That 70s Thread
 

I was born in 1970 so basically my memories of the 70s are all from a little kid's perspective.

I remember watching on T.V. Donny and Marie, The 6mil $ Man, Buck Rogers, Battle Star Galactica. MY parents listened to Neil Sedaka, the guy who sounded like a woman when he sang. My older brother was into Led Zepplin and Aerosmith. I liked those bands too. I remember coveting my brother's BMX bike. I wasn't allowed to have a boy's bike. -_- I also remember buying packs of firecrackers for 5 cents from a guy down the street. It's funny the things that make an impression on you when you are a kid.

I'm right there with you (1972). I loved my Honeycomb license plate, big wheel and my goloshes that said "left, right'. I also loved, LOVED the Brady Bunch and remember every episode.

I wore tie-dyed shirts
aviator glasses
shag haircut
elephant leg jeans
bear traps
and choker

I smoked hash and listened to a lot of Greg Allman

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpNOoq0kFds"]YouTube- Gregg Allman- Multi-Colored Lady[/ame]

I miss the golden shag carpet and the funky checkerboard wallpaper in the kitchen we had in the house.

I was born in 1967 and I do remember the 1970's and especially the banana bikes!!!! and the TV serie C.H.I.P.S! My younger brother and I would ride our banana bikes and pretend we were CHIPS officer :cool: ! Good memories for me.

Also my Green Machine.

I was born in 1978, so the best thing about the seventies to me is being born:p and the music!!! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VepVTmfjutY"]YouTube- I Just Wanna Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb[/ame]

Great song from the 70s and prolly one of dozens that we partied to.
Born to Run was one of the hottest albums in '75 and
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10th Avenue Freeze Out

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktliuvsPa4g"]YouTube- Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out[/ame]

:nixon: graduated in 71....USAF .......... yes dick was up for election..could vote at age 18 and drink at 18........watergate.........
we left viet nam..after saying good bye to many friends....
a nickel bag of pot was only 5 dollars and u could gey 10 joints out of it.....
(well that is what i heard) :nixon:
gallon of gas was 33.9 cents there was a shortage it went up to 49......... i could drive home on my honda 360T (500 miles) with $5.25 there were tolls to pay.
MASH was new........TB remotes had a 10 foot wire that was attached to the Tv..they called them clickers..cause they made a click click sound.
Cable TV was just beginning.....
The Goddess was the bars to go to in NYC, and peaches n bonnie n clydes....had my first orgasm at the Goddess (the drink)....fell in love every saturday night........
calculators were called adding machines..


telephones started making a sound if you got one with buttons....
the end of 70's craze was telephone sound songs.....(dont ask)

You woke up in 1972 to a song called "the happiest girl in the whole USA"

and in 1974 you streaked............ :bolt: a ll neekid n stuff

a computer in 1974 took up the size of house to hold what you can on that little flash drive today..........

and Apple meant a fruit you picked off a tree.

Great post Dean. I remember it all and I'm right behind ya, Class of '74 which I'll show in here in a minute

Some of the best times for me were in the 70s with great friends and concerts and parties. On my 30th reunion, I "outed" myself and no one batted an eye.

Isn't the passage of time amazing? Below, me at 16 and 52.

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/CONTRAST.jpg

Went to dances and concerts wearing
tie-dyed shirts and studs down my elephant bells
I remember smokin' hash and drinking
Bartels & James on a hot summer night listening to:
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Wet Willie and Grand Funk Railroad

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSQOeQakExU"]YouTube- Grand Funk Railroad - The Locomotion[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg0BNTebcbY"]YouTube- Wet Willie Keep On Smiling[/ame]

Drinkin', hittin' and lovin her to Lady Blue
I was a hippie...diggin' Leon Russell

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDyq_RcSo8"]YouTube- Leon Russell lady blue[/ame]

Diggin sourthern progressive rock tonight...remembering the day
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpNOoq0kFds"]YouTube- Gregg Allman- Multi-Colored Lady[/ame]

I miss Madeline Kahn.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWrCf7rAytc"]YouTube- Young Frankenstein[/ame]

I was in urban radio back in the 70s. (It was just called black radio then). We'd spend an hour or so pulling albums from the library to prepare for our shows. I worked all on-air shifts eventually, and 6-midnight was my favorite.

I remember this on my play list:

Maze
Lady of Magic
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Here's another tune we played a lot. Along with solo tunes by Major Harris, Margie Joseph and Blue Magic....

What's Come Over Me brings back great memories.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2xN5ZnXW34"]YouTube- Blue Magic Live - What's Come Over Me[/ame]

OMG, this is a scream. Ok, so I still have a pair of red, white, and blue bell bottom jeans in my hope chest (kept at my Grandmother's house) from 1976. I can remember all the great music from back then. Most of it is on my Itunes. It would actually take 4.4 days to listen to all of my 70's stuff per their site. rofl

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feWcodU51QY"]YouTube- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Hosanna ( 7)[/ame]

Herod's Song

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb_9uH-ELJE"]YouTube- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) King Herods Song (16) (((Stereo)))[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDHoTOgeNWE"]YouTube- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Gethsemane (14) (((Stereo)))[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YPDXmEsQtQ"]YouTube- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Superstar (20) (((Stereo)))[/ame]

I think you mean a dime bag...it would last you a lifetime lol.

Rufus

I graduated from High School in 1970.......when I woke up it was 1985

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in no order...laugh
 

Jesus Christ Superstar is the first rock song I actually learned on the piano :)

I sang "I Don't Know How to Love Him" for entertainment at our 10th grade talent show.

I drank Slow Gin Fizzes that tasted like carnations. I carried a flask for a while in my purse.

Wore chokers made of pukka shells, had mood rings, scratch and sniff shirts.....bell bottoms, platform shoes and like a million earing's.

Was and am a huge Beatles Fan and in the late 70's discovered Pink Floyd.

Watched every episode of Wonder Woman and Charlie's Angels.

Had red white and blue shoes and shorts in 1976. Remember Bicentennial Moments on TV?

Tap Danced to "Joy to the World" in 2nd grade, still love 3 Dog Night.

Sat on the hood of my car and smoked cigarettes. Drank Canadian Club (for some unknown reason) and drag raced my dad's Caprice which had a 405 engine and blew Trans Ams off the road.

Sneaked and read the dirty parts from Jaws and Other Side of Midnight.

Skipped school to work on my tan.

Had feathered hair.

Never got in trouble because I looked so innocent.

:)

and cost you $500 now

Class of 1981 here. :)

I understand that, I missed part of the 80's myself. Didn't work for 3 years, but always had more money in my pockets than my friends that did work. One day reality comes along to slap me in the face and all of a sudden I'm a mature grown up, lol. Drugs unless a script no longer have a place in my life.

I do remember narks. Had my locker searched once. Vice Principal never found a thing and never looked again. Someone really had to be stupid to leave that stuff in a locker.

Yep, we had narks, they would bring the drug dogs in and search our lockers. Never kept anything there, kept it in my car or purse in my Ray Bans case :).

I remember the 80's, but there is a lot of it I wish I didn't.

Wolfy - I hate to even take anything prescription anymore. I even try to avoid things like Tylenol. What happened! From the 70s to a corporate job climbing the ladder!!

Rufus