#TBT: Now That’s What I Call…The Decline Of The CD
Remember when these “NOW That’s What I Call Music” albums were everything? They had all your favorite songs while they were still cool, other ways of hearing or buying these songs were limited, and the genres actually varied.
Kids and teens and even young adults counted down to the release dates, and rushed to Borders (RIP) to purchase what today’s kids might call these mysterious, round silver thingies that store a measly 20-ish songs each…and let’s not forget the cheesy, almost psychedelic-color commercials with kids dancing to the album’s marquee songs and track lists scrolling up the screen like the beginning of Star Wars! If you aren’t feeling old yet, we wandered over to the site to see what the NOW franchise is up to, well, now (teehee)…
Pharrell’s “Happy”
Jason Derulo’s “Talk Dirty”
Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse”. Yawn.
“Zoot Suit Riot” by The Cherry Poppin Daddies
“Fly Away” by Lenny Kravitz
“MMMBop” by Hanson
“The Sweetest Thing” by U2
“Hard Knock Life” by Jay-Z
“Closing Time” by Semisonic
Ah, how the times have changed #TBT