Re: Forgotten Public Panics
Originally Posted by
Lencoboy
As for teenagers getting excited over a 5-pack of blank cassettes for Xmas or their birthdays, of course it would have been a bigger deal back then in the mid-80s, because it was all most kids knew at the time, coupled with the fact that the main hi-fi system in living rooms was mainly the preserve of dads, and usually out of bounds to the kids.
Our dad had the hi-fi and it was all separate tuners, tape and record decks etc and with speakers the size of tower blocks. My old man used to place them for the 'ultimate stereo sound' - which was hilarious seeing as he was deaf in one ear!
When you think that we went from these systems that took up half the living room to walking around with a gadget the size of a large stamp with the iPod Shuffle?
Even Walkmans were much derided by older generations at the time and just like video games, then smartphones some years later, were scapegoated for corrupting kids.
I wouldn't be without my music and ear buds.
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