Lines from songs that date them due to things changing ....

[ACautionaryTale]

Was listening to bed of roses by Bon jovi

“A kings ransom in diamonds I’d give to see through this pay phone”

I’m sure many millennials will say “what’s a pay phone and just use face time”

“It was the summer of ‘69” 😬

Can we have things that come round again

Lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy

@feetfreckles

Can we have things that come round again

Lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy

War! What is it good for?

I believe pound notes ceased to be legal tender in the UK in 1988.

They ceased to be legal tender in England in 1988...

@heartsonacake

Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996, so don’t be silly; of course they’ve seen and the majority will have regularly used a pay phone.

FaceTime only came in 10 years ago.

Lighten up!

When she's pressed the star after she's pressed unlock.

Arctic Monkeys View from the Afternoon

Free Nelson Mandela

Floyd Robinson: 'Makin' Love', 1959

"What would the teacher do?
What would the teacher say?
What would the teacher do if the teacher knew we're out all day:
Makin' love, makin' love"

Apparently, it just meant snogging back then.

Dire Straits: "We gotta move these colour TVs"
Colour TVs, you say?! Reminds me of the seaside B&Bs which, even now, still advertise the fact that they have colour TVs and shaver points in every room on the little boards outside!

Prince: "Let's party like it's 1999"
Why is it so funky to pretend that we're going back in time 21 years?!

This is a great thread!

And Greg he writes letters, and burns his CDs...

from Pretty Good Year by Tori Amos. Makes me feel nostalgic for letter writing and CD burning...

Let's all meet up in the year 2000. Back to the future job!

Bit niche but Tom Lehrer's We all will go together when we go - "nearly 3 billion hunks of well done steak" (the population of the world in 1959(

Let's all meet up in the year 2000. Back to the future job!

Busted managed to go forward to the Year 3000, so it must be possible somehow!

The lovers in Suede's Animal Nitrate wouldn't have to wait until they were 'over 21' nowadays, thankfully.

Throw my pager out the window

Bug a boo by Destiny’s Child

'Answering machine' by Rupert Holmes - they'd have just texted or called on the mobile instead.

That other Rupert Holmes 'classic', the Pina Colada Song, would be unlikely to happen now that newspaper personal ads have all but been superseded by OLD, and OLD would have shown photos.

@MrsBudd

How very modern!
My car has a cassette player :)

Not just one line, the whole bloody song!!! "Have a drink, have a drive"!

“Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane, aint got time to take a fast train”

The flight’s been cancelled due to Corona and instead of a fast train you have a replacement bus service!

That other Rupert Holmes 'classic', the Pina Colada Song, would be unlikely to happen now that newspaper personal ads have all but been superseded by OLD, and OLD would have shown photos.
Has anyone else realised that in fact it was the girl who placed the advert? The fellow only replied to it. So she was already bored with him.

I feel pretty & witty & gay!

When gay meant happy 😊

You make me wanna throw my pager out the window
Tell MCI to cut the phone calls
Break my lease so I can move
Cause you a bug a boo, a bug a boo
I wanna put your number on the call block
Have AOL make my email stop
Cause you a bug a boo
You buggin' what? You buggin' who? You buggin' me!
And don't you see it ain't cool

Destiny’s Child doesn’t date well.

@Fizzyboo

All Saints -

You can tell me to my face or even on the phone
You can write it in a letter, either way, I have to know

Texting was still around three years away from becoming popular in 1997!

The Courteeners - Small Bones

She doesn't live that far away
Medium distance romance
Just a Virgin Pendolino
And she's asking me to dance