Life’s a 45 when you can’t buy it. What does that mean?
It comes from the Hairspray lyrics of “without love.”
The exact phrase is…
Without love, life’s a 45 when you can’t buy it.
What does that mean? What’s a 45?
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I love Hairspray!
A 45 was a type of vinyl record (the big black ones) that was of great quality in the sixties. Loads of kids would’ve just died to have a good 45 versus a 33. It was like the Iphone of their generation, lol.
Good questions, I always wondered about that too 🙂
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Back in the day, before Cd’s, they made vinyl records. When played, they played at different speeds. For example, a full album would usually play at 33 rpm (revolutions per minute). A 45 was a smaller record which usually was a single (actually 2 singles — one on each side). As you might have guessed these smaller records played at 45rpm. People used to call them 45’s — today you would call them “singles”.
To answer your question about what that line means — it means that life without love is like living w/o a hit single that you want. You know it’s out there and you want it, but you don’t have it.
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4 years ago
Hairspray Without Love Lyrics
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In addition to the answer above, it means living without love is like looking at a wonderful life you can’t be a part of.
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