I have an obsession… or a collection… however you want to look at it, it’s my Vinyl.
I’ve been collecting Vinyl records for a few years now, and I’m taking you through some of the BEST I have, and some of the weirdest..
Plus, how I got started in the first place:
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Okay, so some of those are pretty obscure.
Let me know which artists I mentioned are your favs. Or which ones I should add to the list!
Don’t forget to check back every night this month for another video – there are some pretty fun things coming!
What does it say about someone who’d rather watch I Love Lucy to Game of Thrones? What about listening to Vinyl instead of MP3?
I don’t care WHAT that says, because the reality is – I LOVE watching I Love Lucy, or popping in one of my 200+ vinyl collections, watching a VHS tape or listening to a cassette tape. It’s all amazing, and different. There’s something different about it; something calming.
Perhaps it’s because I grew up in the 90s – the age of Walkmans and portable cd players only JUST being released. VHS tapes were still a staple in most homes, and although DVD was making a ferocious head start, they were still the exceptions – not the norm.
I grew up on shows like I Love Lucy, Gilligans Island, Get Smart and I Dream of Jeanie. And yeah, we also loved The Nanny and some of the other shows at the time (mostly the cartoons!). Maybe that’s why these shows and movies (good old Doris Day!! Classics!) are still some of my favourite things to watch.
There was something different about them. They were lighter, they were filled with unarguable talent (because you HAD to be a triple threat back in those days) and nothing that you couldn’t sit your kids down in front of. Try letting you children watch something they’re releasing nowadays.
How I Met Your Mother (great show!!) isn’t suitable for a ten year old. Even The Big Bang Theory had a lot of sexual content in it, and wasn’t always accepting of those who are different to yourself (um, Sheldon Cooper come on down).
Great shows, all of them, but the old school movies and tv shows were just a step above.
It’s the same with the music. Back in the day you’d have Unforgettable (Nat King Cole) or any Elvis song (take your pick!). Yeah there was the slow ballads that dealt with heartbreak, but they had substance. The words were poetic and had deep meaning (for the most part – if you exclude songs about hippos for Christmas). There wasn’t swearing, there wasn’t overly sexualised phrases and words and descriptions – it didn’t need it.
So yes, I love things that some call ‘vintage’ because they’re better.
Do you disagree? Tell me why!!
Do you agree? Share some of your fav ‘vintage’ stuff with me 😀
I did something last week that lifted my spirits, made me feel more settled, and more organised (if that’s possible)…
I began the process of DECLUTTERING.
I recently got the inspiration to sort through my vinyl record collection and DVD collections. It felt amazing to go through and pitch the stuff I wasn’t going to watch or listen to.
I had to be ruthless because I wanted to keep it all – but I knew that keeping 200+ vinyls when I was only going to listen to 150 of them, was silly. Keeping well over that amount of DVDs (particularly when there’s Netflix and other streaming services), was also a waste of space.
When I was done, I felt lighter, brighter, and a sense of freedom. I have more space, I have only what I know I will watch or listen to, and I wasn’t cluttering up my house. There is nothing like the feeling of going from messy and cluttered, to clear and clean.
So, what can you declutter in your life? Do you have too many CDs or DVDs but you only watch streamed content? What about your desk… I have to do a declutter of mine once a week!
Let me know what you’re wanting to sort through – I’d love to know.
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