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The struggles we went through, today's kids will never know

you couldn't rewind 8-track tapes

And if albums didn't come with lyric sheets, you resigned yourself to never knowing all the words

Mimicking your idols, like Olivia Newton-John, required an endless supply of hair spray and headbands

To skip a track, you had to blindly fast-forward or rewind, or flip the cassette over


You actually had to, like, leave the house to buy music at a place called a 'record store'

and if the one song you wanted wasn't available as a single, you had to buy the whole album.


This was considered a portable music player:

our knowledge of upcoming concerts and albums depended entirely on posters and newspaper ads.

Navigating the FM dial was way finicky.

Mom and Dad were always complaining about the wall art in your room.


Same with your totally stellar clothes


If you forgot to tape Headbangers Ball, you would never see that episode again, ever.

Recording songs off the radio demanded expert timing


and mixtapes took hours to prepare and assemble.

Finally, concert venues charged exorbitant admission fees like, sometimes over $15!











Edits: 03/02/15
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Topic - The struggles we went through, today's kids will never know - Green Lantern 20:06:05 03/02/15 (37)
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