1981 Flashback: America falls in love with headphones

It seemed to have happened overnight: Americans wearing headphones in droves. In 1981 the "CBS Evening News" covered the "fad" that was sweeping the nation. Watch former CBS News correspondent Bernard Goldberg's original 1981 report to see what people thought about these relatively new accessories.

[@luckycapgaming5957]

Funny how it’s implied not once, but twice, that people used the Walkman specifically for Beethoven.

[@Wampiroh]

Imagine walking through Manhattan in the 80's while listening to Beethoven.

[@boondoc001]

It'll be like living out your own movie scene

[@your_boi_alexismonroy]

So pretty much nothing has changed then 😅 they were saying a lot of the same things about Gen X that have been said about Millenials and Gen Z. That's hilarious.

[@boondoc001]

"anti social behavior", "electronic snobbery" 😂lolololol. The more things change, the more they stay the same

[@boondoc001]

Turns out, headphones were definitely not a "fad" 😂