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Post by Michael1973 on Mar 13, 2021 15:06:58 GMT -5
Sylvers...Hot Line: Operator, excuse me please But this is more than an emergency Take those phones off-a your ears 'Cause this is only for my baby to hear It's funny, I was listening to Jim Croce's "Operator" yesterday and thinking about this thread. Pretty much any old school song that talks about making a phone call fits here, including but not limited to: Midnight Star -- Operator New Edition -- Mr. Telephone Man The Boys -- Dial My Heart Sugar Ray -- Answer The Phone
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Post by lasvegaskid on Apr 2, 2021 16:25:11 GMT -5
Blondie..Rapture
You go out at night, eatin' cars You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too Mercuries and Subarus
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Post by mga707 on Apr 2, 2021 16:32:37 GMT -5
Blondie..Rapture You go out at night, eatin' cars You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too Mercuries and Subarus More than one Mercury (vehicle) would be 'Mercurys'. Could have been worse: 'You eat Plymouths, and Pontiacs Mercurys and Oldsmobiles'
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Post by Michael1973 on May 1, 2021 21:04:30 GMT -5
Stevie Wonder in Part-Time Lover:
"And then a man called our exchange..."
First off, I'd wager that the use of the word "exchange" in that context was long outdated even when the song was recorded. Also, the idea of a married couple sharing a phone number gets more and more foreign with each passing year.
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Post by LC on May 1, 2021 21:36:19 GMT -5
"I am a lineman for the county."
Do any counties still have telephone linemen? And with cell phones, land line phone service is slowly going away.
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Post by Hervard on May 2, 2021 6:52:52 GMT -5
"I am a lineman for the county." Do any counties still have telephone linemen? And with cell phones, land line phone service is slowly going away. Especially in Wichita
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Post by dth1971 on May 2, 2021 8:13:52 GMT -5
"I am a lineman for the county." Do any counties still have telephone linemen? And with cell phones, land line phone service is slowly going away. Nowadays telephone lines are underground - and digitally?
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Post by chrislc on May 2, 2021 14:49:30 GMT -5
"Everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?"
Maybe most people still loved clowns in 1965, but certainly no longer. Is there another occupation that has even come close to falling so far?
Clergy and scout leaders I guess.
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Post by mkarns on May 2, 2021 15:21:01 GMT -5
Speaking of hot lines and phone exchanges, Pink's 2001-02 hit "Get the Party Started" says "I'm your operator, you can call anytime, I'll be your connection to the party line". Here it's actually meant just as "let's go out and party!", but it alludes to telephone party lines in which several people shared a line and could join in after calling and being connected by the operator were once a common thing.
But those disappeared decades ago; I've never used an actual telephone party line and I don't think Pink (who was born in 1979, and so is four years younger than me) has either.
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Post by mga707 on May 2, 2021 16:02:04 GMT -5
"I am a lineman for the county." Do any counties still have telephone linemen? And with cell phones, land line phone service is slowly going away. Nowadays telephone lines are underground - and digitally? Still plenty of above-ground phone lines in rural area. Many rural roads still have telephone poles and lines running alongside. Nowadays the 'wires' are probably fiber optic cables, but they're still there.
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Post by mga707 on May 2, 2021 16:05:10 GMT -5
"Everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?" Maybe most people still loved clowns in 1965, but certainly no longer. Is there another occupation that has even come close to falling so far? Clergy and scout leaders I guess. Personally, I think the 'clowns are scary' position is more media hype than actual opinion. The 'anti-clown' crowd is small but vocal.
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 27, 2021 17:04:29 GMT -5
Disco Lady: Girl, you ought to be on TV, on Soul Train
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Post by Michael1973 on Jun 15, 2021 7:56:58 GMT -5
In Everyday I Write The Book, Elvis Costello sings about his electric typewriter.
His what??
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 18, 2021 17:51:14 GMT -5
Here's a pre "AT40" example from 1967-In their # 1 hit "Happy Together",The Turtles sing "If I should call you up,invest a dime".
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Post by mga707 on Jul 18, 2021 22:24:47 GMT -5
In Everyday I Write The Book, Elvis Costello sings about his electric typewriter. His what?? Haven't had an electric typewriter since the '90s, but I do still have a manual one. It's a family heirloom, a 1926 Underwood.
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