[SamAdams76]

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Of course, all of that seems absolutely primitive to the younger generations, who have immediate access to millions of songs on their phone devices.

Actually a lot of younger people seem fascinated by analog technology - the vinyl resurgence seems to be fueled in large part by younger people, not just people like me who want to re-assemble the vinyl collections we used to have as kids and teenagers.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

It took me a minute to figure it out, because I thought of the Flying Fortress. Which kids today will also know nothing about.

[Tennessee Nana]

Duke of Earl was the first song I ever heard on a jukebox...

[Sequoyah101]

They know who ONJ is?

What is a pay phone?

[Bringbackthedraft]

There was something magical about dropping a quarter, selecting your song and then listening to them play for the entire crowd. .......................... In my era it was a nickle in the jukebox to play Earth Angel.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll”
(Joan Jett And The Blackhearts)

I saw him dancing there by the record machine
I knew he must have been about seventeen
The beat was going strong
Playing my favorite song
And I could tell it wouldn’t be long till he was with me, yeah me
And I could tell it wouldn’t be long till he was with me, yeah me

Singing, I love rock and roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock and roll
So come and take your time and dance with me
Ow!

He smiled, so I got up and asked for his name
But that don’t matter, he said, ‘cause it’s all the same
He said, “Can I take you home
Where we can be alone?”
And next we were moving on, he was with me, yeah me
Next we were moving on, he was with me, yeah me

Singing, I love rock and roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock and roll
So come and take your time and dance with me
Ow!

He said, “Can I take you home
Where we can be alone?”
Next we’re moving on, he was with me, yeah me
And we’ll be moving on and singing that same old song, yeah with me

Singing, I love rock and roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock and roll
So come and take your time and dance with me

I love rock and roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock and roll
So come and take your time and dance with

I love rock and roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock and roll
So come and take your time and dance with

I love rock and roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock and roll
So come and take your time and dance with

I love rock and roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock and roll
So come and take your time and dance with me

[alloysteel]

“Gee, Ma, it was a Wurlitzer!”

Younger people have so little context with an older and seemingly simpler time. Dial phones, AM car radios, juke boxes, 45 RPM records (”the little records with the big holes”), soda fountains in drug stores, the rumble of a flathead Ford V-8 being wound out, marching bands and horse parades, even Hula-Hoops.

The past is a great place to visit, but few could live there.

[bramps]

There was something magical about dropping a quarter, selecting your song and then listening to them play for the entire crowd

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Not to mention the restaurant booths with the wallhangers. Just flipping the panels to look at the songs was a kick in itself.

[SkyPilot]

Someone turn the channel and dial the telephone.

[Trumpet 1]

In France at the University of Grenoble, they had a record room. Apparently, socialism provided limited resources. Therefore if you wanted to play a record you had to go to the college discotech. 1969 The Beatles White Album Why don’t we do it in the road... and Lead Zef, gotta whole lot of Love. The Americans were into Rock. The Natives mostly seems to like French Polka music. Jazz was slightly appreciated.

[bramps]

Fonzie appreciates this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mIwTWGOMY0

[ArcadeQuarters]

Are young people even listening to Olivia Newton-John?

[Responsibility2nd]

I thought she meant don’t play with B-17s. Those are dangerously big aircraft. They could hurt you if you play with them.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Wow I didn’t even get it....I thought it was talking about something from the bomber! Don’t know the song so can’t go by that either.

Anyway, yes, it’s a jukebox ref.

But our jukebox wasn’t quite that way. The AMI used a wheel so there was no “stack”. Just plain numbered all the slots in order by 10s with letters to separate.

[LibWhacker]

They got a vintage Victrola 1951
Full of my favorite records that I grew up on
They got ole Hank and Lefty and there's B24
Set 'em up Joe, and play 'Walking The Floor'

Set 'em up Joe, and play 'Walking The Floor'
I'm gonna spend the night like every night before
Playin' ET and I'll play him some more
I've gotta have a shot of them old troubadours...

Know the feeling - And I'm waaay old enough to remember what a juke box was... B24, B24? Are they a musical group? Finally figured it out way longer than it should've taken me.

[Texas resident]

My wife told her students something about don’t be a broken record. Blank stares.

[cornfedcowboy]

My eighteen year old just learned what a phone busy signal sounds like. He had never heard it before.

[babble-on]

I never knew those were the actual lyrics.

There’s also an early Springsteen song (”Growin Up”) where he says, “I pushed B-52 and bombed ‘em with the blues.”

[sauropod]

I tjought it was an airplane.

[SamAdams76]

Here's another "please don't play that on the jukebox" song.

Johnny Paycheck - "A-11".