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Post by skuncle on Dec 27, 2012 6:23:13 GMT -5
Not a reference but in "9 to 5" the clacking and dinging of a typewriter is heard. A sound that a whole generation most likely could not identify today.
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Post by tarobe on Dec 27, 2012 11:10:03 GMT -5
If I counted records which charted prior to 1970 the list could be endless. So I'll just stick with songs from American Top 40 (1970-1995).
Here's a lyric:
"Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia, TIdewater 4-1009" ("Promised Land," Elvis Presley)
Even back in 1974, when that song was a hit, I was too young to remember phone numbers being like that. (I was eleven)
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Post by pgfromwp on Dec 27, 2012 11:45:17 GMT -5
How about "Got a tiger in my tank." ("Jeans On" by David Dundas, 1976-77.) Ah, the old ESSO tiger.
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Post by pamelajaye on Dec 27, 2012 15:06:23 GMT -5
Convention 72 made the 40. Anyone remember Was it Margaret of Martha Mitchell?
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Post by jlthorpe on Dec 27, 2012 15:08:39 GMT -5
"General Hospi-tale" by The Afternoon Delights. How much of what's mentioned in that song would be relevant to what happens on General Hospital now?
"Rumbleseat" by John Mellencamp. Apparently the title refers to something that hasn't been put on cars since the 1930s.
"On Our Own" by Bobby Brown. Bobby's rap in the middle of the song doesn't make sense to anyone unfamiliar with Ghostbusters II.
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Post by seminolefan on Dec 27, 2012 16:11:40 GMT -5
"Le Freak" by Chic: "Just come on down to 54..." Referencing Studio 54, which still exists today but is nothing like it used to be back in the late '70s.
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Post by jlthorpe on Dec 27, 2012 19:11:37 GMT -5
"Batdance" by Prince. "Let me stick the 7-inch in the computer" - The original reference to floppy discs may be lost on modern listeners. They'll just think Prince is f**king his PC.
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Post by pgfromwp on Dec 27, 2012 19:19:20 GMT -5
And one from my wife, "Well, I got a brand new pair of rollerskates. You got a BRAND NEW KEY." Who uses rollerskate keys nowadays?
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Post by mga707 on Dec 27, 2012 21:33:34 GMT -5
Convention 72 made the 40. Anyone remember Was it Margaret of Martha Mitchell? Martha Mitchell was the outspoken wife of then-Attorney General John Mitchell. I think Margaret Mitchell wrote "Gone With the Wind".
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Post by mga707 on Dec 27, 2012 21:38:09 GMT -5
"Rumbleseat" by John Mellencamp. Apparently the title refers to something that hasn't been put on cars since the 1930s. I think the late 90s/early 00s Plymouth-then-Chrysler Prowler had a rumble seat available as an option, in keeping with it's retro-hot rod theme. But is was a limited-production "halo" car designed to revive the moribund Plymouth brand (it failed, obviously).
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Dec 27, 2012 21:57:11 GMT -5
I don't think too many of today's youth would know what James Brown meant by "Hot Pants."
And Ray Stevens' "The Streak" would be completely lost on the youth of 2012!
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Post by mkarns on Dec 27, 2012 22:47:17 GMT -5
How about "Got a tiger in my tank." ("Jeans On" by David Dundas, 1976-77.) Ah, the old ESSO tiger. Exxon still uses the tiger mascot, so that would make sense to current listeners. And by 1976 Esso had converted to Exxon in most of the US, so even then most associated it with Exxon.
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Dec 28, 2012 1:12:54 GMT -5
Come to think of it, didn't War's "Summer" contain a reference to 8-track tapes?
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Post by Michael on Dec 28, 2012 1:17:48 GMT -5
Even though it came out in 03 OutKast's "Hey Ya" wanted us to "shake it like a polaroid picture".
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Post by baylink on Dec 28, 2012 11:33:29 GMT -5
Everybody Wang Chung tonight.
NO EXCEPTIONS.
(Oh: The Watergate Comedy Hour is finally up on YouTube ...)
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