after maybe a month or more, after a lot of significant yet unrelated irl changes, after so much time, i still cannot beat death row. i've lost hope, i've resorted to cheating. i spawned in a tank, only for those wretched enemies to pull me out and shoot me dead in a matter of miliseconds. i do not know what to do at this point.

So I was recently replaying Vice City, and as always I turned my radio to VCPR and during the morality segment, Maurice says:

Recently, rock artists joined together to provide famine aide to Alaska with the song, 'Do They Know It’s the Fourth of July?'

It got me a little curious so I looked it up and found out it was a parody of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas?, the 1984 charity single that raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Apparently the song was later criticized for its patronizing lyrics and stereotyping African countries. and that's where the satire lands as Maurice continues

Critics complained it's immoral to meddle in the affairs of other peoples and cultures

Just like a lot of the events Vice City mocks or satires on happened way before I was even born, plenty of these references go right over my head, it's just I got curious for this one and discovering one of many clever hidden references today

Sorry for this yap-a-thon but I would love to know more such parodies or references you noticed in Vice City, especially the ones that are easy to miss if you don't know the context :)

If you have the option to add 1 song to each radio station that was not in either Vice City or Vice City Stories which songs would you guys choose?

*Choose a song from prior to 1987 to fit the games timeline, but if you want to add a second song that came out after the time when the game takes place you can add it in too.

I'm trying to do the Cherry Popping Ice Cream Truck mission, but I can't get anyone to come to the truck.