…made some of the lies worth believing…
I don’t remember the year I got my Walkman or if it looked like this one. I don’t remember the word “Sports” being on it, and I think I would, but it’s been a long, long time so I can claim no accuracy in my memories.
I do know the first song I heard on a Walkman–it was neither my cassette nor my Walkman. I think I remember whose it was (he was a friend). I was mesmerized by the sound both from such a tiny device and how the music sounded through that little set of headphones. So pure, so mobile. I could walk through campus with a soundtrack other than the one in my head. It’s funny how a song can blow you away when you never expected such. Still go back to that moment every single time I hear “Eye in the Sky” with its lead-in “Sirius.”
So I bought both a Walkman and the cassette and that song babysat me through a bad breakup with the most skilled liar I’ve ever known. I still struggle when anyone lies to me, but I also still feel the empowered vibes of this song. Thank you Ed (the friend with the borrowed Walkman) and Alan Parsons Project.