Lines That Make Songs Sound Dated.

The whole song In The Year 2525.

 

Seriously?....I do. I guess i'm an anomaly ....and a troll apparently. I can live with both ....

 

That's not dated ...just good history.

 

No milk today, it was not always so / The company was gay, we'd turn night into day

 

People have ringtones that sound like that.

 

Neil updates this one now by singing "in the 21st century"....

 

Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say "Hello".

Virtually every Beatles song.

 

Never listen to Kendrick Lamar, huh?

 

"Why you got to be so jive?"
"The big man arrives, disco dancers greet him... Sophomore jive from victims of typewriters"
But who can blame her for using contemporaneous slang?

 

A strong candidate for Most dated line ever: "I think it's so groovy now, that people are finally getting together."

 

The original lyric of 'Back When my Hair was Short" by Gunhill Road:

I knew all kinds of love
Love of a man for his brother
And love to rip off one another
While screaming "Right on!"

(And I love that lyric, and the whole song.)

 

"So you're blue but I can't take a chance on a chick like you." -Abba's "Does Your Mother Know"

 

A lot of P-Funk's lyrics could be considered dated, but they're delivered with such panache you don't care.

 

any overly topical lyric will date a song.one of the reasons i think lou reed's "new york" is overrated.he has too many references to topics relevant to 1989 or so.if he had cut out three songs he would have had one more masterpiece.and no i am not referring to "halloween parade" which is one of his best songs.

 

A song that's wonderfully dated....

"San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)"

 

Debateable, but Kate Bush's 'Deeper Understanding' has a few computing references which sound a little dated now. Funnily enough I remember them sounding a little awkward even when the song came out.

I was loading a new program
I had ordered from a magazine
Are you lonely, are you lost?
This new voice console is a must
I press Execute.

 

"Reagan was President Elect, Fascist God in motion"

Heaven 17 ~ We Don't Need That Fascist Groove Thing

 

The Replacements "Answering Machine"

Try and breathe some life into a letter
Losing hope, we'll never be together
My courage is at its peak
You know what I mean
How do you say you're okay
To an answering machine?
How do you say goodnight
To an answering machine?

Big time's got its losers
Small town's got its vices
A handful of friends
One needs a match, one needs some ice
Call-waiting phone in another time zone
How do you say I miss you
To an answering machine?
How do say good night
To an answering machine?

(If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again
If you need help, dial the number...)

I get enough of that

Try to free a slave of ignorance
Try and teach a whore about romance

How do you say I miss you
To an answering machine?
How do you say good night to
An answering machine?
How do you say I'm lonely to
An answering machine?
The message is very plain
Oh, I hate your answering machine
I hate your answering machine
I hate your answering machine...

(If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again...

 

So far it's 100% accurate