A song about an obsolete technology

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Morcheeba - Tape Loop

Kinda appropriate, encountering this thread immediately after checking out the 'Mellotron' one.

Pachelbel's Cannon

Googled a song: Ian Hunter - Listen to the Eight Track. Never heard it. Cheated.

David Bowie "Pour me out another phone, I'll ring to see if our friends are home"

So, disposable phones that can only ring non-mobile phones.

Obsolete.

I have't managed to figure the name of the act, but there was one hip house hit from around 1987 called "Put The Needle On The Record" (sampled by M/A/R/R/S among others).

http://www.nataliedee.com/090605/sorry-wrong-number.jpg

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in the who's "another tricky day," there's a line "it's all here on the vinyl." but yeah, the song itself isn't about vinyl, so maybe not.

http://www.jmignited.com/rapictures/shellshock01.jpg

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"gallows pole" - led zeppelin

http://www.dvmx.com/saddamhanging.jpg

Bow Wow Wow: C30 C60 C90 Go!

The Kinks - Last of the Steam Powered Trains
Stereeolab - Jenny Ondioline
10000 Maniacs - Planned Obsolescence

I was listening to The Replacements "Left Of The Dial" and wondered about this topic. All new radios are digital now, right? So this song will have an unclear meaning in the future.

Digital tuning had already been established by then (1985), but I don't think it was too widespread just yet.

Any songs about or referencing telephone chords?

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
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone

Not concerning an obsolete technology, but referencing one:

Rejoice! Glory is ours!
Our young men have not died in vain,
Their graves need no flowers
The tapes have recorded their names.

- Karn Evil 9, 3rd Impression

... which has put me in mind of:

I ran into her in computer camp
(Was that in '84?)
Not sure; I had my Commodore 64
Had to score.

Ultravox, 'All Stood Still'

Please remember to mention me
in tapes that you might leave behind

I don't know what the modern equivalent would be, vlogs, tweets?

the minor lyrical tradition of a guy calling a woman's number scrawled on a phone booth wall ("867-5309," Newman's "Suzanne," R. Cray's "Phone booth") is pretty much kaput now

You make me wanna throw my pager out the window
Tell MCI to cut the phone calls
Break my lease so I can move
'Cause you a bug a boo, a bug a boo
I wanna put your number on the call block
Have AOL make my e-mails stop
'Cause you a bug a boo
You buggin what? You buggin who? You buggin me!
And don't you see it ain't cool

I guess Morse code is still in use by a few hobbyists, but pretty much dead? Anyway, I love Don Woody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22nL-xNbIrU

Radiohead: Planet Telex

NWA, 'Fuck The Police'

Fucking with me, 'cause I'm a teenager
with a little bit of gold and a pager

Public Enemy, 'War At 33 1/3'

The Replacements, "Answering Machine."

Husker Du, "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely" ("leave your number and a message at the tone").

All new radios are digital now, right?

no.

"Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
When I was dead broke, man I couldn't picture this"

(The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy)

Woody Guthrie - This Land is Your Land

Power Station - Communication

seal - human beings

Atari baby - sigue sigue sputnik

in fact I bet all those late 80s pseudo cyber bands have bucket loads of songs suitable for this thread ..

shake it like a polaroid picture