How many of you out there remember having a cassette walkman that would record voices? How many of you out there tried to use that little recorder to record your favorite song off of the radio? You know, you called in to the radio station about 8,000 times during their "request hour" and each time you changed your voice a little so that they wouldn't be "on to you." They knew we wanted it, and they knew why. We didn't have the money to buy the record or 8-track of the actual album. So we counted on it being played on the radio. The trouble with that method (one of the few troubles) was that the DJ *always* kept talking during the intro of the song. You're at home with your finger positioned just so on that red record button, waiting for the DJ to shut up and just play the freaking song. And God forbid your little sister came running in the room when you finally were getting a good song, in it's entirity. It was then she came in singing the smurfs song or something completely gay like that.
Does anymore remember having to make your cassette tapes that way? What songs were you recording then? Some of my faves were:
1. Freeze-Frame
2. Centerfold
3. The Tide is High
4. Eye of the Tiger (hubby's fave)
5. Islands in the Stream
6. Keep on Lovin' You
Wow, good times. We also recorded some pretty silly stuff too. Man, I loved my childhood. I had a blast!
2 comments:
Karma Chameleon...
Are you kidding of course I remember that! It was the main way of obtaining songs before you had your own money to do so. Oh and too many songs to list, um like everything on the top 40 and country lists of the early 90's...
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