10 music struggles kids today will never understand

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It seems like we have music at our fingertips these days with apps like Spotify and phones that double as a music library. Kids today will never understand the struggles our generation had to endure on a daily basis just to enjoy the music we loved.

Here are 10 music struggles kids today just won't understand.  

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1. Being unable to fit all of your CDs in your CD case

Dude speaking of, our friend Jose found this in his car from 2013 and I believe it belongs to you �� pic.twitter.com/cs846OSHIU

— Case Snedecor (@CaseSned) November 30, 2017

Nothing was more heartbreaking than realizing you could no longer fit every CD into your CD case. Narrowing it down was nearly impossible. It was like asking someone to pick their favorite child.

2. The relationship between cassette and pencil

Who else is old enough to remember the relationship between these two items? pic.twitter.com/EB4EnjtdPQ

— Matt (@mattwhitlockPM) November 27, 2017

Remember when the tape player in your car would eat your cassette? Thank god for pencils. I had to save my Now 4 cassette tape many, many times this way.

3. Walkman vs Pocket

Kids today don't know the pain and suffering that occurred while trying to listen to a CD player without anti-skip on the bus ride to school. Never mind trying to fit it into your pocket… pic.twitter.com/gougYHNfJq

— Matt (@mattwhitlockPM) November 28, 2017

Jamming your favorite CD on your Walkman was great until you needed to do something with your hands. You could forget about getting that thing to fit in your pocket.

4. Trying to find your favorite Hit Clips Micro Music Clips

Who else is old enough to remember Hit Clips? pic.twitter.com/IHaUVabeFI

— Matt (@mattwhitlockPM) November 27, 2017

Next level technology right here. You mean I can play music on this AND fit it in my pocket?! Of course, you got only one song out of each Micro Clip, and sometimes it was only a one-minute preview,  but collecting these things quickly became a top priority.

5. The risk of Limewire

Kids today will never understand the thrill of risking the life of the family computer just for music. Hunt for a Lil Wayne song for 3 days, wait 45 minutes for it to download, turns out to be a Soulja Boy record. Torture. Took dedication, and commitment, to find what you wanted. pic.twitter.com/HfDW3DuspS

— Matt (@mattwhitlockPM) November 28, 2017

Do you love computer viruses? Then Limewire was the site for you! It was the go-to to get free music downloads, but it was pretty much guaranteed to destroy your computer in the process. Most people believed the risk to be well worth the reward, unless the song you spent two hours trying to download ended up being the Kidz Bop version.

6. Running out of blank CDs

“Dad Can I have another blank CD?”

*opens limewire*

*gets out green sharpie*

“Ty’s summer mix vol. 3” https://t.co/o6B4kmP0Th

— Lo (@lophiile) November 28, 2017

NOW HOW WILL I MAKE MY SUMMER MIX CD?!

7. The heart attack you'd get from AOL Music First Listen

I have some serious AOL Music memories attached to this song. ��

— Isabel Velázquez (@IsaDayana) November 22, 2017

AOL was a great way to discover new music. New Music Mondays were great, but downloading a song often involved a very loud, very random yell of “AOL MUSIC FIRST LISTEN” somewhere within the song that gave you a heart attack every time you played it. There are some songs not a single one of us can listen to without expecting that haunting yell…

8. Getting everyone in the car to be quiet while you recorded your new ringtone

Recording songs on your phone to make ringtones #tbt #nostalgia #TVR

— the venter’s room (@theventersroom) November 30, 2017

Ah, good ole' flip phones. The ability to record your own ringtones was incredible, but attempting to get everyone in your car to be quiet while you held your phone to your car speakers was NOT an easy task. Or how about when the radio DJ cut in early and ruined the end of the ringtone your worked so hard for?

9. Being forced to make space for new music

That young struggle back in the days where you had to delete music to make space for new music. The kids won't know

— Papi DJ (@ShootDJ) June 3, 2017

Long before the days of crazy amounts of memory, we were forced to delete old music in order to make room for new jams. It was sad and tragic, but sacrifices had to be made for the greater good.

10. Trying not to skip or scratch

Kids today won't get to experience the struggle of listening to your music on a bus ride and praying it doesn't skip when you hit a bump

— Taylor Flip Finley (@FLIPpinAintEasy) September 2, 2014

Holding your Walkman level was crucial in making sure your song didn't skip. Every time the car hit a bump my heart would stop in fear that my CD got scratched. The day the “anti-skip” button came out was one of the greatest days of my life.

What other music struggles do you remember facing? Let us know in the comments below.