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One critics' thoughts on the Sony Walkman.
The Walkman, with revolutionary force, made music portable and subject to personal selection. It fulfilled the nursery-rhyme, ‘he shall have music wherever he goes’ and became so ubiquitous in a short period of time, with 340 million worldwide sales, that its brandname became generic and was admitted to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Its advantages were many, mostly unforseen. ...
But these benefits were soon outweighed by its corrosive effects.
He ends his rant with a bit of over dramatizing:
So while the moguls of Sony may celebrate the jubilee of another small step for mankind with the launch of an I-pod challenging Newtork Walkman, I shall mourn an art that was ripped from its rightful place and reduced in moral worth. The day the Walkman landed was the day the music began to die.
Thanks to Andrew for the tip.
Posted by Casper at July 28, 2004 01:22 AM