I remember listening to the Walkman for the first time on a school picnic in 1985. I was 11 years old then. We were in the school bus and this classmate of mine proudly started flaunting his Walkman that one of his uncles' had got him from the US. I had absolutely no idea what it was until he asked me to put on the headphones. With me in anticipation he then pressed "Play". I swear I can never forget what my first song on the Walkman sounded like. The song was Michael Jackson's "Wanna be starting something" and the way I could appreciate different sounds in spatial, 3D clarity was amazing. I begged my classmate to let me listen to one more song but he was a shrewd businessman. Before he hit the play button again I had to pay a fee for the liberty of listening to his prized possession!
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ChimesofFreedom
- 05.07.2009 @ 00:13:45
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justgrrl
- 07.07.2009 @ 10:03:47
Sony Walkman was still 'in' in the 90s - I used to listen Bach (played by Gould) on a Sony Walkman while cycling ('crashes' with other bikers was always avoideded because... they had no Walkman themselves and could concentrate on biking :-) ).
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paradisewildchild
- 07.07.2009 @ 10:46:26
Good thinking on your part!!
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I too remember my first Walkman - the advertising said something like "Live your life to a soundtrack" and it really felt like that too!
At the time it was the height of sophistication and miniaturisation - we couldn't have even imagined the mP3 player in those days, it was enough that we had music on the move :-)