While listening to Shelby Lynne's song, "Telephone," recently, I thought, "This tune was released in 2003. How many other songs since then have referred to a landline phone as something people still use?" I still like having a phone that isn't subject to the spotty connection that sometimes goes with a cell phone, but I know landline phones are less common today. I also like the premise of Lynne's "Telephone," in which she hopes that the person whose landline she called won't answer; her hopes are dashed, alas.
Knowing that the song's premise rests on someone answering a landline makes 2003 feel like a long time ago, though.
