Holy Shit, thank you for that Link. I'm roughly as old as the Zelda franchise (ha, get it?), but I've never been able to track down where that riff came from, so you really helped me tie up a thread here.
The story is complicated, but in recent years there was a movement to revisit those more playful and innocent days:
Remember when rap was about wanting to get the fuck out of that mess?
For anyone not familiar with the song, sit back and listen to the lyrics. Then compare it to the messages rap pumps out today.
Holy Shit, thank you for that Link. I'm roughly as old as the Zelda franchise (ha, get it?), but I've never been able to track down where that riff came from, so you really helped me tie up a thread here.
The story is complicated, but in recent years there was a movement to revisit those more playful and innocent days:
Pan!c Pop & Sixtroke - Work !T Out
I would suggest the term "Future Funk" if you're interested in this kind of '80s nostalgia.
You didn't, by any chance, first hear it in Second Life, did you?
Hmm couldn't say exactly where. Definitely not Second Life since I've never played.
Probably first heard it on one of those commercials selling old "greatest hits" compilations back in the '90s.
More recently I hear it turn up in Vaporwave stuff but I'm having trouble finding an example atm.