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Songs (and more) About Calling and Writing

 

Once upon a time, we grabbed our phone's receiver when we wanted to dial out or answer a call.  We pulled out a pen and paper to write a letter and we couldn't wait to get cards and letters from far away friends and loved ones.  Now having a "landline" is becoming more of a punchline and a lot of people think that Palmer penmanship is something to be shunned.  Running out of postage stamps used to be a real problem (remember?), now a small quantity of Forever stamps might last us a very long time.

 

No doubt that our smartphones are almost as important to us as food, shelter, and clothing.  They do it all. When my phone battery gets too  low, and must be charged, I start experiencing separation anxiiety.  And it is hard to imagine living without emails, texting, social media, etc..  

 

But once those old phones and letters were all over the place in popular music once. Those old songs would never be the same if they used "today's" communications.  "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" is kind of a sweet upbeat old song.   Not nearly as endearing if it involved a docusigned (signed!) private message (sealed!) with a read receipt (delivered!)

 

So:  Songs About Telephones, Phone Calls, and Written Communications

and if you'd like to contemplate how those songs might be different today (and so bad) it would be fun to see those comments)

 

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Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepson)

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Care Of Cell 44: Zombies

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Why Don't You Write Me (Simon & Garfunkel)

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Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You: Everly Brothers

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Telephone Call (Stevie Nicks)

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Letter To Hermione (Bowie)

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Send Me a Postcard (Shocking Blue)

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I’m Wasting Good Paper: George Jones

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Why Don't You Write Me (Simon & Garfunkel)

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Poetry Man: Phoebe Snow

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Battle for Britain (the Letter) (David Bowie)

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You Won’t See Me: Beatles (When I call you up your line’s engaged).

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The Letter (Joe Cocker)

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Dear Landlord: Dylan

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Letter to Elise (Cure)

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Letter to You (Springsteen)

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Please Mr. Disc Jockey: Sensations (She tried phoning him and writing to him. Now she’s relying on her disc jockey and the power of radio. Simpler times indeed).

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Letter from a Friend (Blues Traveler)

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Letter To A School Girl - the Delacardos

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 (Love Always) Letter To Home – Glen Campbell

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Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone

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Hallelujah, I Love Her: Ray Charles (when he calls her on the telephone, she’s at his house right away).

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Death Letter (White Stripes)

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Call Me: Chris Montez, others.

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LETTERS That Cross in the Mail (Barbra Streisand)

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Don’t Hang Up: Orlons

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Operator - Jim Croce

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Letter to Memphis (Pixies)

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’39: Queen (Write your letters in the sand).

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Sealed With A Kiss: Brian Hyland

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