RIP Walkman

[Owen]

YNWA etc...

 

So, hands up who had a proper Sony Walkman at one point? I remember getting one for xmas and being disappointed it wasn't the yellow waterproof version. Why the hell would I need a waterproof walkman? It was a chunky plastic number, whereas my dad had this awesome, sleek metal model. Sexy.

 

 

Some lad at school had one with digital controls. Wanker. The joy was in the huge buttons on the sides. I remember listening to it in art class when I sat on a rickety old stool and it broke. Weeks to get over that humiliation.

[Owen]

Damn non-default public poll setting.

[neko]

of course - probably one of the most significant and memorable items i ever bought as a kid.

 

i remember saving up all my newspaper route money for our big trip to america (too expensive and exclusive in canada at the time). i didn't care about anything except acquiring that walkman.

 

the original design (as shown) was a bit fragile, but i graduated to a water-resistant plastic model after that.

 

i listened to it daily for years.

[neko]

battery management was the key back then.

 

taught you a lot of life lessons.

[setreal]

Having girls cue up in around '93- '94 trying to get my walkman with my alternative rock mixtapes was the bees knees.

[Original202]

I had a Walkman but it wasn't a top branded one, it was one that came from the petrol station after collecting tokens. Think I got the walkman and my sister got a small electronic keyboard.

 

A few years later I bought a portable CD player and then later a mini-disk player. Who'd have thought of something like an iPhone back then?

[RJ Fan club]

Sony Walkman for me. Auto reverse and megabass option; sweet. I only threw mine out a few years ago, it wasn't a top end but still a Sony; pretty sturdy little bugger (actually it wasn't that small, I had to adapt a few coat pockets to get it in).

 

I used to rewind tapes on a biro to 'save' the batteries of course.

[RedKnight]

Walkman for me, loved it. Took it to school and used to run the lead up my sleeve so I could listen on the sly. Had an am/fm radio on it too.

[Thants]

Mine still works and I was using it up to about 4 years ago. I'll take a photo of it later.

[RedinSweden]

What an Owen-up.

[Trumo]

Had to bin mine years ago. Looked exactly like this.

 

 

I still have an Aiwa one lying around (in good nick I might add), exactly like this.

 

[RedinSweden]

I had this bad boy. When I bought it it was cutting edge.

 

[neko]

pretty sure this was my first one - battery pack as well.

 

[Owen]

Ah, this was mine.

 

[Guest TK-421]

My brother was given one for his birthday, it was top end. Not a Sony but real expensive, ultra compact and only took one battery. My dad was ranting about the "incredible sound quality" and then proceeded to reverse over it in his Vauxhall, it didn't sound incredible after that.

 

Can't believe the Owen-Up on this poll.

 

*shakes head*

[Owen]

pretty sure this was my first one - battery pack as well.

 

 

Woah. I want one of those bad boys.

[neko]

Woah. I want one of those bad boys.

 

it was worth like a bazillion dollars back then, so i'm quite sure it's out of your reach.

[Chinandeler Bong]

Loved em in the day , just found mine now funnily enough.

 

Took it with me everywhere.

 

[Karl_b]

RiS-Noos-Owen-up.

 

Evolution.

[melons]

I had to do a trial run with one of my step dads old generic ones for a few months before i got the real deal.

 

I think i was actually on par with my peers the year i got mine.

[Owen]

it was worth like a bazillion dollars back then, so i'm quite sure it's out of your reach.

 

I don't doubt it. We all need aspirations though.

[Guest ShoePiss]

That big yellow 'waterproof' one was the sony sports, wasn't that waterproof I found.

 

 

Funny that the first picture I find is where someone has gutted the sports case and used it as an ipod case.

[Fugitive]

I had one when I was about 7-8 and can still remember listening to the Bad album on train to town with my Mum. Must have been around 1990-91.

 

That's one very vivid memory that's just come back to me... fuck!!!

[The Special One]

Yay I'm not so young! I had one. The last one was a black Sony. Played reverse and had AM/FM radio. We definitely had the silver one neko posted as his first as well.

[Rafa_The_Gaffa]

This is the last one i ever owned - I bought it about 10 years ago and took it with me to Tunisia.