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Five songs that have not aged well Five songs that have not aged well
(5 months later)
Have you heard the recent hit single #SELFIE by The Chainsmokers? It is, it's safe to say, one of the worst things we've come across this year – but it comes with a built-in expiry date, ensuring that it's going to sound extremely dated in the very near future.Have you heard the recent hit single #SELFIE by The Chainsmokers? It is, it's safe to say, one of the worst things we've come across this year – but it comes with a built-in expiry date, ensuring that it's going to sound extremely dated in the very near future.
Why dated? Well, selfies themselves are most likely just another flash Why dated? Well, selfies themselves are most likely just another flash in the internet pan. Give it another five years and we’ll all be laughing at how selfies were ever a thing, and all memory of this affiliated club banger will have died.
in the internet pan. Give it another five years and we’ll all be laughing at how selfies Here are a few other songs featuring lyrics that the years haven't treated kindly – can you think of any other examples? Let us know in the thread below.
were ever a thing, and all memory of this affiliated club
banger will have died.
Here are a few other songs featuring lyrics that
the years haven't treated kindly – can you think of any other examples?
Let us know in the thread below.
..
Pulp - Disco 2000Pulp - Disco 2000
Pulp’s 1995 Pulp’s 1995 ode to oncoming adulthood proposes a friendship group’s reunion at the start of the millenium, five years away at the time. “Won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown?” sings Jarvis. At the time of writing that meet-up would have happened 14 years ago.
ode to oncoming adulthood proposes a friendship group’s reunion at the
start of the millenium, five years away at the time. “Won’t it be
strange when we’re all fully grown?” sings Jarvis. At the time of writing that meet-up would have happened 14 years ago.
Beyonce - Crazy In LoveBeyonce - Crazy In Love
Crazy In Love still sounds Crazy In Love still sounds like it’s from the future, apart from one clanging line in the chorus: “Got me hopin’ you page me right now.” Pagers, Beyonce? You want Jay to page you his number so you can go to a phone and call him up? Good luck finding a pager and an easily accessible land line in this day and age.
like it’s from the future, apart from one clanging line in the chorus:
“Got me hopin’ you page me right now.” Pagers, Beyonce? You want Jay to
page you his number so you can go to a phone and call him up? Good luck finding a pager and an easily accessible land line in this day and
age.
Ed Sheeran - Wake Me UpEd Sheeran - Wake Me Up
The scruffy singer-songwriter sure knows how to woo a lady with smooth The scruffy singer-songwriter sure knows how to woo a lady with smooth lines like “if your DVD breaks today / you should have got a VCR, 'cause I never owned a Blu-ray, true say.” Not only does that line make less sense the more you read it, but give it 10 years and we’ll all be streaming Netflix directly into our brains, and nobody will remember what a VCR is.
lines like “if your DVD breaks today / you should have got a VCR, 'cause
I never owned a Blu-ray, true say.” Not only does that line make less
sense the more you read it, but give it 10 years and we’ll all be
streaming Netflix directly into our brains, and nobody will remember what a
VCR is.
Pitbull - Go GirlPitbull - Go Girl
A tip to all musicians: refrain from mentioning social networks in your A tip to all musicians: refrain from mentioning social networks in your songs. As soon as you do, the internet will evolve a new number one website purely to make your cheap club tune date as quickly as possible. “She’s on my top eight / Bagged her off of MySpace” boasts Pitbull in slightly creepy fashion.
songs. As soon as you do, the internet will evolve a new number one
website purely to make your cheap club tune date as quickly as possible.
“She’s on my top eight / Bagged her off of MySpace” boasts Pitbull in slightly creepy fashion.
Will Smith - Will2K (Willennium)Will Smith - Will2K (Willennium)
Will Smith once made the brilliant decision to create a song that would Will Smith once made the brilliant decision to create a song that would only ever be properly relevant for one night in history. Will2K’s pre-2000 optimism feels more quaint every year: "What’s gonna happen, don’t nobody know / We’ll see when the clock hits the 12-0-0.” Well, we do know now, and the answer was, er, nothing much.
only ever be properly relevant for one night in history. Will2K’s
pre-2000 optimism feels more quaint every year: "What’s gonna happen,
don’t nobody know / We’ll see when the clock hits the 12-0-0.” Well, we
do know now, and the answer was, er, nothing much.