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Cudzoziemiec

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Unwittingly prescient lyrics
« on: 22 March, 2022, 10:46:27 am »
The Clash, Overpowered by Funk (1982):
"A phone box full of books"

At least three decades ahead of their time.
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rogerzilla

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Re: Unwittingly prescient lyrics
« Reply #1 on: 24 March, 2022, 10:09:25 am »
Pink Floyd, Nobody Home, 1979
"I've got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from"

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Jurek

Re: Unwittingly prescient lyrics
« Reply #2 on: 24 March, 2022, 05:55:25 pm »
Not lyrics, but film.
Ridley Scott's 1982 Blade runner.
Set in 2019.
When Deckard goes to search the apartment of Zhora Salome, he has to coax the fluorescent light into life by flicking the tube with his finger.
See also: pretty much everything from Terry Gilliam's 1985 film, Brazil.
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CrazyEnglishTriathlete

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Re: Unwittingly prescient lyrics
« Reply #3 on: 01 April, 2022, 09:42:59 pm »
Explosions in the Sky had the script "This Plane will Crash Tomorrow" on the cover of their album "Those who tell the truth shall die, Those who tell the truth shall live for ever," released on 4 September 2001.
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