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

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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”

Second the Telex machine reference from I Don't Like Mondays. I believe it was an early fax type thing.

Incidentally, have you listened to the lyrics of Living Doll?

I want to lock my girlfriend up in a trunk so she can't associate with other men, and by the way you can touch her hair if you want to. Er...OK.

OK, 1959 was not a hotbed of feminism, but there was a version in 1986 with the actors from The Young Ones, a comedy series written by Ben Elton, a guy generally regarded as a politically correct type, and sung by respected actors like Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, for Comic Relief.

I'm generally relaxed about political correctness, but I do find the song a bit creepy.

The Boomtown Rats haven't aged well.

'She's so 20th Century
She's so 1970s ...'

She's so Modern er, Retro, I think you'll find, Bob.

UB40 - anything ever recorded by them

But I suspect the '1 in 10' might be on its way back

Pink Floyd - Nobody Home

'... I've got 15 channels of shit on the TV to choose from'

Well, you'd have hundreds to choose from now, although they'd probably still be shit.

Uh oh, we're in trouble.
Book us a ticket on the next space shuttle.

'When you go, will you send back a letter from America?'

Or, better still, just keep us all updated on Facebook.

@proseccoBubbleFantasies yes! I don't understand how Young Girl was ever acceptable!? So, SO wrong

Bow Wow Wow

C30 C60 C90 Go

Blind Curve by Marillion:
I see convoys curbcrawling West German autobahns
Trying to pick up a war

Please turn me over.

Hate it when DJs din’t play Mr Blue Sky to the very end.

gompurtz that song is awful isn't it? Even my parents think its gross, and they were teens when it was released! See also Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen - well at least he isn't a nonce, eh, he had the self control to count down the days

"Ernie, he drove the fastest only milk cart in the west ...'

By Fish - Chelsea Monday:
Catalogue princess, apprentice seductress
Hiding in her cellophane world in glitter town
Awaiting the prince in his white capri
Dynamic young tarzan courts the bedsit queen

Nowadays it would be a Primarni dress and a lad in a souped up Corsa

nah, @FunTimes2020 (trying to reply to you directly and realised you can't quote a post with a quote - learn something new everyday on MN!) I agree with @heartsonacake - what OP basiclaly said was "thirty year olds won't know what a payphone is" and only know how to use face time (despite the fact the oldest of them will have been 30 before facetime was even invented) which is clearly completely wrong so it's fair enough to clarify this.

My contribution - atm anything with "everybody in da club" or similar lyrics

Also in terms of inappropriate lyrics dunno, they still seem to get airplay. Blurred lines was dodgy (and this was pointed out) the moment it got released but didn't stop it become a huge hit.

Oliver's Army is full of references that are out of date, but also has a few lines that are problematic from a PC point of view. Like 'One more widow, one less white n-word'. It's on my guilty pleasures Spotify list.

@sueelleker that's the point of the song! They were both stuck in a rut but realised they were the ones for each other.

The Jags

'I've got your number written on the back of my hand'

No need to do that, give me yours and I'll just text you.

@andnoneforgretchenwieners I've just looked it up. I have no words.

@Alicetheowl
In the 1986 version someone does point out that locking the living doll up in a trunk is politically unsound-Neil replies that he feels sorry for the elephant

I heard 'I drove all night' on the radio yesterday and cringed at this lyric

"I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?"

You'd get arrested for that in 2020!

"You spin me right round, baby, right round
Like that little circle on my computer when I'm downloading a track, baby
Right round, round, round ..."

Blondie from 1979: "One way, or another, I'm gonna find ya, I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha...." I do still like the track, but it's basically about stalking, isn't it? Not as creepy as The Police though.

Here's another one that should never have been allowed at any time (I'm no prude either)

Jailbait by Ted Nugent

Well, I don't care if you're just thirteen,
You look too good to be true.
I just know that you're probably clean,
There's one little thing I got do to you.
Jailbait you look so good to me,
Jailbait won't you set me free,
Jailbait you look fine, fine, fine
And I know I've got to have you in a matter of time.