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[–] schmidtster@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

You buy the CD because they had a charting single on radio, you’re than disappointed that the rest of the album is a different sound.

Not everyone had internet in the 90s-00s either mate…..

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Then you keep listening to it anyways, and it slowly becomes one of your favourite albums of all time.

[–] Kimjongtooill@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Chumba Wumba deep-cuts.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They do really grow on you

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

They get up again

[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

We call that justifying your purchase. You forced yourself into liking it so you didn't "waste" the money.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did you miss the whole “you could test listen to the CD in the shop” part?

[–] schmidtster@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Nope, not every place had the money to burn on a cd in a jukebox from every artist. Also standing there for 45 minutes to listen to the entire thing? Who actually does that?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also standing there for 45 minutes to listen to the entire thing? Who actually does that?

Me. It was me. I was 14. I listened to the whole thing. I think the name of the store was "The Warehouse" and maybe another was called "Good Guys"? But yeah. Both. I'd take the bus to the mall and sit on that raggedy ass carpet that smelled like a movie theater floor and listened to the whole damn album. All of them actually (usually like 6-8 per station?) until the manager told me to leave. A couple times clerks would hook me up with burned demos.

But yeah. It was me.

[–] schmidtster@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I guess as an escape, was thinking purely consumerism. My bad.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're not wrong, but there were definitely people who spent tons of time listening to music at the record store.

[–] schmidtster@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I guess, I was thinking of strictly purchasing. Yeah some people do just go and hang out and chill instead.

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

There were actual listening stations with headphones here in Germany at certain media chains. Some people spent whole afternoons in there.

But yeah, the opposite did exist. I remember, when I was a teenager friends got a dozen or more CDs for their birthday. Good old 1998.

[–] Peaty@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sugar Ray surprised many people by being a punk band that had a pop song or two.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I bought 3 Monster Magnet albums looking for Mean Machine