first hit record to mention the Internet/www?

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"www I'm the shit dot-com" - Chubb Rock, Prince Paul Presents "A Prince Among Thieves" (1999)

Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 3 March 2003 18:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

you forgot Chubb's brilliant removal of a "w": listen again and you'll see that he only uses 2 'w's.

(yes, I'm a sad, sad man)

oops (Oops), Monday, 3 March 2003 18:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

oh I didn't forget, I was just trying to cover for him...

Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 3 March 2003 18:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

no need to cover for him, it was 'brilliant'. Seriously though, a third 'w' would ruin his flow.

oops (Oops), Monday, 3 March 2003 18:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

twelve years pass...

came across toy-box's ultra-cheesy www.girl today and asked myself this very question. my first thought was, "i bet ilx has a thread on this subject". was not disappointed

chilli, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 23:53 (eight years ago) link

'89
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Og1DuMu3k

... (Eazy), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 00:07 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

the first instance i can think of is Mousse T's 'Horny' - the lyrical version from '98 (i think) but surely there was something a lot earlier than that - a hip hop track from '93/'94 perhaps?

I suspect there must be one older than Poe's "Hello" (first released late '95, became a hit on U.S. genre charts in late '96). The web was enough of a thing in 1995 for The Simpsons to make jokes about the internet containing nerds and porn. But that wouldn't transfer well to serious music :)

The unusual thing is that Poe's line, "like a disconnected modem", makes total sense. Most other lyricists seem amiably clueless about the technology or the lingo, e.g.

I tried to call you
But I can't find the telephone
I sent a message through the internet
But it rejected
(sic)

Cut Mousse T some slack, it's not his first language. Could there be an equally silly line on a hit in '95 or earlier?

flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link

(not a hit, perhaps not, uh, quality, but extant)

for sale: baby shoes, never worn your ass (katherine), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link

remember hearing this circa 1998 and finding it hilarious, if only because of the crowbarring of www., but neglecting to finish with a suffix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhYxe8S4WWk

(no offence to people) (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 23:17 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

I was going to mention that Lung Leg song and christ, it's the first one mentioned in that thread whodathunkit

PaulTMA, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link

wasn't really a hit but Prince's "Emale.com" came out on Emancipation in 1996.

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link


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