Paul Clarke in UK - 1979

from 1970s Teenager: From Bell-Bottoms to Disco Dancing, page 27:

There were transistor radios with little earplugs way back in the sixties, but the idea of having both ears closed up like that and listening to something which nobody else could hear was a bit strange. Of course, at home you could clamp a gigantic pair of headphones on, but that was not common. The Walkman was revolutionary in that it meant that the music you listened to was for you alone. It was not intended to be shared. Today, it is very common to see people with earphones in listening to MP3 players, but back in 1979 the idea was radical in the extreme.
cite as

Simon Webb, 1970s Teenager: From Bell-Bottoms to Disco Dancing (Stroud, 2013), p. 27. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1412155168150 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: UK

Listeners

Paul Clarke
1960's-

Listening to

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pop music

Experience Information

Date/Time 1979
Medium broadcast, playback
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors, outdoors, in public, solitary

Originally submitted by hgb3 on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 10:19:28 +0100