# Future Games - Songs About the Future

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-games-songs-about-the-future/609817>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 17, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-games-songs-about-the-future/609817 "2012-01-17T19:38:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-games-songs-about-the-future/609817/41 "2012-01-27T19:48:49Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> “1999” by Prince was a song about the future when he released it back in 1982.

[nitpick]The song is not about the future but about the present, partying today likes its the end of the world.[/nitpick]

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-games-songs-about-the-future/609817/42 "2012-01-27T19:52:28Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> “Iron Man”.
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> (I think. I never really understood what that song was about).

It’s about Jesus.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-games-songs-about-the-future/609817/43 "2012-01-27T22:31:09Z")

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Domo Arigato, Mister Roboto.

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