Overheard a kid at Goodwill say vinyl is just vintage Spotify and it kinda stung.

I was thrifting records last Saturday in Portland and this teenager told his friend that records are just vintage Spotify because they skip and pop anyway, and it made me wonder if holding a physical album actually means anything anymore or if I'm just old and stubborn about it, anyone else feel like the ritual of flipping a record still matters?

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ross.kevin16d ago

Flip the record, drop the needle, breathe. That kid's gonna learn the hard way that Spotify doesn't smell like musty cardboard and old dust.

the_ryan15d agoMost Upvoted

Pretty sure my local record store smells less like musty cardboard and more like some guy's basement collection of old gym socks, but I get the point. Still, there's something about flipping through bins and finding a warped copy of some forgotten 80s band that scratches an itch Spotify just can't reach. Then I get home, realize I paid fifteen bucks for a record that skips on the first track, and remember why digital exists. But hey, at least my thumbs get a workout from all that crate digging. The kid streaming on his phone will never know the joy of accidentally stepping on a vintage album sleeve and hearing that spine crack. Guess we all have our crosses to bear.

blakem1316d ago

Nah man, that musty cardboard smell is just nostalgia talking. Spotify sounds way better.