I'm about to sound like an old lady here, but I gotta tell you, I'm a little skeptical of this whole iPod thing. I won't lie. I agree they're convenient. They're easy. They're tiny. They hold a lot of songs.Whoo hoo.
I miss mixed tapes. Those days when you sit by the radio, waiting for Casey Kasem to play your new favorite jam. Tape in the deck, record button AND pause pushed down so you can catch it right when it starts. You could also dub tapes. Which means you sneak into your sister's room, steal her Samantha Fox, and put it in your fancy dual-deck tape player to copy it. Ahhhh the good ol' days.
I have to say, Karl made me my first mixed CD. It was freshman year of college (he was so high-tech), and I believe it included some Tim McGraw and if I'm not mistaken.... Kid Rock's "Cowboy." I was in awe of this new technology and knew I HAD to have it. The next year, I get a new computer with a burner (I was the cooooolest), and Napster quickly became my new best friend. I downloaded every song I ever knew. I burned cds for everyone around me. Themed cds, random cds, best hit cds.
No one beats Chandle with a themed mixed cd. No one. She should enter competitions.
Now, it's 2007, and I haven't had my own computer with all my stuff since senior year of college, and even then I used Chandle's most of the time (she had the most music). I am completely behind with the technology of music. I have not BOUGHT a cd since Radiohead's "Hail to the Theif," and I did that purely out of novelty. How does one download music now? Is it Limewire? iTunes? I don't know how to do it. And I don't own an iPod. For some reason, they highly frustrate me.
Cody tells me I'm wrong and should invest. I'm resisting. HOWEVER, Cody did make me a fantastic mixed CD (archaic, I know. Shut it.) last night, including but not limited to: Justin, Christina, Brittany, Ace of Base, the Cardigans, Fergie Ferg, and Sinead O'Connor. I love it. I shall listen to it till it plays no more. Which it inevitably will, cause it's a CD and not in a little iPod.
I love a mixed tape.
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Yeah, I've thought about getting an Ipod. It would be very convenient to have ALL of my music in one little contraption, but I still don't think I could get rid of the 300+ CD's that I've got cause what if the Ipod blows up or you're out on a boat and you drop it in the water or it gets stolen or something. That would be a lot of tunage lost.
You stole my Samantha Fox? It was so cool . . . I can see how it would have been hard to resist.
It was just an example... :) And I would give them back when I was done dubbing! Hee hee.
CD? Mixed tape? what is this technology. Thanks for the shout out. My sister got made fun of on UCA's campus for carrying a discman. I must admit, I do miss the blessed indecision that comes with an album. You just put it in, and listen, no 2500 other songs to choose from.
ipods are pretty fun.
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