How I pirated music in 1996
Created on: August 28th, 2008
How I pirated music in 1996
tkx7 
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step by step instructions of how you can also pirate music. I changed the title just so there is less ambiguity to the time period I am referring to.
I made this walkthrough using Gimpshop
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Chrisda19
August 28th, 2008
8:02:54 PM CDT
(2)
damn straight 1992 all over again f*ckin cassettes up the *ss in the 90's..too bad they're all somewhere in my basement now lol
tkx7
August 28th, 2008
8:06:14 PM CDT
(5)
RIP tape cassette circa 1998
GoCubsGo
August 28th, 2008
8:39:51 PM CDT
(3)
We just have to make sure the russians don't find out.. Georgia will thank us.
Thamior
August 28th, 2008
10:36:33 PM CDT
(1)
We in Russia knew the secret from the beginning. We also made COPIES from other cassettes (wow, you must've never guessed it was possible) and that was real pirating. We even managed to make copies without dual cassette players, with 2(!) single cassette players and an earphone.
SilverDollar
August 28th, 2008
11:14:47 PM CDT
(9)
You were 10 in '98? Holy smokes I have underwear older than you. (I've got to get off this site)
gen0cide
August 29th, 2008
3:22:51 AM CDT
(0)
I was only 7/8.
MasterAL
August 29th, 2008
12:57:31 PM CDT
(0)
I was 9.
gr33nscr33n
August 29th, 2008
1:26:07 PM CDT
(0)
Back when you were making mixed tapes off the radio, I had a cassette-only "record" label and we did mail-order through BBSs on this new thing called "the internet." Mike Landucci, where are you now?
SilverDollar
August 29th, 2008
3:59:04 PM CDT
(2)
When I was 13 I signed up for the Columbia House Record deal where you got 10 albums for one penny. That's right, RECORD albums. I got Kiss-Rock Army, ZZ Top-Fandango, ELO-A New World Record....aw f*ck, you kids don't care. Besides, it's time for me to rinse my dentures...............
gr33nscr33n
August 29th, 2008
4:05:03 PM CDT
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I had every Doors album, most of them from Columbia House. Somewhere in the 90s though, when my friend ran a record store in Venice Beach, I sold them all so I could buy a bunch of Shrimper cassettes and 7" comps. I can't decide which era I'm more ashamed of.
CaptainRescue
August 30th, 2008
4:59:06 PM CDT
(2)
SilverDollar should probably invest in some new underwear.
bgbez
August 30th, 2008
5:49:22 PM CDT
(1)
I was only 18 in 1998. Ah, mems.
jorrar
August 31st, 2008
1:49:55 AM CDT
(1)
I was 17 in 1998. I feel old.
wisdumcube
August 28th, 2008
8:03:39 PM CDT
(0)
truth
pgn2b
August 28th, 2008
8:08:26 PM CDT
(5)
that's about right. I always had to use both record AND play. Here's a tip: Use the pause button, for seamless song to song transitioning in ur mix.
pgn2b
August 28th, 2008
8:10:53 PM CDT
(1)
this also works for television programs
Trebar
August 28th, 2008
8:31:46 PM CDT
(2)
I always hated the flutter between recordings. Nothing like a big squeel to wake you up on the road.
bgbez
August 30th, 2008
5:48:19 PM CDT
(1)
How'd you get TV on your radio, pgn2b?
RammsteinKopf
August 31st, 2008
2:19:43 AM CDT
(1)
magic
mrcoxley
August 28th, 2008
8:12:19 PM CDT
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win
verscharren
August 28th, 2008
8:36:49 PM CDT
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memories hidden in the corner of my mind...
TuRtLeS
August 28th, 2008
8:37:00 PM CDT
(9)
I DID IT TOO, WITH MY DICK RECORDER
tehjugulator
August 28th, 2008
8:41:25 PM CDT
(0)
I totally did that too.
LegoLewdite
August 28th, 2008
8:48:15 PM CDT
(0)
also, the walkman's batteries would last about forty minutes at top volume.
Woodchip
August 28th, 2008
8:49:09 PM CDT
(3)
I filled up an entire tape with, "Are You Jimmy Ray?"
VoiceMail
August 28th, 2008
9:34:37 PM CDT
(2)
get help... now.
winterbottom
August 29th, 2008
9:54:06 AM CDT
(2)
who wants to know?
doink9731
August 29th, 2008
11:10:37 AM CDT
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I know I know I know I know I know I know
developer
August 29th, 2008
7:41:50 PM CDT
(0)
ROFL KARTOFL!! I filled an entire tape with one enya song! yeah I liked that song...
cretincretin999
August 28th, 2008
8:50:01 PM CDT
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lol i did ittoo!
LegoLewdite
August 28th, 2008
8:50:10 PM CDT
(5)
and depending on the boombox, you could press record and fast forward at the same time, and the tracks would playback ultra-slowed down.
geoguy91
August 29th, 2008
3:41:39 PM CDT
(2)
I believe that's known as 'chopped and screwed'.
ShawnConnery
August 28th, 2008
8:53:13 PM CDT
(0)
Brilliant.
DohDohs
August 28th, 2008
8:54:21 PM CDT
(0)
I did it with one of the flute recorders. I was good with my lips.
speedmstr65
August 28th, 2008
8:57:27 PM CDT
(1)
YES! hahaha I did the exact same thing.
speedmstr65
August 28th, 2008
8:57:58 PM CDT
(0)
Longestpants
August 28th, 2008
9:23:50 PM CDT
(17)
iTunes: 1 song, 99 cents. Audio Cassette tape: 3 tapes (roughly 3 albums), 99 cents.
geoguy91
August 28th, 2008
9:52:22 PM CDT
(22)
BitTorrent: Priceless.
Grundge
August 28th, 2008
9:36:33 PM CDT
(1)
so f*cking true lol
hanktherapper
August 28th, 2008
10:09:43 PM CDT
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That actually isn't considered piracy and is as legal as recording a TV show.
TonyOrlando
August 28th, 2008
10:12:25 PM CDT
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Nice, but you forgot step 7: Get pissed when the stupid DJ started talking in the middle of the song.
wheelyum
August 28th, 2008
10:23:31 PM CDT
(2)
I like how tkx7's mix is typed in on the tape
Necronomicon
August 28th, 2008
10:25:41 PM CDT
(3)
Everyone remember dial-up modems? Remember that CRAZY sound it made? That was CRAZY, wasn't it?
pococurante
August 28th, 2008
10:30:21 PM CDT
(5)
power "chord"? christ.
ericcondon
August 28th, 2008
10:41:54 PM CDT
(3)
Actually, the misspelling made it just about 1000x funnier.
hbomberman
August 28th, 2008
11:17:59 PM CDT
(2)
yeah, like in some HEAVY METAL song!
VIsraWratS
August 29th, 2008
1:40:25 AM CDT
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Kattywampus
August 29th, 2008
2:49:22 AM CDT
(1)
Well said, VIsrWrat
TheGoogle
August 29th, 2008
3:05:54 AM CDT
(3)
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mackvenom1
August 29th, 2008
12:15:31 PM CDT
(1)
was hoping somebody else saw that
lacrossestar83
August 30th, 2008
2:01:21 PM CDT
(0)
HEY THATS THE TABS TO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
scorcho
August 30th, 2008
5:46:12 PM CDT
(2)
No, it's Smells Like Teen Spirit
LikesMuscularGirls
August 28th, 2008
10:35:10 PM CDT
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You have to hit the play button at the same time as record. Everyone knows that.
meddel
August 28th, 2008
10:37:57 PM CDT
(2)
cord.
ericcondon
August 28th, 2008
10:41:17 PM CDT
(0)
5'd for 1979
jetz
August 29th, 2008
2:07:23 PM CDT
(0)
here here
prairiedogeric10
August 28th, 2008
11:05:39 PM CDT
(0)
I used to listen to the ABCs on a cassette tape...every night.
ficklefackle
June 23rd, 2009
2:33:58 AM CDT
(0)
i had a letter people tape
SilverDollar
August 28th, 2008
11:09:25 PM CDT
(6)
One of these days ask gr33nscr33n how he did it. It invloved bees wax, his mom's knitting needle, a piece of hemp twine and a wagon wheel.
gr33nscr33n
August 29th, 2008
1:21:04 PM CDT
(4)
You are so wrong, SD. When I wanted to hear a song back when I was 10 I'd hit one of my 37 sisters with a club until she sang what I wanted to hear. Plus, we got great reverb in that cave.
Smeagolisfree99
August 29th, 2008
6:34:39 PM CDT
(0)
MACGYYYVVEERRRRRRRR
hbomberman
August 28th, 2008
11:19:22 PM CDT
(4)
"In Kazakstan, we think US and A technology very good, but here you have technology very primitive..."
SweetEscape
August 28th, 2008
11:32:37 PM CDT
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Nostalgic as this may be, I was neither amused nor inspired.
Compdude
August 28th, 2008
11:37:45 PM CDT
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I've heard good things about this Napster program...
forthesteel
August 28th, 2008
11:41:09 PM CDT
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really bad music
keatonkeaton999
August 29th, 2008
12:08:49 AM CDT
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5
Jesushobo
August 29th, 2008
12:19:53 AM CDT
(1)
I think every kid used to do this, the same kids now download p2p and bittorrent. Times haven't really changed, just the technology.
badboybadd
August 29th, 2008
12:24:04 AM CDT
(2)
it sucked back then. you had to have "friends" in RL... not just 'buddies' like nowadays.
SakuraRox313
August 29th, 2008
12:24:44 AM CDT
(2)
Man, this brought back some good memories of when I used to do this. I used to do most of the tricks mentioned so far in these comments too. I remember not wanting to switch over to cd's for the longest time because they sounded a little TOO good, like it felt lifeless in a way. The fun of capturing songs live on the radio as they played was something that couldn't be replaced either.
way21337
August 29th, 2008
1:14:16 AM CDT
(0)
ive done it
VIsraWratS
August 29th, 2008
1:27:15 AM CDT
(4)
I used to record movie soundtracks by fast-forwarding my VHS tapes to the end credits. Then I would stick my radio right next to my tv speakers & hit record. The sound quality was sh*t but I didn't care. The thing that makes this really pitiful is that my VHS collection was made up of copied rentals from Major Video . My mom was too cheap to buy me real copies (She only got me things I didn't care about like food & clothes). I've still got a tape with the Ghostbusters, Goonies, & Gremlins themes.
MediocreMarvel
August 29th, 2008
7:37:10 AM CDT
(0)
I did the exact same thing with Disorderlies and Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon. Also R.I.P. Sho' Nuff.
milkmanv1
August 29th, 2008
1:36:16 AM CDT
(0)
Here's an equally awesome secret: If you can get on top of the brick wall that lines the top of World 1-2 in Super Mario Bros., run along it to the end of the level and you can warp to another world! SSSH! It's a secret to everyone!
therealjerms
August 29th, 2008
9:05:58 PM CDT
(0)
If you can break a hole in the wall from underneath, then align the middle of your body with that wall and keep moving right, it takes you to a secret, apparently forever, under water world.
Phernoree
August 29th, 2008
2:00:55 AM CDT
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Presses Play and Record - "I'm a Barbie Girl in my-" -sh*t- *rewinds* *waits* Presses Play and Record - "Waiting for tonight! Ohohhh" -sh*t- *rewinds* *waits* Presses Play and Record - "Ride it my pony" - sh*t - Repeat 30X
SSgtTCZ
August 29th, 2008
2:04:05 AM CDT
(0)
Yeah
Kattywampus
August 29th, 2008
2:53:17 AM CDT
(0)
Who remembers Pause-Tapes?
gen0cide
August 29th, 2008
3:20:26 AM CDT
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what the f*ck is this "cassette tape" you speak of? I only know of hard drive based music players.
JRPomazon
August 29th, 2008
10:06:47 AM CDT
(0)
I remember this all too well.
redforth
August 29th, 2008
11:01:31 AM CDT
(2)
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ILLEGAL SIR, AND THE RIAA WILL GET A CALL FROM ME FORTHWITH! GOOD DAY!
doink9731
August 29th, 2008
11:11:47 AM CDT
(3)
I called the FBI. They are on the way.
GaryGnu
August 29th, 2008
11:53:12 AM CDT
(0)
That's how I did it.
MrMuskOx
August 29th, 2008
11:55:04 AM CDT
(1)
You owe the RIAA 1.7 Million. Their lawyers should be contacting you soon.
Aldrai
August 29th, 2008
12:15:12 PM CDT
(1)
The only way I was able to pirate music when I was 10 was taking a sewing pin and scratching a vinyl record! It sounded horrible but it was music! Kids these days and their cassettes! Bah!
drunk-ewok
August 29th, 2008
12:19:09 PM CDT
(0)
All getting some piece of commercial or DJ talking at the ends then it gets burned into your brain as part of the song.
xsleemanxrrx
August 29th, 2008
12:36:04 PM CDT
(1)
I was expecting the old "how i pirated music by timmy age10" all draw crazy and childish, but its good still.
gr33nscr33n
August 29th, 2008
1:17:39 PM CDT
(1)
If you go back and read up on music industry history, there was almost as much hysteria and even litigation back then over cassettes (and CD burners; and with the movie industry it was VCRs) as there is today over digital formats. Not exactly a forward looking group of people, them.
DeumReaper
August 29th, 2008
1:42:09 PM CDT
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I used to record with that gray cassette recorder called the Talkboy or some sh*t, they had it in Home Alone 2, but that was for TV as well as other stupid stuff
Anig
August 29th, 2008
3:26:42 PM CDT
(0)
You mean the tiger queerboy?
rayfrei
August 29th, 2008
2:38:38 PM CDT
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your secret is not a secret. that's not considered pirating. why else would they include a record button. i did that too when i was younger with some Nirvana songs. everyone already knew this. =D
Zerocyde
August 29th, 2008
2:56:17 PM CDT
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Remember how back in the 90's we would talk about how horrible and primitive 8-tracks must have been? Just think, kids now will look back at our cassette tapes and think the same thing. lol, f*ck, we getting old.
Paralistalon
August 29th, 2008
3:36:25 PM CDT
(0)
I used to make video game soundtracks by putting my TalkBoy up to my T.V.'s speaker. My earliest one was of the Street Fighter 2 soundtrack. :D
samurai-alpha
August 29th, 2008
3:58:24 PM CDT
(0)
""POW"er ch0rdZ"'
anystrom
August 29th, 2008
4:15:05 PM CDT
(0)
This site has a way to pirate music that none of you have ever heard of: www.lastmeasure.com
Reject
August 29th, 2008
4:17:55 PM CDT
(0)
sh*tballs you are all young... wheres the Reel to Reel?
maxchain
August 29th, 2008
4:31:23 PM CDT
(0)
You're gonna be so screwed when the RIAA can travel back in time.
Dyslexia
August 29th, 2008
4:47:01 PM CDT
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not funny.
mrnoodle
August 29th, 2008
4:51:14 PM CDT
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I remember talking about music with a friend and his younger cousin. I said "Remember that one song? It was the 2nd song on the 2nd side." My friend goes, "Yeah that was a great song." His cousin, who had only ever heard CDs, said "?" It was then I knew that I had become old.
r055wood
August 29th, 2008
5:49:29 PM CDT
(0)
haha, I used to do this.
Eldred
August 29th, 2008
5:55:24 PM CDT
(1)
what the f*ck is a cassette?
lonelyguy37
August 29th, 2008
6:15:09 PM CDT
(1)
I did that!
johnnyfog
August 29th, 2008
6:22:15 PM CDT
(0)
the tapes always broke after I played them too often :--(
LawlAndPawnder
August 29th, 2008
6:57:43 PM CDT
(0)
LIKE OMG REMEMBER 8 TRACKS HAHAHA ITS FUNNY TO REMEMBER THOSE TIMES, as in THOSE not THIS
dcastle
August 29th, 2008
8:33:20 PM CDT
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sh*t. I totally had that f*cking Aiwa
therealjerms
August 29th, 2008
9:07:34 PM CDT
(0)
me too
Kremlin
August 29th, 2008
9:16:38 PM CDT
(0)
GENIS
MrTorresSaysHello
August 29th, 2008
9:40:47 PM CDT
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1 for music
maplejet
August 29th, 2008
10:47:42 PM CDT
(0)
Hahaha...but that's how I did it back then.
Vinyl-Monster
August 29th, 2008
11:12:59 PM CDT
(1)
i think i did this one time in 1992. then i gots internet. lol u r old. nice site.
tkx7
August 29th, 2008
11:54:14 PM CDT
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I didnt get the internet until about 1999
Eldred
August 30th, 2008
2:24:45 AM CDT
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I was 4 in 1992. You're old.
Vinyl-Monster
August 30th, 2008
10:11:32 AM CDT
(1)
i was five in 1992, and I didn't get internet that year either
MrSinistar
August 29th, 2008
11:58:57 PM CDT
(0)
I want to vote 5 but it's not working...damn Firefox.
fettoki
August 29th, 2008
11:59:50 PM CDT
(2)
should be titled "How I pirate music now that I'm 23."
jasonkrowe
August 30th, 2008
10:38:25 AM CDT
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brb, FBI.
HerbSewell
August 30th, 2008
11:34:05 AM CDT
(0)
They had CDs back then...
tkx7
August 30th, 2008
11:35:33 AM CDT
(0)
ok, but there was no way to record onto CDs then... or if there was it was much more expensive and no one did
WhargouL1942
August 31st, 2008
8:44:27 AM CDT
(0)
you sir, are an idiot.
pvt-ryan
August 31st, 2008
9:07:25 AM CDT
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indeed he is.
mattdh12
August 30th, 2008
11:48:29 AM CDT
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i tried to make hot new remixes with just the radio and cassettes. they really turned out to be 5 seconds of one song, 2 seconds of another, 7 seconds of another, and so on. i thought my remixes were the sh*t too, now theyre in my basement along with the awful songs i straight out recorded.
ramprat
August 30th, 2008
12:58:00 PM CDT
(0)
CHORD.
tricolor
August 30th, 2008
2:53:26 PM CDT
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i did that too
pussinboots
August 30th, 2008
3:24:56 PM CDT
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nostalgic
CaptainRescue
August 30th, 2008
4:57:34 PM CDT
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But did you pirate this Smashing Pumpkins song?
GaryGnu
August 30th, 2008
5:37:19 PM CDT
(1)
I did this in 1986, I bought the damn CD in 96
jolietjane
August 30th, 2008
8:47:56 PM CDT
(0)
Wow, that's exactly how I did it in 1996 too KLASSIC MEMORIEZ
thermalfire
August 30th, 2008
8:48:30 PM CDT
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Wow...I miss my old tapes.
GaryGnu
September 1st, 2008
1:19:16 AM CDT
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I still have mine, from 1986, in a the bottom of a box with my old VHS tapes.
Tyler2k
August 30th, 2008
9:28:55 PM CDT
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How I pirated music in 2008: Step 5) Turn on the YTMND and wait until you hear a song you like 6) Hit the source button on the internets copy as necessary (continue to repeat steps 5 and 6)
Deathacorn
August 30th, 2008
9:34:35 PM CDT
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I diggy diggy diggy.
nonoyawns
August 30th, 2008
9:51:31 PM CDT
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this is quite a discovery
Wesyeed
August 30th, 2008
11:05:37 PM CDT
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f*cking stupid kids today have it too easy. They get porn at the click of a button. We had to watch it scrambled! Ah, that's why our eyes are better.
Bob-the-Builder
August 30th, 2008
11:31:05 PM CDT
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this obvious and stupid ytmnd was a good idea kinda. but there wasnt as much retardedness and funniness to make this good. just a lame attempt at being funny.
YtmndGreg
August 31st, 2008
1:03:15 AM CDT
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The Original Way!
jorrar
August 31st, 2008
1:48:15 AM CDT
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nostalgia
WhargouL1942
August 31st, 2008
8:41:17 AM CDT
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dont you mean steal/borrow cassettes/radio?
LePape
August 31st, 2008
9:04:23 AM CDT
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... and we all used to tape movies that were on TV using blank video tapes and a VCR. Seriously, I can't believe a site based solely on the idea of "hey guys remember 12 years ago we used to do that, lol!!!11" can be rated so high.
Baron
September 2nd, 2008
3:16:39 PM CDT
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its okay your secret will be kept alongside that secret printer driver exploit that allowed you to bypass the windows 95 nt login screen
montereymatt
September 4th, 2008
4:49:56 PM CDT
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*fist bump* but you forgot the part about calling up the DJs to request certain songs