Comments on: Telephone songs

By: Bkhuna

Bkhuna — Sun, 09 May 2021 11:39:29 +0000

How you miss Blondie-Hanging On The Telephone?

Jim Stolba — Sun, 09 May 2021 01:39:54 +0000

Telephones are nice, but so ordinary. Go exotic:

“Telegraph cables, that sing down the highway
And travel each bend in the road,
People who meet in this romantic setting
Are so hypnotized”

Moonlight in Vermont

Wild, wild west — Fri, 07 May 2021 18:48:38 +0000

Steely Dan tied telephones and letter writing together in Rikki Don’t Lose That Number:

Ruth — Fri, 07 May 2021 17:45:57 +0000

and

John Denver: “The Thought of You”
https://youtu.be/7kOuPZvg1Rs

FOAF — Fri, 07 May 2021 15:31:30 +0000

A classic blues by Muddy Waters, “Long Distance Call”

I once had that as the ringtone on my cell phone.

And for something completely different, Jenny:

The Deej — Fri, 07 May 2021 15:00:47 +0000

Sylvia’s Mother

Roy Lofquist — Fri, 07 May 2021 13:22:55 +0000

Can’t believe y’all didn’t bring up this number one hit by Jim Reeves:

Texan99 — Fri, 07 May 2021 12:35:18 +0000

“Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not”

LeClerc — Fri, 07 May 2021 12:15:32 +0000

Early Stones: “Off the Hook”.

T Migratorious — Fri, 07 May 2021 11:44:38 +0000

“Call Me” is more famous, but I far prefer another Blondie song about telephones, “Hanging on the Telephone.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhkbDMISl8

And there is yet another “Operator” song, this one by Manhattan Transfer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9aKZZJvB0E