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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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4 Non Blondes', "What's Up?"
The dated Lyrics: Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get that great big hill of hope For a destination Why They're dated: That song was from 1993, so it's now been forty years.
Submitted by: Aristotle
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Rod Stewart's, "Gasoline Alley"
The dated Lyrics: I'll put on my weddin' suit and catch the evening train
Ill be home before the milks upon the door Why They're dated: The second line. While it is still done in some places, home milk delivery is not that common in North America any more, you want milk, you get it at a supermarket (although in some places, such as the UK, it's still done...this song however is about a place in Indiana)
Submitted by: Ra'akone
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