JD's World → THE WALKMAN
July 1st, 2009 by JD
THIS IS SOMETHING I DIDNT NO, I WAS 8 YEARS OLD WHEN THE WALKMAN WAS INTRODUCED ON THIS SAME DAY IN 1979. NOW THEY DON’T EVEN EXIST
Wired for sound
Today in 1979, the first-ever Walkman, the TPS-L2, went on sale in Japan, and listening to tunes was forever transformed. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the device, Gizmodo posted a healthy selection of vintage Walkman print and video ads, including this prescient one, above. We’re not sure if the headline was foreshadowing regime change in Iran, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the dismantling of the Soviet Union…or the new trend of happy, cool people refusing to interact with one another.
[via Gizmodo]
COREY
July 1st, 2009 at 12:52 pm
That’s cuz the digital age is where we are…progression!!!
July 1st, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Wow what a flashback! And i remember how expensive they were when they first came out. I was a kid too, and if you had a walkman, you were the shit!
July 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
The walkman sure was the beginning of a revolution….before that people were carrying the boom box on their shoulder with batteries – then walkman brought out personal music listening in a portable way! then to discman, to ipod, to iphone….& beyond!
July 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I thought they came out in like 85. LOL Thats the first time I seen one.
July 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
This is so funny I still have a sony walkman. I found it the other day when i was cleaning out my closet…lol
July 1st, 2009 at 4:26 pm
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July 1st, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Wow, I remember getting my first Walkman at 6 years old. classic. Pretty soon cell phones will Trump MP3 players anyways lol.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Umm Jd i know ppl that STILL have walkmans..they exist lol
July 1st, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I think I still have one of my walkmans. It’s yellow w/ the grey piece on top that lifts up so you can open up the face & put in the tape! I love that walkman! I still have tapes I listen to, lol
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 am
i want one soo bad. i got a tape recorder. closest thing i have to it. im still workin on gettin me a record player.
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July 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 am
I still have mine
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I wasn’t even born when the walkman first came out, I was born in 82. But I remember the walkman days lol and I still have a walkman.