Comments by "Digital Footballer" (@digitalfootballer9032) on "Exploring the good ol' Cassette Tape" video.

  1. God, I remember being a teen in the early 90's and listening to the local rock station on my boom box with a tape cued up and ready to record. As soon as a song I liked came on, I hit record...free music! I also remember setting my VCR to record "headbanger's ball" on MTV, which was on from like midnight to 2AM on a weeknight. Got some good 80s and 90s heavy metal gold off that. And I still have some of the tapes, and a working VCR from 1984 to boot!
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  2. First CD I ever owned...Faith No More "The Real Thing" (1989). First tape I ever owned...Phil Collins "No Jacket Required" (1985). First Vinyl lp ever owned, Soundtrack to the "Muppet Movie" (1979). An interesting progression of music styles. And yes, I still own all 3 items and all are still functional.
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  3. You mean it wasn't?
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  4. I prefer reel-to-reel.
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  5. My 2001 pickup truck had a tape deck in it. I had it until 2013 and still used the tape deck. My wife used to make fun of it. My newer truck of course doesn't have one. I kind of miss it, actually. I have old tapes from the 80's and 90's that were still fun to listen to, poor sound quality and all...with the exception of the few "metal" tapes I have, which actually still sound pretty good.
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  6. Ah, blank cassette media. I remember the most common brands were Memorex, Maxell, and TDK. The TDK metal tapes were always the best, but very expensive! I still have a few of them. They were a cool opaque steel gray colour and looked super modern for the time.
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  7. I was at a CVS store recently and saw a pack of blank CD roms and thought, huh, haven't seen those in awhile. Then next to it was a couple packs of dusty Memorex blank cassette tapes. I couldn't believe it. Do people actually still use them? I almost bought them just for fun. I should have. They were only a few dollars.
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