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[Devin]

Hey all, I'm putting together a little Pong tournament for my computer science students. They will participate to get extra credit - with the winner getting nice credit prize.

Anyway, I want to add some background music - mainly for ambiance - not loud enough to drown out the beeps from the old machine. So, what songs would be best? I'm doing it relating to computer history. I've chosen some late 70's songs such as:

• B52's - Rock Lobster (1979).mp3
  
• Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1977).mp3
  
• Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing (1976).mp3
  
• Heart - Baracuda (1977).mp3
  
• KC and The Sunshine Band - Thats The Way (1975).mp3
  
• KISS - Rock And Roll All Nite (1975).mp3
  
• Lipps Inc. - Funky Town (1980).mp3
  
• Rose Royce - Car Wash (1976).mp3
  
• The Trammps - Disco Inferno (1976).mp3
  
• Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethovan (1976).mp3
  
• Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (1976).mp3
  
• Aerosmith - Walk This Way (1975).mp3

Should I remove any of these? Add others?

[Legend]

Be the ball - Slash's Snakepit
Pinball Wizard - The Who (70's)
Balls to the wall - Except
Big Balls - AC/DC

Yellow Pearl/theme from top of the pops - Phil Lynott (for some reason always makes me think of pac-man and pong) (70's ish)

Anything that has to do with balls or bouncing I think would also be appropriate.

You can never go wrong with Thin Lizzy, T-Rex, or Cheap Trick for any event with 70's music.

Pac-man fever also might be fun.

Also anything you hear at a hockey game like crazy train or crush 'em might be fun.

I ran - Flock of seagulls for 70's it's even on the activision anthology for pc.

Edited by Legend, Fri Apr 1, 2011 4:27 PM.

[PAC MAN FEVER]

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Pac-man fever also might be fun.

I'm all for pac-man fever

[fiddlepaddle]

Blondie - One Way or Another

Supertramp - The Logical Song

Little River Band - Reminiscing

Jeff Lynn - Video

[Rex Dart]

No electronica? C'mon, play some Daft Punk or something, not just "Top Hits of Yesteryear" off the damn radio.

[Devin]

PAC MAN FEVER, on Fri Apr 1, 2011 4:23 PM, said:

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Pac-man fever also might be fun.

I'm all for pac-man fever

I have to admit, that song makes me cringe!

fiddlepaddle, on Sat Apr 2, 2011 12:30 AM, said:

Blondie - One Way or Another
Supertramp - The Logical Song
Little River Band - Reminiscing
Jeff Lynn - Video

The Blondie one will probably fit well! I completely forgot about that one.

Edited by Devin, Mon Apr 4, 2011 5:13 PM.

[rmaerz]

Remove 'em all.

Pong was released in '72 so therefore I'm feelin' a best of 1972 soundtrack.

[TwinChargers]

For whatever reason, "Eye of the Tiger" came to mind almost instantly and I was expecting someone else to have said it.

[Devin]

The console I am using is a 76 model, so anything on the radio then would work.

[rmaerz]

Devin, on Tue Apr 5, 2011 6:42 AM, said:

The console I am using is a 76 model, so anything on the radio then would work.

Here's a few

Blue Oyster Cult: (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Boston: Foreplay/Longtime
ELO: Do Ya
Kiss: Shout It Out Loud
Peter Frampton: Do You Feel Like We Do