No more scrolling through the wavebands and hearing multiple stations blur into one to form supernatural messages at 3am whilst trying to pick up a French rap station on an AM frequency.
Although for those with a analog radio tuner it may mean the analog airwaves go un-policed and give what would once have been pirate stations free reign.
This post is simply a lament for the old days. Days of listening to the Top 40 and pressing record on the cassette deck when they announced a song you wanted on your mix tape.
I did occasionally buy a single back then. They usually played the same on both sides so I would Sellotape over the gap in the top corner to make the cassette suitable for recording over - then add my own tracks to the other side so that I had at least 4 different songs to listen to repeatedly on my Sony Walkman.
Here are the singles I recall owning:
The first single I ever owned - a bit preachy, but still a sweet track to bust out a bit of school-disco breakdance to.
Heard this song recently at the end of the film '30 Seconds or Less' and I thought YES!
What a banger!
'Rhythm & Rhyme Records' Launceston were even cool enough to sell me the explicit content & my parents weren't even in the shop.
Shut up. Stop laughing man. It was a flipping Christmas present alright.
Good year for gifts actually got a freaking Badass yo-yo as well. Y'know I rocked that baby.
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A cheeky bit of Smooth Sunshine Garage that will always put a smile on my face:
... And finally,
After Cornershop's groundbreaking 'Brimful of Asha' I was convinced they couldn't falter and bought their single 'Sleep on the Left Side' without having even heard it! I wasn't impressed - but after about 3 repeats it had grown on me.
To this day I totally dig the sleepy jingles, seagull samples and lyrics that - as with Brimful - I could never understand but took to be some kind of innuendo.
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