I was listening to my early 80s playlist on Spotify the other day, and "Human Touch" by Rick Springfield was starting to play. The opening lyrics go lie this.
Everybody's talking to computers,
They're all dancing to a drum machine...
The song came out in summer of 1983. I had just left Orlando Christian School and was going to attend a different elementary school for next year (I wasn't aware I was going to move to NC yet). Social media was eons away; we communicated through a land line telephone or via mail. We actually danced to live bands back then.
Look at us in 2019. Our primary form of communication is via computer (Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Younger people dance to EDM (electronic/digital music), so essentially a drum machine. Could it be possible that Rick Springfield somehow could sense the future? Food for thought...
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