BringMetheHeadofLeonLett Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Help me make some sense of this decade Most everything involved a fist-fight or trucker with CB's Junkyard black men, white old-guys with certain chairs, glam-rock, the gaddamn eagles, Blondie, REO Speedwagon MASH, Barnaby Jones, cocaine, pot, quaaludes, bell-bottoms, chest-hair and gold chains, Supertramp, Chico and the Man, The Rockford Files, Camaros with 86 HP the oil crunch, gas lines, Billy Beer, the ayatollah khomeini The Clash. The Sex Pistols, The Jam. Turtle-neck sweaters and platform shoes. I was born in '71. I was just an innocent kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Jones Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) Was born in 1960. All I can tell you is that the 70s and 80s were a great time to be growing up. I was recently reminiscing with a childhood friend, and he stated "at the time, we didn’t know how good we had it." He was 100% spot on. Use the Google machine to find more info about the greatness of that time. 😉 Edited February 5 by Bob Jones 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradobillsfan Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I hear more songs from the 70s in advertising and media than any other decade. Do decades even have tangible 'sounds' anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) 1 hour ago, coloradobillsfan said: I hear more songs from the 70s in advertising and media than any other decade. Do decades even have tangible 'sounds' anymore? Yes. Then give it another 30-40 years and floodgates of the 1950s/60s will open when things enter public domain. Early Disney ***** from the 1920s is already hitting public domain. Edited February 5 by ExiledInIllinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) It's the control of ideas and controlled socialization with others. There's no longer room for the risky idea. Or the perhaps stupid idea. There's no longer many venues to share ideas in person. Next to no government or corporate overlords in the 1960s....then the 1970s it slowly ratchets. You get a little more control in the 1980s, little more in the 1990s. A slow ratchet that really took off after 9/11 and overheated with Covid. As you reflect on the present, the "idea" is heavily controlled by the government and corporations where every idea in products, news, entertainment, politics is deliberately there for your consumption. The idea *must* generate a profit or influence you in one way or another. They also prefer you not socializing - just sit in your house and get all of your entertainment and products sent to you. Whatever happened to: One hit wonders? Stupid music videos? Indie movies? Stupid cars like the Pontiac Aztek? Why hasn't Tastykake produced any new snack in 30 years? Where to socialize? Dance clubs, bowling alleys, roller skating, the mall - all dead. Local news is largely dead - it's mostly AP (heavily controlled) wire crap. There is no way ol' Tay Tay is as big of a star as she is today in any previous decade. She's the star she is today because corporate America has eliminated nearly all of the competition. She makes them a ton of money and in return, there's no indie star out there that has any potential to eclipse her. Corporate America needs a new Britney so they are force feeding Tate McRae out on the airwaves. The Cyber Truck IMO is a stupid idea, but it only exists because Elon Musk is throwing his F-You money at it. It is very unlikely the K-Car, Ford Taurus or the Dodge Minivan would be made today because both cars were "crazy" ideas in US car making circles at the time. Edited February 5 by dpberr 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Go watch the movie 'Network', and see if Arthur Jensen's (Ned Beatty) tirade to Howard Beale (Peter Finch) isn't spot on to dpberr's observation above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 They made a show about the 70’s. I forget what they called it. 😋 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 3 hours ago, dpberr said: Why hasn't Tastykake produced any new snack in 30 years? I want to know who's responsible for the latest version of Hostess Cupcakes here in Canada. This was the classic: The Scheiße sold today: 🤨 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 17 hours ago, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said: Help me make some sense of this decade Most everything involved a fist-fight or trucker with CB's Junkyard black men, white old-guys with certain chairs, glam-rock, the gaddamn eagles, Blondie, REO Speedwagon MASH, Barnaby Jones, cocaine, pot, quaaludes, bell-bottoms, chest-hair and gold chains, Supertramp, Chico and the Man, The Rockford Files, Camaros with 86 HP the oil crunch, gas lines, Billy Beer, the ayatollah khomeini The Clash. The Sex Pistols, The Jam. Turtle-neck sweaters and platform shoes. I was born in '71. I was just an innocent kid. As a child of the 70s (born in the last year of the Baby Boom in the 60s), I must applaud you for this list. You generally nailed it. Just one correction: those ridiculously underpowered Camaros were really a thing of the 80s. PJ O'Rourke said the 60s were a "decade without quality control." The line was good, but it applied to the 70s, not the 60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 20 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: As a child of the 70s (born in the last year of the Baby Boom in the 60s), I must applaud you for this list. You generally nailed it. Just one correction: those ridiculously underpowered Camaros were really a thing of the 80s. PJ O'Rourke said the 60s were a "decade without quality control." The line was good, but it applied to the 70s, not the 60s. Don't underestimate the infancy of the Z/28 Then the IROC-Z of the 1980s. IROC Camaro: Italian######OutCrusin' 😆 A little later into 1980s: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 6 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said: As a child of the 70s (born in the last year of the Baby Boom in the 60s), I must applaud you for this list. You generally nailed it. Just one correction: those ridiculously underpowered Camaros were really a thing of the 80s. PJ O'Rourke said the 60s were a "decade without quality control." The line was good, but it applied to the 70s, not the 60s. In the 60s, yes. The 70s were with marginally better QC, but backwater college educated accountants were holding the purse strings. The GM 'X' car (Chevrolet Citation). 🤨 * And according to the Magliozzi brothers from 'Car Talk', most of the Camaros on the road were powered by L-6 engines, owned by women named Donna. (Pronounced 'Dawww-nah', in that inimitable Boston accent.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: In the 60s, yes. The 70s were with marginally better QC, but backwater college educated accountants were holding the purse strings. The GM 'X' car (Chevrolet Citation). 🤨 * And according to the Magliozzi brothers from 'Car Talk', most of the Camaros on the road were powered by L-6 engines, owned by women named Donna. (Pronounced 'Dawww-nah', in that inimitable Boston accent.) My first car was a hand me down Pontiac Phoenix - the same car as that Chevy Citation with a different name plate. What a piece of crap. (But better than no car at all) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nextmanup Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 2/5/2024 at 5:51 AM, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said: Help me make some sense of this decade Most everything involved a fist-fight or trucker with CB's Junkyard black men, white old-guys with certain chairs, glam-rock, the gaddamn eagles, Blondie, REO Speedwagon MASH, Barnaby Jones, cocaine, pot, quaaludes, bell-bottoms, chest-hair and gold chains, Supertramp, Chico and the Man, The Rockford Files, Camaros with 86 HP the oil crunch, gas lines, Billy Beer, the ayatollah khomeini The Clash. The Sex Pistols, The Jam. Turtle-neck sweaters and platform shoes. I was born in '71. I was just an innocent kid. I was born in 1971 as well! And YES, as funny as it sounds, "truckers" and 18 wheelers and CBs were a thing. You had Smokey and the Bandit and also the goofy TV show "BJ and the Bear" which I loved at the time! LOL I remember being into big rigs and getting excited when I saw a cool one on the highway. I would always do the "arm pump" move and get the driver to blow the horn. I LOVED the '70s and think about how much the world has changed now all the time. It was a lot simpler back then. Lots of fun memories being thrown into the back of a Ford LTD country squire wagon with about 7 other kids and going places...having fun. No one seemed to think about crash protection or seatbelts. My mom smoked and drank throughout her pregnancy with me! Her doctor told her drinking would help calm her down and avoid morning sickness... Makes me laugh. 5 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said: My first car was a hand me down Pontiac Phoenix - the same car as that Chevy Citation with a different name plate. What a piece of crap. (But better than no car at all) I learned to drive in what might be the worst car ever made....a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Classic Estate wagon. It had a 5 liter V8 that made literally NO POWER...the back seat side windows did not go down! No mechanism for it, to make you pay more for AC. It had simulated wood paneling on the sides of the vehicle, which was a sticker and peeling off all over the place. The interior was burgundy but all the plastics, fabrics, and materials had no UV protection so they were all turning various colors of purple and it was like burgundy/purple/fuchsia marble blend of colors all over the dash, controls, door panels, and so on. You could drive in a straight line and put one hand on the wheel at 2 o'clock, and then move it over to 10 o'clock and NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN....the car still went straight. I can go on.. I vowed at a young age never to buy an American car and haven't even come close to violating that law yet, at age 53. Those criminal bastards (Big 3) made me into a lifelong non-customer. Good job guys! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon in Pasadena Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 2/5/2024 at 12:34 PM, Augie said: They made a show about the 70’s. I forget what they called it. 😋 Kurtwood Smith showed up at my house a couple months ago. That was weird. I was so awestruck that I totally forgot to ask him to call me a dumb-ass and get it on video. That would have been epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 The irony of the 1970s is that there was pretty substantial danger lurking out there. Lead paint. Please don't eat it. Seat belts? Air bags? Let's smoke in the mall. In the hospital. In our living room with the kids around. DDT kills mosquitos. And humans. Asbestos in schools Serial killers Kidnappers (Chowchilla) Airplane crashes - Before 9/11, the Tenerife disaster on March 27, 1977 had the largest loss of life, and the 1979 crash of AA 191 was the deadliest crash in the US. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternOHBillsFan Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I was born in 1973, and this is what I remember! Carbon charge machines mimeograph machines film projectors in school party line phone 8 track players LED TI calculator 10 cent pay phone No A/C in cars roller rinks disco music black and while TVs cabinet TVs Space Invaders in a cabinet Big ties and collars (my dad wore them) Vitalis Old Leather Six Million Dollar Man, Wonder Woman, All in the Family and Land of the Lost on TV Early pinball machines before electronics Fondue pot The Vega and the Duster (cars) Smoking on the airplane Burger Chef! My Dad's 1977 Ford pickup truck with CB and Radio Shack Archer speaker system Movies like The Private Eyes and The Black Hole in the theater There are a few that some of you will probably be like OHHH YEAH, I REMEMBER!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, Jon in Pasadena said: Kurtwood Smith showed up at my house a couple months ago. That was weird. I was so awestruck that I totally forgot to ask him to call me a dumb-ass and get it on video. That would have been epic. Forgive my being nosy, but why? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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