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I genuinely feel like listening to Discovery on my discman on the bus in high school helped define who I am as a person. On the one hand I find this news horri

by donatj 6y ago

I genuinely feel like listening to Discovery on my discman on the bus in high school helped define who I am as a person. On the one hand I find this news horribly disheartening, on the other hand I am thrilled to see them go out on top. They have never had a bad album, and I’m my opinion they only got better as they went. Godspeed you beautiful robots.

steve_adams_86 6y ago
Oh man. Discman on the bus. Those words punch me right in the memory. Likewise, I had a period of time listening to daft punk’s discovery that was fairly transformative. It completely, with no exaggeration, overhauled my understanding and appreciation of music.
- donatj 6y ago
  Guessing the numbers on your username to be significant, we’re of the same vintage. Discovery, Radiohead’s Kid A, and Bjork’s Vespertine defined my late teens - an age that basically defined my musical tastes. It’s interesting how music does such an amazing job of worming itself into your brain.
  - steve_adams_86 6y ago
    Haha, you're speaking my language. Kid A was just as high impact as Discovery. What a beautiful album. I agree. Those songs are so deeply ingrained in me that if I heard 100ms of them I could probably tell you which song I heard. I can barely remember how to pour myself a glass of water some days, but that music is deep in my brain.
- fumar 6y ago
  100% carrying around my prized possessions, discman + CDs or minidisc, was pivotal to who I am now. And always with me was Daft Punk's Discovery. At that age, the songs felt long but in a good way. I couldn't wrap my head around the undulating changes and how it they made music. I also love Homework but Discovery has been a top album for me since I was 12. Veridis Quo captured my imagination and was a big influence which I believe led me to enjoy artists like Sigur Ros.
fpgaminer 6y ago
> I genuinely feel like listening to Discovery on my discman on the bus in high school helped define who I am as a person. In high school my backpack had a small zipped pocket at the top specifically designed for a CD player. You ran your headphone cord through a gasket into the pocket, keeping your player safe and convenient. As a loner, it was splendid. And then you always wished you had a CD player with just a _little_ more buffer so it wouldn't skip when you were running to class.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
  I remember in high school spending my money on what was probably the best portable CD player on the market, the Panasonic SL-SW890 [0] Pretty sure the target audience was runners. It had a strap on the back so you would attach it to your hand, and near the hinge was a hard slightly-rubbery plastic with little indentations for your fingers. It was incredibly comfortable to hold. And the skip protection was absolutely top-tier. By some kind of magic, the laser could read the disc at any arbitrary speed up to some limit. It didn't just handle bumps, but weird sudden rotations that would change the speed of disc rotation relative to the laser. I think it claimed 40 seconds of skip protection, but I would jostle, spin, and bump it for 5 solid minutes and no skipping. And the way the thing close made it very difficult to accidentally pop it open. Drop it, throw it, it's staying closed. Of course, I paid for all that ruggedness. I think at the time, most portable CD players were around $75, and I think I paid $150 for it. Of course, this was over 20 years ago so my memory could be wrong. Pretty sure I still have that player in a box somewhere. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-SL-SW890-Shockwave-Portable-Player/dp/B00005K2S3 https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-SL-SW890-Shockwave-Portable...

by donatj 6y ago

steve_adams_86 6y ago

Oh man. Discman on the bus. Those words punch me right in the memory. Likewise, I had a period of time listening to daft punk’s discovery that was fairly transformative. It completely, with no exaggeration, overhauled my understanding and appreciation of music.

donatj 6y ago
Guessing the numbers on your username to be significant, we’re of the same vintage. Discovery, Radiohead’s Kid A, and Bjork’s Vespertine defined my late teens - an age that basically defined my musical tastes. It’s interesting how music does such an amazing job of worming itself into your brain.
- steve_adams_86 6y ago
  Haha, you're speaking my language. Kid A was just as high impact as Discovery. What a beautiful album. I agree. Those songs are so deeply ingrained in me that if I heard 100ms of them I could probably tell you which song I heard. I can barely remember how to pour myself a glass of water some days, but that music is deep in my brain.
fumar 6y ago
100% carrying around my prized possessions, discman + CDs or minidisc, was pivotal to who I am now. And always with me was Daft Punk's Discovery. At that age, the songs felt long but in a good way. I couldn't wrap my head around the undulating changes and how it they made music. I also love Homework but Discovery has been a top album for me since I was 12. Veridis Quo captured my imagination and was a big influence which I believe led me to enjoy artists like Sigur Ros.

fpgaminer 6y ago

> I genuinely feel like listening to Discovery on my discman on the bus in high school helped define who I am as a person. In high school my backpack had a small zipped pocket at the top specifically designed for a CD player. You ran your headphone cord through a gasket into the pocket, keeping your player safe and convenient. As a loner, it was splendid. And then you always wished you had a CD player with just a _little_ more buffer so it wouldn't skip when you were running to class.

Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
I remember in high school spending my money on what was probably the best portable CD player on the market, the Panasonic SL-SW890 [0] Pretty sure the target audience was runners. It had a strap on the back so you would attach it to your hand, and near the hinge was a hard slightly-rubbery plastic with little indentations for your fingers. It was incredibly comfortable to hold. And the skip protection was absolutely top-tier. By some kind of magic, the laser could read the disc at any arbitrary speed up to some limit. It didn't just handle bumps, but weird sudden rotations that would change the speed of disc rotation relative to the laser. I think it claimed 40 seconds of skip protection, but I would jostle, spin, and bump it for 5 solid minutes and no skipping. And the way the thing close made it very difficult to accidentally pop it open. Drop it, throw it, it's staying closed. Of course, I paid for all that ruggedness. I think at the time, most portable CD players were around $75, and I think I paid $150 for it. Of course, this was over 20 years ago so my memory could be wrong. Pretty sure I still have that player in a box somewhere. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-SL-SW890-Shockwave-Portable-Player/dp/B00005K2S3 https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-SL-SW890-Shockwave-Portable...