1973: The best year of my life! I was 18, still believed in "happily ever after" and loved with all of my heart! Hanging with friends, drive in movies, and the one and only love of my life! It didn't end well, but the happy memories will follow me forever. Thanks for sharing some happy memories! 😘
Jim Croce. It was a Friday morning. I just turned 16. I sat down to breakfast, opened the Daily News and there it was: Singer Jim Croce dies in Plane Crash. I was so upset I couldn't go to school. I cried for a week. His voice still brings tears. I just loved him. I still do. 💔
In such a short period of time he left plenty of songs. When Jim Croce died "I Got A Name" was hitting the charts. It's sad that him & Bruce Lee died that year. Those were very sad days when they died. But Jim Croce's music will always live on. It's as though his beautiful music speaks a poetic language.
I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news on the radio that Jim Croce had died. I was driving to work and know the cross street I was at. It was that upsetting.
@@usmc-veteran73-77...If I could I would, my friend. I graduated from high school in June 73, turned 18 that July and got my draft card shortly thereafter. Almost went to Vietnam.
@@heygetoffmylawn1572 I understand. I was transferred to Okinawa in August 74, and before I knew it, it was late March 75, and I helping load out the USS Blue Ridge and headed to Vietnam for the Evacuation of Saigon....total chaos and mass confusion. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt.....OUT.
@@usmc-veteran73-77 ...Yep. By that time they phased out the draft. Today you would be among the youngest of the Vietnam Vets considering the oldest now would be in their early to mid 70's and the war sort of ended in 75 or after they signed the Paris Accords...so you're still young yet.
I could spend hours and write volumes about the pictures you posted here. 1973 was the year I found and lost the love of my life. We saw Soylent Green in Pasadena CA in May ‘73. Sure wish I could go back. Thx for the pics here Fred.
Go to Google Newspaper Archives and click the Press Courier ( Oxnard , Ca). You can check out the old TV guides and look for the movies in the movie guide section. Oxnard had the same TV stations as Los Angeles. Good luck and enjoy your trip down memory lane!👍👍
my high school class was singing:Marijuana, L.S.D. we're in the class of 73 but not me,you see i was in the army.We were singing ain't no use in looking back Jodie got your Cadillac, ain't no use in going home Jodie got your girl and they gone. ✌
1973, I was on Parris Island, USMC. We were running & singing "No use in looking down, ain't no discharge on the ground" Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt......OUT
I was 12. I wore my POW/MIA stainless steel bracelet faithfully then. I remember his name was Robert and he was MIA. I was a member of the Elton John Fan Club. I loved my pink bellbottom pants. My friend's sister had a lime green Maverick. I turned 13 at the end of 1973, things got rough after that.
Awesome one Fred! So many memories. I actually got to see Michael Oldfield in concert back in the mid 80's. Excellent show, and of course he performed Tubular Bells. Really enjoyed this one.
I graduated that year. In my hometown 99% of the way things looked, neighborhoods etc. are gone. All torn down or freeways. Most of the old schools turned into apts. Churches too. No more Downtown really. Progress. Lets rap. Remember that one?
High Scool the Viet Nam war...watergate going on! What rurbulent times!! Thankfully we had an abundance of GREAT MUSIC going on as well. LIVE AND LET DIE is one of my all time favorite 007 James Bond movies!!! 🎥 THANK YOU FRED!!!😊
Yep...1973 was the yr when I got my drivers license I was 17. In high school there was drivers ed. I remember when Bruce Lee starred in " Fists Of Fury" in the Springtime. Then in midsummer it was announced that now he was dead. It was him that started the Kung-Fu craze. By the of 73 we had the "Energy Crisis" some street lights were shut off. One was allowed to fill one's gas tank with only 10 gallons of gas. This was due to a gas shortage. Due to problems with the Mid-East. But to forget those problems on Friday night's. One would watch the "Midnight Special" with Wolfman Jack. He knew how to make Rockers forget those problems . That were happening all around them. Yeah...1973 was the year because many things happened awful fast. But there were many good memories as well. One wanders, what happened to the Flair-bottom pants, & the hair style that went with went with it, the dry-look.
@FredFlix I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago at a low point in my life and thanks to your videos, I got to relive my youth again, which, in turn, made me happy all over again! I would give anything to go back to those times! 1973, what a year! I was only 9 at the time but I remember everything that was featured in this video. My sister is 10 years older than me so thanks to her, I got to listen the latest 45 rpms on the stereo (a 1967 Westinghouse stereo console which still works today by the way). My still had his 1967 Pontiac Bonneville - yes, 1967 was a pivital year. I had a lot of Kool-Aid parties that year. Thanks again for 1973. I loved every minute of the video and look forward to more.
Fredflix puts out some great videos. Sounds like I'm about the same age as your old sister 1973, I was turned 18, graduated high school, then joined the United States Marine Corps. I would love to go back to the 70s and stay.
@@FredFlix Life was the best with Saturday morning cartoons, 45 rpms, banana seat bikes, mud pies, my sister listening to The Beatles over and over again, the Brady Bunch and the sound of a Mr. Softee truck on a hot summer evening. I'm glad I found your channel!
@@usmc-veteran73-77 I'm the ''baby'' of the family, born March 5, 1964. My sister was born in 1954 and my other sister in 1948. I would love to go back to the late 60s and 70s and stay as well. I look at what kids ''have'' today and it's so sad. We had a Westinghouse stereo console and when my sister got her ''Hey Jude'' 45 rpm for Christmas, I remember her playing it over and over and over again. My mother passed away last year and she still had that stereo console and guess what ... it still worked like a charm. It was bought in 1967.
I agree with Fredflix...lucky you. 1969, I was 14 years old and bought my 1st album which was Led Zeppelin-2. A great group. Still listening, but a little louder......hearing loss. LOL
Sophomore in high school in 73 and our garage band was trying to do covers of the Allman Brothers...what a time from what I can remember LOL Thanks Fred
I turned 6 in October that year. Yes, life for me was starting 1st grade, lots of play time outside, riding a tricycle, playing with my toys such as my Matchboxes and Hot Wheels, and my GI Joe doll. Plus many Viewmaster reels. Never missed watching cartoons, Sesame Street, game shows like The Price is Right, The Joker's Wild and Hollywood Squares. Reading children's stories. Taking St Joseph's aspirin when I was sick. And listening to rock and roll music on a transistor radio. Well, I guess I can say life was good for me back in '73.
Fred, of all your videos, this is the one with the absolute best soundtrack to date! 👍👍 I didn't remember that all that great music came out in '73, before that disco crap took over. The year I turned 13 and started eighth grade, good times, good times.
I was really into that show as a kid, I remember running in slow motion in imitation of how they did that effect of him going 40+ miles per hour. I tried watching some episodes on DVD, but it has lost its charm for me.
Me too! Do you remember Mission: Magic!, from Saturday mornings on ABC? I've been reacquainting myself with it lately. That was a great year for Saturday mornings; Super Friends was another favorite.😊
Takes me back...thanx,Fred......Floyd and King Crimson....aaaaah,the memories ! I was 21...... good times,GOOOOOD TIMES !..any other fossil remember alligator clips with feathers & beads as roach clips?
@06:05, the Zenith Chromacolor II, with a high voltage section design flaw, a four-lead "safety capacitor", which allowed the normal 25kv to exceed 75kv, and propel the electron guns straight through the screen, and into your living room. Oh, and I still have a "Nixon Penny"....
Great idea Fred putting the Twin Towers at the end of your fantastic rides down "memory Lane". Although I was stuck in the pediatric ward for a month in February with a bone disease called osteomyalitis, it was a very good year with hundreds of get well cards to boost my spirits.
Went to see Walking Tall in the theater that year. Great movie! Remember that Benson &Hedges ad. Used to smoke those before they got so expensive. Thanks for the memories Fred!!!
Paper Shadows I remember having to stock all those and the many other brands back in the day when they used to allow underaged kids to stock and handle them , before they ever put them back behind a counter and just had them on shelves in the stores lol. I think they allowed them to sit out in the open on store shelves til the end of the 90’s .. times have changed 😂.
Thanks Fred....1973, a great year, turned 18 yrs old and joined the United States Marine Corps. Best album EVER only my opinion "Band on the Run" Paul McCartney and Wings. Please invent the time machine and send me back to 1973.
@@elifoust7664 we served at the same time. Im the only Marine ever in my family. All my uncles served in the US Army including my dad who was a Ranger in the Korean War. During family reunions they give me a hard time. Thanks for serving Eli.
Saint Michael wow!!! You’ve been out of high school longer than I’ve been alive!!! I was born in the spring of 1975 and graduated high school in 1993. I still feel young though but, I know old age is just down the street.
@@filthyanimal874 I don't know if you believe in reincarnation. I'm not sure I do. But I think some "souls" are older than others. I can't explain it. It's just there. I've always been interested in history, major events and small events. It doesn't matter. If you view FredFlix, I know a little part of you, and you know a little part of me. Have a good Sunday.
Saint Michael , I think there’s something to reincarnation. I also believe some souls are a lot older than others. I strongly believe that this is my first life although I often see and feel specters around me. Sometimes they make me feel uncomfortable. I never believed in them until I saw one for the first time. It was at Concordia Cemetery in El Paso, Texas in late October at 10:30 in the morning on a Monday in bright daylight. It was also very cold. My wife was completely oblivious to it but I saw it. It was faded orange in color and was wearing a cowboy hat. It’s eyes were completely black and it was invisible below its knees. It was staring at us. I didn’t sense evil but it was an uneasy feeling. After all, cemeteries are sacred blessed ground where no evil can enter. Sometimes they get too close and you can feel them. In my garage I was once looking at a picture of a family member in my cellphone and I felt a young lady get close to me and she was looking at the picture in my phone!!!! I saw her plain as daylight. She must have been around 16 years old and wearing old style clothing like a loose robe. It was really nice having this exchange sir and I hope you have a great Sunday too. God Bless. Oh, and one more thing, I wonder what you were doing the day I was born? 4/28/75
@@FredFlix That's very kind of you, Fred. The fact is, you have once again made so many people happy. You always do. I read the comments and realize how many lives you touch, and how you consistently make everyone's day a bit brighter. That, my friend, is success. I'm a Scottish girl, and one of my favorite writers is Ian Maclaren. He wrote "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." Fredflix just makes that battle a wee bit easier for us all. Or at least allows us to forget for awhile...
Thanks Fred love going down memory viewing all your projects,and by the way Jessica was a brilliant pick for this one.Thanks again from a Canadian fan.
First visited America in 1973 using a rented green 2-door Buick Century to drive around in. Emigrated to the US, from the UK, two years later. A good year!
Ahh yesss!! Great video and memories, my friend! I was still in the USN at the time and had been in over a yr in '73. I missed out on alot of what youve shown. (However, I still have the National Lampoon issue shown as Im a dog lover and loved the cover..funny stuff !!) lol
I think this was the last year of good music in the 70's, before disco hit. I don't remember a lot of the other stuff - I was busy that year. Although I do remember seeing "The Sting" and figuring out the ending from the Mad Magazine treatment - about the only one I can remember that they gave away.
Yes 1973 was a great year because late August was my 2nd yr in High School as a junior. What was different was that for fall fashions, the Flair-bottom pants now were cuffed. That's what was unique about 1973 the Flair-bottom pants for that yr. I do remember buying a couple of pairs before going back to school. That fall I went back to school with a car 1967 Lemans Pontiac. It wasn't the greatest car but at least I had a set of wheels. When the Energy Crisis took place, Todd Rundgren was hitting the charts with "Hello It's Me." A nice jazzy rock tune. 1973 was a great year.
So funny, when I was in 5th grade we had an assembly and they showed us the movie The Sting...What were they thinking? Oh right, the teachers needed a smoke break...
I did a lot of dumb things in the 70's but keeping up with current fashion trends, thank God, wasn't one of them. It's hard to believe a guy could look at one of those outfits and think "that's got (me) written all over it".
Worse. I can't look at Greg Brady without seeing myself in a mirror. I had that look to a tee. The look here was pure Super Fly. It took over Soul Train.
Haha true ! The fashion - all the polyester and those yellows, browns , greens and burnt oranges ... that’s one decade all its own when it came to “ fashion” “trends” haha !
I wasn't allowed to watch that movie when I was a teenager when it came out. I did not watch it until I was twenty two. I'm glad I waited; it scared the Bejeezus out of me. Now, it just seems sort of campish and silly, but it's still an OK movie.
i been watching this guy's videos for a while now and they are great, the music he chooses the pictures of every day "new stuff" i can place myself back in time-9 years old listening to this song in the back seat of my dad's buick wildcat then money from pink floyd. patty barry the girl wow i still try to look her up sometimes just to remember chasing her at "frank school" in guadalupe arizona. 72 73 74 then we moved closer to phoenix and we all changed schools
Thank you for this wonderful video!!! Omg. Was Not that long ago, yet it was a time all it’s own! Once the 80’s began and people shifted focus to living way outside their means and over spending, being way too influenced by Hollywood/ music / entertainment/ fashion industry and the media and it’s influences& basically from 80’s on,, this world really underwent some major changes. It’s def. gone down hill and quickly has deteriorated. Glad to have been born in a time before the internet and all the complete selfishness and entitlement and horrible evils in today’s world. .its nice to reflect back over times like these ! 💗
Remember this year very well! 1/2 HS Junior year, 1/2 senior year. First time drunk. First job that wasn't a paperboy. Father remarried after Mom passed. So many changes, so much life weirdness. Just continued being the nerdy dork I was (and most of my friends were too). Hung with the gear heads/gas pump jockeys. Stayed pretty much on the straight and narrow, despite all the life changes. I have no idea how. Live and Let Die - one of my favorite Bond movies. Prob because in NYC near start. Or a new, funnier Bond. Or maybe Sheriff J.W. Pepper!! One afternoon in summer 73, the robot radio station, WNBC - 66AM, played the movie's theme about 8 times in a row!!!
0h thank you so much for this one although a lot in the USA still a lot here in Australia what great awesome memories you have brought back the year before the Cyclone and that song Jessica we played till it wore out then bought another on hs ha stsy safe and thanks
Freddie. You never fail to disappoint. I was 10:in 1973 and while it was turbulent, you show us the good, bad and perhaps the less attractive. What iwould give r a 1973 Monte Carlo or even aDodge Dart. I mean cmon you could drive those through a brick wall. Hmmm
What a decade the 70's were.Turned 7 in 70 - saw my first color TV, Got my first transistor radio, loved the 70's girls - very few girls today could hold there own against a 70's girl!
1973 Man of the Year (Time) = John J. Sirica 1973 Sportsman of the Year (Sports Illustrated) = Jackie Stewart 1973 Playmate of the Year (Playboy) = Marilyn Cole 1973 Car of the Year (Motor Trend) = Chevrolet Monte Carlo
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1973: The best year of my life! I was 18, still believed in "happily ever after" and loved with all of my heart! Hanging with friends, drive in movies, and the one and only love of my life! It didn't end well, but the happy memories will follow me forever. Thanks for sharing some happy memories! 😘
Jim Croce. It was a Friday morning. I just turned 16. I sat down to breakfast, opened the Daily News and there it was: Singer Jim Croce dies in Plane Crash. I was so upset I couldn't go to school. I cried for a week. His voice still brings tears. I just loved him. I still do. 💔
Jim Croce's song's have stood the the test of time. How many hit's of Cardi B , Ariania Grande and, Kanye West will be remembered 45 years from now?
In such a short period of time he left plenty of songs. When Jim Croce died "I Got A Name" was hitting the charts. It's sad that him & Bruce Lee died that year. Those were very sad days when they died. But Jim Croce's music will always live on. It's as though his beautiful music speaks a poetic language.
I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news on the radio that Jim Croce had died. I was driving to work and know the cross street I was at. It was that upsetting.
How about Photographs and Memories?
To All the vets who are viewers,thanks for serving America ,Welcome home..never forget the Fallen, thanks FRED.
Well said, Eli.
@@FredFlix Seconded, Fred, my friend although I am not American.
@Liberty Tree They still hate them...it's just doesn't make good PR in 'murica
I was in the US Air Force throughout the 70’s and 80’s and the change of attitudes from when I served until the Iraqi war is beyond palpable
ABSOLUTELY!!! Thank you to all Veterans! Past..Present and Future!!!
Land of the Free BECAUSE of the BRAVE!!!
I had a '73 Monte Carlo. Some of the best music came out in the '70's.
If you were still in HS girl with that ride you must have been BAAAAAD.
@@tonygilder7912Hahaha. I am still.
Not one, but two albums by Elton John. I think he had as many as four in a year.
@@sapphire13579 Right on!
I had a 73 AMX
Someone pleasssse!!!! invent a time machine so I could go back and visit that year in my life.
Larry, pick me up in the time machine please. Take in back to 1973, when I was 18 yrs old.
I would love to go back in time just to relive those memories
@@usmc-veteran73-77...If I could I would, my friend. I graduated from high school in June 73, turned 18 that July and got my draft card shortly thereafter. Almost went to Vietnam.
@@heygetoffmylawn1572 I understand. I was transferred to Okinawa in August 74, and before I knew it, it was late March 75, and I helping load out the USS Blue Ridge and headed to Vietnam for the Evacuation of Saigon....total chaos and mass confusion. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt.....OUT.
@@usmc-veteran73-77 ...Yep. By that time they phased out the draft. Today you would be among the youngest of the Vietnam Vets considering the oldest now would be in their early to mid 70's and the war sort of ended in 75 or after they signed the Paris Accords...so you're still young yet.
Epic. Remarkable. This one really got me. 1973 stood out as a very memorable year for me. I remember all that as if it were yesterday!
Had a great big grin on my face from start to finish. Thanks for bringing back my 8th grade graduation and first year of high school. 💜💜💜💜💜
Glad you liked it, PurpleKU77.
Fred, thanks for putting the Towers last.....great memories too for a 12 year old....LOL
You're welcome, Christopher.
I could spend hours and write volumes about the pictures you posted here. 1973 was the year I found and lost the love of my life. We saw Soylent Green in Pasadena CA in May ‘73. Sure wish I could go back. Thx for the pics here Fred.
I saw Soylent Green at the kind of theater they don't make anymore; one screen, and plush!
Go to Google Newspaper Archives and click the Press Courier ( Oxnard , Ca). You can check out the old TV guides and look for the movies in the movie guide section. Oxnard had the same TV stations as Los Angeles. Good luck and enjoy your trip down memory lane!👍👍
my high school class was singing:Marijuana, L.S.D. we're in the class of 73 but not me,you see i was in the army.We were singing ain't no use in looking back Jodie got your Cadillac, ain't no use in going home Jodie got your girl and they gone.
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1973, I was on Parris Island, USMC. We were running & singing "No use in looking down, ain't no discharge on the ground" Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt......OUT
old dog city pound Jodie sounds like a dousche bag. I hope you gave him what for when you got back. And thank you for your service.
US. ARMY 74-77
Johnnie Taylor- Jodie got your girl and gone on Stax records
I grad in 73 also.
You had me on your intro song. The Allman brothers. On 8- track.
I was 12. I wore my POW/MIA stainless steel bracelet faithfully then. I remember his name was Robert and he was MIA. I was a member of the Elton John Fan Club. I loved my pink bellbottom pants. My friend's sister had a lime green Maverick. I turned 13 at the end of 1973, things got rough after that.
I wore mine faithfully too.
My first ride after I got my license in 76 was a 73 Monte...loved that car
That was a life changing year for me. Thanks for the memories!
You're welcome, Tom.
it was a life changing year for me too; it was the year when I was first diagnosed.
Awesome one Fred! So many memories. I actually got to see Michael Oldfield in concert back in the mid 80's. Excellent show, and of course he performed Tubular Bells. Really enjoyed this one.
Thanks, Gregg. The extended, album Tubular Bells with that crescendo is fantastic.
I graduated that year. In my hometown 99% of the way things looked, neighborhoods etc. are gone. All torn down or freeways. Most of the old schools turned into apts. Churches too. No more Downtown really. Progress. Lets rap. Remember that one?
Yep ! So sad and true and yes!! Can’t forget that.. lets rap
High Scool the Viet Nam war...watergate going on!
What rurbulent times!! Thankfully we had an abundance of GREAT MUSIC going on as well.
LIVE AND LET DIE is one of my all time favorite 007 James Bond movies!!! 🎥
THANK YOU FRED!!!😊
Yep...1973 was the yr when I got my drivers license I was 17. In high school there was drivers ed. I remember when Bruce Lee starred in " Fists Of Fury" in the Springtime. Then in midsummer it was announced that now he was dead. It was him that started the Kung-Fu craze. By the of 73 we had the "Energy Crisis" some street lights were shut off. One was allowed to fill one's gas tank with only 10 gallons of gas. This was due to a gas shortage. Due to problems with the Mid-East. But to forget those problems on Friday night's. One would watch the "Midnight Special" with Wolfman Jack. He knew how to make Rockers forget those problems . That were happening all around them. Yeah...1973 was the year because many things happened awful fast. But there were many good memories as well. One wanders, what happened to the Flair-bottom pants, & the hair style that went with went with it, the dry-look.
Wow that was memory lane again thnx Fred loved it. Found some cassettes from that time but the player is dead sigh needs repair.
Good luck on getting that repaired these days, Rolf.
@@FredFlix Well there is always china for parts crazy enough hehe its either the motor or those rubber bands.
@FredFlix I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago at a low point in my life and thanks to your videos, I got to relive my youth again, which, in turn, made me happy all over again! I would give anything to go back to those times! 1973, what a year! I was only 9 at the time but I remember everything that was featured in this video. My sister is 10 years older than me so thanks to her, I got to listen the latest 45 rpms on the stereo (a 1967 Westinghouse stereo console which still works today by the way). My still had his 1967 Pontiac Bonneville - yes, 1967 was a pivital year. I had a lot of Kool-Aid parties that year. Thanks again for 1973. I loved every minute of the video and look forward to more.
Marie-Josee, I'm happy was able to lift your spirits. It's the biggest compliment you could give me.
Fredflix puts out some great videos. Sounds like I'm about the same age as your old sister 1973, I was turned 18, graduated high school, then joined the United States Marine Corps. I would love to go back to the 70s and stay.
@@FredFlix Life was the best with Saturday morning cartoons, 45 rpms, banana seat bikes, mud pies, my sister listening to The Beatles over and over again, the Brady Bunch and the sound of a Mr. Softee truck on a hot summer evening. I'm glad I found your channel!
@@usmc-veteran73-77 I'm the ''baby'' of the family, born March 5, 1964. My sister was born in 1954 and my other sister in 1948. I would love to go back to the late 60s and 70s and stay as well. I look at what kids ''have'' today and it's so sad. We had a Westinghouse stereo console and when my sister got her ''Hey Jude'' 45 rpm for Christmas, I remember her playing it over and over and over again. My mother passed away last year and she still had that stereo console and guess what ... it still worked like a charm. It was bought in 1967.
'73 was my last year of Little League and my team came in 1st. A happy ending to my organized baseball career. Not a bad year, thanks Fred.
You're welcome, Herb.
Memories and the perfect guitar solo. Thanks, Fred, it's like you made this one for me.
You're welcome, DdyRitz.
For just under 8 minutes I was 20 years old again!! Thanks for the flash back!!!!
You're welcome, John.
I loved this song so much I named my youngest daughter after it.... I love you Jessica.
vincent zito i believe there were a lot of Jessica’s Named in honor of that one ! Always cool to see the trends in names. Love it !
I was at the Led Zepplin concert at Tampa Stadium in 1973. Thanks for the memories.
Lucky you, Steve!
I agree with Fredflix...lucky you. 1969, I was 14 years old and bought my 1st album which was Led Zeppelin-2. A great group. Still listening, but a little louder......hearing loss. LOL
@@FredFlix once again thanks for the memories. I wish there was a time machine, and it was "one way only", I would go back to the 70s and stay.
Sophomore in high school in 73 and our garage band was trying to do covers of the Allman Brothers...what a time from what I can remember LOL Thanks Fred
You're welcome, Jeff.
Well done Fred! This collection really hit home. I was 9 yrs old in September of '73.
Thanks, Bowie.
10 here!
I turned 6 in October that year. Yes, life for me was starting 1st grade, lots of play time outside, riding a tricycle, playing with my toys such as my Matchboxes and Hot Wheels, and my GI Joe doll. Plus many Viewmaster reels. Never missed watching cartoons, Sesame Street, game shows like The Price is Right, The Joker's Wild and Hollywood Squares. Reading children's stories. Taking St Joseph's aspirin when I was sick. And listening to rock and roll music on a transistor radio. Well, I guess I can say life was good for me back in '73.
Speaking of Sesame Street, the '73-'74 season was the first for Roscoe Orman as Gordon.
i graduated in '73 at age 17...didn't turn 18 till the fall..it was a epic year
Fred, of all your videos, this is the one with the absolute best soundtrack to date! 👍👍 I didn't remember that all that great music came out in '73, before that disco crap took over. The year I turned 13 and started eighth grade, good times, good times.
I love this song as well. The first time I heard it, it was coming from another room, and I said, "Wow, that sounds like an Allman Brothers song!"
FredFlix Yup, Duane's guitar playing was unmistakable.
R.I.P. Duane and Gregg Allman.
The 6 Million Dollar Man!! Loved that show.
so did I! Now I watch it on Cozi.
@@starey1 I had the lunch box too!
I was really into that show as a kid, I remember running in slow motion in imitation of how they did that effect of him going 40+ miles per hour. I tried watching some episodes on DVD, but it has lost its charm for me.
One of the best years of my life.
Mr. Flix; 1973, that was a memorable year. Saw Zep at Tampa Stadium, a good time was had by all. Thanks for the Vid!
Sure, Lefty. That must have been a fantastic concert.
I never missed Police Story on Friday nights. An awesome cop show!!
Classicrocker6119 yes indeed, I'm with you, tremendously great show 👍👍
Classicrocker6119 yeah The Rifleman was on it
Yes ! Thanks for mentioning that one ! Wouldn’t mind finding it and watching it now days !
You have a talent for bringing out the memories to make us wistfully remember, Fred. Thanks pal.
You're welcome, friend stendec.
stendec 5762 so true ! I really enjoyed this one !
I was 9 years old in 1973
Me too! Do you remember Mission: Magic!, from Saturday mornings on ABC? I've been reacquainting myself with it lately. That was a great year for Saturday mornings; Super Friends was another favorite.😊
Thank you for all your hard work you have done for your wonderful Fred Flicks!! I love watching and memories lol!!!
You're welcome, Tracy.
Takes me back...thanx,Fred......Floyd and King Crimson....aaaaah,the memories ! I was 21...... good times,GOOOOOD TIMES !..any other fossil remember alligator clips with feathers & beads as roach clips?
Indeed, usually kept hanging on the rear-view mirror for easy access.
Wow...so many pictures bringing back so many memories. "Soylent Green is People!"
No spoilers, please!! LOL :)
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@06:05, the Zenith Chromacolor II, with a high voltage section design flaw, a four-lead "safety capacitor", which allowed the normal 25kv to exceed 75kv, and propel the electron guns straight through the screen, and into your living room. Oh, and I still have a "Nixon Penny"....
Great idea Fred putting the Twin Towers at the end of your fantastic rides down "memory Lane". Although I was stuck in the pediatric ward for a month in February with a bone disease called osteomyalitis, it was a very good year with hundreds of get well cards to boost my spirits.
Nice comment, Stephen.
Thanks, I was 15 turning 16, remember it all.
You're welcome, Jim.
Boy does that bring back good memories!
john S. 💗
BIG Allman Brothers fan, named my first daughter Jessica.
A VERY good year...my 16th...so much good music, good friends, fun times...wish we could go back...
Went to see Walking Tall in the theater that year. Great movie! Remember that Benson &Hedges ad. Used to smoke those before they got so expensive. Thanks for the memories Fred!!!
Paper Shadows I remember having to stock all those and the many other brands back in the day when they used to allow underaged kids to stock and handle them , before they ever put them back behind a counter and just had them on shelves in the stores lol. I think they allowed them to sit out in the open on store shelves til the end of the 90’s .. times have changed 😂.
4:47 "Jackie Stewart, the only man who speaks English who needs a translator." -- Robin Williams
Jackie Stewart was 1973's Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.
"It's a g'deat, g'deat day for motorcar racing !"
God love Robin Williams.....He could sum up a person in one hilarious but true sentence.
Thanks Fred....1973, a great year, turned 18 yrs old and joined the United States Marine Corps. Best album EVER only my opinion "Band on the Run" Paul McCartney and Wings. Please invent the time machine and send me back to 1973.
I wish I could.
US ARMY, 74-77
Thank you for your service.
@@elifoust7664 we served at the same time. Im the only Marine ever in my family. All my uncles served in the US Army including my dad who was a Ranger in the Korean War. During family reunions they give me a hard time. Thanks for serving Eli.
@@heygetoffmylawn1572 your welcome. It was an honor to serve
"Coffy--she'll cream you." Remember that? So many good memories. I graduated in 1973.
Me too. Is it just me or are our reunions a tad lackluster? I mean some of us did okay but no brain surgeons. Now everybody is just fat.
Saint Michael wow!!! You’ve been out of high school longer than I’ve been alive!!! I was born in the spring of 1975 and graduated high school in 1993. I still feel young though but, I know old age is just down the street.
@@filthyanimal874 I don't know if you believe in reincarnation. I'm not sure I do. But I think some "souls" are older than others. I can't explain it. It's just there. I've always been interested in history, major events and small events. It doesn't matter. If you view FredFlix, I know a little part of you, and you know a little part of me. Have a good Sunday.
Saint Michael , I think there’s something to reincarnation. I also believe some souls are a lot older than others. I strongly believe that this is my first life although I often see and feel specters around me. Sometimes they make me feel uncomfortable. I never believed in them until I saw one for the first time. It was at Concordia Cemetery in El Paso, Texas in late October at 10:30 in the morning on a Monday in bright daylight. It was also very cold. My wife was completely oblivious to it but I saw it. It was faded orange in color and was wearing a cowboy hat. It’s eyes were completely black and it was invisible below its knees. It was staring at us. I didn’t sense evil but it was an uneasy feeling. After all, cemeteries are sacred blessed ground where no evil can enter. Sometimes they get too close and you can feel them. In my garage I was once looking at a picture of a family member in my cellphone and I felt a young lady get close to me and she was looking at the picture in my phone!!!! I saw her plain as daylight. She must have been around 16 years old and wearing old style clothing like a loose robe. It was really nice having this exchange sir and I hope you have a great Sunday too. God Bless.
Oh, and one more thing, I wonder what you were doing the day I was born? 4/28/75
@@filthyanimal874 In college. Most likely stoned! Peace, brother.
Thank you, my friend. Once again...and always. ❤ xxx
You're sweet, Jan.
@@FredFlix That's very kind of you, Fred. The fact is, you have once again made so many people happy. You always do. I read the comments and realize how many lives you touch, and how you consistently make everyone's day a bit brighter. That, my friend, is success. I'm a Scottish girl, and one of my favorite writers is Ian Maclaren. He wrote "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." Fredflix just makes that battle a wee bit easier for us all. Or at least allows us to forget for awhile...
Going into Jr. High. The whole world changed for me. In a good way! Nice montage Fred!
Thanks Fred love going down memory viewing all your projects,and by the way Jessica was a brilliant pick for this one.Thanks again from a Canadian fan.
Should sa memory lane
You're welcome, George. I'll be visiting Canada for the first time this spring.
Thank you so much for those great memories. Wish I could go back.
First visited America in 1973 using a rented green 2-door Buick Century to drive around in. Emigrated to the US, from the UK, two years later. A good year!
Fred...that was beautiful. You really caught that time! 👍🏻
Thanks, Mike.
Thank you brings back a lot of memories was a great year!
You're welcome, Paparous.
Ahh yesss!! Great video and memories, my friend! I was still in the USN at the time and had been in over a yr in '73. I missed out on alot of what youve shown. (However, I still have the National Lampoon issue shown as Im a dog lover and loved the cover..funny stuff !!) lol
Thanks, KC.
US ARMY 74-77
KC Casey thank you for your service ! God bless you !!!💗🙏🏽
Eli Foust God bless you and thank you for your service !! 🙏🏽💗
I think this was the last year of good music in the 70's, before disco hit. I don't remember a lot of the other stuff - I was busy that year. Although I do remember seeing "The Sting" and figuring out the ending from the Mad Magazine treatment - about the only one I can remember that they gave away.
The later '70's had great non disco music, we just ignored the disco crap
that was awesome. memories exploded from my past. nostalgia at its best. from a 67 year old.
1973 was a great year...... it was the year l was born. 😃😜🤪
jraoul711 me too.
Yes 1973 was a great year because late August was my 2nd yr in High School as a junior. What was different was that for fall fashions, the Flair-bottom pants now were cuffed. That's what was unique about 1973 the Flair-bottom pants for that yr. I do remember buying a couple of pairs before going back to school. That fall I went back to school with a car 1967 Lemans Pontiac. It wasn't the greatest car but at least I had a set of wheels. When the Energy Crisis took place, Todd Rundgren was hitting the charts with "Hello It's Me." A nice jazzy rock tune. 1973 was a great year.
Wow, PETA would be raising heck over that National Lampoon magazine cover today.
Beth Di Bartolomeo what I was thinking 😂
I was born in ‘73!! Was there for the whole thing, born in January....lol
callmelyn73 I was born in April.
Onion Ring Lol... I’m older! (Barely) 😉😂. Happy 46th for next month!
Thanks Fred .........the year I graduated..........a lifetime ago.
You're welcome, Pinslayer.
Skydog, and Elizabeth Reed. Well done Fred, as always!💖
Thanks, Pamela.
So funny, when I was in 5th grade we had an assembly and they showed us the movie The Sting...What were they thinking? Oh right, the teachers needed a smoke break...
Geez, I think they had some dumb field trip to see that at the theatre near my middle school. I wasn't interested ...
17 yrs old. Go back in a heartbeat...
Oh man, those three guys at 4:43 sum up perfectly what was wrong with '70s fashion. Especially the guy with the yellow pants and big hat.
I did a lot of dumb things in the 70's but keeping up with current fashion trends, thank God, wasn't one of them. It's hard to believe a guy could look at one of those outfits and think "that's got (me) written all over it".
Worse. I can't look at Greg Brady without seeing myself in a mirror. I had that look to a tee. The look here was pure Super Fly. It took over Soul Train.
@Liberty Tree maybe are fathers are related. Sounds very familiar.
Haha true ! The fashion - all the polyester and those yellows, browns , greens and burnt oranges ... that’s one decade all its own when it came to “ fashion” “trends” haha !
@@breAnnasmama I like those colors and look good in them. Unfortunately, most people don't.
I was 12 years old when all this went down.
John Bonardi 💗
My mom was taken to the exorcist movie she was only 16 her older sister & brother in law took her
I wasn't allowed to watch that movie when I was a teenager when it came out. I did not watch it until I was twenty two. I'm glad I waited; it scared the Bejeezus out of me. Now, it just seems sort of campish and silly, but it's still an OK movie.
‘73 was AMAZING!!
I graduated from High School and join the U.S. Marines
Juan Garcia thank u for your service ! 💗🙏🏽God bless you !!!!
i been watching this guy's videos for a while now and they are great, the music he chooses the pictures of every day "new stuff" i can place myself back in time-9 years old listening to this song in the back seat of my dad's buick wildcat then money from pink floyd. patty barry the girl wow i still try to look her up sometimes just to remember chasing her at "frank school" in guadalupe arizona. 72 73 74 then we moved closer to phoenix and we all changed schools
This guy says thanks, Richard.
"If at first you don't succeed, Mr. Kidd"
"Try, try again, Mr. Wint."
@Thomas Ritter whoops! Thx.
"Whose funeral is it?" "Yours" ppfft ppfft
Back in the world from Vietnam with one year remaining on my hitch in the Marine Corps..too many good memories.
Another classic, Fred!
Thanks, Sharon.
so much history in that one year
Heed My Warning very true!
That poster for Mott the Hoople for $5, That was WMMS in Cleveland. They rocked the north coast.
The year I started kindergarten! "Jessica" is a great tune.
Why do you make me cry?!!! Jesus, I LOVE the 7:27 minutes of this trip. I could say so many things but I'm going to leave it at that. Thank you. :)
You're welcome, merce. I will also leave it at that. :-)
@@FredFlix OK. :)
I was 10 years old. I remember most of the stuff
Thank you for this wonderful video!!! Omg. Was Not that long ago, yet it was a time all it’s own! Once the 80’s began and people shifted focus to living way outside their means and over spending, being way too influenced by Hollywood/ music / entertainment/ fashion industry and the media and it’s influences& basically from 80’s on,, this world really underwent some major changes. It’s def. gone down hill and quickly has deteriorated. Glad to have been born in a time before the internet and all the complete selfishness and entitlement and horrible evils in today’s world. .its nice to reflect back over times like these ! 💗
Great comment Kri MD and all very true.
Remember this year very well! 1/2 HS Junior year, 1/2 senior year. First time drunk. First job that wasn't a paperboy. Father remarried after Mom passed. So many changes, so much life weirdness. Just continued being the nerdy dork I was (and most of my friends were too). Hung with the gear heads/gas pump jockeys. Stayed pretty much on the straight and narrow, despite all the life changes. I have no idea how.
Live and Let Die - one of my favorite Bond movies. Prob because in NYC near start. Or a new, funnier Bond. Or maybe Sheriff J.W. Pepper!! One afternoon in summer 73, the robot radio station, WNBC - 66AM, played the movie's theme about 8 times in a row!!!
Nice memories, Jeff.
0h thank you so much for this one although a lot in the USA still a lot here in Australia what great awesome memories you have brought back the year before the Cyclone and that song Jessica we played till it wore out then bought another on hs ha stsy safe and thanks
You're welcome, Bene C.
The year I graduated high school and hit the workaday world...
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1973 the last year of the early 70s but alot great movies and music came out that year.
Fifty years after retirement and Sir Jackie is still with us.
Thank you you always take me back to a better time
You're welcome, Mary.
Thanks Fred, the year i went active in the USAF.
James Bond God bless you and thank you for your service
Lon Chaney Jr passed away on July 13, 1973. I guess he wasn’t famous enough to be included.
And we thought Nixon was the worst a president could be. We were so innocent back then.
Secretariat was the greatest athlete that ever lived! What a run at Belmont ‘73.
Wednesday's thank u Fred! I loved that one! U r so good at retro!
Nice of you to say, Chantelle.
I remember, Fred. Thanks my friend.
You're welcome, Dave.
Freddie. You never fail to disappoint. I was 10:in 1973 and while it was turbulent, you show us the good, bad and perhaps the less attractive. What iwould give r a 1973 Monte Carlo or even aDodge Dart. I mean cmon you could drive those through a brick wall. Hmmm
Thanks, pnighswander.
The ''RINGO'' lp w/ a semi Beatles reunion, so of.
What a decade the 70's were.Turned 7 in 70 - saw my first color TV, Got my first transistor radio, loved the 70's girls - very few girls today could hold there own against a 70's girl!
Was 15 in 1973, Dark Side of the Moon spoke to me then, still does
Great choices. Thanks.
The year I was Born..thanks for uploading.
You're welcome, Aaron.
1973 Man of the Year (Time) = John J. Sirica
1973 Sportsman of the Year (Sports Illustrated) = Jackie Stewart
1973 Playmate of the Year (Playboy) = Marilyn Cole
1973 Car of the Year (Motor Trend) = Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Funniest magazine: Mad Magazine!