VOKES, "Screens"
As I realized recently when preparing a Communications lecture on changing phone technologies, there were a LOT of songs in the 70s and 80s about telephones. (Just to name a few: ELO's "Telephone Line", Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone", Pete Shelley's "Telephone Operator", Kraftwerk's "The Telephone Call." And that's not even getting into the "867-5309"s of the world). Most of these songs referenced physical features of the telephones, like the cord, the handset, the keypad to talk about human relationships and romantic frustrations.
You'd think, with the move to haptic technologies--responsive touchscreens in every pocket--there would be a lot of songs about that. We have "You Spin me Round (Like a Record)," so where's "You Swipe Through Me (Like an Instagram Feed)"? Well, this funky little number from LA band VOKES is here to redress that imbalance. Sing along now: "Swipe me/ Give me what you want but never need/ Make you question your society/ Fill your brain with so much controversy."
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