Atari in Music Videos

[+davidcalgary29]

We've seen Atari products in movies and books...how about music videos? I was going through the Anything Box video library tonight, and spotted something suspicious in the video for their song Worth. It looks like a Mega ST...but what is underneath the CPU? I can't quite make it out. 

[8Bitjunkie]

Well, not a music video but a live gig of my band "Retrojunkies"
showing some Atari stuff including the legendary 1977 Atari Video Music System

 

 

please go ahead to spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3sAXOTUAAONA3d55jfI72v

 

Edited September 6, 2021 by 8Bitjunkie

[profholt82]

Lou Reed and his Wico....

 

 

https://youtu.be/2zWwmfQvdCI

[+KaeruYojimbo]

 

[high voltage]

Numerous musicians used an ST, be it on stage or video. 

[NISMOPC]

ATARI VIDEO MUSIC PLAYER

Devo - The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise - YouTube

Daft Punk - Robot Rock (Official Video) - YouTube

Edited September 15, 2021 by NISMOPC

[+sramirez2008]

2 hours ago, NISMOPC said:

ATARI VIDEO MUSIC PLAYER

Devo - The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise - YouTube

Daft Punk - Robot Rock (Official Video) - YouTube

Sweet!  I'm definitely going to need to run Robot Rock through my Video Music Player.👍

[+frankodragon]

"Weird Al" Yankovic used Atari 2600 Donkey Kong and Pac-Man sound effects for this song:

 

 

[Max_Chatsworth]

On 9/15/2021 at 1:44 PM, NISMOPC said:

ATARI VIDEO MUSIC PLAYER

Devo - The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise - YouTube

Daft Punk - Robot Rock (Official Video) - YouTube

I didn't see the Atari in the Devo video?

[NISMOPC]

9 hours ago, Max_Chatsworth said:

I didn't see the Atari in the Devo video?

Look at the backdrop behind them. It's the entire background...🤔

Edited November 30, 2021 by NISMOPC

[Max_Chatsworth]

12 hours ago, NISMOPC said:

Look at the backdrop behind them. It's the entire background...🤔

I guess if you are talking about those video artifacts, there's no way I could tell that was an Atari being used for that...

[6502wrangler]

[insertclevernamehere]

On 12/3/2021 at 7:54 AM, 6502wrangler said:

Did you just happen to find this online or are you a fan of this very Depeche Mode influenced German synthpop band?

[insertclevernamehere]

Not sure if there's any Atari in their videos but there is the awesomely titled German band "Atari Teenage Riot".

[6502wrangler]

16 hours ago, insertclevernamehere said:

Did you just happen to find this online or are you a fan of this very Depeche Mode influenced German synthpop band?

 

I am a huge fan of De/Vision. Have listened to them for over 25 years. I immediately went searching for that image. They are extremely influenced by Depeche Mode for sure.

 

In my opinion DM has drifted and since maybe 2000 or so De/Vision is what DM should be. 

 

 

[RetroB1977]

An Atari VCS can be seen in this music video by Bad Veins.

Edited December 12, 2021 by RetroB1977

[NISMOPC]

On 12/10/2021 at 4:14 PM, insertclevernamehere said:

Not sure if there's any Atari in their videos but there is the awesomely titled German band "Atari Teenage Riot".

They are really good!~

Their name apparently came from the lead singer's fascination with the Atari. They compose their music on an Atari 1040ST

[+SpiceWare]

On 11/30/2021 at 9:10 AM, Max_Chatsworth said:

I guess if you are talking about those video artifacts, there's no way I could tell that was an Atari being used for that...

 

It's the recognizable output of an Atari Video Music from 1977.

 

 

 

 

It also appears briefly at 3:00 on the display in the background of Devo's video for Beautiful World.

 

[NISMOPC]

2 hours ago, SpiceWare said:

It also appears briefly at 3:00 on the display in the background of Devo's video for Beautiful World.

Good catch!!!

Edited December 31, 2021 by NISMOPC

[+Stephen]

3 hours ago, SpiceWare said:

 

It's the recognizable output of an Atari Video Music from 1977.

 

 

 

 

It also appears briefly at 3:00 on the display in the background of Devo's video for Beautiful World.

 

I still have mine - very fun device to use, you can tell it's analog - the response to the music is so crazy fast.  Hard to describe if you haven't seen one on a CRT.  I would absolutely love to get composite out of it - RF sucks and severely limits my display choices.

[+SpiceWare]

16 minutes ago, Stephen said:

I would absolutely love to get composite out of it - RF sucks and severely limits my display choices.

 

Here's a YouTube video were S-Video output was added during a restoration.

 

 

[+SpiceWare]

1 hour ago, NISMOPC said:

Good catch!!!

 

It was listed in the Appearance in popular culture section on the wiki page. I didn't recall seeing it, so called up the video from my ripped copy of The Complete Truth About De-Evolution

 

 

 

 

 

[EmuDan]

Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted Snake video at 0:43....

 

[atarian1]

7 hours ago, EmuDan said:

Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted Snake video at 0:43....

 

NO. That's not an Atari.

[EmuDan]

On 1/14/2022 at 1:57 AM, atarian1 said:

NO. That's not an Atari.

That is ABSOLUTELY either a 520ST or 1040ST!