Where were you getting albums from popular bands/artists for $10 in '99? That shit was approaching $20 or more when Napster finally took care of those assholes.
Cranberries burned me hard. I bought their second album because “Zombie” fucking rocked. The rest of the album is stuff like “Ode to my Family” and “Dreaming my Dreams”!
It did eventually grow on me, but I was so disappointed.
I used Napster and Limewire at that time, I believe. But like other commenters have said - 20 bucks in 1999 is the equivalent to $36 or so today. And we did that without being able to pre-listen.
I actually threw Metallica’s St. Anger out the window on the drive home from the record store I was so upset. I’d had a horrible day and everything kept going wrong, even small things. I drove 45 minutes North to the nearest record store, had to walk back out to my car for change (I didn’t have enough cash) and after the first few songs I started to get this pit in my stomach and I just fucking lost it. Rolled the window down at 65mph and threw that thing as hard as I could. And we had very little money at the time. Good times…
Suck to be you. I was too broke for a discman. I had a portable cassette player I bought in Tijuana that played just a little too fast and stacks of bootleg cassettes I bought from the dude with a huge briefcase of them out back behind the church on Sunday.
As a kid in the 2000s I got the yearly now that’s what I call music album then listened to those 16-18 songs for the rest of the year or the radio. Until limewire.
Audiogalaxy was amazing. I found so much good music through it that totally influenced my taste for the rest of my life. Soulseek, OiNK, What.CD and Waffles led the way after that. Now it’s Redacted and Orpheus. It’s been a journey!
For sure, Spotify is convenient but you own nothing and you locked with a subscription. Also, you listen what they propose. What happens if your favorite band become removed from their library?
I still buy few albums and keep my library of audio files. (And I get some album for free using the same methods we used back in the days 😏)
There are ways to enjoy most of Spotifys ‘Premium Features’ withiut paying. And for the Artist I like I buy a physical copy, because I like having something to put in my shelf. Also it helps the Artists more than listening on Spotify
The only songs that have ever been removed from my library (Spotify shows you) are remixes/mashups where the person doing it never had permission.
Not really sure what you mean by you listen to what they propose? You search what you want, follow other people, listen to playlists you or other people have made.
Unfortunately I have seen OSTs, albums and even a single song in an otherwise fully available album removed from Spotify, but it is indeed very inusual.
You own nothing and you locked with a subscription
Who cares if I only pay 10€ a month but can access 80 million songs. Back then 10€ bought you 75% of an album and you were forced to listen to it until you started hating it.
You listen what they propose
First of this is not necessary a bad thing. The algorithm can propose music you like not music that’s popular. You have to train it by making your own choices which - SUPRISE - is also what we did back than. People were influenced by MTV but at the end it was your decision what you listen to just like these days. You literally only have to enter the name of any album into the search bar. Back then the retailer did the preselection for you and only put CDs on display that would sell.
What happens when you favorite band gets removed from their library
Rarely happens because these days when you as an artist are not on the streaming services you might as well not exist at all.
The way you access music just isn’t comfortable to most people including me.
1999 CDs were typically $20 - $30 so it was actually worse. This was what you would pay at a Sam Goody, Camelot Music, FYE etc.
It wasn’t until a few years later that CD prices were cheaper. You could go to Wal-Mart and get cheaper prices, but you would be buying censored or edited albums.
I remember the Wal-Mart release of Eminem’s second album was missing the entire song of Kim for example, just completely replaced.
I think a lot of people who post about the nineties weren’t spending their own money or something, because I remember how pricey music was, and cherished each CD.
Yeah you can’t really censor Kim lol. At least it was replaced with a new song (a South-Park-parody drug-PSA for kids) and not something from the first album.
Cool, but definitely not my experience growing up. You could get those prices sometimes at Wal-Mart but CDa would be edited or censored, and I grew up in an area where there were no standalone CD or Record stores, so all I saw and had access to was mall stores like Camelot Music, FYE, or Sam Goody.
The prices I’m referencing were 100% accurate for my time of reference, which was the bulk of the nineties.
Only towards the end, like literal turn of the century late 1999 into 2000 did things actually start to change.
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The only CDs I bought back in the day were by the band “Traxdata”. They had a lot of hits.
Where were you getting albums from popular bands/artists for $10 in '99? That shit was approaching $20 or more when Napster finally took care of those assholes.
At Fye in 1999 CDs were $19.95 plus tax where I grew up.
For sure, typically ranging from $15 - $20
Cranberries burned me hard. I bought their second album because “Zombie” fucking rocked. The rest of the album is stuff like “Ode to my Family” and “Dreaming my Dreams”!
It did eventually grow on me, but I was so disappointed.
Bought The Pixies album around that time too, only listened to it because I’d paid for it. Still pisses me off when I hear one of the tracks
Pixies are so good though?
What was used for file sharing in 1999? IRC, Napster or something else?
Napster was released exactly in 1999, and before that IRC groups were active since the 80’s
I used Napster and Limewire at that time, I believe. But like other commenters have said - 20 bucks in 1999 is the equivalent to $36 or so today. And we did that without being able to pre-listen.
I actually threw Metallica’s St. Anger out the window on the drive home from the record store I was so upset. I’d had a horrible day and everything kept going wrong, even small things. I drove 45 minutes North to the nearest record store, had to walk back out to my car for change (I didn’t have enough cash) and after the first few songs I started to get this pit in my stomach and I just fucking lost it. Rolled the window down at 65mph and threw that thing as hard as I could. And we had very little money at the time. Good times…
Is it because Lars’ drumming sounded like a skeleton masturbating in a file cabinet?
That’s beautiful, it’s like poetry.
The first Tony Yayo album comes to mind. Or wait, was that Young Buck? Some lackluster G-Unit member going solo, at least
Suck to be you. I was too broke for a discman. I had a portable cassette player I bought in Tijuana that played just a little too fast and stacks of bootleg cassettes I bought from the dude with a huge briefcase of them out back behind the church on Sunday.
There was probably a small hole in the back of your Walkman. Behind it was a slot you could turn with a screwdriver to adjust the speed.
This would work for a few years until the motor commutator would go a bit dodgy.
I was buying vinyl in '99 and still buying vinyl today.
As a kid in the 2000s I got the yearly now that’s what I call music album then listened to those 16-18 songs for the rest of the year or the radio. Until limewire.
lmao what a fucking trip back in time. I had a couple of those albums myself. I remember seeing the commercials with all the kids singing the songs
Funnily enough, they still make them, both on steaming platforms and on CDs, swear to god there’s one on my nearest Tesco’s shelf
I think that was Kids Bop, which is essentially Now That’s What I Call Music, but kids were covering the songs instead of the actual band
Ah right you are. Shows how long all this was
Here we had Big Shiny Tunes
#2 being the best of the bunch, imho. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns0UidyZH2k
Growing up in the early 2000s I always borrowed CDs from the library and learned how to burn them on my own CDs.
I had a friend with a CD player/tape player boombox and rich parents, he would copy the CDs to tapes so I could listen to them.
Nah, at that time AudioGalaxy was in full spring and I was rocking the MZ-R30 Minidisc walkman.
Audiogalaxy was amazing. I found so much good music through it that totally influenced my taste for the rest of my life. Soulseek, OiNK, What.CD and Waffles led the way after that. Now it’s Redacted and Orpheus. It’s been a journey!
I don’t miss the times when I had to use my headphones as an antena for radio, as I couldn’t buy music.
Back when i had an xperia phone it actually was able to pick up radio with headphones connected, had an app for it
I had a pair of headphones with an actual built-in radio. I thought I was hot shit. It was the mid-90s and I was probably 10-ish.
Were they also yellow like mine?
Nah, classic late 90s metallic gray.
Oh no! A band made some money!
FUCK SPOTIFY.
For sure, Spotify is convenient but you own nothing and you locked with a subscription. Also, you listen what they propose. What happens if your favorite band become removed from their library?
I still buy few albums and keep my library of audio files. (And I get some album for free using the same methods we used back in the days 😏)
There are ways to enjoy most of Spotifys ‘Premium Features’ withiut paying. And for the Artist I like I buy a physical copy, because I like having something to put in my shelf. Also it helps the Artists more than listening on Spotify
You can still buy music digitally these days
My music taste is always changing. I like listening to new (to me) music, not the same albums over and over. I much prefer spotify over buying albums
You can do it without Spotify as well.
My point is, using downloaded album, you are sure to retreive what you listened X years ago.
Bandcamp is the answer.
The only songs that have ever been removed from my library (Spotify shows you) are remixes/mashups where the person doing it never had permission.
Not really sure what you mean by you listen to what they propose? You search what you want, follow other people, listen to playlists you or other people have made.
Unfortunately I have seen OSTs, albums and even a single song in an otherwise fully available album removed from Spotify, but it is indeed very inusual.
I mean they could have some arrists they don’t want to be on spotify. It already happened.
Don’t think that list is totally accurate. Listening to Norwegian Wood as I type this.
Who cares if I only pay 10€ a month but can access 80 million songs. Back then 10€ bought you 75% of an album and you were forced to listen to it until you started hating it.
First of this is not necessary a bad thing. The algorithm can propose music you like not music that’s popular. You have to train it by making your own choices which - SUPRISE - is also what we did back than. People were influenced by MTV but at the end it was your decision what you listen to just like these days. You literally only have to enter the name of any album into the search bar. Back then the retailer did the preselection for you and only put CDs on display that would sell.
Rarely happens because these days when you as an artist are not on the streaming services you might as well not exist at all.
The way you access music just isn’t comfortable to most people including me.
Listening stations were LIFE!!!
1999 CDs were typically $20 - $30 so it was actually worse. This was what you would pay at a Sam Goody, Camelot Music, FYE etc.
It wasn’t until a few years later that CD prices were cheaper. You could go to Wal-Mart and get cheaper prices, but you would be buying censored or edited albums.
I remember the Wal-Mart release of Eminem’s second album was missing the entire song of Kim for example, just completely replaced.
I think a lot of people who post about the nineties weren’t spending their own money or something, because I remember how pricey music was, and cherished each CD.
I still have some of my CDs from the nineties.
And to add to that, something that used to cost $20 in 1995 dollars costs $40 in 2023 dollars.
And to add to that, something that used to cost $20 in 1995 dollars costs $40 in 2023 dollars.
And to add to that, something that used to cost $20 in 1995 dollars costs $40 in 2023 dollars.
I used a cassette player until 2002!
I don’t even feel like that’s strange, I had lots of cassettes and a casette player in my car until 2015 or so
Yeah you can’t really censor Kim lol. At least it was replaced with a new song (a South-Park-parody drug-PSA for kids) and not something from the first album.
No the average price of CDs in the 90s was about $15 and they were on sale regularly for $10-12 in some places.
I bought about 400 CDs in the 90s and still have them.
Cool, but definitely not my experience growing up. You could get those prices sometimes at Wal-Mart but CDa would be edited or censored, and I grew up in an area where there were no standalone CD or Record stores, so all I saw and had access to was mall stores like Camelot Music, FYE, or Sam Goody.
The prices I’m referencing were 100% accurate for my time of reference, which was the bulk of the nineties.
Only towards the end, like literal turn of the century late 1999 into 2000 did things actually start to change.
I promise this is true.