The sounds of nostalgia

[torquill]

It amuses me how iconic and instantly recognizeable certain video game sounds are to the majority of my generation. This came about because I heard a familiar "bwoop bwoop" from one of the little runabouts used to carry Athletics cheer squad members around to hype up their games -- it reminded me of Pac-Man. A few seconds later I heard it emit the intro music to, yes, Pac-Man.

Just hum the intro bar to Super Mario in a room full of grad students (dadada duhda DA... dum). Only the exchange students won't automatically get the theme running through their heads. Some of them will, too.

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[foogod.livejournal.com]

Yesterday I was walking through the lobby of my building at work, and a guy walking behind me was humming a little tune sort of off-handedly, you know, the way one does when one is doing something else and not really thinking about what one is humming.. I do it myself sometimes.

And I realized what he was humming was rather familiar. Then I recognized it: it was part of the Imperial March from Star Wars.