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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.

Dated References, Walter Catlett

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Walter Catlett's, "Hi Diddly Dee"
The dated Lyrics:
You wear your hair in a pompadour
You ride around in a coach-and-four
You stop and buy out a candy store
An actor's life for me!
Why They're dated:
This was an "actor's life" in the early 19th century, not in 1940, when Pinocchio came out. However, they do have some significance. A pompadour was a popular hairstyle of that time, later repopularized in the 1950's. A coach-and-four was a carriage pulled by four horses. And in those days, candies were VERY expensive, so when you "stop and buy out a candy store," you'd really spend an entire fortune on these delicious treats.
Submitted by: Alan of Seville

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