Obsolete Tech in Song Lyrics

Yo:

I was listing to the Movement in Still Life album by BT the other day and heard the following lyric in "Love on Haight Street"

The legal hustle: cash money and women
'til the day I die, strive to be a corporate exec
Vocal graphics like Pentium II, 3D effect

And I chuckled. Really dates things. So I started thinking about it and thought of some other's. Redman's Let's get Dirty:

My dress code is all black when I'm makin the moves
Similar to the new Playstation 2

That's funny on a lot of levels. I'd embed the youtube but I'm too dumb to figure how to do that on the phone. Anyway, lyrics that reference tech that makes you giggle now.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
I Love Rock 'n' Roll:

"I saw him dancing there by the record machine
I knew he must have been about seventeen
The beat was going strong
Playing my favorite song
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah me
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah me

Singing, I love rock and roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock and roll
So come and take your time and dance with me"

Kids, a jukebox was like a giant iPod. An iPod was like an iPhone that you couldn't use for texting.

It's kind of sad that all of the records in a jukebox would take up barely any space on a smartphone. I can't remember the last time I saw one that wasn't there as kitsch.

While not tech, Biggie's line of "Blow up like the World Trade" is usually left out and refers to a World Trade terrorist action that isn't the one we usually think of.

Sir Mix-A-Lot - Beepers.

Pretty much the whole song is soooo dated.

While they don't technically count, it's funny to think about what different songs have meant over the years when talking about using a phone.

It's All About the Pentiums, Baby.

Every reference to an 808. While technically an obsolete machine it has been sampled and re-sampled and cloned ad nauseam.

She's an XBox, and I'm Atari.

It's a 2fer!

Sidenote: I propose that this thread also be trivia, in that folks should include lyrics, but not song or artist (for other folks to guess). :thumbsup:

Fringe or not, nobody goes out riding around in a surrey anymore.

What the heck is "PlayStation"?

You spin me right round
baby right round
like a record baby
right round baby

I'm in the phone booth, it's the one across the hall
If you don't answer, I'll just ring it off the wall
I know he's there, but I just had to call

He feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow
Old Charlie stole the handle and
The train it won't stop going
No way to slow down.

I know all those are easy, but at least it's a game.

Play the tape machine
make the toast and tea
when I'm mobile

Up every evening 'bout half eight or nine
I give my complete attention to a very good friend of mine
He's quadraphonic, he's a, he's got more channels

My radio, believe me, I like it loud
I'm the man with a box that can rock the crowd
Walkin' down the street, to the hardcore beat
While my JVC vibrates the concrete
I'm sorry if you can't understand
But I need a radio inside my hand
Don't mean to offend other citizens
But I kick my volume way past ten
My story is rough, my neighbourhood is tough
But I still sport gold, and I'm out to crush

I've never seen Robear get so excited.

It's a puzzle, and music lyrics in my head, and old technology, and, and, and...

Roland was a warrior
From the Land of the Midnight Sun
With a Thompson Gun for hire
Fighting to be done

Kodachrome

The fact that this hasn't been posted yet is a crime. I listened to this WAYYYYYYYY too much back in the day:

Iridium884 wrote:

The fact that this hasn't been posted yet is a crime. I listened to this WAYYYYYYYY too much back in the day:

merphle on August 16 wrote:

It's All About the Pentiums, Baby.

Filthy skimmers. Filthy skimmers never change.