The official 70's depreciation/appreciation thread

[73Camaro_Dude]

Settle down now, let this meeting come to order...

William, despite his diametrically opposed views, actually has brought up a good point.

what were the 70's to you. Does it give you fond/warm feellings, or does it strike you as a bad, bad place that needs to be buried/forgotten/erasered out of your head.

ATMSO, the 70s are the beginning, the beginning of an epic saga... or, was it the beginning of the end. I dont know, but Im sure that someone will argue.

I had feathered hair, my dad had a faded out red t-shirt with farah fawcett on it, the first cars I remembered were my parents Blue 72 Maverick coupe with a 302, and my moms green 4dr with the v6. I remember Johnny Carson, and Ed McMahon when I got to stay up late. I remember Columbo, the Oak Ridge Boys and Captain Kangaroo. I vaguely remember Star Wars at the Drive In, and my Stretch Armstrong leaking insanely sticky green goo that hardened to the carpet.

I remember Blip, Jamie Sommers ear, Linda Carters amazing acting ability and remember wishing that Wonder Woman and Bionic Man would get married.

I remember John Denver, Captain and Tenille, Donny and Marie Osmond, and Glen Campbell.

I remember a show called 'ARK II' which no one else seems to... and it was immediately followed by Land of the Lost, but mom made us go OUTSIDE to play. I was the only one on our block that thought my grandparents RV was even more cool because Shazam, and young Billy Batson had one.

I remember loving Pittsburgh Steelers, and hating Dallas Cowboys. I remember someone punching me when I dared them to knock a battery off of my shoulder. I remember memorizing the JCPenny catalog toy section... and a peculiar incident involving bottle rockets and my x wing. I also remember some very, very catestrophic accidents including Big Wheels.

ATMO, the 70's were good and positive thing, I think because I was isolated from Disco. Kids were kids, and it was okay to wear tube socks.

Discuss.

[e-RICHIE]

Discuss.
i miss the acid atmo.

[J.Greene]

The 70's started for me with breast feeding and ended watching the movie Black Hole with my dad on New Years eve 1979. In between were good years too.

JG

[rphetteplace]

i miss the acid atmo.

pm sent!

[fiamme red]

I remember Johnny Carson, and Ed McMahon when I got to stay up late. I remember Columbo, the Oak Ridge Boys and Captain Kangaroo.I grew up believing that Schwinn bikes were the best; one of the reasons was because Captain Kangaroo said so. I've always ridden Schwinns, and now have four of them. And even though I now have some other nice bikes as well, I love my 1974 Schwinn Paramount most.

Captain Kangaroo was a great show. I still remember the characters, Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Greenjeans, Mr. Moose (with his ping-pong balls), Dennis, etc.

[quaintjh]

Settle down now, let this meeting come to order...

I remember a show called 'ARK II' which no one else seems to... and it was immediately followed by Land of the Lost, .

Discuss.

I'm probably just enough older to be caught in the middle--Starwars was first run date fun for me.

I remember hippy weddings, electric Kool-aid, bluegrass festivals and a white motorhome called ARK II. I also fought Sleastacks. Oh, and I think I streaked at a bluegrass festival in "Howeird" County, MD.

Jay

[Acotts]

pm sent!


lol

[sn69]

Van Halen in all their glory.
Kiss with makeup.
2112, A Fairwell To Kings, Hemispheres.
Boston. Don't Look Back.
Aja.
Pet Rock.
Three's Company.
De plane....
The end of the muscle car.
The scourge of orchestrated pop music, Shaun Cassidy and the Bay City Rollers.
Sid and Marty Krofft.
(Yes, I remember Ark II, although I prefered Isis.)

Most importantly, A Long Time Ago,...In A Galaxy Far, Far Away.....

[paczki]

i miss the acid atmo.

It's the gift that keeps on giving.

[e-RICHIE]

It's the gift that keeps on giving.
that's funny atmo -

[e-RICHIE]

.It's the gift that keeps on giving..

that's funny atmo -

[davids]

a big decade for me:

from arithmetic to algebra to advanced calculus
from Wind in the Willows to the Foundation Trilogy to the Iliad
from social studies to cultural anthropology
from JC Penny’s jeans to Levis
from building model cars to driving
from a Raleigh Chopper to a Motobecane Super Mirage to a Miyata 310
from Cleveland to Ann Arbor
from root beer floats to draught beer
from candy cigarettes to clove cigarettes
from Edison Lighthouse to Elton John to Genesis to punk
from listening to rock radio to working college radio
from my parents’ house to a commune
from barely talking to girls to fumbling talk with girls to fumbling with girls to talking to bare girls

[johnnymossville]

during the 70's, and didn't reach the 70's until the early 90's, if that's makes sense. So at least I had cool music instead of disco, Though I'll admit, Dancing Queen still moves me.

[chuckred]

High school and college years...

Black fastback stingray, brown varsity sport, Nishiki (bought after I sold my first car, a '65 Datsun wagon) and Paramount.

Lived at the beach in So. Cal through Jr. HIgh and High School - beach bum kid... first graduating class at Dana Hills High School.

College in Boulder - lots of Rocky Mountain road riding, first race (DFL), century, major high speed crash, etc.

Volunteered at the Red Zinger as a marshall/ first aid attendant. Fell in love (as much as any groupie can) with Beth Heiden after watching her race. Ended up in the hotel room with some european racer chick who had crashed and had major road rash on her cheeks... she thought I was a doctor - I was trying to explain I wasn't... thankfully I was able to get out before I did something really stupid!

Saw Led Zep (ok - skipped to the 60's), Fleetwood MAc, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Little Feat, the Who et al.....

Hair past my shoulders.

Bike tour through NZ and Tasmania.

Helicopter firefighter in Idaho in the summer, ski bum in UT in the winter.

What wasn't to like? Oh, yeah, my '77 VW Rabbit - what a piece of junk that was!

[dirtdigger88]

i miss the acid atmo.

move me up in line and we can talk :cool:

Jason

[William]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib84GZVz2g4 :banana:




Well we got no choice
All the girls and boys
Makin all that noise
'Cause they found new toys
Well we can't salute ya
Can't find a flag
If that don't suit ya
That's a drag

School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's dirty looks

Well we got no class
And we got no principles
And we got no innocence
We can't even think of a word that rhymes

School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's dirty looks

Out for summer
Out till fall
We might not go back at all

School's out forever
School's out for summer
School's out with fever
School's out completely

[chuckroast]

I went to High School and College in the '70's.
I met, dated and married my wife in the '70's.
I made friends that I still have in the '70's, and have had to bury a couple.
I still have my Advent speakers from the '70's (and they sound great out in the garage).
I wish I still had my Takara bike from the '70's.

[clweed]

i miss the acid atmo.

Rorer 714

[vjp]

a big decade for me:

from arithmetic to algebra to advanced calculus
from Wind in the Willows to the Foundation Trilogy to the Iliad
from social studies to cultural anthropology
from JC Penny’s jeans to Levis
from building model cars to driving
from a Raleigh Chopper to a Motobecane Super Mirage to a Miyata 310
from Cleveland to Ann Arbor
from root beer floats to draught beer
from candy cigarettes to clove cigarettes
from Edison Lighthouse to Elton John to Genesis to punk
from listening to rock radio to working college radio
from my parents’ house to a commune
from barely talking to girls to fumbling talk with girls to fumbling with girls to talking to bare girls

VERY nice David, and this, "from barely talking to girls to fumbling talk with girls to fumbling with girls to talking to bare girls", sublime.

[Louis]

Disco
Disco
Disco
Disco

[catulle]

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[Fixed]

Rorer 714
yes pill
cheers

[14max]

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[Louis]

Official disbanding of the Beatles
Deaths of Joplin and Hendrix
Led Zeppelin's release of some pretty great albums and subsequent/legendary tours: Zeppelin III (1970), ZOSO (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975), Presence (1976), The Song Remains the Same (1976), and In Through the Out Door (1978)
Rise in popularity of other great bands such as The Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band, Silver Convention, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, and Bob Marley and the Wailers


Wow, that's some true taste, there.

[paczki]

a big decade for me:
to talking to bare girls

You started going to nude beaches? They had those in the 60s too.

[capybaras]

white wine, conversation pits, Neil Diamond, fondue ... those were the days.

[M.Sommers]

white wine, conversation pits, Neil Diamond, fondue ... those were the days.

Conversation pits? Is that like the internet, a forum? :D

[cadence231]

Picked out my first bike at Sears on my 5th birthday.
My dad test drove a Gremlin.
First dog.
Keds.
Green Machine.
Motorcycles on dirt.
Racing motorcycles on dirt.
Smokey and the bandit.
Everywhich way bu loose.
Bullies.

[Fixed]

baba ram dass

cheers

[KeithS]

Graduated from high school '74 and college '78.
Graduated from Schwinn SuperSport to Motobecane Grand Jubilee in '74. I can still hear my mom, "you spent $400 on a bicycle!"
Worst idea for changes in legislation, letting 18 year olds drink legally.
Do your best Paul McCartney voice and say as he did in Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon - "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time"
Had hair.
Didn't have kids.
Started playing golf.
Quit cycling because I was slow then became slow and fat. Not so fat anymore, slow is now a matter of perspective.
Didn't quit college/work to follow the Dead.
Met and married wife version 1.0. Have since upgraded.
Started professional career, sold first computer. Had 16K of memory and cost $35K.
What a great thread with the Masters in the background!

[capybaras]

Homemade wine, Salton yogurt makers, sprouting jars in the refrigerator, and grow your own button mushrooms in the basement kits ... the 70s had it all.

[capybaras]

Conversation pits? Is that like the internet, a forum? :D

Kind of ... but more adult. And people are more agreeable since they are aided by white wine, Neil Diamond, candlelight, etc.

[Fixed]

merckx

[stevep]

graduated college in 71.
traveled and
fooled around for a few years.
taught for a few years
opened a bike shop in 78.

thats the 70s in 5 lines.

[chuckroast]

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[H.Frank Beshear]

Rorer 714

How lude :p

[giordana93]

wine coolers, riunite on ice, (that's nice)
funkadelic
ohio players, pink floyd, earth wind & fire, Wings... Saturday Night Fever, Olivia Newton John, Charlie's Angels... god, I'm feelin old

gas crisis, problems in Iran... wait a minute.... the more things change, the more they stay the same

[M.Sommers]

Jim McKay, ABC Wide World of Sports.
Planet of the Apes.
Tang by the gallon with a sleeve of Chips a'hoy.
Wearing corduroy pants in September back to school when it was 85* and then again in April when it was 85*.
Howard Cosell and his sidekick Ali..."Howard, I'm gonna tell the whole world that your a phoney, the hair on your head was made by the tail of a pony."
Farrah and her red one piece bathing sut (photo taken in cold studio). :confused:
WAITING for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue (which was banned by my elementary school).
CYLONS.
'In Search of...' with Leonard Nimoy.
'The Undersea Adventures of Jacques Cousteau'.
'Mutal of Ohama's Wild Kingdom'.
Nair commericals every five minutes.
Phil Donahue on for Mom.
People sitting around smoking cigarettes everywhere...car, home, theaters etc.
Wondering why NASA seemed dead.
Bruce Springsteen still had a New Jersey voice.
Mexican jumping beans.
POP ROCKS. Mikey died. Mikey didn't die.
A $5 bill could do something.
Hugh Hefner was a hero.
Computers that didn't do anything, I never got into Zelda.
Saving up for walkie talkies from Radio Shack.

[YO!!!]

Porsche 914-6

$150 / week expense reports for 4 nights of hotels/ food / recreational drugs / booze

Pacific coast of Mexico sans paved roads

Saturday Night Live / Mary Hartman...Mary Hartman

Last Waltz

Campagnolo Nuovo Record bike for $300

MacGregor persimmon & Titleist balata

Motorola car phone for $3500...waiting list was 3 years

New Orleans JazzFest... pulling your own wagon with ice chest full of beer.

DISCO ALWAYS SUCKED

[Louis]

DISCO ALWAYS SUCKED

Oh man, you guys are killing me. I graduated from high-school in 1979. There must be some other folks out there from my generation that remember those jr-high and high-school parties with disco music and dancing... Come on, admit it, those were great times - Donna Summer, The Four Seasons. You couldn't dance to R&R, but disco sure was fun.