There is a generation that has not grown up with .......

sbsquarepants · 20-11-2020 01:00PM

Strumms wrote: »

I miss buying physical music. Yes the accessibility of Spotify is amazingly brilliant but I loved spending 40 minutes in the old tower records in Wicklow St.. trawling shelves... Virgin megastore on the Champs Elysses ( you’d need 2 hours ), Fargo and FNAC in Paris, and HMV Oxford St...

One of my favourite things to do was to spend an hour or so, aimlessly browsing in tower or the Virgin Megastore. Flicking through the posters being a particular highpoint:D

Rarely bought anything more than a can of coke, so i can see how it wasn't very sustainable as a business.

IAMAMORON · 20-11-2020 01:01PM

Emanuel Jealous Kickback wrote: »

Have skin mags been mentioned?

Yes twice now.

branie2 · 20-11-2020 01:59PM

Mail order catalogues

branie2 · 20-11-2020 02:01PM

BeerWolf wrote: »

Watching films on Laser Discs in the 80s and early 90s. Paired with a THX Surround Sound 5.1 setup was some quality stuff to watch on.

The forerunners of DVDs and Blu-rays

bonzodog2 · 20-11-2020 02:13PM

Answers on a postcard please

The Continental Op · 20-11-2020 02:21PM

Include a self addressed stamped envelope.

branie2 · 20-11-2020 02:26PM

Mailbag with Arthur Murphy

PGE1970 · 20-11-2020 02:32PM

Those red and white canvas huts put up by P&T workers around manholes.

Invariably to keep them from public eye while they had their tea!!

branie2 · 20-11-2020 02:37PM

Walkmans

Be right back · 20-11-2020 02:59PM

Cars with roll up windows.

20-11-2020 03:01PM

.........Privacy.

branie2 · 20-11-2020 03:02PM

Video players

The J Stands for Jay · 20-11-2020 03:05PM

buried wrote: »

Maybe not so much in other countries but definitely here in Ireland there is a generation that has not grown up with mainstream radio stations playing a selection of new forward pushing music or syndicating a show that selects current forward pushing pop/rock/electronic music. This was not the case in the 80's, 90's early 2000's. The last mainstream show to do this was probably Dineen's slot for Today FM about nearly 15 years ago now. An Taobh Tuathail on Raidió na Gaeltachta still does it, but unfortunately that station is far from the ears of the majority. It's a f**king shame because plenty of good new music is being released on a constant basis but the mainstream stations won't touch it or allow anybody to play it. And these artists could do with the showcasing, especially now in the current situation where live shows are basically gone.

I miss No Disco on rte.

The J Stands for Jay · 20-11-2020 03:07PM

Das Reich wrote: »

There was this thing in Ireland in the 80's? I remember a relative bought a CD player (music) in 1993 in Brazil, and when I came to Europe end of 90's people still were using cassette. I think dvd replaced VHS in Europe only in 2000.

I think it was the PS2 that really kicked off the acceptance of dvds in Ireland. I remember buying my first cd player in 1996 because I was disgusted by the extra tracks on a cd single compared to a single on a cassette.

BeerWolf · 20-11-2020 03:07PM

Das Reich wrote: »

There was this thing in Ireland in the 80's? I remember a relative bought a CD player (music) in 1993 in Brazil, and when I came to Europe end of 90's people still were using cassette. I think dvd replaced VHS in Europe only in 2000.

Was living in Malaysia at the time. Country had a big influence from the USA, and was honestly more modern than Ireland then.

The J Stands for Jay · 20-11-2020 03:09PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

One of my favourite things to do was to spend an hour or so, aimlessly browsing in tower or the Virgin Megastore. Flicking through the posters being a particular highpoint:D

Rarely bought anything more than a can of coke, so i can see how it wasn't very sustainable as a business.

Going to the import section of the times Square virgin megastore, then realising you're a dope because all the imports are the stuff you have at home (they didn't seem to have many Japanese imports).

olestoepoke · 20-11-2020 03:11PM

Tying a rope around the concrete street lights and swinging at dizzying heights for entire summers. Holy moly, if I saw my kids doing that today I'd have a heart attack. Or the excitement of calling into Virgin on the quays every Friday on the way home from work to browse and by a CD. Theres about a 1,000 of them in the attic gathering dust whilst I listen to Spotify.

BeerWolf · 20-11-2020 03:13PM

branie2 wrote: »

The forerunners of DVDs and Blu-rays

Was a nuisance having to flip the disc over halfway through a film until players eventually had the feature to read both sides... that was game changing!

SB71 · 20-11-2020 03:16PM

A generation (not all i may add) who find offence in the slightest things, some actually go out of their way to be offended, whether that be Only fools and horses, James Bond, Friends,etc,etc,etc the latest one is BBC radio playing a modified version of the classic much loved fairytale of New York because it contains the word "fa*got" ,have people nothing else to be doing in they're sad mundane lives than to continually find office with so many things, and they then get all offended because they are called millennial snowflakes. :rolleyes:

Say Your Number · 20-11-2020 03:21PM

Older generations going on about soft they are and boring on about how much better things were in their day.

The J Stands for Jay · 20-11-2020 03:24PM

BeerWolf wrote: »

Was a nuisance having to flip the disc over halfway through a film until players eventually had the feature to read both sides... that was game changing!

I have an early DVD copy of Bladerunner that has two sides on it. One was wide-screen, and the other was old-fashioned TV sized (I can't even remember what that was called 14:9? Pan and scan?).

branie2 · 20-11-2020 03:26PM

Bosco

SB71 · 20-11-2020 03:50PM

Say Your Number wrote: »

Older generations going on about soft they are and boring on about how much better things were in their day.

Ever occurred to you that it was,they were carefree innocent times when as kids during the school holidays we went out from morning until evening climbing trees, playing football or rounders or tennis during Wimbledon we weren't stuck indoors all the time playing video games like so many kids are now, do kids even play any sports now in school at lunch time or just huddle around looking into their phones at snap chat or tik tok, sad what has become of society.

bertiebomber · 20-11-2020 03:57PM

not being stressed and bullied in their bedrooms by technology

Strumms · 20-11-2020 05:57PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

One of my favourite things to do was to spend an hour or so, aimlessly browsing in tower or the Virgin Megastore. Flicking through the posters being a particular highpoint:D

Rarely bought anything more than a can of coke, so i can see how it wasn't very sustainable as a business.

Totally..When you see though now, Spotify premium is 9.83 a month. The whole of the music catalog on the planet or access to it for 9.83... you wouldn’t get a single album for 9.83 at one stage... certainly not a new release anyway.

silliussoddius · 20-11-2020 06:05PM

Baking soda powered toys from cereal packets.

PGE1970 · 20-11-2020 06:19PM

olestoepoke wrote: »

Theres about a 1,000 of them in the attic gathering dust whilst I listen to Spotify.

They are not gathering dust. They are an investment!

In my mother's attic (I am 50!), there are still vinyl copies of New Order 12"s, vinyl albums from The Smiths, Lloyd Cole, The Waterboys, Bowie, Pink Floyd, Jesus & Mary Chain, Stone Roses, The Cure etc to copies of Nik Kershaw, Now Thats What I Call Music and pop singles all bought before I got my first CD player in 1991.

I also have Undertones albums, a colour sleeve album from That Petrol Emotion and loads of other Irish rock/indie stuff.

They will either be worth a fortune or won't be worth scrap.

I'm not sure yet!

The Continental Op · 20-11-2020 06:30PM

Peig

Strumms · 20-11-2020 06:36PM

McGaggs wrote: »

I miss No Disco on rte.

Loved the show when Uaneen Fitzsimons presented it in particular... it wasn’t like some indie schmindy rock show presenter talking down to their audience, more like a mate who loved music too sharing their discoveries and loves...

riclad · 20-11-2020 07:02PM

Do kids still play conkers in the autumn ,
Or do they just look at phone screens and make tik toks .
no one was bullied on social media or insulted by weirdo,s .
Theres an article almost every day on daily mail uk,
celeb x ,i was bullied or insulted by online trolls, it s usually women .
Theres billions of people on the web ,of course some of them are creeps who hate women +
copying tapes on a double tape ghetto blaster stereo.
Waiting with the pause button on a tape recorder to to record the top 20 songs on cassette tapes trying to avoid taping the dj,s intro .
making mixtapes on cd or cassette of your favourite songs.
random programs in the 70s, or the 80,s on rte tv presented by a priest which were unwatchable by anyone under the age of 50.

There is a generation that has not grown up with .......

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