Do we just want clock times, or is, e.g., “closing time” valid?
Roy Clark-Left Or Right At Oak Street?
Rocket Man, Elton John
“Zero hour - nine AM”
One O’Clock Jump, Count Basie
MTA, Kingston Trio
“Charlie’s wife goes down to the Sculley Square station
Every day at quarter past two. . .”
Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon
“Four in the morning, crapped out, yawning. . .”
Saturday Night’s Alright, Elton John
“It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock. . .”
“Heartattack and Vine” takes place at 8:35 pm. (“Well I’ll bet she’s still a virgin, but it’s only twenty-five 'til nine”)
I said “Look man, what time is it?”
He said “The clock on the wall say three o’clock
Last call for alcohol, so what you need?”
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer…
(George Thorogood, by way of John Lee Hooker)
Every track on Roger Waters’ The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, as far as I know the only album that’s in real time.
“We get up at noon and go to work at one, take an hour for lunch and then at two we’re done – jolly good fun!” (“The Merry Old Land of Oz”)
Chuck Berry’s “Reelin’ and Rockin’” mentions 9:21, 9:32, 9:43, 9:54, 10:05, 10:26, 10:28, and 10:29.
Elton John again, “it’s four o’clock in the morning, damn it” - Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Can’t believe someone beat me to that one.
Blondie: “11:59”
"The Darktown Strutters’ Ball (half past eight)
What Time Is It? - Spin Doctors (4:30).
“It’s a quarter after one, I’m a little drunk and I need you now…”
- Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now”
“Don’t you know that I dance, I dance 'til a quarter to three…”
- Gary U.S. Bonds, “Quarter to Three.”
2:45 Elliot Smith. I find in to be a very emotionally moving song, but if anyone can fully explain the lyrics to me, I will consider them a superior human being worthy my my unending admiration.
This whole thread answers the question-Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Chicago)
But…does anybody really care? :dubious:
And, Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary (10 pm)
You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive
“Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning,
And the sun goes down about three in the day.”
Grateful Dead: “Casey Jones”
This old engine makes it on time
Leaves Central Station ‘bout a quarter to nine
Hits River Junction at seventeen to
At a quarter to ten, you know it’s travellin’ again
If I can include general times, then “Feelin’ Groovy” by Simon and Garfunkel, mentions it’s the morning. Also by them is the song “Wednesday Morning, 3AM.”
This, too, might not be specific enough, but Frank Sinatra sung “The Wee Small Hours of the Morning.”
“When I’m Sixty-Four,” by the Beatles, has the line If I’ve been out 'till quarter to three/Would you lock the door?
Lastly, mentioning this song is a dirty job, but someone has to do it: “Friday” by Rebecca Black, opens with 7AM wakin’ up in the mornin’.
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Traditional English carol:
Past three o’clock
And a cold, frosty morning.
Past three o’clock,
Good morrow, masters all.
“Heart of Rock and Roll” by Huey Lewis and the News:
New York, New York is everything they say,
Ain’t no place that I’d rather be.
Where else can you do a half a million things
All at a quarter to three?