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ITunes Killed the Radio Star

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I try not to do the whole “when I was your age” thing on my kids.
Because it doesn’t really have any effect on them. And? It makes me
feel old. And that? Is not cool.

But today, while driving down the street, pumping music the way only a mom with 3 kids in a minivan can….which is fairly lame…Peyton had a revelation.

The radio sucks.

This epiphany came when I had to tell her that I couldn’t restart a
song because it was playing on the radio and not on CD or the IPod.

What?!! My musical needs cannot be met RIGHT.THIS.INSTANT? This will not do.  Heads will roll!

Peyton thinks all music actually COMES from Itunes! She thinks that
Itunes is a band.  THE band. And me?  I am the roadie that makes it all
possible. One $.99 download at a time.
I’m listening to her pitch a hissy, thinking back to my own music listening childhood.

Let me know if this sounds familiar. Then, I’ll know how old YOU are.

Sitting in front of a radio. With another radio in your hands, but
THIS one has a tape cassette recorder.  Waiting to hear the beginning
strains of your favorite song come on under the dj’s voice…you SNAP
into action, hitting the PLAY and RECORD button at the same time so
that you can finallllly have a copy of this song!  Only to discover
that you only had enough tape to get through the middle of the first
chorus of “Total Eclipse of the Heart”.  Tears. Flip tape over. Wait
another 2 hours.

 

--www.hope4peyton.org

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AnissaMayhew 5 pts

I had more than one of those. I was like a speed flipper.  How pitiful. No wonder I always got the words wrong, I was missing half of them.

Anissa Mayhew

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AnissaMayhew 5 pts

Seriously, a little bit of dj was worth it.  My parents weren't coughing up cash for tapes, so sometimes I even had to nab one my sister's and put the piece of tape over the little notch so that I could record OVER her stuff.  

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Always Beginning the World 5 pts

And you could never totally get the DJ off the recording, it was so sad.  Then we have the song where half is on one side, but you were so desperate you quick flipped the tape and have *most* of the remainder on the second side, figuring it was better than nothing....

nannygoats 5 pts

I remember doing that too. How unprofessional were we capturing the DJ's voice who would be sure to talk ALL. THE. WAY. through the intro of the song. But! It was better than nothing. 

Margaret

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