Given that A) John D. wears his record-collector geekdom on his sleeve and B) it was still the early-mid '90s, I've always thought that the Phillips Corporation's awful mistake was developing and marketing the compact disc. At that point in history (young 'uns take note) many people were pissed at the record companies for switching from vinyl and cassettes to CDs and then charging way more money for them (cf. the Big Black CD compilation "The Rich Man's Eight-Track Tape").
I used this song to teach English to high school kids in Hungary, circa 1996. The cultural references were tough for them, but once they got it, they totally loved it.
Given that A) John D. wears his record-collector geekdom on his sleeve and B) it was still the early-mid '90s, I've always thought that the Phillips Corporation's awful mistake was developing and marketing the compact disc. At that point in history (young 'uns take note) many people were pissed at the record companies for switching from vinyl and cassettes to CDs and then charging way more money for them (cf. the Big Black CD compilation "The Rich Man's Eight-Track Tape").
I used this song to teach English to high school kids in Hungary, circa 1996. The cultural references were tough for them, but once they got it, they totally loved it.