419. "Hello Operator" The White Stripes

"Hello Operator"
The White Stripes
De Stijl
2000

People talk a lot about how lazy we are as a society in this modern age. I understand - twice a day at work I see people hit the handicapped button for the doors to automatically open instead of actually, you know, using their arms to open a door.
But man, back in the day? Like way back in the day? People didn't even have to dial phones. They didn't even have to open a menu and then scroll to the name of person they wished to speak with and then click that person's name. They just picked up the damn phone and told the lady on the other end who they wanted to talk to.
It probably felt like having a butler.
Of course that all went away, and suddenly there were phones with dials. People in the 70's and 80's should have used this when their parents started talking about how hard they had it when they were kids. "Yeah dad, you had to walk to school in the snow? Uphill? Both ways? Well when I need to call someone with two zeroes in their number it takes like ten minutes."
Also, who is Jack White calling that their phone number is "9"? There is probably a website devoted to parsing this out. I bet they deduce it was either the God or the devil.

*This is the last band in the countdown to get their own label. Achievement unlocked!