Phones are these really interesting devices that you tap on and put up next to your face and then they let you talk to anybody, anywhere in the world. You can call your grandma on her birthday! You can call the pizza shop and ask them to bring you pizza! If you want a cute person to call you, you can give them your secret number code and then spend the next few days glaring at your phone until it rings. You can stay up talking to someone awesome until it’s the next day and you didn’t even notice. Once I called my best friend who lived across town and I saw a plane cross the sky, and then thirty seconds later she saw it too. Technology is amazing.
These are situations full of dramatic potential, so it’s natural that so many great songs have been written about phones. Next time you’re waiting for a call, throw this on in the background. Perhaps it’ll give you the courage to call first, even.
Hangin’ On The Telephone
Stephanie Says – The Velvet Underground
Telephone – The Black Angels
Golden Phone – Micachu
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
Long Distance Operator – Bob Dylan & The Band
Angel, Won’t You Call Me – The Decemberists
My Number – Tegan & Sara
Girl On The Phone – The Jam
Telephone Wires – Mirah
Hanging On The Telephone – Blondie
Telephone – Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce
Hello Operator – The White Stripes
I Wanna Be Your Telephone – Jamie Lidell
Bratty B – Best Coast
The Call – Backstreet Boys
Answering Machine – The Replacements
Call Your Girlfriend – Robyn
URAQT – M.I.A.
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