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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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Now, we just press a button, slide a finger across the screen, and touch a lit button on our handheld, two-way radio (cellular telephone) or even talk to the phone to make a call by saying, "Okay, Google. Call John-Mobile." (If you're on an iPhone, I can't help you.)
In the '30s and all the way into the '60s, you probably remember that we used names and numbers to make calls. At first, we'd ask the operator to connect us, but with dial telephones, we could dial the numbers ourselves. One great song that came from the former was "Pennsylvania 6-5000" made famous by Glenn Miller and his orchestra.
For a more contemporary song, how about "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" by the Bee Gees? While that song doesn't specifically say anything about an actual call or writing, it does mention "...but you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone."
Stay well and enjoy!
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Buzz Buzz A Diddle It: Freddie (BoomBoom) Cannon (His car breaks down, he goes to a telephone booth to call his girl, somehow hears some guy on the line sweet-talking his girl; be begs the operator to break into the conversation so he can talk to his girl. Gone With The Wind had a simpler plot).
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