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I'm not talking about songs that have a dated sound (there's more than I could ever list). I'm referring to songs with a specific date or year in the lyrics, that are mentioned as the present or future. Like Prince's "1999" (which will not be played as much now that it's date has come and gone). These are songs for which the present or future they refer to, has come and gone. 1999 was the future in 1982, 1999 has now passed.
What I am NOT looking for, are songs like Bowling for Soup's "1985" which are written after the date they are talking about. This song is looking back, or written from the point of view of after the date mentioned.
We also accept lyrics that mention prices that are now dated, such as 10 cent pay phone calls. Lyrics that mention a persons age at the time and that person is now past said age, and lyrics that mentioned events that were current at the time of the song but have now passed are also accepted.
Basically anything that definitively dates a song by any means other than the way it "sounds". Words/phrases/singing styles or instruments that were used commonly in a time period but are no longer used that much today are not accepted.
Here's a couple of the most recent entries...
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Landscape's, "Einstein a Go-Go"
The dated Lyrics: White House?
Oh sir, I'm terribly sorry, I can't put you through to President Carter Why They're dated: Heard at the start of the song, an actual recording of someone getting through to a telephone operator at the White House. Although by the time the song was a hit in the UK in March 1981, Jimmy Carter had already been succeeded by Ronald Reagan, making the song already dated when it was climbing the charts.
Submitted by: Dave
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Escape Club's, "Wild Wild West"
The dated Lyrics: Heading for the nineties
Living in the wild wild west The wild wild west Heading for the nineties living in the eighties Why They're dated: They're 1980s people who are looking forward from the 1980s to the 1990s.
Submitted by: Beth
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