I hear you, and echo your sentiments. I spent 1973 high and hiding away from life. And the next couple of years as well. I eventually woke up, but have many regrets.
Pivotal year for me. My brother graduated high school and I would start high school in the fall. I also would meet my best friend for the first time in school in September, a friendship that would last until his passing 3 years ago. I miss him dearly.
1973 also gave us these #1 hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100: 1/6-20 You're So Vain by Carly Simon 1/27 Superstition by Stevie Wonder 2/3-17 Crocodile Rock by Elton John (his first #1 in the US) 2/24-3/17 and 3/31 Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack 3/24 Love Train by the O'Jays 4/7-14 The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Vicki Lawrence 4/21-5/12 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree by Dawn (featuring Tony Orlando) 5/19 You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder 5/26 Frankenstein by The Edgar Winter Group 6/2-23 My Love by Paul McCartney & Wings 6/30 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) by George Harrison 7/7-14 Will it Go Round in Circles by Billy Preston 7/21-28 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce 8/4-11 The Morning After (from "The Poseidon Adventure") by Maureen McGovern 8/18 Touch Me in the Morning by Diana Ross 8/25-9/1 Brother Louie by the Stories 9/8 and 9/22 Let's Get it On by Marvin Gaye 9/15 Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy 9/29 We're an American Band by Grand Funk 10/6-13 Half-Breed by Cher 10/20 Angie by the Rolling Stones 10/27-11/3 Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips 11/10-17 Keep On Truckin' by Eddie Kendricks 11/24 Photograph by Ringo Starr 12/1-8 Top of the World by the Carpenters 12/15-22 The Most Beautiful Girl by Charlie Rich 12/29 Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce (posthumous, also #1 on 1/5/1974)
I was in my second year in the Marine Corps in 1973 and living with my wife and 6 month old daughter in a mobile home, off base. We had just seen the Exorcist earlier that evening and was almost asleep that night when we heard thumps on the wall coming from our daughter's room. My wife punched me in the ribs and said go see what it was. With the Exorcist movie still fresh in my mind I crept up to my daughter's door. The banging got louder and faster as my heart raced and I threw open the door! There was my daughter, laying on her back in the crib, with her feet up on the wall, kicking and having a ball with the dangling flashy mobile we had bought her just recently! Wife shakily asked, "Well, is she alright?" Remembering how she had literally kicked me out of bed to go deal with the devil, I screamed, "OH MY GOD!!!!! She wouldn't talk to me for days after that. 😁
Nicely played! There was a time in Hollywood when horror movies were expected to get into your head and scare the crap outta you, leaving you disturbed, but that seemed to devolve into splatter films in the 80s, and then maybe a weak return of horror movies that just weren't scary. I think Damien: The Omen II was the last one that did that to me. Although in Prince of Darkness we got to see Alice Cooper stab someone with a bicycle. That was cool...
Now back in 1973,I had home visits from Friday to Sunday, which was also a whole weekend. Dad and I would go out on Saturday morning and I'd have the car radio tuned to WHFM, which was also Stereo 99 in 1973. Mick St. John did the prerecorded announcements, and he'd say, "Stereo 99. That's Paul Simon, and Kodachrome!" We'd often go over to the factory, and Dad turned on the Muzak for me to listen to, which came through Rochester, New York radio station WVOR-FM-100.5. I'd stand and listen to the hollow, amplified sound of the Muzak. Then, we'd have lunch at Northside Inn, where I'd have a Wink with ice in it, a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich, a tossed green salad with chunky blue cheese dressing on top, and strawberry shortcake. I'd often play the stereo jukebox, and I'd play the following rock selections: Kodachrome-Paul Simon. Hocus Pocus-Focus. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia- Vicki Lawrence. Playground In My Mind- Clint Holmes. Frankenstein-Edgar Winter Group. Drift Away-Dobie Gray. Shambala-3 Dog Night . How Can I Tell Her About You- Lobo. Will It Go Round In Circles-Billy Preston. Thinking of You- Loggins and Messina. Go All The Way- Raspberries, which also reminded me of my teacher, Gloria Barbaro. Why Can't We Live Together-Timmy Thomas, which also reminded me of Midtown Plaza at 5:00 on Friday afternoon, with the elevators and the Muzak. And we'd see Steve, and I would also see Nancy Stuber. I would listen to the quadrophonic system, and I would play the DJANGOLOGY album that Steve had. It featured the violin of Stephane Grappelli, or Grappelly. I would play Bricktop, where the guitar clunk-clunked. Then, I'd play I Saw Stars, where Wm. Latimore's Jazz Band backed Django Reinhardt up. -Mark Weintraub.
American Graffiti also pretty much launched the careers of Cindy Williams, Mckenzie Phillips and Suzanne Somers. Even though I was only 5 in 1973, as an automotive enthusiast, it's one of my favorites movies.
I do because I remember him playing Kato on Green Hornet which he was the second playing as Kato which it was Keye Luke who became the first to play as Kato
I turned 10 in January of '73. I'm really starting to remember almost everything these videos are talking about. Thanks. Please add more items of interest and make them longer.
I recall the Elvis concert well - my Mom was one of his biggest fans (God rest her soul). She was to finally see him in concert, but he died about a month before the concert date. Also The media frenzy about "The Exorcist", and all the news segments about that. Skylab, and more.
In 1973 I was a morning newspaper delivery person and I used to read the headlines and followed the Watergate and Nixon saga the most. The newspaper still has a print edition.
@@joelfrombethlehem ♪♫ "The paper holds their folded faces to the floor, and every day the paper boy brings more." ♪♫ I think that was also released in 1973.
1973 tail end of the early 70s sure was also a great year for music before disco started the following year 1974 changed music that year...'73 pretty much wrapped up the end of the 60s sound too.
I couldn't agree more about the disco crap. How could anyone listen to that when there was so much great music going on. It was hard to get a good R & R song on the airwaves since disco dominated it. I just don't understand.
Yes, I agree. I'm not even a horse or horse racing fan but that was one that blew me away! As Don McLean expressed his sentiment with the song American Pie as he saw it coming in 1971.
1973 LAST Motown year still had the four tops...the Supremes...the temptations...Gladys Knight and the pips. stevie wonder making top hits that year And the 5th dimension some British invasion too....mid 70s 1974 thur 1976 started the whole new era of music Disco.. punk..heavy metal etc.. IMO my favorite eras were the 50s thur 80s some 90s and 00s were ok and thats about it.
In January I started the Electronics Technology program at San Diego Mesa College. With that knowledge and job experience I eventually became a senior engineer at the world's largest computer chip company.
Secretariat was an amazing athlete. I use the term athlete because he was more than just another horse. Everyone was caught up in the hype surrounding him and watching him blow those other horses away at The Belmont ranks as one of the top five sporting achievements I have seen in my lifetime. I remember being surprised there weren't any major celebrations when the Vietnam War ended. For some reason I thought there would be WWII level celebrating. I guess mostly people were just tired by that point and wanted it all to end. If you haven't done so yet, you really should pay a visit to The Wall, then, if you can afford it, spend a day at The Arizona Memorial. Both will move you in ways I can't adequately express. On a personal level, 1973 stands out for me because my little league team made it to the city semi-finals. It would be the only sports trophy I would ever win. It was also the year I started playing guitar, a love affair that would last decades.
No, there were no great homecoming parades for our men and women returning from Vietnam. Lost friends, had friends who lost their fathers, brothers, boyfriends.... And yes, visiting The Wall is a moving event, even if it's the smaller version 'the traveling Wall'. Volunteered with the in the past. When I went with my husband, it really affected him. He did three tours in combat, in Vietnam. So many who went and came home, were forever changed -- For those souls, they left the battles but the war still raged in their nightmares. 1973 was a good year for music --- There were incredible concerts and some of the greatest bands ever, toured all the time.
Really like your RUclips Channel name Patriotic American here too I volunteer for Law Enforcement Firefighters EMTs First Responders Public Safety Military Veterans and Their Families since 2002 including at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that merged in 2011 to become Naval Support Activity Bethesda home of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
@@gulfgypsy I agree 💯 I am a member of Rolling Thunder, Inc. founded in 1988 by Vietnam Veterans hence our POW-MIA Flag flies below the American Flag on most Government buildings including the US Post Office buildings.
@@glutenfreejoe6099 Thanks for the kind words Joe. I selected that as my You Tube handle because I have moved around so much. Bit of a gypsy that way, habit I picked up during my time in the military. Sounds like you are doing wonderful work with our Vets and first responders. Thanks for all you do in support of our heroes.
Major Professional Sports League Champions won in 1973 included - MLB World Series (October 13-21) - Athletics def. Mets four games to three. NBA Finals (May 1-10) - Knicks def. Lakers four games to one. ABA Finals (April 28-May 12) - Indiana def. Kentucky four games to three. NFL Super Bowl VII (January 14) - Dolphins 14, Washington 7 [Dolphins' Super Bowl win completed their undefeated, untied season of 1972]. NHL Stanley Cup Finals (April 29-May 10) - Canadiens def. Blackhawks four games to two. WHA Avco Cup Finals (April 29-May 6) - New England def. Winnipeg four games to one.
My twin sister and I, the youngest of eight children, graduated from the 6th grade in 1973. We received perfect attendance certificates for not missing a day of school in six years. That summer my whole family went to Florida to see my brother Dale graduate from basic training in the Navy. We even got to go to Disney World the next day. By the end of that year, Dale would be reported missing while stationed at Guantanamo Bay and declared dead three days later. His body was never found. One week later my father, suffering from emphysema and grief, passed away. My brother was only eighteen years old! My family was never the same.
Good god what a terrible year for your family! It started our with such promise and so quickly devolved into such tragedy. The 70s were kinda like that for me, but it didn't happen all at once like it did for you. I am glad you survived. Trauma like that can so easily get the best of people, only furthering the tragedy. Thank you for showing me that outcome is not inevitable. Thank you for surviving and telling your story.
I973 is absolutely my favorite year of all time. Elton, McCartney, Three Dog Night, Paul and Carly Simon, you name it. I was 7. Year after my Pirates lost the great Roberto Clemente but my man Willie Stargell led the majors in home runs with 44. And the Oakland A's won their 2nd straight World Series beating the tough upstart Mets 4 games to 3. Reggie Jackson got series mvp and American League mvp. Reggie was showing his early flashes of becoming Mr. October! And Nolan Ryan had 383 strikeouts which is still a record that stands today. Oh, Nolan only threw 2 no hitters along the way on May 15th and July 15th against the Tigers and Royals.
We’re An American Band (Grand Funk), Superstition (Stevie W), The Cover of the Rolling Stone (Dr Hook), Reelin' in the Years (Steely Dan), and I think my fave Three Dog Night song Shambala was also released in 1973, along with Space Oddity (D. Bowie) and Free Ride (Edgar Winter). Some of those might have been 72 releases that charted in 73. It was a great time in music for sure.
Also in 1973... The Young and the Restless premiered on CBS. Barnaby Jones starring Buddy Ebsen premiered on CBS. The Wizard of Odds hosted by Alex Trebek premiered on NBC. The New Treasure Hunt hosted by Geoff Edwards premiered on Syndication.
Also in 1973... "Paper Moon" starring Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal (his daughter) was released. "Tom Sawyer" starring Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Jodie Foster and Jeff East was released.
I went to see Paper Moon. I didn't realize that Tom Sawyer ran in the theaters. I only remember seeing it on TV awhile later. In 1978 Jeff East played teenage Clark Kent in the Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve.
The year I graduated from high school. I watched Elvis , and saw those movies. It took months to get over watching the last one, I had nightmares for weeks. I don't watch horror movies any more 😕 I had two close friends in Vietnam, one came home that year whole and unscathed. The other came home in a sealed coffin. It was a year I will remember for a very long time
Your series is a 'Coles Notes' for young people wanting to know about the history of '2nd half of the 20th Century. Nice job! If I were a History Teacher these vids would be invaluable!
Wow! I had watched that as a kid! It left a pretty big impression on me regarding medicine and technology! But I had forgotten when it premiered! Thanks for the reminder!
....It's good to read comments like yours....(thanks).....helps me feel that I'm not alone in my longing for those days....I certainly would appreciate them more now, I think, than I did back then..... 😔
My sister and i was underage and couldn't get in the movie theater to see "The Exorcist" without a parent, so my mother and father went inside the movie theater with us temporarily and left when the movie started, my sister and i rode the city bus home, fond memories. 🎥 🎬
I was in Jr. High when that movie came out, but I remember someone had the book and it got passed around with all the "juicy bits" pointed out to the next person who read the book.
In 1973, the Mattel Toy Company released the portable Barbie Vanity Case. In a TV commercial that very same year, it featured child actress Erin Murphy (who used to play the part of Tabitha Stephens on the hit TV show "Bewitched!") as everyone's favourite TV commercial spokesgirl. Amazing, isn't it!!!
Not mentioned: On January 6, 1973 ABC premiered in between Saturday morning kid shows the Schoolhouse Rock segments - the first of these: Multiplication Rock On July 2, 1973 CBS premiered a new version of Match Game with Gene Rayburn as "Match Game 1973" In September 1973 singer Jim Croce ("Bad Bad Leroy Brown") was killed in a plane crash.
I remember the Jim Croce accident vividly. I had just started playing guitar and I loved the way his style meshed with his playing partner Maury Muehleisen who tragically died in the same crash. They probably had the biggest influence on the way I played but I could never finger pick as well as either of them. May they both RIP.
I too graduated in 1973 with a draft card in my pocket. They actually drew the draft numbers anyway and I was in the 20's, I was sure to be drafted had the war not ended.
@@stevenking9357 As I remember, I had turned 18 in 72, we still had to register but nobody was getting called up anymore and they were pulling troops out not putting new ones in. My cousin who was a couple of years older had a nail-biting evening until he lucked out with a "good" number.
My dad was a dumbass. In 1968 he burned his draft card in protest. In 1969 he was sentenced to 5 years in El Reno Federal Prison in Oklahoma for doing so. I was almost 2 and my brother was 3. We lived in Minnesota. Dad was 4F. That means he was physically unfit because of a birth defect and he had a family - exempt from service. So my first memories were meeting my dad in prison after a 1000 mi bus trip. He was a scary stranger in a very scary place.
In retrospective, Nixon’s alleged crimes (they were never proven in court) seemed like a jay walking ticket compared to the current criminal corruption of politicians of all stripes. At least Nixon had the integrity to resign.
Wrong. If you listen to the tapes, many of which they did not release for 20 + years Nixon was told to go to Hell by several of his lynchmen because he, on tape, advocates the kidnapping of his opponents (the Dems) wives and children....anyone who ran against him. Republicans get power crazy. LOOK at Jan 6th....and they complained that the Hillary supporters were whiners. Well, Hillary did not tell her people to try and overthrow our govt, kill Congress members etc. Double dang!!!
@@americanwoman9880 It takes some gall to accuse Republicans of “getting power crazy” when we see how absolutely insane over power Democrats have been in the past decade, issuing mandates over the freedoms of other people, taxing people into oblivion, telling people that they must buy life insurance or pay a steep government penalty, saying get vaccinated or lose your livelihood. The disconnect is surreal.
I was in third grade. My parents made me sit in the living room and watch the Nixon resignation and told me to not forget it...for it was "History in the making". They are all gone now, my family. I miss them. I miss the early seventies. Miss my childhood.
Nixon resigned in August, 1974. I was about to enter my senior year of high school. Watergate and its aftermath would touch Americans' lives for years thereafter...Gerald Ford became President by default and suffered a humiliating loss to Jimmy Carter several years later. The Iranian hostage crisis would become only one of the many issues that would later doom Carter's reelection.
It's 1973 and I am in high school. I just turned 16 years old and I got my first part-time job at a Great Scott!Supermarket as a bagger and collecting shopping carts. P.S., Great Scott!Supermarkets and Wrigley Supermarkets had merged into Great Scott!Supermarkets. Than, Kroger bought the Great Scott!Supermarket chain and Great Scott!is now Kroger. I was born in 1957.
On Monday, March the twelfth, 1973, "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" took its bow on NBC-TV. In other words: it was ultimately cancelled for good. A month later on April the fourth, the very same TV network aired Elvis Presley's second TV special "Aloha from Hawaii." It was previously sponsored by Purina's Chicken of the Sea tuna and Toyota cars & trucks. A few more months passed, NBC-TV aired another TV special which was entitled "The Shape of Things." It's from executive producer George Schlatter that brought us "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In."
I graduated in 1973, what a time! I remember the oil embargo and lines for gas and only being to to get 3 gallons of gas. That's when hamburger helper came out. Inflation was crazy, I didn't have to worry about that stuff, I still had my mom and dad.
That show was my favorite reason for getting out of bed on a Saturday morning! I loved the theme song too - "You better run, you better hide, we gotta keep you outta sight, be careful Sigmund!"
Don’t forget the great February 9-11 Southeastern Snowstorm. I was 11 then. My family was in La Feria, TX (visiting my snowbird grandparents) and preparing to begin the drive back to Manitoba. We woke up on the morning of the 9th to an inch or so of snow on the ground in La Feria. As we headed north on I-35, we found most of the overpasses closed and traffic being rerouted around them.
I remember I was in high school in 1973 and wen AMERICAN GRAFFITI came out; a lot of kids in school were talking about it and made it sound like it was "THE movie to see"
Not mentioned, but 1973 was also a pretty significant year in sports. On January 14, the Miami Dolphins won Super Bowl VII, closing out a perfect 17-0 season that has not been equaled since. In June, the New York Knicks won the NBA Championship, beating the L.A. Lakers in Wilt Chamberlain's final season. It was the Knicks last NBA championship. In Major League Baseball, the designated hitter used for the first time, and the New York Yankees played their final season in the original Yankee Stadium.
In September of 1973, ABC-TV premiered "The Superfriends" through the courtesy of Hanna-Barbera Productions. It featured the voices of Danny Dark as Superman and Shannon Farnon as Wonder Woman.
ALSO IN 1973: A cultural phenomenon was born on August 11th when the older sister of Mr. Clive Campbell aka DJ KOOL HERC, asked her brother to host and provide music for a 'back to school' party held in a rec room area located on 1530 SEDGEWICK AVE. IN SOUTH BRONX, NY. This event was the birth of HIP-HOP CULTURE.
Now that's interesting. Your comment is why still risk reading any of them. A lot of hate in the RUclips comments, but next to none under any of these nostalgia videos.
I was 17 in 1973 and it was the most horrible year of my life. My 25-year-old brother was killed by a drunk driver. He was my only sibling and, while we fought while growing up, we became very close the last couple of years of his life. I was completely devastated.
You forgot the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 which had a significant impact for those of us who drove and on the economy. The 1973 oil crisis or first oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries led by Saudi Arabia proclaimed an oil embargo. The embargo was targeted at nations perceived as supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War. The initial nations targeted were Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States with the embargo also later extended to Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa. By the end of the embargo in March 1974, the price of oil had risen nearly 300%, from US$3 per barrel to nearly $12 globally; US prices were significantly higher. The embargo caused an oil crisis, or "shock", with many short- and long-term effects on global politics and the global economy.
Kodocrome gives us those nice bright colors give us the greens of summer makes you think all the world is a sunny day, or however it goes great song by Paul Simon summer of 73 or maybe 72...
Gerald Ford was the House Minority Leader, not Speaker, when he was picked to replace Agnew. Still, great job on this overall. I really appreciate your videos.
Hell , I was only 6 years old in 1973 . I was busy in 1st grade , being a kid and enjoying the life of the seventies. Unaware of the world around me . Now days , I wish that world was around me .
Yes, music and sports were so memorable in '73. And Charlie Spikes of my 2nd favorite team, the Indians, had his career high of 23 homers. '73 and "74 were Charlie's best. Not a Hall of Famer but boy he was excellent those 2 years. And just so many great food products and fast food then Who misses Burger Chef, Roy Roger's? And I'll always love McDonald's but they were really great back in '73. I enjoyed going to Geauga Lake and Sea World in Ohio and Wildwood Nee Jersey. Let's remember Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd too. And Elton John! He was the "Honky Cat's " meow back then and still is! That's my main man he and Paul McCartney. And sadly we lost Jim Croce. Lived his music as well. Just timeless
Thats wild how federal express started considering how big they are today pretty cool. I actually hold fedex stock lock term as in many yrs so far. Its been good.
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A good time when most of my loved ones were alive and I was still young. Bittersweet memories.
Yep that does sum it up nicely.
Well put
I hear you, and echo your sentiments. I spent 1973 high and hiding away from life. And the next couple of years as well. I eventually woke up, but have many regrets.
Sakja I totally agree!!
10 years old. Clearly remember, with great fondness, the 70’s.Good times.
I was born in 73. The 70s and 80s were a great time to be a kid.
I was born that December
@@tabithamashburn8786 September here
March for me and I agree bring back the 80s!
Pivotal year for me. My brother graduated high school and I would start high school in the fall. I also would meet my best friend for the first time in school in September, a friendship that would last until his passing 3 years ago. I miss him dearly.
My sympathies.
@@starmnsixty1209,thank you.
I can emphasize. My closest, and honest friend past last August. We were like an old married couple. That said, I'm sorry for your loss.
@@kevinbuja4373 thank you.
Best music of all times.
Life was so easy then.
Thats questionable.
Agreed sir. 👍
Yes it was.................Then I got married!
It was easy l lived with my parents.
1973 also gave us these #1 hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100:
1/6-20 You're So Vain by Carly Simon
1/27 Superstition by Stevie Wonder
2/3-17 Crocodile Rock by Elton John (his first #1 in the US)
2/24-3/17 and 3/31 Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack
3/24 Love Train by the O'Jays
4/7-14 The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Vicki Lawrence
4/21-5/12 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree by Dawn
(featuring Tony Orlando)
5/19 You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder
5/26 Frankenstein by The Edgar Winter Group
6/2-23 My Love by Paul McCartney & Wings
6/30 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) by George Harrison
7/7-14 Will it Go Round in Circles by Billy Preston
7/21-28 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce
8/4-11 The Morning After (from "The Poseidon Adventure")
by Maureen McGovern
8/18 Touch Me in the Morning by Diana Ross
8/25-9/1 Brother Louie by the Stories
9/8 and 9/22 Let's Get it On by Marvin Gaye
9/15 Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy
9/29 We're an American Band by Grand Funk
10/6-13 Half-Breed by Cher
10/20 Angie by the Rolling Stones
10/27-11/3 Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips
11/10-17 Keep On Truckin' by Eddie Kendricks
11/24 Photograph by Ringo Starr
12/1-8 Top of the World by the Carpenters
12/15-22 The Most Beautiful Girl by Charlie Rich
12/29 Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce (posthumous, also #1 on 1/5/1974)
I graduated in ‘73! What memories.
Me too! Raytown HS.
Me too!
Me too!next day U.S navy
I did also!
So did I next day started a new job with a utilities company retired after 42 yrs
High school graduation!
Followed by tech school in the fall.
American Graffiti and the Exorcist were both notable movies.
What did you learn in tech school?
@@jimmygrant424 (2 year) Associate Degree in Automotive Technology
Saw the Exorcist in a Drive-thru
@@samanthab1923Saw the Exorcist when I was six!
@@mischevious I don’t feel so bad now. Went with my aunt & uncle. I was 12 & she was 6. Different times. They were both smokers too.
Really enjoy these nostalgic trips down memory lane! Thanks for keeping them coming 😉👍🙏
I was in my second year in the Marine Corps in 1973 and living with my wife and 6 month old daughter in a mobile home, off base. We had just seen the Exorcist earlier that evening and was almost asleep that night when we heard thumps on the wall coming from our daughter's room. My wife punched me in the ribs and said go see what it was. With the Exorcist movie still fresh in my mind I crept up to my daughter's door. The banging got louder and faster as my heart raced and I threw open the door! There was my daughter, laying on her back in the crib, with her feet up on the wall, kicking and having a ball with the dangling flashy mobile we had bought her just recently! Wife shakily asked, "Well, is she alright?" Remembering how she had literally kicked me out of bed to go deal with the devil, I screamed, "OH MY GOD!!!!! She wouldn't talk to me for days after that. 😁
Nicely played! There was a time in Hollywood when horror movies were expected to get into your head and scare the crap outta you, leaving you disturbed, but that seemed to devolve into splatter films in the 80s, and then maybe a weak return of horror movies that just weren't scary. I think Damien: The Omen II was the last one that did that to me. Although in Prince of Darkness we got to see Alice Cooper stab someone with a bicycle. That was cool...
Now back in 1973,I had home visits from Friday to Sunday, which was also a whole
weekend.
Dad and I would go out on Saturday morning and I'd have the car radio tuned to WHFM,
which was also Stereo 99 in 1973.
Mick St. John did the prerecorded announcements, and he'd say,
"Stereo 99.
That's Paul Simon, and
Kodachrome!"
We'd often go over to the factory, and Dad turned on the Muzak for me to listen to, which came through Rochester, New York
radio station WVOR-FM-100.5.
I'd stand and listen to the hollow, amplified sound of the Muzak.
Then, we'd have lunch at Northside Inn,
where I'd have a Wink with ice in it,
a grilled cheese and
bacon sandwich, a tossed green salad with chunky blue cheese dressing on top,
and strawberry shortcake.
I'd often play the
stereo jukebox, and I'd play the following rock selections:
Kodachrome-Paul Simon.
Hocus Pocus-Focus.
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia-
Vicki Lawrence.
Playground In My Mind- Clint Holmes.
Frankenstein-Edgar Winter Group.
Drift Away-Dobie Gray.
Shambala-3 Dog Night .
How Can I Tell Her About You- Lobo.
Will It Go Round In Circles-Billy Preston.
Thinking of You- Loggins and Messina.
Go All The Way- Raspberries, which also reminded me of my teacher, Gloria Barbaro.
Why Can't We Live Together-Timmy Thomas, which also reminded me of Midtown Plaza at 5:00 on Friday afternoon, with the elevators and the Muzak.
And we'd see Steve, and I would also see
Nancy Stuber.
I would listen to the quadrophonic system, and I would play the
DJANGOLOGY album that Steve had.
It featured the
violin of
Stephane Grappelli,
or Grappelly.
I would play Bricktop,
where the guitar clunk-clunked.
Then, I'd play I Saw Stars,
where Wm. Latimore's
Jazz Band backed Django Reinhardt up.
-Mark Weintraub.
I was born in 1973 and grew up in the 80s and best time ever
Thank you!!
The year I was born. Thanks for sharing RR👍
American Graffiti also pretty much launched the careers of Cindy Williams, Mckenzie Phillips and Suzanne Somers. Even though I was only 5 in 1973, as an automotive enthusiast, it's one of my favorites movies.
Great movie, and Milner has so many great lines. Tons of great cars and lots of great music too.
I think Three's Company was already on TV when Suzanne did the Corvette girl
@@tolfan4438 Three's Company premiered in 1977, this movie is from 1973. Also, she drove a Thunderbird, not a Corvette.
@@MikeBrown-ii3pt you are correct
Just how many stars came out of that movie?
Was 5yrs old and started kindergarten in the fall of '73.
Bruce Lee died on July 20th, 1973 but most people didn't know who he was yet. His early death kick started his legend to epic heights.
I do because I remember him playing Kato on Green Hornet which he was the second playing as Kato which it was Keye Luke who became the first to play as Kato
Great job, again. Thank you
I turned 10 in January of '73. I'm really starting to remember almost everything these videos are talking about. Thanks. Please add more items of interest and make them longer.
I turned 9 in 1973. January.
I turned 8 on January 17th of '73.
I was born January 1, 1963 at 12:04am. And I'm addicted to these videos, started with 1960, but will watch the earlier ones eventually.
@@generalyellor8188 January 7th, 1964 here.
I recall the Elvis concert well - my Mom was one of his biggest fans (God rest her soul). She was to finally see him in concert, but he died about a month before the concert date. Also The media frenzy about "The Exorcist", and all the news segments about that. Skylab, and more.
In 1973 I was a morning newspaper delivery person and I used to read the headlines and followed the Watergate and Nixon saga the most. The newspaper still has a print edition.
No,, you weren't a newspaper delivery person,, you were a paper boy,, screw P.C.,,
@@wakeup6910 I was a "newspaper boy" 📰
@@joelfrombethlehem ♪♫ "The paper holds their folded faces to the floor, and every day the paper boy brings more." ♪♫ I think that was also released in 1973.
The year I graduated high school. Thanks for the memories! ☺️
Graduated high school...enlisted in USN. 🇺🇲
Same here 73 graduated,us navy Sept 73-77 us army 77-1993
@B Stow when I got out I became a doctor
Secretariat, the best horse of all times 🐴💕🇺🇲
1973 tail end of the early 70s sure was also a great year for music before disco started the following year 1974 changed music that year...'73 pretty much wrapped up the end of the 60s sound too.
I would argue that 1973 was really the last year of the 1960’s. The 1970’s began in earnest in about 1974.
I couldn't agree more about the disco crap. How could anyone listen to that when there was so much great music going on. It was hard to get a good R & R song on the airwaves since disco dominated it. I just don't understand.
Yes, I agree. I'm not even a horse or horse racing fan but that was one that blew me away! As Don McLean expressed his sentiment with the song American Pie as he saw it coming in 1971.
1973 LAST Motown year still had the four tops...the Supremes...the temptations...Gladys Knight and the pips. stevie wonder making top hits that year
And the 5th dimension some British invasion too....mid 70s 1974 thur 1976 started the whole new era of music Disco.. punk..heavy metal etc..
IMO my favorite eras were the 50s thur 80s some 90s and 00s were ok and thats about it.
Very cool to see on video the pivotal events of my birth year - Thanks Recollection Road (and RUclips!)
In January I started the Electronics Technology program at San Diego Mesa College. With that knowledge and job experience I eventually became a senior engineer at the world's largest computer chip company.
I’d love to hear more
Secretariat was an amazing athlete. I use the term athlete because he was more than just another horse. Everyone was caught up in the hype surrounding him and watching him blow those other horses away at The Belmont ranks as one of the top five sporting achievements I have seen in my lifetime. I remember being surprised there weren't any major celebrations when the Vietnam War ended. For some reason I thought there would be WWII level celebrating. I guess mostly people were just tired by that point and wanted it all to end. If you haven't done so yet, you really should pay a visit to The Wall, then, if you can afford it, spend a day at The Arizona Memorial. Both will move you in ways I can't adequately express. On a personal level, 1973 stands out for me because my little league team made it to the city semi-finals. It would be the only sports trophy I would ever win. It was also the year I started playing guitar, a love affair that would last decades.
No, there were no great homecoming parades for our men and women returning from Vietnam. Lost friends, had friends who lost their fathers, brothers, boyfriends.... And yes, visiting The Wall is a moving event, even if it's the smaller version 'the traveling Wall'. Volunteered with the in the past. When I went with my husband, it really affected him. He did three tours in combat, in Vietnam. So many who went and came home, were forever changed -- For those souls, they left the battles but the war still raged in their nightmares.
1973 was a good year for music --- There were incredible concerts and some of the greatest bands ever, toured all the time.
Really like your RUclips Channel name Patriotic American here too I volunteer for Law Enforcement Firefighters EMTs First Responders Public Safety Military Veterans and Their Families since 2002 including at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that merged in 2011 to become Naval Support Activity Bethesda home of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
@@gulfgypsy I agree 💯
I am a member of Rolling Thunder, Inc. founded in 1988 by Vietnam Veterans hence our POW-MIA Flag flies below the American Flag on most Government buildings including the US Post Office buildings.
I do reaction videos while high asf on my RUclips channel, you think I should quit RUclips or naaa?..
@@glutenfreejoe6099 Thanks for the kind words Joe. I selected that as my You Tube handle because I have moved around so much. Bit of a gypsy that way, habit I picked up during my time in the military. Sounds like you are doing wonderful work with our Vets and first responders. Thanks for all you do in support of our heroes.
I definitely remember the rising gas prices, Watergate scandal and Skylab. Was in Jr High that year.
Major Professional Sports League Champions won in 1973 included -
MLB World Series (October 13-21) - Athletics def. Mets four games to three.
NBA Finals (May 1-10) - Knicks def. Lakers four games to one.
ABA Finals (April 28-May 12) - Indiana def. Kentucky four games to three.
NFL Super Bowl VII (January 14) - Dolphins 14, Washington 7
[Dolphins' Super Bowl win completed their undefeated, untied season of 1972].
NHL Stanley Cup Finals (April 29-May 10) - Canadiens def. Blackhawks four games to two.
WHA Avco Cup Finals (April 29-May 6) - New England def. Winnipeg four games to one.
My twin sister and I, the youngest of eight children, graduated from the 6th grade in 1973. We received perfect attendance certificates for not missing a day of school in six years. That summer my whole family went to Florida to see my brother Dale graduate from basic training in the Navy. We even got to go to Disney World the next day. By the end of that year, Dale would be reported missing while stationed at Guantanamo Bay and declared dead three days later. His body was never found. One week later my father, suffering from emphysema and grief, passed away. My brother was only eighteen years old! My family was never the same.
Good god what a terrible year for your family! It started our with such promise and so quickly devolved into such tragedy. The 70s were kinda like that for me, but it didn't happen all at once like it did for you. I am glad you survived. Trauma like that can so easily get the best of people, only furthering the tragedy. Thank you for showing me that outcome is not inevitable. Thank you for surviving and telling your story.
Thank you for your brother's unresolved service. What more can I say what you and your family have been through? I'm sorry is not enough.
I973 is absolutely my favorite year of all time. Elton, McCartney, Three Dog Night, Paul and Carly Simon, you name it. I was 7. Year after my Pirates lost the great Roberto Clemente but my man Willie Stargell led the majors in home runs with 44. And the Oakland A's won their 2nd straight World Series beating the tough upstart Mets 4 games to 3. Reggie Jackson got series mvp and American League mvp. Reggie was showing his early flashes of becoming Mr. October! And Nolan Ryan had 383 strikeouts which is still a record that stands today. Oh, Nolan only threw 2 no hitters along the way on May 15th and July 15th against the Tigers and Royals.
We’re An American Band (Grand Funk), Superstition (Stevie W), The Cover of the Rolling Stone (Dr Hook), Reelin' in the Years (Steely Dan), and I think my fave Three Dog Night song Shambala was also released in 1973, along with Space Oddity (D. Bowie) and Free Ride (Edgar Winter). Some of those might have been 72 releases that charted in 73. It was a great time in music for sure.
So much happened in 73. Thanks
I will never forget watching Secretariat win the 31 length lead race. I was jumping and yelling at the TV I was so excited 😊
It’s still exciting. Watched it recently & got chills 👍
Also in 1973...
The Young and the Restless premiered on CBS.
Barnaby Jones starring Buddy Ebsen premiered on CBS.
The Wizard of Odds hosted by Alex Trebek premiered on NBC.
The New Treasure Hunt hosted by Geoff Edwards premiered on Syndication.
Match Game hosted by Gene Rayburn and The $10,000 Pyramid hosted by American Bandstand host Dick Clark debuted on CBS.
Also in 1973...
"Paper Moon" starring Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal (his daughter) was released.
"Tom Sawyer" starring Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Jodie Foster and Jeff East was released.
I went to see Paper Moon. I didn't realize that Tom Sawyer ran in the theaters. I only remember seeing it on TV awhile later. In 1978 Jeff East played teenage Clark Kent in the Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve.
@@ronald3419 I saw Huckleberry Finn in the theater in 71 or 72 for my best friend's birthday party. I guess I assumed Tom Sawyer had come out earlier.
The year I graduated from high school. I watched Elvis , and saw those movies. It took months to get over watching the last one, I had nightmares for weeks. I don't watch horror movies any more 😕
I had two close friends in Vietnam, one came home that year whole and unscathed. The other came home in a sealed coffin. It was a year I will remember for a very long time
your show is good Mr. Recollection Rd.
Also on Sept. 20 1973 folk singer Jim Croce died in a plane crash!
I love these videos it makes sense of the years of forgotten memory, the memories are there but the timeline is not
Your series is a 'Coles Notes' for young people wanting to know about the history of '2nd half of the 20th Century. Nice job! If I were a History Teacher these vids would be invaluable!
Also in 1973…
The Six Million Dollar Man starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson premiered on ABC.
Wow! I had watched that as a kid! It left a pretty big impression on me regarding medicine and technology! But I had forgotten when it premiered! Thanks for the reminder!
I was 10 years old in 1973. Wish I could go back to 73 and 1980
....It's good to read comments like yours....(thanks).....helps me feel that I'm not alone in my longing for those days....I certainly would appreciate them more now, I think, than I did back then..... 😔
My sister and i was underage and couldn't get in the movie theater to see "The Exorcist" without a parent, so my mother and father went inside the movie theater with us temporarily and left when the movie started, my sister and i rode the city bus home, fond memories. 🎥 🎬
I was in Jr. High when that movie came out, but I remember someone had the book and it got passed around with all the "juicy bits" pointed out to the next person who read the book.
In 1973, the Mattel Toy Company released the portable Barbie Vanity Case. In a TV commercial that very same year, it featured child actress Erin Murphy (who used to play the part of Tabitha Stephens on the hit TV show "Bewitched!") as everyone's favourite TV commercial spokesgirl. Amazing, isn't it!!!
Not mentioned:
On January 6, 1973 ABC premiered in between Saturday morning kid shows the Schoolhouse Rock segments - the first of these: Multiplication Rock
On July 2, 1973 CBS premiered a new version of Match Game with Gene Rayburn as "Match Game 1973"
In September 1973 singer Jim Croce ("Bad Bad Leroy Brown") was killed in a plane crash.
I remember the Jim Croce accident vividly. I had just started playing guitar and I loved the way his style meshed with his playing partner Maury Muehleisen who tragically died in the same crash. They probably had the biggest influence on the way I played but I could never finger pick as well as either of them. May they both RIP.
Also in 1973: The Heathcliff comic strip debuted in newspapers on September 3, 1973.
Another comic strip that debuted in 1973: Hagar the Horrible.
GREAT CHANNEL!
High school years ,wish oh I wish too go back
I graduated HS in 1973, carried my draft card in my wallet for many years after that.
I too graduated in 1973 with a draft card in my pocket. They actually drew the draft numbers anyway and I was in the 20's, I was sure to be drafted had the war not ended.
@@stevenking9357 As I remember, I had turned 18 in 72, we still had to register but nobody was getting called up anymore and they were pulling troops out not putting new ones in. My cousin who was a couple of years older had a nail-biting evening until he lucked out with a "good" number.
My dad was a dumbass. In 1968 he burned his draft card in protest. In 1969 he was sentenced to 5 years in El Reno Federal Prison in Oklahoma for doing so. I was almost 2 and my brother was 3. We lived in Minnesota. Dad was 4F. That means he was physically unfit because of a birth defect and he had a family - exempt from service. So my first memories were meeting my dad in prison after a 1000 mi bus trip. He was a scary stranger in a very scary place.
Mine was still in my wallet (pocket) until I lost it on a roller coaster ride. What a pisser!
In retrospective, Nixon’s alleged crimes (they were never proven in court) seemed like a jay walking ticket compared to the current criminal corruption of politicians of all stripes. At least Nixon had the integrity to resign.
Amen to that
Senator Goldwater told Nixon"if you don't resign there's a good chance you'll go too jail"😜😜😜
Wrong. If you listen to the tapes, many of which they did not release for 20 + years Nixon was told to go to Hell by several of his lynchmen because he, on tape, advocates the kidnapping of his opponents (the Dems) wives and children....anyone who ran against him. Republicans get power crazy. LOOK at Jan 6th....and they complained that the Hillary supporters were whiners. Well, Hillary did not tell her people to try and overthrow our govt, kill Congress members etc. Double dang!!!
@@stormy8092
Absolute BS.
@@americanwoman9880
It takes some gall to accuse Republicans of “getting power crazy” when we see how absolutely insane over power Democrats have been in the past decade, issuing mandates over the freedoms of other people, taxing people into oblivion, telling people that they must buy life insurance or pay a steep government penalty, saying get vaccinated or lose your livelihood. The disconnect is surreal.
I graduated high school that year. What a year.
I was in third grade. My parents made me sit in the living room and watch the Nixon resignation and told me to not forget it...for it was "History in the making". They are all gone now, my family. I miss them. I miss the early seventies. Miss my childhood.
I think I was too!! Graduated in 84 so we're probably the same age.
@@jimmygrant424 We are just about!
Nixon resigned in August, 1974. I was about to enter my senior year of high school. Watergate and its aftermath would touch Americans' lives for years thereafter...Gerald Ford became President by default and suffered a humiliating loss to Jimmy Carter several years later. The Iranian hostage crisis would become only one of the many issues that would later doom Carter's reelection.
(I turned 8 in 1973 (too); and my parents are also gone.....my mother just in 2021. I miss them, too. Thanks for your comment, val.....)
@@michaelp.9921 Thank you Michael too
It's 1973 and I am in high school. I just turned 16 years old and I got my first part-time job at a Great Scott!Supermarket as a bagger and collecting shopping carts.
P.S.,
Great Scott!Supermarkets and Wrigley Supermarkets had merged into Great Scott!Supermarkets. Than, Kroger bought the Great Scott!Supermarket chain and Great Scott!is now Kroger.
I was born in 1957.
I graduated from HS in 1973.
@@1954shadow I graduated high school in 1973 as well! What a great time to be a young adult.
On Monday, March the twelfth, 1973, "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" took its bow on NBC-TV. In other words: it was ultimately cancelled for good. A month later on April the fourth, the very same TV network aired Elvis Presley's second TV special "Aloha from Hawaii." It was previously sponsored by Purina's Chicken of the Sea tuna and Toyota cars & trucks. A few more months passed, NBC-TV aired another TV special which was entitled "The Shape of Things." It's from executive producer George Schlatter that brought us "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In."
I will remember 73 with fondness until I’m gone. A lot of memorable things happened for me that year.
I graduated in 1973, what a time! I remember the oil embargo and lines for gas and only being to to get 3 gallons of gas. That's when hamburger helper came out. Inflation was crazy, I didn't have to worry about that stuff, I still had my mom and dad.
January 2, 1973. A train ride to Chicago and a jet Ride to San Diego. My first day of Navy boot camp which led to a successful 22 year career.
I was there and now I’m here,older and I hope a lot wiser.
The movie Sleeper came out,definitely a trippy but hilarious flick
Also in 1973...
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters starring Johnny Whitaker, Scott Kolden, Billy Barty, Mary Wickes premiered on NBC.
That show was my favorite reason for getting out of bed on a Saturday morning! I loved the theme song too - "You better run, you better hide, we gotta keep you outta sight, be careful Sigmund!"
I was 14 in 73 and I remember I was mad when the Watergate hearings were on TV that summer and I couldn’t watch my soap operas.😆
Best decade🇨🇦🍷🥂
Yes it was!!!
Don’t forget the great February 9-11 Southeastern Snowstorm. I was 11 then. My family was in La Feria, TX (visiting my snowbird grandparents) and preparing to begin the drive back to Manitoba. We woke up on the morning of the 9th to an inch or so of snow on the ground in La Feria. As we headed north on I-35, we found most of the overpasses closed and traffic being rerouted around them.
I remember I was in high school in 1973 and wen AMERICAN GRAFFITI came out; a lot of kids in school were talking about it and made it sound like it was "THE movie to see"
Very good narrator.
Not mentioned, but 1973 was also a pretty significant year in sports. On January 14, the Miami Dolphins won Super Bowl VII, closing out a perfect 17-0 season that has not been equaled since. In June, the New York Knicks won the NBA Championship, beating the L.A. Lakers in Wilt Chamberlain's final season. It was the Knicks last NBA championship. In Major League Baseball, the designated hitter used for the first time, and the New York Yankees played their final season in the original Yankee Stadium.
I started preschool that fall.
In September of 1973, ABC-TV premiered "The Superfriends" through the courtesy of Hanna-Barbera Productions. It featured the voices of Danny Dark as Superman and Shannon Farnon as Wonder Woman.
Yes! I used to love that show! It was a great kind of show of "crossovers"!
November 14, 1973. My wonderful daughter was born!
1973= SECRETARIAT! The greatest race horse!!
@@captainamericaamerica8090 Sec had an unknown at the time injury.
ALSO IN 1973: A cultural phenomenon was born on August 11th when the older sister of Mr. Clive Campbell aka DJ KOOL HERC, asked her brother to host and provide music for a 'back to school' party held in a rec room area located on 1530 SEDGEWICK AVE. IN SOUTH BRONX, NY. This event was the birth of HIP-HOP CULTURE.
Now that's interesting. Your comment is why still risk reading any of them. A lot of hate in the RUclips comments, but next to none under any of these nostalgia videos.
My birth year!
I remember the two music themes of The Exorcist and The Sting were heard on the radio all the time in 1973! when I was thirteen!
In July of 1973, Margarita-Maria (Margie) Moran became the second Filipino beauty to crowned Miss Universe 1973 in Athens, Greece.
I was 17 in 1973 and it was the most horrible year of my life. My 25-year-old brother was killed by a drunk driver. He was my only sibling and, while we fought while growing up, we became very close the last couple of years of his life. I was completely devastated.
😢
Wow, I was 12. I remember all this but like it was a different life.
So true,I was also 12 but it really does seem like a different life( or reality?)
Born in '73. Hard to believe I have a 10-year-old Grandson. Where does the time fly?
Turn 10 that year! Remember most of these events!!!!!
On 3/26,The Young & the Restless debuts on CBS daytime line-up.
And changed our teenage lives!! We were obsessed!
And changed our teenage lives! We were obsessed!
They weren’t young. Just restless. 😂
You forgot the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 which had a significant impact for those of us who drove and on the economy. The 1973 oil crisis or first oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries led by Saudi Arabia proclaimed an oil embargo. The embargo was targeted at nations perceived as supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War. The initial nations targeted were Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States with the embargo also later extended to Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa. By the end of the embargo in March 1974, the price of oil had risen nearly 300%, from US$3 per barrel to nearly $12 globally; US prices were significantly higher. The embargo caused an oil crisis, or "shock", with many short- and long-term effects on global politics and the global economy.
In the spring,The "WACKY PACKAGES" debut for the very 1st time.
Loved those. I actually think I may still have some. Capn' Crud.
Those Wacky Packages debuting in 1973 were peel and stick stickers, though Topps first introduced them in 1967 as lick and stick die cuts.
My brothers loved them
Born in 67, started 1st grade in 73 .....great times ....its 2021 .....wish I had a time machine, I'd leave all the garbage of this time behind !
The absolute best year for music.
Totally concur! Anyone & I mean anyone with an album out was definitely on top of their game
@@HD-dw1cn yes sir. Bad Company, Grand Funk Railroad, David Bowie, Yes, Genesis.
Absolutely!
Great year!! 50 years later......very disappointing to be where we're at today 😢
I was born in 1973 and 80s were the best years in my life
Kodocrome gives us those nice bright colors give us the greens of summer makes you think all the world is a sunny day, or however it goes great song by Paul Simon summer of 73 or maybe 72...
@Austin Scott ah just fine Thank You ! 🔆
1973 was the end of the 60’s and everything before.
Gerald Ford was the House Minority Leader, not Speaker, when he was picked to replace Agnew. Still, great job on this overall. I really appreciate your videos.
I love that the Exorcist was considered a Christmas movie!
Hell , I was only 6 years old in 1973 . I was busy in 1st grade , being a kid and enjoying the life of the seventies. Unaware of the world around me . Now days , I wish that world was around me .
Hear, hear! Me too.... 😔
18 years before I was born. My mom only turned 2 in ‘73.
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wow, a big year! and I graduated from high school
Ah, to be 18 again and look at the world the way I did as a high school graduate on May 29.
I started basic training in September. That sucked.
Me too! San Diego September, us navy 73-77 us army 77-1993 us park service 1994-2017 thanks!
Yes, music and sports were so memorable in '73. And Charlie Spikes of my 2nd favorite team, the Indians, had his career high of 23 homers. '73 and "74 were Charlie's best. Not a Hall of Famer but boy he was excellent those 2 years. And just so many great food products and fast food then
Who misses Burger Chef, Roy Roger's? And I'll always love McDonald's but they were really great back in '73. I enjoyed going to Geauga Lake and Sea World in Ohio and Wildwood Nee Jersey. Let's remember Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd too. And Elton John! He was the "Honky Cat's " meow back then and still is! That's my main man he and Paul McCartney. And sadly we lost Jim Croce. Lived his music as well. Just timeless
I was born in 73 this is cool stuff.
I graduated high school had a great time had my dtr in 1975
And I was born on midsummer eve… 😊
Thats wild how federal express started considering how big they are today pretty cool. I actually hold fedex stock lock term as in many yrs so far. Its been good.
I was born this year. ☺
I was too, we are old !
@@armandalec9048 I was six so I've got you both beat!
@@armandalec9048 getting up there and I don't recommend it to anyone. Lol.
@@timmmahhhh is that your costume for this year? I can't tell what you are, my eyes have gotten old as well.
@@justmejenny7986 would make a great costume. Check out Monty Python's Holy Grail.
Ah the year I was born, wow....there was a lot that happened that year
On 3/26,BAFFLE debut.The late,great Dick Enberg was the Emcee.It succeeded Concentration.