I was born in 68, remember say kindergarten on, great time to be kid in the 70's, and teenager throughout the 80's. Wish I had a time machine and go back Marty McFly style!! JK we were truly lucky to be young in this era! Peace to you......
Growing up in the 70's was heaven. 🤗 We were blessed to be a child in the 70's: Freedom, but a solid home. Education, but not much indoctrination. We had actual adventures, we didn't need cell-phones, computers and tablets. I clearly remember reading 📚❗😃 Thank you for taking us back to a much better, wonderful time...💫🙏
The so called music today continues to get worse. People are worse. Hopefully the children will get it right in the future and eliminate the stupid people.
I was high school in early 70's and Collage in mid to late 70's. Ya " disco sucks" especially in the latter 70's when some of your favorite rock bands (Bad Company is one) walk out on stage and say " we want to play some thing from our new album" ( by the way Bad Company and unknown warm up band got booed off stage in Seattle for this. Any one else at that concert?) The 70's was GREAT!
The Second Law of Thermodynamics applies to Generational music also. Everything eventually falls apart. The talent of the 40's 50s and 60's Led to the stage appeal and shock Rock of the 70s 80's and 90's and saw rebellion towards parents and Government with Love and flowers. The last 20 years shown us that youth can be a waste , middle ages a hassel, And Old age a regret... Like Sands through the Hour Glass - - - So Are the Days of our Lives.......❤......
Sad to say, but I do remember those times and realize how good I had it growing up. Makes me ask in full sincerity "what the hell is the world coming to?"
Halter tops, CCM banana bikes, brown refridgerators/stoves, Disco, soft rock and Abba, Good Times and Waltons, faux fur/leather bomber jacket, satin sporty jackets, clogs, multi colored suede shoes, colorful clothes, Farrah Fawcett haircut, Kristy McNicol, Robbie Benson, Scot Baio, Pamela Sue Martin, Linda Carter. 1970s, so much fun stuff. Riding in the back of a truck feeling the wind in your face.
I grew up with Kiss, Aerosmith, and Boston! 3 of the greatest bands in the history of rock n roll!!! Btw Evel Knievel is and always will be a America icon!
Kiss was more a stage show and costumes than good music. I love Aerosmith and Boston for sure as well as Journey of the 70s and early 80s, Van Halen, Kansas and Lynard Skinard
It's been over 40 years and I still remember when my cousin came home from Vietnam. My mother and I were over at her sisters house and they were in the kitchen. The rest of us kids was sitting on the couch watching TV. The door opened and my cousin walked through the door in his Marine dress blues. Without a word went right up the stairs and into a bedroom and shut the door. He stayed in that room and only came out to go to the bathroom down the hall, meals left outside the bedroom door. After about a month he did start to leave the room and that was down the stairs and out the front door without a word. He would just disappear for weeks or months on end. Then one day a knock at the door and there he would stand asking for a place to stay. He traveled the country hobo style working the fields and carnivals. He never said a word about his time in or what happened in Nam. After I got out of the military I could relate to that day he walked through the door and his actions. I lived in the same small town as he did, he had a trailer on his mothers land by her house. I went over there with my mother when cousin walked over from the trailer and simply said " Come with me." I followed him back to his trailer and we sat down over a beer. " It was goddamn rough over there" he started out. I knew at that point that he had accepted me as a fellow veteran and we let everything hang out.
@@suzannemckenzie2873 All gave Some and Some gave All. My Dad was a fighter pilot in 'Nam. He was KIA and he now rests in peace in Arlington. I didn't really know him, as I was just 3-1/2 when he was killed. Respect to all Veterans!
I could be here commenting all day long but I won't. Sure is nice reading everyone else's comments because they reflect the same life that I remember living. It can be easy to forget that you weren't the only one that lived it. Happy memories everyone.
Thank you for this comment… I too was lucky enough to have enjoyed this time growing up… wasn’t until I was an adult myself and moved away from my hometown in the south to finally figure out not everyone experienced life like I did…
My family ticked ALL the boxes for a 70s family..shag carpet, a "woody" station wagon, macrame plant hangars, a bean bag chair, a huge console stereo (which I actually still have, and it still works great to this day! Thank you Zenith), a pink rotary party line phone, hideous flower print fabrics everywhere..the couch, the curtains, the dining room chairs. Mom did ceramics (still have a giant green frog and a 3 foot high christmas tree, both dated 1974) a z-brick wall on the stairwell, Avocado green appliances, pressed wood paneling in the basement rec room.. A Heathkit TV my dad built (for our 3 local channels, and sometimes as many as 5, depending on the weather and how you had the rabbit ears positioned), the fuzzy toilet tank and seat covers. We really should have gone all the way and changed our last name to "Brady", then we would have been 70's complete.
Too cool you get an A-Plus for that I remember all that s*** although we didn't have all of that stuff I remember every bit of it so you you're on the top of the list my hat's off to you
Four words that no mother in the 60’s or 70’s wanted to hear from their sons and their sons’ friends: “Let’s build a ramp….” I loved being a kid in the 60’s and a teenager in the 70’s. What a blessed time that was for me. And probably millions of others.
I used to go to bed on a Friday night, then get up again a few hours later just to watch The Midnight Special. After Saturday morning cartoons, I'd watch American Bandstand, then Soul Train. One of my favorite episodes of Soul Train was when the special musical guest was Elton John. He performed his hit, "Benny And The Jets", accompanying himself on a glass piano. Yes, I did own a pair of earth shoes.
Yes. That was when there were shoe stores and shoe salespeople and actual people would size your feet and you’d stand and put your foot in the shoe sizer and they’d squeeze it to find your true size then get your shoes and put your shoes on your feet with shoe horns, tie or buckle them up for you if there were ties or buckles, bring out different styles and sizes and get down on the floor and tend to your feet needs. I thought about that today when I was trimming my dad’s toenails and lotioning his feet and legs for him and putting his shoes on. There were services that were part of the sales experience.. having store clerks down on the floor putting shoes on your feet, gas station attendants giving full service.. the past that kids now will never know. We had so many personal services. Yes.. earth shoes and shoe stores ... that was a time
I turned 13 in Aug of 76 and that’s my real love of the 70s from 76 to 79 I felt lucky to be in that time! Star Wars , Happy Days. Charlie’s Angels on TV Kiss , Boston, Foreigner Eagles and Bob Seger on the radio ! Flaired leg jeans and riding my Schwin stingray bike!
I built a lot of models back then too. I was really into the space program, so I had just about every spaceship model available. Also flew model rockets. There was a hobby shop a few blocks from me that had slot racing. You would bring your own car or rent one and pay for time on the track. I didn't have a slot car but it was fun to watch.
I could never build models because when I was done they just looked like blobs of plastic and glue. They never turned out like the pictures on the boxes.
I remember going to the s/h greenstamp store to turn in those books to get toys and stuff those days were the best still wished I had an old red banana seat bike too!
I was 21 in 1976. It was the first year since my childhood that it was ok to be proud to be an American. It really was a great year for a lot of reasons!
Me too, born in '63. I grew up right next to Valley Forge and can remember all the Bicentennial celebrations. I didn't realize just how great it was to grow up in that decade until I became a father, and now a grandfather - I really enjoy watching all these nostalgic videos of our youth!
@@bjs301 sure, Vietnam ended in May of 1975 so finally celebration had real meaning. in 76 I was living in New Hope , Pa. where G. Washington crossed the Delaware River.
Love love all these comments capturing all the good memories we had growing up in the times before technology got so advanced and infringing on our natural lives
I grew up in the 60’s-70’s in Southern California and oh my goodness what I wouldn’t give to go back. The absolute best time to be alive. Thank you for the walk down memory lane ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Tomboy I was born and raised in Orange County, CA. I "grew up" in the 60's/70's. Had a lot of fun hanging out in Huntington Beach. I graduated in 1976. You are right it was the Absolute best time to be alive . Sadly some of my friends from then are no longer with us. I miss them very much, but the memories of all of the "stuff" that we got into will never go away.
Ahh, feeling freedom on my Schwinn Lemon Peeler and cruising with my friends - building tree forts with scrap lumber from all the new homes being constructed, swimming in country creeks and hunting for frogs and crawdads - but to NEVER upset Mom and ALWAYS be home before the Streetlights came on! So much more, but thank you for your list.
Shaun Cassidy was my first crush in 70’s at age 6/7 got to see him in concert with my sister and parents at CNE exhibition stadium in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 we were obsessed with watching the Hardy Boys
Most memorable thing from the 70s, first girlfriend, first kiss, junior high school dance, Stairway to Heaven playing, the fragrance of Clairol Herbal Essence and Love's Baby Soft Lemon. That and my 5HP mini bike with the fragrance of Liquid Wrench.
I had three older brothers and I grew up listening to all their albums and 8 tracks; Chicago, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Edgar Winter (and Johnny), Steely Dan, Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Bros., Joe Walsh, etc. Thankful for ad-free youtube on my cell phone and my little 600w. bluetooth amp and my vintage Bose 301 speakers, I can punch in any of those old albums and listen outside (without commercials!) while I'm grillin' and chillin!
Thank you for the memories! I was born in '68, but grew up in the seventies and eighties. Tank tops!! Oh my! Takes me back. Great music era, as well. 😊
Has anyone mentioned "TWISTER"! Me, my sisters and cousins all Loved this game. Would all got so tangled up and eventually someone would collapse and bring the whole group down. What a blast we had! 👍 Thank You Recollection Road, keep the Wonderful memories coming!😊👍💕
My brother Paul graduated from Chapel Hill High School here in Tyler Texas in 1978. I was in the 4th grade at Bell Elementary here in Tyler Texas in 1978
@@aandc2005 Yes 🙂 Music today is not what I listen too , no talent ! Kids today know nothing about Great Bands Artists , my granddaughter will say hey don't you love this song & video aren't they great I say to her Who the heck are they 🤣
In 76 we drove to Florida in our big brown station wagon which was the mini van of the 70s. My dad threw a foam mattress in the back and us kids laid with our feet out the back window the whole way, for those not born yet there were no seat belt laws in the 70s. We stayed at Daytona beach for a couple of days then drove to St. Petes for the rest of our vacation because my mom didn't want us kids playing on a beach cars could drive on. Of course we went to Disney World and I remember the bicentennial parade at the end of the day was amazing, that was the best summer of my life, I miss the 70s so much.
I remember president Ford came to Philadelphia on July 4, 1976 for bicentennial cerebration. We had Air France hostage rescue operation by Israeli special at Atepie. I worked 2 shifts on my dish washer job at he top restaurants in Philadelphia. We had sanitation engineer on strike and in NYC and Philadelphia we have to cross the picket line to take the trash from the restaurant out to private contractor. I got promotion and my salary went up from $2.75 to 4.25 per hours for this task alone. I save money and brought used Chevy Montecarlo for 2.5K that I love so much.
@@johnmadow5331 Yeah that brings back memories, my first job was dish washer in the late 70s at one of my buddies parents restaurant for $2:15 per hour, I hated it but it paid more than my allowance.
In 78-79, among some of my high school peers, it was cool to have a component- based bedroom stereo system. I had a used Marantz 2216 receiver, JVC turntable and Altec-Lansing loudspeakers. Great for listening to all that memorable music of that era. No one has mentioned Steely Dan’s contributions to the sonic landscape of that time, so I will.
Oh yeah. A big amp, some 12" woofers in speaker boxes, a technics turntable, and a pioneer tuner. Of course a large stack of TDK cassette tapes next to it.
Several years ago my husband and I decided we needed a good stereo system. After much research we chose a 70s-era Marantz receiver. We opted for new speakers and turntable but you just can't beat those old Marantz receivers. As for Steely Dan, "Aja" was my most listened to 8-track as I drove my 1966 Mustang in Southern California. When I updated to a cassette deck I bought it on cassette then later still on CD. I now own it on vinyl.
Same. I have always been the guy with a $500 car with a 5k stereo, every note and how loud? I just retired bought a wooden fishboat and now no longer restricted by altenator capacity went over the top with 15k worth of Rockford Fosgate. Steely Dan is a favorite as well. Reeling in the years....
"Hee Haw" was so huge in the 70's, my Mom's favorite show.. so I'd be watching.. Buck and Roy, Grandpa Jones, the beautiful country girls, and the great skits, "Where oh where are you tonight?", and "Doom, Despair and Agony on Me"..
i to loved the 70's,i joined the UNITED STATES NAVY right out of school,(6yrs),come back home,picked up where i left off,i still listen to my "oldies but goodies"i still miss ,the good times i had in that "Special Time Period"",didnt think about growing "old"im a little bit older now,but i've got memories that will live forever,that you for that time warp🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
August 15th 1965. I remember 1977 very well, that was the year REO came out with the Live Album, You Get What You Play For. I was 12 and my older brothers let me go for a ride with them in their friends van, then they cranked up Keep Pushin and then Summer Love, I was hooked
Me too, born in 65 in Canada but went with my parents and a cousin to Disney World, during this time we had the summer olympics in Montreal. I remember the little american flags on our meals at Howard Johnsons. Great memories.
This brings back many good memories growing up as a teen in the 70's. Would like to take a trip back in time to experience some of those times again. Thanks for keeping this time period fresh on our minds. I have so many good memories of the 70's growing up in a small town. Thanks again...
The Movie Star Wars not only produced some long lines, it also introduced a new sound system, Surround Sound, allowing the viewer to F-E-E-L the action. Brag points included how long a person stood in line and how many times they went to see it. Good program.
I remember the energy crisis in the 70s. My parents were strict about energy conservation. Turn off the lights or tv when leaving a room. Don’t leave the door open when the heat was on. We walked a mile to play at the town park. As kids we walked to the store to shop for mom, we walked to church, to get a Sunday paper or anything local. And that’s when gas hit 35 cents. Now days people don’t care.
I'm so thankful I came of age in the 70's. HS Class of 77, perfect timing. I remember all of this. If you weren't there, you missed one heck of a party.
Wish we could have our own 50th reunion in 2027. All class of 1977 graduates invited! We could have another party!!! Bell bottoms, platform shoes, Rock and Roll, drag races, leisure suits, big afros, hire some good looking streakers, HA HA HA I LOVE YALL
You just took me back to Junior High with the Big Comb in the kids back pocket! 😊 What a Great memory. Such a Wonderful, much Simpler and Sweet time. I feel bad for kids these days with the way the world is now. I am Forever Grateful to be a Baby Boomer and to have grown up in the 60's and 70's! Thank You for another trip down memory lane!😊💕👍
When we were on vacation to California in '75 I still remember that moment pulling into a gas station and my dad driving off cuz the gas was 57 cents a gallon. Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Cactus, Lou Reed, Montrose, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad, Alice Cooper, Yes, Jethro Tull, Captain Beyond, Budgie, Jeff Beck, UFO, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush, and Aerosmith (to name a few) was the shit in our household. The family across the street were more like the jocks and they had their Neil Diamond, Chicago, Three Dog Night, The Carpenters, etc, (which is all good to). I still remember walking up the street and one of the neighborhood kids telling us that Elvis had died. Just something that stuck with me all the years.
Oh no! We had the Harvest Gold appliances w/green Formica counters. Even the kitchen wall phone was matching. Push button of course w/ the huge squiggly wire.
I loved Harvest Gold also, but it looks so painfully dated now. But that's okay; someday young folks will be cracking up over outdated granite counters and stainless steel appliances. 😄
I myself am so grateful to have grown up in the 70s it was an amazing time full of adventure and action as I sit here in my later 50s I am humbled and and taken back somewhat at the unfortunateness Of reality that one has to grow up the inevitability of that it’s certainly striking as I sit here thank you for that video or the videos that you put out thank you one could only go back
I grew up in the 90s and I loved the following things from the 70s: I enjoyed listening to ABBA and Queen; I loved watching That 70s Show; my father used to collect side pieces from the Marlboro lights cigarette boxes and exchange them for Marlboro jackets; growing up we had pink and light yellow bathroom staples in our rental apartments; my parents used to change the water on their water bed because they believed the water became dirty; as an Elvis fan I enjoyed visiting Graceland and I highly recommend it for Elvis fans; my older brother and his friends used to love skateboarding as teens; and I never had a lava lamp but I will purchase them for my children.
That Marlboro Miles thing started in 93! Went on till 06. I think we still have a Swiss Army watch 😊 I think my son was using the back pack when I realized not cool for elementary school. Btw someone gave us a Corona beer hoodie for him when he was little! Crazy
I still drive a 71 Pontiac Grand Prix,play drums on a John Bonham Vista-lite drum set and cook out of my mom’s cookbook.Oh Ya,still living in the 70’s here !!!
I loved every minute of the 70s me and my buddies riding around on our mini bikes playing touch football at the playgroundAnd just hanging out together it was so much simpler back then
Best time of my life..... the 80s too. I was young, my parents were healthy and pretty fun .......music was varied and awesome. TV was fantastic...... even before cable and MTV. The cars were "out of site"........roaming the malls for cool clothes, shoes, and accessories was the best. It was a big deal to hang at the mall.
@@-oiiio-3993 Correct, although the handle sticking out of the back pocket 4:09 looked similar on both, and was probably first popularized by those with 'afro' hair styles. This brings to mind another 70's thing: Blacksploitation movies. As the OP claims, I viewed racism as a declining, in the early 70's, anyway.
@@johngalt97 That could just as well have been my mid to late 1970s hip pocket though the jeans would have been Levi's' Big bells, Bush Jeans, or possibly 'cords'. There's a smaller version of that comb (not a 'pick') in my back pocket right now. If you want to see a great parody of the 'Blaxploitation' genre, watch _Undercover Brother._ ruclips.net/video/H1IhRMtTUno/видео.html&start_radio=1 ruclips.net/video/K93YrK48ZG0/видео.html
The 1970s DID seem to have the WIDEST selection for music genres that could be hits. If you listen to an "unscoped" aircheck of a random "top 40" station from 1975, They styles were ALL OVER THE MAP. Disco, Funk, Motown, Country, Hard Rock, Soft Rock, Southern Rock, Glam Rock "Novelty songs", Even Jazz and Classical. Hell, a big hit in the 70's was a Scott Joplin "Ragtime" number! (A "cover" of "The Entertainer"). ALL on the SAME STATION! It was a GLORIOUS TIME to be a Radio fan!
I thought it was a bit of a low period for mainstream music, but in the background there were some great bands like The Doobies, Allmans, Steely Dan, Supertramp, to make up for the Tony Orlandos and Boney Ms. The 60s actually had more variety, with Reggae and Psychedelic rock added to the mix.
As a kid in the 70's, I remember click clacks, tops, marbles, yoyos, bubble yum, freshen up, lucite grapes, wallpaper, avocado refrigerators, wicker rocking chairs, Realistic sound systems, Mr jaws, disco duck, metal Coleman ice chests, cw mcall, king Kong, stretch Armstrong, slime, silly putty, astronaut food, Barry Manilow, space 1999, light Brite, kc and the sunshine band, pop rocks, Glen Campbell, Ford pinto, pop tops, Springfield cola....
Well done. A third installment is warranted. I had multiple "black light " posters on my wall I bought at a head shop in West Covina, Calif. near the WESCOVE Mall. The "head shops" were wonderful stores with water beds, tapestries, flavored rolling papers, pipes, posters, and incense. The smells. The lights and the psychedelic genres burned into my memory. It was great!
@@pianomaly9859 No. This was 1969-1972 or so. It was located behind the Broadway Dept Stor somewhere. I can't recall exactly. Way before any substantial development.
Dittos jeans for women, OP shorts and swimwear, platforms, roller disco - which I never got into, but would got roller skating on the boardwalk in Mission Beach. Every concert was 'festival seating' --- In southern California you could easily see a couple concerts a week between San Diego and the L.A. area --- Cal Jam I --- Incredible concerts at the Big A in Anaheim --- ZZ Top, Ted Nugent, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd ---- Everyone I knew started working part time while still in high school - as much because of helping with the family budget, as to save up for a being able to get a car or move out soon as they graduated. Yet we all still managed to find time to enjoy life --- go to beach, concerts, movies. Every generation has good and bad times -- This is just life. But for the tears I shed for friends lost in Vietnam I also knew joy for those who came home --- Like the man who was my best friend and who became my husband and I shared this life with. No matter what your age or generation -- Find the good -- It's there. I admire the way younger people are so comfortable with technology -- Having libraries and museums at their fingertips thanks to the internet -- But try to not get so overwhelmed with the ease and accessibility of technology that you forget to find time to enjoy the real world: Spend an afternoon with friends at a BBQ or taking a hike. Reconnect with people and this beautiful, crazy, wonderful world we share.
We're living in an old house, but at some point olive green carpets were put in and are still there, as well as harvest gold walls, flowered wall paper with crazy bright colors, bathrooms with matching harvest gold bathtub and sink, or matching green bathtub and sink.
Another great video. I was a teen in the 70s. We were definitely into the CB craze, even having a base station at home to see how far we could reach my father when he traveled. I had one in my cars until the mid 80s!
Interestingly, for techies, CB was lame. The high tech or engineer types decided they needed to pass the test for a HAM radio license. This became big in the late 70s and early 80s. HAM gave you the privilege of using restricted bandwidths that CBs (Citizen Band) users weren’t allowed to use.
@@Mrsakris so ya…that’s why the sad hams hang out on 36-39 LSB. Seems like they like 11m since I hear them calling CQ when conditions are good using their Icom or Yaesu rigs.
I loved the CB radios. One of my older brothers had one in his van and sometimes he would let me "play" with it. Dont forget the walkie talkies...those were fun too.
What! You forgot Little House on the Prairie!!! That was a very important show in the 70s, and immensely popular! Everyone wanted parents as understanding as Pa and Ma! Plus, it inspired styles of dress for little girls and ushered in an interest in things of that era.
So many kids watched that in reruns too. Once we were talking about what the dogs name was on Little House. My brothers GF goes I’ll call my sis she watches it every day. Calls her & the first thing she says is which one? 😂😂
On public radio stations there were Prairie Home Companion and the Tappet Brothers “Click and Clack “ Prairie Home Companion was a radio comedy variety show. Garrison Keillor played a persona that was from a small town “Lake Wobegon, Minnesota “ and he had a monologue about “The News From Lake Wobegon “ that was very funny. The Tappet Brothers were mechanics who had a show about cars and car repairs laced with some humor. I remember listening to the shows and laughing myself silly. Especially since I was born and raised in a small Midwest town and my dad was a mechanic 👨🔧
I am very grateful to have been a kid during this decade. The best were the weeks off due to the Great Lakes Blizzards! We even had tv in our snow forts thanks to my dad's outdoor power cords. I loved disco dancing in my room.
I have a harvest gold Hotpoint stove which I believe is from the 70s - came with the house we now live in when we moved in. Still works and I love the extra storage in the THREE storage drawers! I loved growing up in the 60s/70s and have such precious memories that I just don't think my kids and esp grandson will have.
And that stove will most likely work for freakin ever. I have one from the 1980s and aside from replacing the oven ignitor, it has been damned near bulletproof. They took pride in durability and serviceability back then. Now they build 'em with a thousand geegaws and doodads, and they're hooked to the freakin INTERNET for some stupid reason. Probably so the manufacturer can brick the thing at some future date to force you to buy a new one.
Black lights and black light posters, still have a few in storage along with a few Star Wars posters! Only three networks on TV, my area was lucky with TV we had also an independent station and two public stations . Many AM/FM stations that played music! Summer drive in movies, staying out playing till the porch lights came on....was fun times.
You brought back such 👍 memories. I miss the 70's. The good all old Days wish I can bring 😪 them back. And your show I ❤. Please show more stories I Love them all.
I, was born in 1957. I, remember the 1960's and the 1970's. I remember all the Sitcoms, all the music 🎶 🎵. I, even remember Disco Music 🎶 🎵. I did Disco Dancing 🕺 🎶. I, miss the good old days. This, is a very good channel 👏 👍 👌.
I was also born in 1957 and remember all this...yes, even disco. Nothing wrong with dancing to disco back then anymore than people dancing to the Charleston in the twenties. It is fun to see things I had forgotten about.
Grew up watching Evel Knievel. He was a childhood hero. Years later I met him in a restaurant bar in Vegas. What a jerk. He was rude to everyone. Just a bitter, angry old grouch.
Let's not forget how many teenage girls had posters of DAVID CASSIDY on their walls. He was the number teen idol. Take a look at old issues of Tiger Beat. His first recording called I Think I Love You was a number one hit outselling the Beatles tune Let It Be. Kids were known to run away from home to join The Partridge Family. Shirley Jones paid for numerous bus tickets to get kids back to their own homes, since kids were camping out on her front lawn. Anything to hopefully catch a glimpse of David.
All the last of the tall ships( ships powered by sails) came from all around the world from every country to New York to celebrate our bicentennial. It was televised and breathtaking !
OMG this brings back so many memories ... leisure suits, platform shoes, the comb, Wackys, the bicentennial, water beds, Elvis, Lava lamps, Stretch, Mad, ... you nailed it
I remember the odd and even days. If you had an odd number on your car license plate then you got gas on every other day and if your license plate was even then you got gas on different days and I remember those wacky packs. So many memories.
@@dorothydromgoole8040 Where I lived; the Helms Man, Jewel Tea, Fuller Brush, and other home delivery businesses. I worked for some time as a Sparkletts (Water) guy, one of the latter remnants.
Midnight Special on Friday and SNL on Saturday. Didn’t get out of that late night groove until I was about 30. Now I’m up before 5 and in bed by 9. Old!!
You make the best videos of their kind on all of RUclips and I appreciate them imeasurably because I suffer from a severe mental illness and the majority of good feelings that I get are from my childhood. Thank you for what you do.
The 70's a great time in life where there were no cell phones, girls didn't have more tattoos than a sailor and they didn't look like they fell face first into a tackle box on a great lakes fishing charter boat, guys knew how to wear a hat and pulled up their pants. A time when a red or blue handkerchief was used to blow snot into not to show what side of the street you think you own. A time when music was something you could understand the words to and had a good meaning. If it wasn't for the Vietnam war it was the best time to grow up in my opinion. I sure do miss that time of my life.
Lol @4:00 we used to make jumps all the time on our bikes. Funny story: My old man was changing the fan belt on our Galaxie and I wanted to show off, "Dad Watch Me!" he's yelling at me "Don't you dare make that jump" - just as I go over, the handle bars stripped and I crashed. Dad runs over, asked me if I was okay, then whips me with the fan belt all the way to the house - Lol, I Survived....Good Times the 70's were....
I remembered everything here as I was born in 63, but came of age in the seventies. If not for the c b radio, my wife and I might never have met.(still married to this day)
@@bobbyplummer4415 My uncle built me a tote gote in 69. Wouldn't go very fast but out on the farm it would anywhere (sometimes on end part way up tree). Good time in the 70's!
Great times. As a young teen, I stood in line for hours in cold weather, to watch the Exorcist. I always say, the 70s was a great decade and I was so lucky to have been so young and full of energy, to enjoy it so much in NY.
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Big 70’s fan here. I’m very grateful I was able to experience being a child during this time.
Me too.
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I was born in 68, remember say kindergarten on, great time to be kid in the 70's, and teenager throughout the 80's. Wish I had a time machine and go back Marty McFly style!! JK we were truly lucky to be young in this era! Peace to you......
Same here - being a child in the 70's and a teenager in the 80's was the best!
This is the best way to forget about the last 2 years.Pure nostalgia for a world we’ll never see again.
So true!
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2 years? KMSL
Thank God.
Ya, it sucks today 😕 No wonder folks so messed up.
Growing up in the 70's was heaven. 🤗 We were blessed to be a child in the 70's: Freedom, but a solid home. Education, but not much indoctrination. We had actual adventures, we didn't need cell-phones, computers and tablets. I clearly remember reading 📚❗😃 Thank you for taking us back to a much better, wonderful time...💫🙏
Well said.
I couldn't agree more!
I wouldn’t want to be any younger! We had it so much better!
I actually used my town library.
Yes sir. I am a child of the 60's and 70's and very happy about it.
Funny how a lot of the "disco sucks" music of the 70's sounds so good compared to most of the crap heard on Top 40 radio today.
The so called music today continues to get worse. People are worse. Hopefully the children will get it right in the future and eliminate the stupid people.
I was high school in early 70's and Collage in mid to late 70's. Ya " disco sucks" especially in the latter 70's when some of your favorite rock bands (Bad Company is one) walk out on stage and say " we want to play some thing from our new album" ( by the way Bad Company and unknown warm up band got booed off stage in Seattle for this. Any one else at that concert?) The 70's was GREAT!
Reminded of the joke: "Am I getting older, or is the supermarket finally playing great music?"
@@TheUluxian lol
The Second Law of Thermodynamics applies to
Generational music also.
Everything eventually falls apart.
The talent of the 40's 50s and 60's
Led to the stage appeal and shock
Rock of the 70s 80's and 90's
and saw rebellion towards parents and Government with Love and flowers. The last 20 years shown us that youth can be a waste , middle ages a hassel,
And Old age a regret...
Like Sands through the Hour Glass - - - So Are the Days of our
Lives.......❤......
Sad to say, but I do remember those times and realize how good I had it growing up. Makes me ask in full sincerity "what the hell is the world coming to?"
The use of psychological attacks on people who are over 40 and speak highly of the past is real. Also everyone is offended by everything.
@@longwindingroad oh, believe me I know it! Been dealing with that for 15 years!
Crazy libs now dayz
What's the world coming to? Think back now. That's what our parents generation said about us.
@@caseym5017 my Dad always said the world is going to Hell in a hand basket. I would add and it's picking up speed.
Born in '61 and the '60's & '70's were the greatest 2 decades ever!!!!!! Miss those days!!!!
A world gone away all right .. missed more all the time, too.
! - ditto - !
Same here born 61, being a teenager in the 70’s ❤️ the only worry you had was which record you were going to buy with your spending money 😁
@@sharonhill349
Who did you like to listen to, Sharon?
I was born in 1961 too. Graduated from high school in 1979. How I would love to go back to those days.
Greatest decade, to me.
Life was a lot simpler and it seemed to move at slower pace. Great time to be a kid.
Halter tops, CCM banana bikes, brown refridgerators/stoves, Disco, soft rock and Abba, Good Times and Waltons, faux fur/leather bomber jacket, satin sporty jackets, clogs, multi colored suede shoes, colorful clothes, Farrah Fawcett haircut, Kristy McNicol, Robbie Benson, Scot Baio, Pamela Sue Martin, Linda Carter. 1970s, so much fun stuff. Riding in the back of a truck feeling the wind in your face.
I was born 1964 and remember great times in the 1970's as a kid.
I grew up with Kiss, Aerosmith, and Boston! 3 of the greatest bands in the history of rock n roll!!! Btw Evel Knievel is and always will be a America icon!
We would be outside playing basketball & my Dad would call us in to watch Evel’s jumps on ABC’s Wide World of Sports!
Evel Knievel was a dick. He used to hang out in the same bar I used to hang out in. Never met such a rude, arrogant prick.
Boston will never be topped. What a sound!
@@azmike1 🎶More than a feeling🎶
Kiss was more a stage show and costumes than good music. I love Aerosmith and Boston for sure as well as Journey of the 70s and early 80s, Van Halen, Kansas and Lynard Skinard
It's been over 40 years and I still remember when my cousin came home from Vietnam. My mother and I were over at her sisters house and they were in the kitchen. The rest of us kids was sitting on the couch watching TV. The door opened and my cousin walked through the door in his Marine dress blues. Without a word went right up the stairs and into a bedroom and shut the door. He stayed in that room and only came out to go to the bathroom down the hall, meals left outside the bedroom door. After about a month he did start to leave the room and that was down the stairs and out the front door without a word.
He would just disappear for weeks or months on end. Then one day a knock at the door and there he would stand asking for a place to stay. He traveled the country hobo style working the fields and carnivals. He never said a word about his time in or what happened in Nam. After I got out of the military I could relate to that day he walked through the door and his actions. I lived in the same small town as he did, he had a trailer on his mothers land by her house. I went over there with my mother when cousin walked over from the trailer and simply said " Come with me."
I followed him back to his trailer and we sat down over a beer. " It was goddamn rough over there" he started out. I knew at that point that he had accepted me as a fellow veteran and we let everything hang out.
God bless you both. My dear husband was a VietNam vet.
@@suzannemckenzie2873 All gave Some and Some gave All. My Dad was a fighter pilot in 'Nam. He was KIA and he now rests in peace in Arlington. I didn't really know him, as I was just 3-1/2 when he was killed. Respect to all Veterans!
@@RRRIBEYE God bless you and your family. May your dear father Rest In Peace
Respect
I hope you both found peace.
I could be here commenting all day long but I won't. Sure is nice reading everyone else's comments because they reflect the same life that I remember living. It can be easy to forget that you weren't the only one that lived it. Happy memories everyone.
Thank you for this comment… I too was lucky enough to have enjoyed this time growing up… wasn’t until I was an adult myself and moved away from my hometown in the south to finally figure out not everyone experienced life like I did…
For sure, I still have my matchbox collection ! 🚗
My family ticked ALL the boxes for a 70s family..shag carpet, a "woody" station wagon, macrame plant hangars, a bean bag chair, a huge console stereo (which I actually still have, and it still works great to this day! Thank you Zenith), a pink rotary party line phone, hideous flower print fabrics everywhere..the couch, the curtains, the dining room chairs. Mom did ceramics (still have a giant green frog and a 3 foot high christmas tree, both dated 1974) a z-brick wall on the stairwell, Avocado green appliances, pressed wood paneling in the basement rec room.. A Heathkit TV my dad built (for our 3 local channels, and sometimes as many as 5, depending on the weather and how you had the rabbit ears positioned), the fuzzy toilet tank and seat covers.
We really should have gone all the way and changed our last name to "Brady", then we would have been 70's complete.
I loved reading this. Our home looked the same way. I miss those days.
Too cool you get an A-Plus for that I remember all that s*** although we didn't have all of that stuff I remember every bit of it so you you're on the top of the list my hat's off to you
👍
Oh, the fuzzy toilet tank and seat covers!
Thank you for that Great memory! We were stylin' 😊👍
How cool!!
Four words that no mother in the 60’s or 70’s wanted to hear from their sons and their sons’ friends: “Let’s build a ramp….”
I loved being a kid in the 60’s and a teenager in the 70’s. What a blessed time that was for me. And probably millions of others.
We always had a ramp !! We would always make it “better “ until one of us got hurt
My buddy could literally wheelie his bike non stop for an entire block down the street. Nobody even came close to breaking his record 😂
Back in the 30s you would hear kids say “Let’s do a show!” Especially in movies with Mickey Rooney or Judy Garland.
I used to go to bed on a Friday night, then get up again a few hours later just to watch The Midnight Special.
After Saturday morning cartoons, I'd watch American Bandstand, then Soul Train. One of my favorite episodes of Soul Train was when the special musical guest was Elton John. He performed his hit, "Benny And The Jets", accompanying himself on a glass piano.
Yes, I did own a pair of earth shoes.
Got my Earth Shoes at Thom McAnn
I used to watch Soul Train for the women. I was a super horny kid which really distorted my view of women.
Yes. That was when there were shoe stores and shoe salespeople and actual people would size your feet and you’d stand and put your foot in the shoe sizer and they’d squeeze it to find your true size then get your shoes and put your shoes on your feet with shoe horns, tie or buckle them up for you if there were ties or buckles, bring out different styles and sizes and get down on the floor and tend to your feet needs. I thought about that today when I was trimming my dad’s toenails and lotioning his feet and legs for him and putting his shoes on. There were services that were part of the sales experience.. having store clerks down on the floor putting shoes on your feet, gas station attendants giving full service.. the past that kids now will never know. We had so many personal services. Yes.. earth shoes and shoe stores ... that was a time
I loved the earth shoes….wore them to school every day.
@@noble604 it is
s Funny...allthe shoe sales people were men..never women...
and they were friendly and patient...
I can't wipe the smile off my face! Man I miss those days!
Absolutely the best decade for being a teen, but nothing can top some of the best music ever! 70’s Rocked!
And those bands knew it too!! Look how many of them still are touring today!!
@@joeheid4757 True, I’m going to see Cheap Trick in September.
@@julenepegher6999 REO Speedwagon next fall for me.
I turned 13 in Aug of 76 and that’s my real love of the 70s from 76 to 79 I felt lucky to be in that time! Star Wars , Happy Days. Charlie’s Angels on TV Kiss , Boston, Foreigner Eagles and Bob Seger on the radio ! Flaired leg jeans and riding my Schwin stingray bike!
Some of my favorite things to do back then was building Revell models along with slot car racing. Good times.
I built a lot of models back then too. I was really into the space program, so I had just about every spaceship model available. Also flew model rockets.
There was a hobby shop a few blocks from me that had slot racing. You would bring your own car or rent one and pay for time on the track. I didn't have a slot car but it was fun to watch.
My best friend and I each had a slot card and spent a lot of time at the slot track racing against each other! Good memories!
Aurora slot cars, loved them !
I could never build models because when I was done they just looked like blobs of plastic and glue. They never turned out like the pictures on the boxes.
Growing up in the 70s was such a great time to grow up, we had so much freedom as children and teens
Yes, and safety 💪🏼
I remember going to the s/h greenstamp store to turn in those books to get toys and stuff those days were the best still wished I had an old red banana seat bike too!
The 70's! 7 to 17! What a time to grow up! And 1976 was simply the BEST year EVER in the U.S.A.!!!!! :)
I was 21 in 1976. It was the first year since my childhood that it was ok to be proud to be an American. It really was a great year for a lot of reasons!
Me too, born in '63. I grew up right next to Valley Forge and can remember all the Bicentennial celebrations. I didn't realize just how great it was to grow up in that decade until I became a father, and now a grandfather - I really enjoy watching all these nostalgic videos of our youth!
@@d-mack-ga5340 ...I used to live
in Phoenixville, Pa. near you.
@@bjs301 sure, Vietnam ended in
May of 1975 so finally celebration had
real meaning. in 76 I was living in New
Hope , Pa. where G. Washington crossed
the Delaware River.
Love love all these comments capturing all the good memories we had growing up in the times before technology got so advanced and infringing on our natural lives
I grew up in the 60’s-70’s in Southern California and oh my goodness what I wouldn’t give to go back. The absolute best time to be alive.
Thank you for the walk down memory lane
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love watching Dog Town & the Z boys!
Tomboy I was born and raised in Orange County, CA. I "grew up" in the 60's/70's. Had a lot of fun hanging out in Huntington Beach. I graduated in 1976. You are right it was the Absolute best time to be alive . Sadly some of my friends from then are no longer with us. I miss them very much, but the memories of all of the "stuff" that we got into will never go away.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 ❤️
@@tomboy5212 Thanks.
Absolutely
Ahh, feeling freedom on my Schwinn Lemon Peeler and cruising with my friends - building tree forts with scrap lumber from all the new homes being constructed, swimming in country creeks and hunting for frogs and crawdads - but to NEVER upset Mom and ALWAYS be home before the Streetlights came on! So much more, but thank you for your list.
I'd love to go back to the 1970s it was my favourite decade ..
But only if I could know all the things I know now, I would NOT want to be young again. Once was enough!!
Shaun Cassidy was my first crush in 70’s at age 6/7 got to see him in concert with my sister and parents at CNE exhibition stadium in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 we were obsessed with watching the Hardy Boys
Most memorable thing from the 70s, first girlfriend, first kiss, junior high school dance, Stairway to Heaven playing, the fragrance of Clairol Herbal Essence and Love's Baby Soft Lemon. That and my 5HP mini bike with the fragrance of Liquid Wrench.
Or "Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific" and "Body On Tap" shampoos.
One Day Of Your Life by Andy Williams, She’s A Lady by Tom Jones. I Can Help by Billy Swan. Etc
I had three older brothers and I grew up listening to all their albums and 8 tracks; Chicago, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Edgar Winter (and Johnny), Steely Dan, Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Bros., Joe Walsh, etc. Thankful for ad-free youtube on my cell phone and my little 600w. bluetooth amp and my vintage Bose 301 speakers, I can punch in any of those old albums and listen outside (without commercials!) while I'm grillin' and chillin!
Forget about 8 track s, my parents had a couple.
Thank you for the memories! I was born in '68, but grew up in the seventies and eighties. Tank tops!! Oh my! Takes me back. Great music era, as well. 😊
I love tank tops more than tube tops.
@@bostongirlsandy , me too! I was "blessed" up top and tanks keep the girls in place! 😂
I was also born in '68(5/7)
@@elwin38 I'm 6/4. 😊
Ohhhhh, tube tops... I was trying to carry my cat in from outside and it freaked out, got its claws stuck in my top and ended up pulling it down 😒
Has anyone mentioned "TWISTER"!
Me, my sisters and cousins all Loved this game. Would all got so tangled up and eventually someone would collapse and bring the whole group down. What a blast we had! 👍 Thank You Recollection Road, keep the Wonderful memories coming!😊👍💕
OH Lord, forget about twister - we would get so tangled up we would fall down and laugh hysterically!
This takes me back to a more peaceful and happy time. I miss these days. Watching these old movies and shows help to make feel at peace.
Hello Vivian I see happiness all around you, please can I share from it??
I wish I grew up in this time not just because of the style but because there were old cars and good music and no internet
I graduated from high school in 1979. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
My brother Paul graduated from Chapel Hill High School here in Tyler Texas in 1978. I was in the 4th grade at Bell Elementary here in Tyler Texas in 1978
Best decade for music!
I agree! The mainstream music now is soulless all about money worthless barely any talent junk!
1976 in particular was a MONSTER year of album releases.
@@aandc2005 Yes 🙂 Music today is not what I listen too , no talent ! Kids today know nothing about Great Bands Artists , my granddaughter will say hey don't you love this song & video aren't they great I say to her Who the heck are they 🤣
If you ask any artist, no matter the genre of music, they will tell you their best stuff is from the 70’s!
No match, the 70’s had the best music!!
I Remember inserting baseball cards in the spokes of my bicycle. Very popular back then.
Or playing cards. The waxed ones had a nice sound. I remember using clothes pins to clip them on, but I could be wrong about that.
Before the 'Big Wheel'.
Making our bikes into choppers , putting steering wheels on them . Crazy kids , wrecking perfectly good bikes
Greetings Scott! I can hear the sound of the cards on my friends bike as I write!
Thanks for a Great Memory!😊👍💕
We also did the cards in the spokes. And yes the wax one made a great sound.
In 76 we drove to Florida in our big brown station wagon which was the mini van of the 70s. My dad threw a foam mattress in the back and us kids laid with our feet out the back window the whole way, for those not born yet there were no seat belt laws in the 70s. We stayed at Daytona beach for a couple of days then drove to St. Petes for the rest of our vacation because my mom didn't want us kids playing on a beach cars could drive on. Of course we went to Disney World and I remember the bicentennial parade at the end of the day was amazing, that was the best summer of my life, I miss the 70s so much.
I remember president Ford came to Philadelphia on July 4, 1976 for bicentennial cerebration. We had Air France hostage rescue operation by Israeli special at Atepie. I worked 2 shifts on my dish washer job at he top restaurants in Philadelphia. We had sanitation engineer on strike and in NYC and Philadelphia we have to cross the picket line to take the trash from the restaurant out to private contractor. I got promotion and my salary went up from $2.75 to 4.25 per hours for this task alone. I save money and brought used Chevy Montecarlo for 2.5K that I love so much.
@@johnmadow5331 Yeah that brings back memories, my first job was dish washer in the late 70s at one of my buddies parents restaurant for $2:15 per hour, I hated it but it paid more than my allowance.
In 78-79, among some of my high school peers, it was cool to have a component- based bedroom stereo system. I had a used Marantz 2216 receiver, JVC turntable and Altec-Lansing loudspeakers. Great for listening to all that memorable music of that era. No one has mentioned Steely Dan’s contributions to the sonic landscape of that time, so I will.
Oh yeah. A big amp, some 12" woofers in speaker boxes, a technics turntable, and a pioneer tuner. Of course a large stack of TDK cassette tapes next to it.
@@hilltopmachineworks2131
+ JBL. L 100 Speakers to listen to
The Steve Miller Band. ..The Joker
Several years ago my husband and I decided we needed a good stereo system. After much research we chose a 70s-era Marantz receiver. We opted for new speakers and turntable but you just can't beat those old Marantz receivers.
As for Steely Dan, "Aja" was my most listened to 8-track as I drove my 1966 Mustang in Southern California. When I updated to a cassette deck I bought it on cassette then later still on CD. I now own it on vinyl.
Same. I have always been the guy with a $500 car with a 5k stereo, every note and how loud? I just retired bought a wooden fishboat and now no longer restricted by altenator capacity went over the top with 15k worth of Rockford Fosgate. Steely Dan is a favorite as well. Reeling in the years....
"Hee Haw" was so huge in the 70's, my Mom's favorite show.. so I'd be watching.. Buck and Roy, Grandpa Jones, the beautiful country girls, and the great skits, "Where oh where are you tonight?", and "Doom, Despair and Agony on Me"..
I remember all of that, in 1976 I was 11 years old. This was my Decade.
i to loved the 70's,i joined the UNITED STATES NAVY right out of school,(6yrs),come back home,picked up where i left off,i still listen to my "oldies but goodies"i still miss ,the good times i had in that "Special Time Period"",didnt think about growing "old"im a little bit older now,but i've got memories that will live forever,that you for that time warp🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
August 15th 1965. I remember 1977 very well, that was the year REO came out with the Live Album, You Get What You Play For. I was 12 and my older brothers let me go for a ride with them in their friends van, then they cranked up Keep Pushin and then Summer Love, I was hooked
Born July 15 1965 , what a great time to be a kid , magic ✨.
Me too, born in 65 in Canada but went with my parents and a cousin to Disney World, during this time we had the summer olympics in Montreal. I remember the little american flags on our meals at Howard Johnsons. Great memories.
@@sanvirel6182 we grew up in a great time period, the music was awesome and life seemed so much better
This brings back many good memories growing up as a teen in the 70's. Would like to take a trip back in time to experience some of those times again. Thanks for keeping this time period fresh on our minds. I have so many good memories of the 70's growing up in a small town. Thanks again...
Definitely magical times! I was born in 62. Your videos make me happy! Love going down memory lane!
I was born in 62 also - memories, memories!
The Movie Star Wars not only produced some long lines, it also introduced a new sound system, Surround Sound, allowing the viewer to F-E-E-L the action. Brag points included how long a person stood in line and how many times they went to see it. Good program.
I remember the energy crisis in the 70s. My parents were strict about energy conservation. Turn off the lights or tv when leaving a room. Don’t leave the door open when the heat was on. We walked a mile to play at the town park. As kids we walked to the store to shop for mom, we walked to church, to get a Sunday paper or anything local. And that’s when gas hit 35 cents. Now days people don’t care.
I'm so thankful I came of age in the 70's. HS Class of 77, perfect timing. I remember all of this. If you weren't there, you missed one heck of a party.
Same here Class 77, it was one big party with the best music Ever!
@@julenepegher6999 Right on, cant forget the awesome muscle cars of that decade. I miss the 70's so much. Keep on Truckin my friend.
@@jamesfrost7465 I miss them too🥲Cheers!
Ditto. Class 77. The good ole days
Wish we could have our own 50th reunion in 2027. All class of 1977 graduates invited! We could have another party!!! Bell bottoms, platform shoes, Rock and Roll, drag races, leisure suits, big afros, hire some good looking streakers, HA HA HA I LOVE YALL
Brings back so awesome memories. The time passes so quickly!
You just took me back to Junior High with the Big Comb in the kids back pocket! 😊 What a Great memory. Such a Wonderful, much Simpler and Sweet time. I feel bad for kids these days with the way the world is now. I am Forever Grateful to be a Baby Boomer and to have grown up in the 60's and 70's! Thank You for another trip down memory lane!😊💕👍
Wow! I grew up in the 70's what a time it was!!!!!
I remember America. Fortunate to experience it.
When we were on vacation to California in '75 I still remember that moment pulling into a gas station and my dad driving off cuz the gas was 57 cents a gallon. Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Cactus, Lou Reed, Montrose, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad, Alice Cooper, Yes, Jethro Tull, Captain Beyond, Budgie, Jeff Beck, UFO, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush, and Aerosmith (to name a few) was the shit in our household. The family across the street were more like the jocks and they had their Neil Diamond, Chicago, Three Dog Night, The Carpenters, etc, (which is all good to). I still remember walking up the street and one of the neighborhood kids telling us that Elvis had died. Just something that stuck with me all the years.
you forgot nazareth .
Canned Heat, Alvin Lee, Johnny and Edgar Winter.
Now your talkin'. That was our list plus more. There was seriously good music that was way more cool than the lighter stuff mentioned in the video.
My friends and I were playing armymen in his yard when his mom ran out and screamed that Elvis was dead.
@@antoineolver7222 yes, Alvin Lee of Ten Years After
Loved growing up in 70s. Idk if better than 50 or 60s. But. It was the LAST FINAL Magical decade. I miss it very much. TY for downloading
Loved harvest gold and orange together........that was my house in the 70s!
Oh no! We had the Harvest Gold appliances w/green Formica counters. Even the kitchen wall phone was matching. Push button of course w/ the huge squiggly wire.
I loved Harvest Gold also, but it looks so painfully dated now. But that's okay; someday young folks will be cracking up over outdated granite counters and stainless steel appliances. 😄
I myself am so grateful to have grown up in the 70s it was an amazing time full of adventure and action as I sit here in my later 50s I am humbled and and taken back somewhat at the unfortunateness Of reality that one has to grow up the inevitability of that it’s certainly striking as I sit here thank you for that video or the videos that you put out thank you one could only go back
What a great piece! Thanks for the memories in these troubled times. Maybe there should be a part 3?
Yes! A part 3 definitely!
I hope so too!
I grew up in the 90s and I loved the following things from the 70s: I enjoyed listening to ABBA and Queen; I loved watching That 70s Show; my father used to collect side pieces from the Marlboro lights cigarette boxes and exchange them for Marlboro jackets; growing up we had pink and light yellow bathroom staples in our rental apartments; my parents used to change the water on their water bed because they believed the water became dirty; as an Elvis fan I enjoyed visiting Graceland and I highly recommend it for Elvis fans; my older brother and his friends used to love skateboarding as teens; and I never had a lava lamp but I will purchase them for my children.
That Marlboro Miles thing started in 93! Went on till 06. I think we still have a Swiss Army watch 😊 I think my son was using the back pack when I realized not cool for elementary school. Btw someone gave us a Corona beer hoodie for him when he was little! Crazy
Yep I was a big time skateboard
Eder growing up myself
Great about the lave lamps. It's good to know some of the younger generations have some good taste, if I may throw this in.
If you buy a Lava Lamp, get the REAL one. Yes, they still make them. There are a lot of knock-offs out there and they are not as good.
@@xaenon where to buy a real one?
I'm so glad that I was in my teens in the 70's. What a great time back then. Everyone was having fun, none of this crap today in 2022.
What “crap” are you talking about?
I still drive a 71 Pontiac Grand Prix,play drums on a John Bonham Vista-lite drum set and cook out of my mom’s cookbook.Oh Ya,still living in the 70’s here !!!
I loved every minute of the 70s me and my buddies riding around on our mini bikes playing touch football at the playgroundAnd just hanging out together it was so much simpler back then
The Steelers and Cowboys were the top football teams of that decade.
@@stephendacey8761 yep, Bradshaw and Staubach (I think I spelled it right).
Our whole neighborhood would play outside till it got dark, fun times.
Radio Shack, Licorice Pizza, Miller's Outpost, Love's Barbecue Pit, Ferrell's Ice Cream Parlor, lousy Pic N Saves, Hughes Market, Alpha Beta Markets, Gemco, Pioneer Chicken, Marshall's.. So many memories!!
Sounds very So Cal
Don't forget Spencer Gifts,Karamel Korn and Hot Sam!
Best time of my life..... the 80s too. I was young, my parents were healthy and pretty fun .......music was varied and awesome. TV was fantastic...... even before cable and MTV. The cars were "out of site"........roaming the malls for cool clothes, shoes, and accessories was the best. It was a big deal to hang at the mall.
That "large comb" was universally known as an "Afro Pick". We weren't afraid to say that because we weren't (and still aren't) racist.
This!
No, it was mostly a comb with a handle for non-afro hair, although it may have started as afro picks.
'Picks' were of an entirely different shape.
They were used to 'flick' hair outward from the scalp, not to comb hair back.
@@-oiiio-3993 Correct, although the handle sticking out of the back pocket 4:09 looked similar on both, and was probably first popularized by those with 'afro' hair styles. This brings to mind another 70's thing: Blacksploitation movies. As the OP claims, I viewed racism as a declining, in the early 70's, anyway.
@@johngalt97 That could just as well have been my mid to late 1970s hip pocket though the jeans would have been Levi's' Big bells, Bush Jeans, or possibly 'cords'. There's a smaller version of that comb (not a 'pick') in my back pocket right now.
If you want to see a great parody of the 'Blaxploitation' genre, watch _Undercover Brother._
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The 1970s DID seem to have the WIDEST selection for music genres that could be hits. If you listen to an "unscoped" aircheck of a random "top 40" station from 1975, They styles were ALL OVER THE MAP. Disco, Funk, Motown, Country, Hard Rock, Soft Rock, Southern Rock, Glam Rock "Novelty songs", Even Jazz and Classical. Hell, a big hit in the 70's was a Scott Joplin "Ragtime" number! (A "cover" of "The Entertainer"). ALL on the SAME STATION! It was a GLORIOUS TIME to be a Radio fan!
It sure was!
You had so many stations too. I was in NJ so I could pick up NY & Philly.
I thought it was a bit of a low period for mainstream music, but in the background there were some great bands like The Doobies, Allmans, Steely Dan, Supertramp, to make up for the Tony Orlandos and Boney Ms. The 60s actually had more variety, with Reggae and Psychedelic rock added to the mix.
This is exactly why I have such an wide range of musical interests. Just say 70s and 80s. Lol.
I'm still stuck in that musical era. The music didn't go anywhere. It still exists.
Yes I am a child from the 70s. And boy do I miss that time.
As a kid in the 70's, I remember click clacks, tops, marbles, yoyos, bubble yum, freshen up, lucite grapes, wallpaper, avocado refrigerators, wicker rocking chairs, Realistic sound systems, Mr jaws, disco duck, metal Coleman ice chests, cw mcall, king Kong, stretch Armstrong, slime, silly putty, astronaut food, Barry Manilow, space 1999, light Brite, kc and the sunshine band, pop rocks, Glen Campbell, Ford pinto, pop tops, Springfield cola....
Well done. A third installment is warranted.
I had multiple "black light " posters on my wall I bought at a head shop in West Covina, Calif. near the WESCOVE Mall.
The "head shops" were wonderful stores with water beds, tapestries, flavored rolling papers, pipes, posters, and incense.
The smells. The lights and the psychedelic genres burned into my memory. It was great!
Spensers Gifts was the big mall store for that stuff in NJ
Lived in Covina during the 70's........was that the Tower Records head shop?
@@pianomaly9859 No. This was 1969-1972 or so. It was located behind the Broadway Dept Stor somewhere. I can't recall exactly. Way before any substantial development.
@@samanthab1923 Yeah. And maybe The Sharper Image?
@@azmike1 No, Sharper Image was more upscale. Gadgets & such. Never any weed related items. Like Hammacher Schlemmer.
Great days . We all stood as Americans .I still do today.
Dittos jeans for women, OP shorts and swimwear, platforms, roller disco - which I never got into, but would got roller skating on the boardwalk in Mission Beach.
Every concert was 'festival seating' --- In southern California you could easily see a couple concerts a week between San Diego and the L.A. area --- Cal Jam I --- Incredible concerts at the Big A in Anaheim --- ZZ Top, Ted Nugent, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd ----
Everyone I knew started working part time while still in high school - as much because of helping with the family budget, as to save up for a being able to get a car or move out soon as they graduated. Yet we all still managed to find time to enjoy life --- go to beach, concerts, movies.
Every generation has good and bad times -- This is just life. But for the tears I shed for friends lost in Vietnam I also knew joy for those who came home --- Like the man who was my best friend and who became my husband and I shared this life with.
No matter what your age or generation -- Find the good -- It's there. I admire the way younger people are so comfortable with technology -- Having libraries and museums at their fingertips thanks to the internet -- But try to not get so overwhelmed with the ease and accessibility of technology that you forget to find time to enjoy the real world: Spend an afternoon with friends at a BBQ or taking a hike. Reconnect with people and this beautiful, crazy, wonderful world we share.
I still grab vintage OP if I find them at thrift or rummage sales.
Very well said
We're living in an old house, but at some point olive green carpets were put in and are still there, as well as harvest gold walls, flowered wall paper with crazy bright colors, bathrooms with matching harvest gold bathtub and sink, or matching green bathtub and sink.
Another great video. I was a teen in the 70s. We were definitely into the CB craze, even having a base station at home to see how far we could reach my father when he traveled. I had one in my cars until the mid 80s!
They are still around!! Not nearly as popular but still happening. Especially as the solar cycle revs up and skip gets going!!
Interestingly, for techies, CB was lame. The high tech or engineer types decided they needed to pass the test for a HAM radio license. This became big in the late 70s and early 80s. HAM gave you the privilege of using restricted bandwidths that CBs (Citizen Band) users weren’t allowed to use.
@@Mrsakris so ya…that’s why the sad hams hang out on 36-39 LSB. Seems like they like 11m since I hear them calling CQ when conditions are good using their Icom or Yaesu rigs.
@@rallypoint1 lol!!
I loved the CB radios. One of my older brothers had one in his van and sometimes he would let me "play" with it. Dont forget the walkie talkies...those were fun too.
Ahhhh, yes! I had forgotten about our large back pocket combs!
What! You forgot Little House on the Prairie!!! That was a very important show in the 70s, and immensely popular! Everyone wanted parents as understanding as Pa and Ma! Plus, it inspired styles of dress for little girls and ushered in an interest in things of that era.
So many kids watched that in reruns too. Once we were talking about what the dogs name was on Little House. My brothers GF goes I’ll call my sis she watches it every day. Calls her & the first thing she says is which one? 😂😂
Maybe we'll get a part III!
On public radio stations there were Prairie Home Companion and the Tappet Brothers “Click and Clack “ Prairie Home Companion was a radio comedy variety show. Garrison Keillor played a persona that was from a small town “Lake Wobegon, Minnesota “ and he had a monologue about “The News From Lake Wobegon “ that was very funny. The Tappet Brothers were mechanics who had a show about cars and car repairs laced with some humor. I remember listening to the shows and laughing myself silly. Especially since I was born and raised in a small Midwest town and my dad was a mechanic 👨🔧
Little House inspired the Gunnysax dresses we wore...calico frocks with lace and pintucks and ruffles.
@@samanthab1923 Jack and Bandit!
I am very grateful to have been a kid during this decade. The best were the weeks off due to the Great Lakes Blizzards! We even had tv in our snow forts thanks to my dad's outdoor power cords. I loved disco dancing in my room.
Snow forts - forgot about them!
I have a harvest gold Hotpoint stove which I believe is from the 70s - came with the house we now live in when we moved in. Still works and I love the extra storage in the THREE storage drawers! I loved growing up in the 60s/70s and have such precious memories that I just don't think my kids and esp grandson will have.
Appliances were built to last back then unlike the ones now that may last five years.
And that stove will most likely work for freakin ever. I have one from the 1980s and aside from replacing the oven ignitor, it has been damned near bulletproof. They took pride in durability and serviceability back then.
Now they build 'em with a thousand geegaws and doodads, and they're hooked to the freakin INTERNET for some stupid reason. Probably so the manufacturer can brick the thing at some future date to force you to buy a new one.
Black lights and black light posters, still have a few in storage along with a few Star Wars posters! Only three networks on TV, my area was lucky with TV we had also an independent station and two public stations . Many AM/FM stations that played music! Summer drive in movies, staying out playing till the porch lights came on....was fun times.
Ahh harvest gold and avocado green. The good ole 70s! 😁
That bathroom looked like it was from today
The music from the 70’s was the best. Led Zeppelin, Doobie Brothers, Bee Gees, Three Dog Night. Fabulous.
You brought back such 👍 memories. I miss the 70's. The good all old Days wish I can bring 😪 them back. And your show I ❤. Please show more stories I Love them all.
I was born in 1961.. grew up in the 70,s..had the time of my life from 75- 79...
Same here, only I was born 59, my timeline was 73-77, BestTimes!
I, was born in 1957. I, remember the 1960's and the 1970's. I remember all the Sitcoms, all the music 🎶 🎵. I, even remember Disco Music 🎶 🎵. I did Disco Dancing 🕺 🎶. I, miss the good old days. This, is a very good channel 👏 👍 👌.
ha ha .. Disco STILL sucks
I was also born in 1957 and remember all this...yes, even disco.
Nothing wrong with dancing to disco back then anymore than people dancing to the Charleston in the twenties.
It is fun to see things I had forgotten about.
I remember alot of this stuff. We didn't get a water bed until 80 something. Thanks for the memories!
Grew up watching Evel Knievel. He was a childhood hero.
Years later I met him in a restaurant bar in Vegas.
What a jerk. He was rude to everyone. Just a bitter, angry old grouch.
He was a hopeless alcoholic
That's what breaking every bone in your body will do to you.
Evel was in my hometown almost as much as his chief mechanic. I lived where Evel's chief mechanic grew up and his dad owned the Harley store.
He was probably still in pain from his last crash.
Sorry to hear that. I fo imagine he was in constant pain fairly early onward in his career for what it's worth.
An older friend turned me on to TV's Don Kirschner's Rock Concert, essentially a series of concert snippets.
Let's not forget how many teenage girls had posters of DAVID CASSIDY on their walls. He was the number teen idol. Take a look at old issues of Tiger Beat. His first recording called I Think I Love You was a number one hit outselling the Beatles tune Let It Be. Kids were known to run away from home to join The Partridge Family. Shirley Jones paid for numerous bus tickets to get kids back to their own homes, since kids were camping out on her front lawn. Anything to hopefully catch a glimpse of David.
Man I wish we could go back. So much innocence and fun !!
All the last of the tall ships( ships powered by sails) came from all around the world from every country to New York to celebrate our bicentennial. It was televised and breathtaking !
Remember watching this til yet.
Michael Kullas I remember going down to Long Beach ,CA. to see all of the tall ships go by the Queen Mary.
Same in Australia 1988
Great shows great music great times,a blast from the past.we where blessed 2 have lived in this time period
OMG this brings back so many memories ... leisure suits, platform shoes, the comb, Wackys, the bicentennial, water beds, Elvis, Lava lamps, Stretch, Mad, ... you nailed it
I remember the odd and even days. If you had an odd number on your car license plate then you got gas on every other day and if your license plate was even then you got gas on different days and I remember those wacky packs. So many memories.
First gas shortage was 74. They lowered the speed limit to 55. By 79, we had three cars that needed gas. Needless to say that was my summer job.
About the time 'full service' stations became a rarity, then extinct.
@@-oiiio-3993 I miss those days. Just the other day I filled up in NJ $60+ & was delighted the girl clean my back window!
@@-oiiio-3993 Yes, and that was sad to see them go. Just like alot of the things that I remember from that time.
@@dorothydromgoole8040 Where I lived; the Helms Man, Jewel Tea, Fuller Brush, and other home delivery businesses.
I worked for some time as a Sparkletts (Water) guy, one of the latter remnants.
Midnight Special on Friday and SNL on Saturday. Didn’t get out of that late night groove until I was about 30. Now I’m up before 5 and in bed by 9. Old!!
Don Kirshners Rock Concert too!
not old... probably means you have a job
Oh yes, you certainly took me back and I remembered it all! Thanks for the memories!
You make the best videos of their kind on all of RUclips and I appreciate them imeasurably because I suffer from a severe mental illness and the majority of good feelings that I get are from my childhood. Thank you for what you do.
Thanks for not being afraid to share your fight with mental il5. That's a subject which has been taboo far too long. God bless, Maskatron.
@@starmnsixty1209 Thanks a lot man.
Born in 63 great brought back memories.
The 70's a great time in life where there were no cell phones, girls didn't have more tattoos than a sailor and they didn't look like they fell face first into a tackle box on a great lakes fishing charter boat, guys knew how to wear a hat and pulled up their pants. A time when a red or blue handkerchief was used to blow snot into not to show what side of the street you think you own. A time when music was something you could understand the words to and had a good meaning.
If it wasn't for the Vietnam war it was the best time to grow up in my opinion. I sure do miss that time of my life.
Lol @4:00 we used to make jumps all the time on our bikes. Funny story: My old man was changing the fan belt on our Galaxie and I wanted to show off, "Dad Watch Me!" he's yelling at me "Don't you dare make that jump" - just as I go over, the handle bars stripped and I crashed. Dad runs over, asked me if I was okay, then whips me with the fan belt all the way to the house - Lol, I Survived....Good Times the 70's were....
I remembered everything here as I was born in 63, but came of age in the seventies. If not for the c b radio, my wife and I might never have met.(still married to this day)
Today do you still call each other by your "handle" ?
@@kevinp6823 no, not in years.😃
@@douglasdepirro8364
Those dam mobile phones 🙃
You forgot to mention the Schwinn/ Western Auto "Buzz" "Chopper Style" bikes that every kid wanted to own
My brothers had the 5-speed chopper bicycles with the banana seat. They were nice bikes.
@@penelopelopez8296 official name ::
Schwinn Stingray " made in
Chicago , Ill.
my best friend had one. 1965.
Me and my brother got mini bikes from western auto
Loved those bikes
@@bobbyplummer4415 My uncle built me a tote gote in 69. Wouldn't go very fast but out on the farm it would anywhere (sometimes on end part way up tree). Good time in the 70's!
So much of the 70s was great, i was 8 in 70 and turned 17 in summer of 79. Too much good times!
'62 babies FTW!
As someone who grew up in the 2000s/2010s 70s is one of my favourite decades. Better then the 60s, 80s and in my opinion as an outsider.
The song. “Convoy” probably did more to popularize CB Radios.
Any the movie Smoky and the bandit influence CB craze
Great times. As a young teen, I stood in line for hours in cold weather, to watch the Exorcist. I always say, the 70s was a great decade and I was so lucky to have been so young and full of energy, to enjoy it so much in NY.
ong lines for Jaws too summer blockbuster standing in the heat 😂 but great times!