Napster

Remember Napster? Man, that was the greatest. My freshman year, if I wanted to listen to a song, all I had to do was type the title, and in seconds I had not only the song, but as many covers and versions as I could ever want. That's how I discovered Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, a punk band that only does covers. I had so much music on my computer that year. Sure, we tied up the school's ridiculously low bandwidth, but we rocked so hard.

Sadly, it was not to last. I swear rock died the day rock stars started suing kids for listening to their music. I don't have anything left from my illegal dowloads, except for a wider appreciation of music. I can see why the music industry put an end to it. I don't think Metallica wants people to be exposed to too much real music. They might realize that Metallica sucks.

Anyway, I just signed up for a Rhapsody account, which is pretty cool. Sure, I only get 25 free listens, but that's 25 songs I wouldn't hear otherwise, and their free radio stations are pretty good. I like the 80s Hits the best.

It's no Napster, but it's close enough to make me reminisce. When I talk to my kids about the good ol' days, Napster will always come up.

I hate Metallica.