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Real Lyrics -> Dated References -> Prince

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, Prince

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1999 album at Amazon.com
Prince's, "1999"
The dated Lyrics:
'Cause they say
2000, zero-zero, party over, oops, out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
Why They're dated:
Both the years 1999 and 2000 have been over for a long time.
Submitted by: Tarzan
Prince's, "1999"
The dated Lyrics:
The year 2000,
00 party over
it's out of sight
Cause tonight
we're going to party
like it's 1999.
Why They're dated:
Talk about being out of touch with reality.
Submitted by: Celeste
Prince's, "1999"
The dated Lyrics:
Two-thousand-zero-zero
Party over, oops, out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it 1999.
Why They're dated:
Seven years after two-thousand-zero-zero, we're still here.
Submitted by: soul
Prince's, "Kiss"
The dated Lyrics:
You don't have to watch Dynasty
To have an attitude
Why They're dated:
Dynasty is no longer on regular tv
Submitted by: karen

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