Telephone Songs

Telephone Songs
The first telephone song appeared in 1899 and was called Hello My
Baby. In the song, a man phones his girlfriend every morning to talk to her.
But first he has to speak to the operator and he has to talk very loudly
because the line is so bad. Phone calls appeared in a lot of pop songs in the
20th century, like Stevie Wonder's I Just Called to Say I Love You in 1984.
The famous American soul singer's song was number one in several
countries, like the USA, Britain, Germany and Italy and won an Oscar fom
Best Original Song in 1985.
In the last few years, phone songs have been about mobile phone calls. The most famous is Lady Gaga'
Telephone. A woman is dancing at a club when her boyfriend calls. "I can't hear you and I'm busy," she says. The
boyfriend rings again and again but the woman doesn't answer because she is dancing and having fun.
What will pop songs be about in the future? There will probably be more songs about social networking, li
New Friend Request by Gym Class Heroes. But they will still be about love!
1. What problems does the man in the first song have?
2. Who does he talk to first?
3. Where did Stevie Wonder's song do well?
4. What type of music is it?
5. Why does the woman in Lady Gaga's song not answer the phone?