- This thing is weird. I don't get this.
♪ (distorted music) ♪
♪ (playful intro) ♪
- (FBE) So today, you're gonna be reacting to this!
- (gasps) Whoa!
It's like a DJ thingamabobber thing, but really old.
- Oh my gosh. I cannot think of the name.
- It's a record player! I have one!
- (FBE) Well, first thing's first. Do you know what this is?
- It's after a phonograph.
Tape recorder... tape player.
- A radio player.
- My teacher used to have a record player,
so she showed us pictures.
- (FBE) This is a record player. - A record player?
It looks broken.
- (FBE) So record players have been used
in their primitive forms for over 100 years,
and many people still use them today.
- What?! That's a long time.
- (FBE) Well, for many years, this was the only way
that you could listen to music in your house.
- Oh, that sucks.
- I would rather dance to music like on my mom's phone.
- This was the only way they could listen to music?
I mean, there's so many ways-- I mean, obviously now.
There's phones, or iPads, or computers.
- (FBE) How do you think you play music with this?
- Just place a CD in it.
- You put a disc here, and then you...
it moves. - Grab a record,
and then put it on the top.
- Put the disc on here, put that on here,
and it makes music.
- I don't know what this thing is.
All I know is that you've gotta go like this,
then poof, and then psshht!
- (FBE) So first thing's first, you're gonna need
something else to get this to work. - The disc, the song.
- (FBE) So you'll need...
this! - Yay!
- Found it. CD.
- Michael Jackson! Yay!
- (FBE) So this is called a record. - Ooh la la.
- (FBE) If you wanted to listen to this way back when,
you'd have to drive down to the store and purchase
one of these records, and then hope the store
had them in stock. - I don't like that.
- If you don't know how to drive, that's pretty hard.
- (FBE) So what do you think about that system
for buying and listening to music back then?
- If you buy and sell music today, it's way easier.
- Google's much easier than this.
Hey Google, play whatever.
- I feel bad for them, because you just have
to drive down and maybe you don't even have one near you.
- I'd rather download all these on my phone.
- (FBE) Okay, well, it looks like you already
kind of figured it out, but yeah, we're gonna have you
put that in and play some music with it.
- There we go.
Never mind. It was upside down.
(record clatters)
- I don't hear anything!
- This thing is weird. I don't get this.
- (exhales in frustration)
(record scratching)
Ehh...
♪ (distorted music) ♪
♪ (music playing) ♪ - I did it!
♪ (clapping) ♪
- No help. Did this all by myself!
- Does it need batteries?
♪ (distorted music) ♪
Cool! - There's balance,
tone, loudness, and speed, I think.
- It's the brand new fidget spinner. - I think it's cool.
- It's good.
♪ (distorted, fast music) ♪
♪ (music playing) ♪ - Okay, that's better.
- It sounds weird.
Kind of like listening to it underwater.
- ♪ A big disgrace ♪ - (pounding table)
♪ (music distorts) ♪
I don't know what happened.
- Since it's a little older, it's a little bit muffled,
but I actually really like it.
- (sped-up) ♪ ...I am the one ♪
♪ ...on the floor in the round ♪
- Can I do the epic DJ, (imitates record scratching)
- (FBE) You can. You do it with the actual disc, though.
You don't do it with the needle. - Oh, okay.
(record scratching)
DJ Royel in the house.
- Record players are the best.
The only problem I have with it is how portable is it really?
It's not as portable as just having your phone
in your pocket. - On the side of coolness
and elegance-y, it's better. But just from utility
and how easy it is to use, obviously worse.
- (FBE) So if you wanted to listen to a different song
on the album, how do you think you'd do that?
- I don't know.
- I actually have no clue.
- (FBE) You're taking the whole record off?
You don't need to do that. - Oh! You don't?
- (FBE) Nope.
- What? Um...
This thing? - (FBE) Nope.
- This? - (FBE) Nope.
- This? - (FBE) No.
- This?! - (FBE) Yes.
So you actually have to pick up the needle
and place it on a different part of the record.
- We have an iPad and a phone now.
It's easier, 'cause you just have to press a button.
- You see these little marks? They go one, two,
three, four, five.
- Okay. (record scratches, music stops)
- ♪ ...I got to give ♪ - I did it.
- It says "Bohemian Rhapsody" is on here.
This should be "Bohemian Rhapsody."
I'll put it-- - ♪("Bohemian Rhapsody") ♪
(claps) - ♪ I'm just a poor boy ♪
- (FBE) So one of the features of this as you've obviously noticed
is that you can increase or decrease the speed
of a song using one of the switches there.
- Yeah. - (FBE) And the reason for this
was that different records actually just naturally played
at different speeds.
♪ (music slows down) ♪ - It's slower. It's cool.
- (sped-up) ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪
- Oh my god. It sounds like a baby.
♪ (music speeds up greatly) ♪ - It sounds like Alvin
and the Chipmunks. - That's cool,
because what if you were-- had so much energy,
you'd just be like... ♪ (music speeds up greatly) ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Beat it, beat it ♪ ♪ (music slows down) ♪
- Why does... wait, what?
Why does Freddie Mercury sound like he's an 11-year-old?
What if we go to 16?
♪ (music slows down greatly) ♪
Nope. You could put hidden messages in it.
If it goes super fast, you can hear this,
but if it's normal, you can't hear it.
- (FBE) So today, all of your music
is not even visible as it is all done digitally.
But back in the day, you'd have this massive record player
along with a large record just to listen to a few songs
and then a whole other large record just to listen to other songs.
So what do you think about having to take up
this much space just to listen to music?
- That would be not good, because you've got to
keep spending money, and money, and money.
- The records are pretty big.
They would be pretty much stacked over.
- That would take up a lot of space.
How many songs I have on my phone is probably how many rooms
plus 10 are in the White House.
- I kind of prefer a small, little device.
But this takes up almost the whole table.
- It's definitely not as great as today's music,
but this is still awesome.
I'm still in shock this actually works.
- (FBE) Finally, as we mentioned, people do still use record players
to this day. So after using one of them today,
do you think you'd ever use a record player
to listen to music? - Yes.
- Yeah. You could do-- you could spin it hard
if you're strong enough. - Yes.
I like old technology. - No, I'll stick with my iPad.
- Yeah, totally. I like it more than listening to it on a phone.
- I would back away from it. - Yeah, I'd definitely get one.
- No, because our record player is in storage.
- What was the slang for awesome back in the day?
This is a very radical music player.
- I would love to, and I will keep doing it.
I do have one, so I'm taking this home. Thank you.
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- Hey, guys. Ethan here from FBE.
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