Cost
They just played this little clip on the radio that must have been made in the 1950s. A man is discussing the prevalence of rock'n'roll music on the charts, saying that out of the top 100 at least 85 could be classified as rock'n'roll, and then mentions, in this serious, semi-shocked, warning tone, "Today's teenagers spend an average of 8 to 10 dollars a month on records." Eight to ten dollars a month? I wish! You can't get squat for that little these days, unless you're very lucky, and the delete bin at the local shop actually has something decent. His quote made me laugh.