I have to admit that it hurt just a little bit when I saw on the news earlier that 35 years ago today, the first Sony Walkman appeared on store shelves.
Actually, it hurt quite a bit because I owned several of them throughout the greatest decade of the 20th century. I purchased my first one in 1983, along with two Pat Benatar cassettes, Live From Earth, and Get Nervous. For some strange reason, even though I had already made my purchase, I asked my mom from the backseat of our car if I could buy one. She said no and when I asked why, she replied "Because I said so."
I rolled my eyes and as she drove, I quietly opened the packaging of my now contraband music player, installed the batteries, inserted the cassette into the player and hit the fast forward button to Love Is A Battlefield.
Such a rebel, huh?
The more perfect song woulda' been "Hell Is For Children." That's ok, you can write THAT song into the movie screenplay.
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