Expired Lyrics: Joan Jett
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"Put another dime in the jukebox, baby" --Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock 'N' Roll' (1982)
You might be able to love rock 'n' roll for a dime, but hearing it on a jukebox will likely cost you a dollar.
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stauffrat 1-30-2009
Likewise: "Put another nickel in... In the Nickelodeon..."
...and another, and another, and another, and another.....................
kgk0801at 1-31-2009
I've talked to Ms Jett way kewl Love HER!
ninakotovaat 1-31-2009
the spinner staff should kill themselves. this is the most inane article on the internet
whabtbobat 2-12-2009
Unfortunately, ninakotova, this is just one of SEVERAL articles produced by Spinner that qualify as "inane" to true music lovers. Spinner passes themselves off as knowledgeable, yet their lists are filled with absurd selections (ie, lists of "rock songs" from rap artists).
Trust me, if you read additional articles from Spinner, get your poison pen sharpened and ready. When it comes to music, they have no clue what they are talking about.
Amberat 1-31-2009
It cost a quarter for a song when this record was released, so it was predated outdated.
laraandgregmat 1-31-2009
Jim Croce's "Operator"
"Thank you for your time, ah, you've been so much more than kind, and you can keep the dime."
doohickey2at 2-12-2009
"You spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby, right round, round round..."
Kelso Horrorat 2-17-2009
What about "Don't put another Dime in the jukebox"?
Kelly Ann Hartmanat 8-14-2009
even then in the early 1980s when the song came out ,,, it would have cost you a quarter,,, most jukeboxes then gave you one song for a quarter, 2 or 3 for 50 cents, and so forth as some then 7 for a dollar if it was 3 for 50 but you had to use quarters only and do it in one shot
p curleyat 8-14-2009
Infaltion will always make any lyric related to money obsolete. In the early 50's Theresa Brewer asked someone to "Put another nickel in, in the nickelodien". You could easily change the lyrics to reflect the higher cost of living. How about "Truck Drivin' Man" "I'll put a nickel in the Jukebox, and play 'Truck Drivin' man'". I believe there was a later version which upped the cost to a quarter. Today it would be a dollar. And the prior poster is correct. When Joan had this hit, it already was at least a quarter, maybe more.
Does anyone remember Niel Young's "After the Gold Rush" with the lyric "Look at Mother Nature on the run, in 1970? Dolly Parton remade the song in the 90's and changed it to "Look at Mother Nature on the run, in the 21st century". Now that lyric won't be obsolete for 90 years
How about "Walking in the Rain with the One I love" by Love Unlimited,(1972) in which Barry White, without label credit, spoke the part of the boyfriend on the other end of the telephone? This one had an obselete sound effect as it had the sound of a rotary dial phone.
alschrodat 8-14-2009
Lets go way back. How about Eartha Kitt wanting "Santa Baby" to bring her a "'54 convertable too, light blue"!
Margaliat 8-14-2009
If you want "expired lyrics", I don't think it gets any more expired than The Who's "Talkin' 'bout My Generation" with that wonderful line "Hope I die before I get old." Um, lads, it's too late for that . . .
jimat 8-18-2009
I thought it was a syllable thing...I mean "put another quarter in the jukebox, baby" would have sounded kinda wrong.
Cassieat 8-18-2009
Go to Johnny Rockets in Syracuse, NY. Jukebox still costs 5 cents.
Carlyat 9-20-2009
Wait, not only does music now cost $1.29, but jukeboxes have become obsolete. So maybe Joan Jett should say
"I Love Rock n Roll, so give another dollar to the DJ baby!"
novakengoodat 10-19-2009
Maybe I'm getting old, but I seem to remember that the sound from jukeboxes was much better than the music I hear from my Ipod.
ginsbergat 10-26-2009
Favorite Joan Jett quote of ALL time: "Fuck you Buffalo, I'm never comin' back here again!"
Ju42anaat 10-29-2009
lmfao whats that from???