A fascinating film. I adored my Sony Walkman and wouldn't leave home without it. Who knew it has its roots in Zen Buddhism. (By the way Kenji Ekuan designed the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle.)
Would be great to see the full episode. It is available as a fairly low Rez capture elsewhere on UA-cam. But this clip looks so much better (of course).
No reason they can't put it on BBC4 but they don't. Its odd considering our licence fees have paid for all these yet they don't make them available. Unlike Channel 4 that makes pretty much all its shows available on its streaming service.
The BBC archives section of iplayer would be the perfect place to populate full versions of all these clips. As a diehard tape head, I’d love to see this in its entirety in its native resolution.
Superb piece of history! I had my Walkman in 1986, then moved onto a Diskman (portable CD) in 1995. Pretty expensive back in 1995, but parents bought it for me as an incentive for me to do well in my school exams :-D
This has been shot on film and is presented here @ 24 fps, this is great. But the subtitles have been burned in using interlaced video equipment, and they twitter unpleasantly. I wish the BBC did something about that.
This is a quintessential classic documentary…. I have a memory of the Coca Cola one describing their goal as “to be more popular than water, not coffee” as they expand into poorer countries.
@@jarozlawus yes but now you are forced to carry tapes with you everywhere. What I am saying is that portable radio in my opinion is just as big of an invention
There was a "walkman" design before Sony made the walkman but it oddly never took off. Was mentioned on Techmoan a bit back I think, briefly, but it never took off. Can't find reference to it now, not sure if it was Panasonic's one.
It's interesting how the personal portable sound device (like transistor radios, walkman and discman) allow people an illusion of seclusion in crowded spaces, yet today their function has been replaced with smart phones which instead bring the world into your head (even when alone). No wonder we're all so neurotic about everything!
In the grand scheme of things, the iPod is hardly new. It was first introduced nearly 22 years ago, and is now discontinued. You could argue that the Walkman won out though, as the compact cassette version lasted 31 years before being discontinued in 2010.
A fascinating film. I adored my Sony Walkman and wouldn't leave home without it. Who knew it has its roots in Zen Buddhism.
(By the way Kenji Ekuan designed the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle.)
I adore the Walkman. A true cultural artefact ❤
They should bring Walkman cassette players back just like they’ve done with vinyl records. ❤️
make another channel with the full videos pls. i got 100% lost in that mans voice
Highlights just how long it has been since this, itself, is a retrospective
Would be great to see the full episode. It is available as a fairly low Rez capture elsewhere on UA-cam. But this clip looks so much better (of course).
No reason they can't put it on BBC4 but they don't. Its odd considering our licence fees have paid for all these yet they don't make them available. Unlike Channel 4 that makes pretty much all its shows available on its streaming service.
The BBC archives section of iplayer would be the perfect place to populate full versions of all these clips. As a diehard tape head, I’d love to see this in its entirety in its native resolution.
Superb piece of history! I had my Walkman in 1986, then moved onto a Diskman (portable CD) in 1995. Pretty expensive back in 1995, but parents bought it for me as an incentive for me to do well in my school exams :-D
Subtitles say Makunouchi but he says the more familiar (now) Bento.
Great article
He says both! As in the phrase “makunouchi bento”. “Bento” being the generic term for a packed lunch, “makunouchi” being this specific type.
It's the lunch box part
Awesome! Very interesting. Got my Sony Walkman WM DD-1 a few months back. Just something about the analogue world.
I still having my Walkman.
That's amazing. Tapes don't last so long in my experience.
Keep it as the replacement players now are awful. Can always get new belts for the old ones.
This has been shot on film and is presented here @ 24 fps, this is great. But the subtitles have been burned in using interlaced video equipment, and they twitter unpleasantly. I wish the BBC did something about that.
If they can bring vinyl records and record players back in the 2010s/2020s then surely they can bring Sony Walkman cassette players back too. 😉
Kenji also invented Kikkoman soy sauce he died in 2015 at age 86
This is a quintessential classic documentary…. I have a memory of the Coca Cola one describing their goal as “to be more popular than water, not coffee” as they expand into poorer countries.
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What about small radios. People had those long before
@@jarozlawus yes but now you are forced to carry tapes with you everywhere.
What I am saying is that portable radio in my opinion is just as big of an invention
@@vintagepipesnightmaresWere headphones commonly used with portable radios before the Walkman?
There was a "walkman" design before Sony made the walkman but it oddly never took off. Was mentioned on Techmoan a bit back I think, briefly, but it never took off. Can't find reference to it now, not sure if it was Panasonic's one.
@@jarozlawus 👍✌️
@@eemoogee160 yes
Nice, in old times everything was harder, so you really appreciated to achieve anything...
Amazing video...
Thanks for sharing it.
It's interesting how the personal portable sound device (like transistor radios, walkman and discman) allow people an illusion of seclusion in crowded spaces, yet today their function has been replaced with smart phones which instead bring the world into your head (even when alone). No wonder we're all so neurotic about everything!
I still have a few Walkmans that I still use today. I prefer those instead of using something like an Ipod, or whatever you call it.
In the grand scheme of things, the iPod is hardly new. It was first introduced nearly 22 years ago, and is now discontinued. You could argue that the Walkman won out though, as the compact cassette version lasted 31 years before being discontinued in 2010.
208 people have liked this video whilst 1 has disliked it.
Either it was a miss-click or there is one absolutely miserable sod out there.
How can you see dislikes?