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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video killed the radio star video killed the radio star
if it was sung now{TODAY} it would be dvd killed the video tape
Submitted by: art
The whole song. Specifically When I grow up to be a man....
Brian has grown up to be an OLD man and Carl and Denny grew up to be men and are sadly gone.
Submitted by: Gina
Well, I'd love to talk to you
But then I'd miss "Donahue"
Phil Donahue's eponymous talk show went off the air in 1996. He later hosted a far less well known political show on MSNBC, also called "Donahue", in 2002, but that show is also long gone (it only lasted one season).
Submitted by: betty kaye
We've got stars directing our fate
And we're praying its not too late
'Cause we know we're falling from grace
Millenium
Actually, the whole song's dated- we're well into the new millienium (I guess it is "too late" then).
Submitted by: tina a
Pink's,
"Don't Let Me Get Me"
"I'm tired of being compared to damn Britney Spears, shes so pretty, that just aint me"
This song was written at a time when Britney Spears was an icon and very popular. Major changes in her personal life have caused her popularity to diminish and some argue she is no longer "pretty."
Submitted by: Nathan Seaton
Let's make peace the way we did at Stanleyville and Saigon
Good luck trying to find Stanleyville and Saigon on a map! They are now known respectively as Kinshasa, Congo and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Submitted by: Raphael
'99, Nigga. Guess who's back.
No prizes for guessing WHAT year this came out in!
Submitted by: RamsaySt
There's like the Galleria (Valley Girl) And like all these like really great shoe stores. I love going into like clothing stores and stuff.
Most of the Sherman Oaks Galleria was demolished following years of declining business and damage from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. The Galleria finally reopened in 2002, but it is now much smaller and is no longer enclosed. Today the Galleria is an open-air, mixed-use center featuring several restaurants, an outdoor food court, theaters and offices. A sad time for Valley Girls.
Submitted by: Kathy
Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming
Nixon was no longer president after August of 1974, and was no longer alive after April of 1994.
Submitted by: kasumi
Oh, I'd love to seduce her
But she married her producer
Now all I do is pray, pray, pray
She'll get a divorce someday
Well, Cledus, you got your wish. Shania Twain and RJ "Mutt" Lange have split up after fourteen years of marriage.
Submitted by: betty kaye
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