Weekend Listomania: Special "Where's Don Ameche Now That We Need Him?" Edition

Okay, I had a long trying week, so let's forego the customary snarky intro about some imagined Manual Catharsis Technician and get right to the business at hand (heh). To wit:

...BEST OR WORST POST-ELVIS POP/ROCK/FOLK/SOUL SONG OR SINGLE REFERENCING TECHNOLOGICAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION IN THE TITLE OR LYRICS!

DISCUSS!!!

The New York Times magazine ran a similar list just last week; I didn't agree with many of their selections, and I've slightly altered the perameters they used so this is not quite the lazy slacker rip-off you might suspect. Also, it strikes me as there's gotta be at least one song out there along the same lines written specifically for the Internet Age, but I just can't think of one at the moment. Taylor Swift, maybe?

In any case, my totally Top of My Head Top Six is/are:

6. The Hounds -- Call Me

Originally I was gonna include the wonderful Chris Montez song of the same name, but then for obvious reasons I figured -- go with something I'm playing guitar on.

5. The Five Americans -- Western Union

Those kids were very clean, weren't they.

4. The Kinks -- Party Line

This is the only entry I have in common with the Times' list. I should add that the opening -- "Hello, Who is That Speaking Please?," as intoned by the band's unutterably posh then manager Robert Wace -- has been the ringtone of a ertain Shady Dame of my acquaintance for over a decade now.

3. Blondie -- Call Me

The Times went with Blondie's "Hangin' on the Telephone," but this one just strikes me as more apt.

2. The Beatles -- No Reply

"I tried to telephone/they said you were not home." Hey, it doesn't get more poignant than that.

And the Numero Uno song celebrating the joys talking of to your honey over long distances is...

It's a tie!!!

1. Wilson Pickett -- 634-5789/The Marvelettes -- Bechwood 4-5789

File under: phone numbers without area codes.

Alrighty then -- what would YOUR choices be?

And have a great weekend everybody!!!