Sony Walkman

[puffy]

I just read that this little device is considered such old technology that kids today don't even know what it is.I have one that I paid ten dollars for 20 years ago.It still plays like brand new.I'm on my fourth set of head phones.I listen to it for at least 30 minutes every nite while I smoke a bowl.Yes I'm old and I don't like change for the sake of change especially if the old still works.

 

[anglesey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_vV-JRZ6E
This is the video, I just saw it today too. Makes me sad, but I remember watching a program (I think it was friends) where a kid pulled out a record and asked what it was. I wonder if in 10 years they'll be doing the same with the ipod.

 

[teufelhund]

My 8 year old step daughter can use my turntable... Just a touch of pride for me; now if I could just manage to get her to stop playing my Alvin and the Chipmunks Xmas album I'd be happy.

 

[rayje589]

I remember tapes like it was 1987... I got my first walkman 11 years ago... wow. It played CD's. I wonder if my parents still have all their old tapes. That video was funny, and a little bit sad.

 

[jah76]

One of the girls who does data entry for me has no idea what a walkman is. She's 18.
My kids dont know what a VCR is and they look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them about having 3 channels and that they used to go off the air at night.

 

[crazypipe]

I remember these so well, had one myself, great post. ::

 

[virginiacob]

I never had an actual "Sony" Walkman. My parents bought me the Sears Roebuck equivalent. I played the hell out of it though and wore out many a cassette tape. ZZ Top, 38 Special, Dire Straits, John Cougar, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen...oh the memories! Now we have "80s on 8" on Sirius-XM.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Funny, I was just listening to Conway Twitty on my 8-track . . . does it get any better than that?

 

[cobguy]

There are still certain songs that make me think a "clunk" is about to come thanks to 8-tracks.
I'll be listening to it on the radio and catch myself actually anticipating it! 8O

 

[soggycitybob]

I was a die-hard Walkman guy. If my analog cassette tapes had lasted I'd still be using it too.

 

[olewaylon]

Conway Twitty was so far ahead of his time, in my day we called him Conway Twitter!

 

[cobguy]

That's f-f-f-fffunny!! :rofl:

 

[fadingdaylight]

I had a walkman for years. These days I keep all my music on my phone and computer. But I will never forget that first walkman.

 

[mso489]

I'm the age for Walkman, but I never owned one. I was a runner for a number of years, but I always wanted

to hear the world, not music. Yard work and similar chores never quite accommodated ear plugs. I do some

youTube concerts on my computer, but I still don't have an iPod or similar music archive. For some reason,

the technology that flows easily into other peoples' lives hides its delights from me. But in their heyday,

Walkman were everywhere.