David Bowie

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.

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David Bowie's, "1984"

The dated Lyrics:

Someday they won't let you
Now you must agree
The times they are a-telling
And the changing isn't free
You've read it in the tea leaves
And the tracks are on TV
Beware the savage jaw of 1984
They'll split your pretty cranium
And fill it full of air
And tell you that you're eighty
But brother, you won't care
You'll be shooting up on anything
Tomorrow's never there
Beware the savage jaw of 1984

Why They're dated:

For one thing - 1984 has come and gone. For another - Bowie wasn't 80 in 1984. He's not even 80 now. So not only is it slightly dated, it is somewhat ridiculous.

Submitted by: Rock Princess

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