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Dead walkman walking

  • 25-10-2010 5:32pm
    #1
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭


    Bye bye walkman. Maybe everyone could re-popularise the walkman and start wearing tight shorts and leg warmers again.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/256062


Comments

  • #2
    Asphyxia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,740 ✭✭✭Asphyxia


    Aww I remember when I got one for Christmas one year so many kids were jealous :cool:


  • #3
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    I think i still have mine somewhere.
    I'm gonna start using it again-just to be different.:pac:


  • #4
    kippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,984 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Mini Disc players are the future I tell ya!


  • #5
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    I still use my sony walkman when i am walking


  • #6
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    realies wrote: »
    I still use my sony walkman when i am walking

    So thats what they are for.


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  • #7
    Kimono-Girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Kimono-Girl


    I Still have my one,:D i loved it so much! would never use it now though :(


  • #8
    Riddle101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,476 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    I liked the way you could make mixed tapes of your favorite songs, but I don't think i'll miss them tbh. Not when you got an ipod


  • #9
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Had a yellow one - would need 4 AA batteries everyweek - thank god for the iPod


  • #10
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    I wonder do they still make Rubik's Cubes?


  • #11
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    I wonder do they still make Rubik's Cubes?

    lol, you serious?


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  • #12
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    I wonder do they still make Rubik's Cubes?

    Yeah! Saw them in Smyths yesterday.


  • #13
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    SV wrote: »
    lol, you serious?
    alwaysadub wrote: »
    Yeah! Saw them in Smyths yesterday.

    There y'are now! ;)


  • #14
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    fontanalis wrote: »
    Bye bye walkman. Maybe everyone could re-popularise the walkman and start wearing tight shorts and leg warmers again.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/256062

    Tight shorts and leg warmers:- FAMEous...


  • #15
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    fontanalis wrote: »
    Bye bye walkman. Maybe everyone could re-popularise the walkman and start wearing tight shorts and leg warmers again.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/256062

    Ah! Tight shorts and leg warmers:- FAMEous...


  • #16
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    policarp wrote: »
    Ah! Tight shorts and leg warmers:- FAMEous...
    policarp wrote: »
    Tight shorts and leg warmers:- FAMEous...


    Are we playing "spot the difference"?


  • #17
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Its scary to think theres alot of people on boards who never used a walkman!


  • #18
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Agricola wrote: »
    Its scary to think theres alot of people on boards who never used a walkman!

    Or had sex.


  • #19
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Are we playing "spot the difference"?

    Ah! It's like New York, New York,
    So good they named it twice...


  • #20
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Agricola wrote: »
    Its scary to think theres alot of people on boards who never used a walkman!

    Young people today don't know what they're missing!


  • #21
    dr ro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 970 ✭✭✭dr ro


    alwaysadub wrote: »
    Young people today don't know what they're missing!

    They will soon when the second dip gets here.


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  • #22
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,945 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    More than 30 years of portable media. Went full circle from coolest thing ever to what moron is still buying a goddamn walkman? That said minidisc players were far cooler than mp3 players. They just were. If you weren't there you wouldn't understand.


  • #23
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    That said minidisc players were far cooler than mp3 players. They just were. If you weren't there you wouldn't understand.

    Damn straight. Loved my mini-disc player. Had one in the car too.


  • #24
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    I never really like minidiscs.
    Seems i was never cool so:(


  • #25
    Skinfull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭Skinfull


    Few years back a site was selling walkmans as ipod cases...but sony shut them down. So Screw sony I say! Maybe there'd be a demand for walkman cases if they let the market go! :rolleyes:


  • #26
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    There y'are now! ;)

    Well yeah! I thought it was pretty obvious they did sell them!


  • #27
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I thought Sony made mp3 players under the name Walkman these days?
    I've never been able to understand the point or popularity of iPods.


  • #28
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Ah, consigned to the realm of nostalgia and pop-culture history? Sounds like they're now perfect for use by hipsters (ironically of course)


  • #29
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I thought Sony made mp3 players under the name Walkman these days?
    I've never been able to understand the point or popularity of iPods.
    Ipods are handy if you're a mac user with some knowledge.
    Other than that they're just an mp3 player using a different format.

    Also, I miss my walkman.
    I liked the one with auto reverse or whatever it was called. You didn't have to take the tape out to play the other side.


  • #30
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    More than 30 years of portable media. Went full circle from coolest thing ever to what moron is still buying a goddamn walkman? That said minidisc players were far cooler than mp3 players. They just were. If you weren't there you wouldn't understand.

    They may have been cooler, but they were still a pain in the arse. I remember buying one for recording college lectures and if the batteries (regular AA) went flat at any time during the lecture the entire recording would be lost. So you had to make sure to use full batteries for every single lecture. You'd be on tender-hooks worrying the thing was gonna clap out for some or other reason. It was a very expensive gadget too IIRC.

    I'll take a mp3 player (esp on with video) over minidisc anyway. Lot of things I look back fondly on but that wasn't one of them. Certainly in terms of nostalgia my walkman would also beat the minidisc.


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  • #31
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    I'd take my walkman over my Discman anyday. Had a cheap ass walkman and it was great, had a relatively decent Discman and it skipped and scratched almost every CD if you took so much as a leisurely stroll.

    I let the whole mini disc thing pass me by, probably because I coudln't afford a minidisc player, loads of discs and a new stereo with a minidisc port. Was quite glad of that as they were so short lived and replaced by much more functional and friendsly MP3 players.


  • #32
    ilovesleep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭ilovesleep


    I loved my walkman(s) - had so many of them down through the years. My last walkman I still have somewhere.

    I used the walkman right up until about 2005 or 2006 with the last few years carrying a discman too and having the pick between walkman or discman. After that I used the phone for music on the go. Got my first ipod this year and I love it. All my music is there in the one device along with some music videos, movies, games, photos, and lots more.

    I remember when I was younger listening to the radio at home for hours, with a blank tape ready, trying to catch my favourite songs to record. Thank god for itunes now.


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