But Tom Scholz of the group Boston in the late 1980s made a battery powered guitar amp that was about the same size as a Walkman called a ROCKMAN and it sounded like a huge stack of Marshall Amps. Truly that Boston guitar sound. I still use one today in the studio and have 2 of them. Way Cool
As a kid, I had an early morning paper route - waking at 3am, walking to the distributor's house to get my papers and then walking back to my route. Eventually I bought one of those new transistor AM radios - a small, hand held device that kept me company during those early hours listening to the local rock and/or roll station.
A 11-14 y/o walking the city streets at 3am was totally safe - never had an ounce of concern.
I still have my Sony TPL-L2.
It was a real game changer — loved skiing with it!
also cheap disposable headphones appeared then and never left.
Radios did not allow you to play your own music.
Ping.
I LOVED mine! Best tool I had at the time to motivate me to run every day. :)
The Walkman did change music because you could bring your own music along on a truly portable basis, not be tied to a radio station playlist. A trend that really accelerated with the arrival of the iPod in 2001.
I work on a college campus.
Recently I was walking across campus and saw a guy with Air Pods in his ears. That got me to thinking about me walking across campus with my Walkman.
Tech advances can be very cool.
I have 2 walkmans circa 1984. One radio and a cassette player.
radio goes to the beach every year, outstanding reception.
It was the invention of the rare-earth magnet headphones that allowed deep bass and crisp highs from small lightweight drivers, at very low power levels from the amplifier.
They later morphed into earbuds, but if the old fashioned ear piece from the 1960s transistor radio were the only thing around, the tinny sound wouldn't make the Walkman a success. If large, full earcup headphones were used, their power requirements would exceed the capabilities of the small portable player.
No, the Neodymium magnet earphones was the technology that started the personal portable music phenomenon.
I’m surprised someone hasn’t pointed out that the name “Walkman” is sexist.
Shouldn’t it be “Walkperson” now?
Gotta admit....I have one and still use it.
That makes me OOOOOOOOLLLLLLDDDDDD!
I remember my first one.
I was traveling on Government business. I would always have to ask the motel if they accepted Government rate for per diem. They always would.
I was in Tulsa and went out to do a little looking around. I stopped at Service Merchandise and noticed a Sanyo on clearance.
When I got back to the motel I played a tape and was really surprised how good it sounded. Later bought a Sony which was more expensive but didn’t sound any better. I think my Daughter still uses it or maybe my Grandchildren. There was an FM radio built in too.
It was 40 years ago today that Sony, not Apple, revolutionized the way we listen to music.
Makes sense, considering the timing. It's a pun on sonny and sunny.
The company's current slogan is Be Moved. Their former slogans were The One and Only (1979–1982), It's a Sony (1982–2005), like.no.other (2005–2009)[14] and make.believe (2009–2013).[15]
Music is well-known for its ability to lift the spirits. Classic example: after being anointed, the first thing David was dispatched to do was to play his harp for Saul. Or was/is that a fiddle, because "kinor" is the modern word for a fiddle or violin. Anyway, Saul had been feeling terrible precisely because the Spirit of the Lord had departed from him and had moved on over to David.
The number 40 has great significance throughout the Torah and the Talmud. The number 40 represents transition or change; the concept of renewal; a new beginning. The number 40 has the power to lift a spiritual state. Consider:When a person becomes ritually impure, he must immerse in a ritual bath, a mikveh. The Talmud tells us that a mikveh must be filled with 40 se'ahs (a measure of water). Immersion in a mikveh is the consummate Jewish symbol of spiritual renewal.
Walk this way because...
Just yesterday the Pilgrim's Road was opened in Jerusalem:
"The Pilgrimage Road was built by King Herod 2,000 years ago, as the main thoroughfare for pilgrims to ascend from the Pool of Siloam, where they would ritually purify themselves on route to the Temple, on Mount Moriah. It is likely that anyone from that period would have walked to the Temple on these very flagstones. In fact, a tiny 2,000-year-old golden bell was recently discovered in a drainage channel beneath the road, which is thought to have accidently broken loose from the tunic of the high priest on his way up to the Temple.
Israeli and American dignitaries unveil Pilgrimage Road
Today's follow-up article:
Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
"Halakha"man made it possible to listen while walking (moving, doing). It's the simple meaning.
Forty years have now passed since the first songs were sung by Halakha-man:
"Upon these ancient stones, the biblical prophets delivered revolutionary messages of peace, freedom, liberty and justice for all. These values are the shared roots on which the United States of America and Western civilization were founded and they continue to enhance the lives of billions."
Walk this way.
I’m actually listening to Chris Plante on a Walman at this very moment.
I sure with my cell phone had AM radio.
I still miss my walkman. I bought a cheap trac phone and memory and have made it into an sort of Walkman. They were so good. I had it on my arm as I did chores around the house.
The eighties and nineties were good years.