Songs with dated references

[hitmouse]

It'd have to be "G4S scares the shit out of you" these days.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Thinking of semi-mythical 70s brands, are there any songs that mention Watney's? I feel like there must be, but can't think of any.

I bet there's loads in Macc Lads songs

 

[RedRedRose]

Like the Sweeny are no longer doing 90 cos got they got the word to go, because the Ray Winston / Plan B film was so shit the villains in the shed up at Heathrow would just laugh.

 

[A380]

Cool.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Cool.

 

[A380]

Martin would be unlikely to have a RTC with a black Mariah in an XJ6 unless the two brothers happened attending some kind of classic car rally. And it’s unlikely he’d hitchhike from Clapham to Crewe anymore , off peak super saver train tickets being relatively cheap nowadays.

 

[A380]

Tinder and Bumble mean that Sergeant Pepper is stacking shelves at Asda, the guitarist went back to being a maths teacher and the drummer is signing on. The bass player is big in Malaysia though.

 

[Mation]

Sadly it wasn’t him!

David Kitson?

 

[A380]

David Kitson?

Raymond Mhlaba I think, but I could be wrong. I often am...

 

[SpookyFrank]

Gil Scott-Heron - B Movie

It's about Reagan's election but could very easily be about Trump.

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Especially so now:

 

[mx wcfc]

Especially so now:

TBF, lots of HMHB stuff is dated. How old do you have to be to remember the DHSS?

(yes, I know most of Urban do).

 

[Elpenor]

Especially so now:

So that’s where the Gillingham FC fanzine Brian Moore’s Head name came from

 

[seeformiles]

It’s the 1990s….

 

[Signal 11]

TBF, lots of HMHB stuff is dated. How old do you have to be to remember the DHSS?

(yes, I know most of Urban do).

The news reminded me of this one: "I’m a dirty great big Five Nations fan"

 

[dessiato]

The lyrics of Don't Stay Out Late bother me when it comes to being creepy.

It's about "got me in a rage" because the girl is underage and has to go home even though he wants her to stay overnight

 

[krtek a houby]

Tramp the Dirt Down

 

[Combustible]

Friend of my parents was a semi professional left wing singer, protest songs mostly.

About 1992/3 he was doing a song calling for the release of a number of South African political prisoners. After the gig a nice old bloke came up to him, complemented him on the song and said ‘ you can drop the second verse, they let me out and I’m here…’

'I've never met a nice South African' would also have rather more dodgy connotations these days.

 

[magneze]

Madness, My Girl

Been on the telephone for an hour? Doubtful!

 

[PR1Berske]

"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies contains references to X-Files, LeAnn Rimes, Bert Kaempfert, Harrison Ford, Sting, Snickers, Akira Kurosawa, Sailor Moon, and Birchmont Stadium.

 

[hitmouse]

"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies contains references to X-Files, LeAnn Rimes, Bert Kaempfert, Harrison Ford, Sting, Snickers, Akira Kurosawa, Sailor Moon, and Birchmont Stadium.

I think I saw a poll somewhere of "best terrible 90s song that references the X-Files", with that up against Bloodhound Gang.

 

[Pickman's model]

Madness, My Girl

Been on the telephone for an hour? Doubtful!

You can't have much to say for yourself

 

[hitmouse]

"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies contains references to X-Files, LeAnn Rimes, Bert Kaempfert, Harrison Ford, Sting, Snickers, Akira Kurosawa, Sailor Moon, and Birchmont Stadium.

Also, surely Snickers can't count as a dated reference, it'd have to be Marathon for that?

 

[RedRedRose]

I think I saw a poll somewhere of "best terrible 90s song that references the X-Files", with that up against Bloodhound Gang.

I still like Catatonia's Road Rage

 

[hitmouse]

I still like Catatonia's Road Rage

I think roads still exist, looking it up the lyrics do also mention the space age but if anything we're in more of a space age now than we were then.

 

[Sue]

Also, surely Snickers can't count as a dated reference, it'd have to be Marathon for that?

And Kurosawa never gets old!

 

[Boru]

New Model Army - 1984 - about the miners strike and life in general in those years

 

[seeformiles]

Not sure council flats are as numerous as they were when this was written

 

[RedRedRose]

I think roads still exist, looking it up the lyrics do also mention the space age but if anything we're in more of a space age now than we were then.

Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for mulder and scully

 

[hitmouse]

Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for mulder and scully

I think the Catatonia song with Mulder and Scully in was called something else though, not Road Rage.