

I must admit that while I'm not a fan of the R&B genre, the "for the children" is pretty excellent. What intrigues me most is that if you were going to do a parody of R&B earnestness, this is what it would sound like. I find myself going back and forth a lot as to whether these guys are serious or not in this 2600 love song.

[Swingtown]

Here are some Atari songs I have come across:

 

1982 Atari - Mirah

Atari - Muckafurgason

 

(I found them on Grokster)

[AtariDude]

Nice song. I wonder how many how many songs there are with an Atari related theme.

[cryptik76]

There are a few bands with Atari-related names.

 

Off the top of my head I can think of The Ataris and Atari Teenage Riot.