Things The iPod Generation Will Never Experience
I just read this and it took me straight back to my youth. A guy in Geography class gave me a mixtape of Oasis B-sides for no reason…I loved Acquiesce and everytime it finished I’d rewind my Walkman for 4 minutes and 30 seconds to hear it all over again.
What about the days where everyone had a different kind of tape player, or minidisc player, or even Discman…now everyone EVERYONE has an iPod. Apple’s domination expands to different sizes and colours of identikit music portability these days.
I love making mix CDs for my friends, something like that should never die. Of course much better on a C90 cassette, the painstaking work of choosing tracks, which order, will track 3 from Definitely Maybe fit on the rest of this side of the tape? And what about recording the songs off the radio, complete with a Dr Fox voiceover on the Pepsi Chart.
Music has evolved so much in 15 years…now we’re faced with endless Spotify playlists and music available before release…which is great, but the anticipation and appreciation of music seems to have vanished. Although, broken CD case teeth are a less frequent annoyance.
I remember, as a youth, spending my pocket money on CDs. On the bus home, unable to wait patiently til I was back in my bedroom adjacent to my Technics stack, I’d rip off the cellophane (either breaking a nail or involving my house keys) and make my way through the sleevenotes, reading the lyrics to see how many I knew, admiring the artwork and perhaps a postcard that came in the pack. In an hour’s time it would be stuck on my bedroom wall, its back adorned in Blu-tack, strategically-placed next to a Sleeper poster.
You can’t do that with digital content.
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