Friday, July 13, 2012: The "Man, The 80's Had A Lot Of Songs About Telephones" Edition

Man, the 80's had a lot of songs about the telephone.

The most obvious selection, obviously, would be Stevie Wonder's 1984 smash, I Just Called To Say I Love You.

But, since you are here at Cool Song Of The Day and not Sentimental Tacky Crap Of The Day (Do we look like the kind of blog that plays I Just Called to Say I Love You? Go to the mall), we'll give that one a pass. As well as 1982's 867-5309 (Jenny), as passed over on yesterdays' blog.

Other telephone themed songs from the 1980's:

X - Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not (1980)

Yazoo - Bad Connection (1982)

Skyy - Call Me (1982)

Fun Boy Three - The Telephone Always Rings (1982)

Sheena Easton - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (1983)

Hot Chocolate - Tears On The Telephone (1983)

Midnight Star - Operator (1984)

Rockwell - Obscene Phone Caller (1984)

Bob Geldof - This is the World Calling (1986)

Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call (1987)

And probably a lot more that I probably forgot.

But there should be enough here to get your weekend started right, especially if you're rocking the retro groove.  And, hopefully, we've given you enough Dutch (musical) Courage to go and give that special someone a call.  Out of the blue. I bet it'll make their day.

However you choose to make it, gentle reader, make it a good one.

Monday, November 14, 2011: New Radicals - You Get What You Give

"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." Jesus, from the Gospel of Matthew 7:12 (New International Version)

"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." Hadith of an-Nawawi 13

"And, in the end, the love you take/ Is equal to the love you make." From The End by The Beatles.


As it's been known for centuries, you only get what you give.

Wake up kids, we've got the dreamers disease