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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 22:39:57 GMT
I was listening to a radio programme about the history of jukeboxes which explained what an amazing sociological item they were. They disappeared basically because we now have access to just about any music to which we want to listen without having to use a coin, but they were much more than that. Putting a coin in a jukebox was an proclamation to everybody present of the kind of music that you liked and therefore a major tool of seduction. It either brought people together or created a competition of different music styles. I remember how important it was when several people were using the jukebox to see if the next song was one of yours or one of the crappy songs that someone else had punched in as D3 or F10.
As a child, I really thought they were magical with all of the bright colours and streamlined shapes. Sometimes even with bubbles in coloured tubes! And the old mechanical ones that would rotate a bunch of vinyl 45's before plucking one out were fantastic. They were also one of the things for which parents would often give you the necessary coins when they would refuse so many other treats. I think that they were living out their own desires to use a jukebox which their adult status no longer allowed them to touch.
I can't even remember the last time I saw a jukebox anywhere, but I really regret their disappearance.
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