Pop Culture References
Ozma is famous for making numerous 1980's pop culture references in their songs, most notably the Back to the Future trilogy. The song "Lorraine" is about George McFly's girlfriend who is Marty McFly's mother. The song "Game Over" contains the lyric "where I go I don't need roads," which is a play off Doc Brown's dialogue at the end of Back to the Future, while "Come Home Andrea" contains the line "girl make one man cry, make another man sing" - referencing the Huey Lewis and the News song "The Power of Love" as featured in the first film. A less obvious reference is in the song "In Search of 1988", which says "Warp me back at 88" - the speed in miles per hour required to travel in time in the films. Most recently, in the song "Motorology 3:39" the lyric "I'm still dreamin' of clock towers and synchronicity" is most likely a reference to the clock tower featured prominently in the film trilogy.
Many songs also feature references to classic video games. The song "In Search of 1988" references Mario and Luigi of the Super Mario games. "Korobeiniki", while a traditional Russian song, is most famous for its use in the 1989 Game Boy version of the puzzle game Tetris. "Maybe in an Alternate Dimension (Flight of the Bootymechanic)" references Link from "The Legend of Zelda". The song "Gameover" features probably the most video game references including the line "so sad, princess isn't here" referring to the line in Super Mario Bros., "Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!"
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