Since realizing how much the outline of a portable radio speaker looks like the Pac-Man video game character, I haven't been able to purge Buckner & Garcia's 1982 hit, "Pac-Man Fever," from my mind.
The lyrics are a straightforward, harmless tribute to the game, but they don't stand up to repeated listening. To be fair, I don't think crafting a timeless classic was the duo's goal. Catching the Atari zeitgeist at just the right time was, and on that front, the musicians succeeded. I was surprised to read that the song was a much bigger hit than I'd thought.
