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Songs About Old Technology

It's the songs about old technology, from Debbie being in a phone box across the hall, Dire Straits waitng for MTV or the Buggles fearing that video would kill the radio stars!

Tonight, we're looking for songs that include old technology and lost ways of communicating. Debbie was in the phone box across the hall, the Buggles feared video, and Dire Straits were waiting for MTV. What songs feature gadgets, machines or technology that are now relics of another age? You can text us live on 80295, email the show at getiton@bbc.co.uk, join us on Whatsapp at 0800 92 95 00 or just ask your smart speaker to ask BBC Sounds to send a comment to Radio Scotland.

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Music Played

  • Blondie

    Hanging On The Telephone

    • Parallel Lines.
    • Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA).
    • 1.

  • OutKast

    Hey Ya!

    • Outkast - Speakerboxxx.
    • Arista.

  • The Proclaimers

    Letter From America

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • The Smiths

    Bigmouth Strikes Again

    • Singles.
    • WEA.
    • 10.

  • Sweet

    Alexander Graham Bell

    • Ballroom Hitz.
    • BMG Denmark.
    • 003.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    Call Me Maybe

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Del Amitri

    Nothing Ever Happens

    • Waking Hours.
    • Universal.
    • 010.

  • T. Rex

    Telegram Sam

    • The Very Best Of Marc Bolan And T-Rex.
    • Music Club.
    • 1.

  • The Police

    Message In A Bottle

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Cliff Richard

    Wired For Sound

    • Cliff Richard - Private Collection.
    • EMI.

  • The Buggles

    Video Killed The Radio Star

    • Big 70s Party.
    • EMI / Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Dolly Parton

    9 to 5

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Maroon 5

    Payphone

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Aztec Camera

    We Could Send Letters

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner.esp.
    • 16.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Telephone Line

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Ivana Spagna

    Call Me

    • Holiday CD, The.
    • CBS.
    • 7.

  • The Jags

    Back Of My Hand

    • Music Of The Year: 1979 (Various).
    • Spectrum.

  • Paul Simon

    Kodachrome

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 5.

  • Tom Robinson

    Listen To The Radio: Atmospherics

    • Pure Soft Metal (Various Artists).
    • Temple Records.

  • The Boomtown Rats

    I Don't Like Mondays

    • 25 Years Of Rock'NRoll: 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 15.

  • Sam Cooke

    (What A) Wonderful World

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Wed 16 Sep 202618:00
    BBC Radio Scotland