Ledgies from the late 70s: memories?

[Villavic]

Not about Rumours, or Tusk, and that's why this thread is here.

But any other memories during the Rumours lineup golden era..

I mean, movies like A Star is Born, Saturday Nigh Fever, Grease were on the top. The disco music, discos like Studio 54 and all the "decadence" were the fever.

Now I see SNF and realize it wasn't big deal, though I still like Grease. But in that moment I was 12 and everybody was cutting their long hairs for a Tony Manero haircut. And there were the white suits.

Now it seems everybody hate that stuff, but at that moment I think there were lot of people that loved it. It happens with many things (music, movies, fashion), if you get oversaturated, you stop loving it for hating it.

At least in Peru, Beta system was more popular than VHS. Don't know in other countries.

Terrorism was something that looked to happen very far (in Peru we have terrorist years, but in the mid 80s to early 90s, not anymore).

Dolby sound was the best one. Home theatres, Dolby digital 5.1 or Prologic didn't exist. Cell phones were a fantasy. As microwaves.

Star Wars was THE movie. As Jaws.

And no AIDS..
Big cities were less violent, at least Lima was. You could left your car in the street the whole night. Now everybody needs a garage.

Not sure if life was easier then. Maybe some things were, others not I guess.

[estranged4life]

Besides Dolby Stereo there was "Quadrophonic" mixes which STILL sounds great to my ears.

Kiss were somewhat the rage musically in our household, The whole makeup/theaterical gimmick worked great (Too bad in 2005 they are an absolute joke!!!) but the Beatles still ruled the roost!!!

As for personal life then...Oct. to Dec.1977 sucked worse than any year in my life (Dec.2003 to March 2004 is a close second) but at the same time 1979 was the most fun EVER in my life.

Interesting I was born the same day Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks hit his 500th Home Run (May 12,1970) and I am a diehard Cubs fan...And it was the same week that the Beatles released their final album "Let It Be".

[irishgrl]

Farrah Fawcett-Majors RULED...also Cybil Shepard (go figure!)
Boston, Journey, AC/DC, Aerosmith Foghat Frampton Comes Alive (biggie)
KISS, (one of my personal faves hee hee) KUNG FU on tv, Laugh In, ....
hmm need to think more...

[wondergirl9847]

And no AIDS..

There was AIDS, they just didn't know about it, I'm sure.

I was born in 1976, can't really contribute here. LOL

[tynan88]

I was born in 1988 I deffinately can't contribute!

Tynan

[DrummerDeanna]

I missed the 70's - I was born at the ass end of 1979 :D

[Villavic]

There was AIDS, they just didn't know about it, I'm sure.

I was born in 1976, can't really contribute here. LOL

I think the first reported case was in 1980 so you are right, sure there was before the 80s, but they didn't know

[Livia]

Aaaah, the 70's - good times. Hey, wasn't that a TV show?

I remember seeing Grease in the theater, twice.

My concert-going career began in 1977 - first one was KISS, quickly followed by Styx (Grand Illusion Tour), the Cars, Foghat, Jethro Tull, Journey, Sammy Hagar (pre-Van Halen, when both bands were still good), Van Halen, April Wine, Ted Nugent, the Scorpions, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, Judas Priest, REO Speedwagon, Head East, Marshall Tucker Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Andy Gibb (at Six Flags), KC and the Sunshine Band (also at Six Flags), etc., etc., and then onto the 80's....

One of my projects, that I never seem to have time for, is to organize all my ticket stubs in chronological order. I started keeping a scrapbook in high school, but now there are ticket stubs in kitchen drawers, on the kitchen counter, on a bulletin board, in my desk drawer, they're everywhere....

I remember when cable TV first came out - and there still wasn't a remote control for it - just a box on top of your TV that was about 16" long, with a sliding thingie on top, that would click into place for each channel.

Saturday Night Live was the "new," hip show to watch - cigarette ads were still on TV, and ads for liquor also.

Lunch boxes were metal.

[estranged4life]

One of my projects, that I never seem to have time for, is to organize all my ticket stubs in chronological order. I started keeping a scrapbook in high school, but now there are ticket stubs in kitchen drawers, on the kitchen counter, on a bulletin board, in my desk drawer, they're everywhere....



a great majority of my ticket stubs, The Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks stubs are sealed in glass behind a cool autographed Stevie pict from the pre-TISL tour gig she played (Stevie has her arms stretched out with her palms up).

My dream pet project would be to find and purchase the cars my Mother had in the late 70's:

'76 Pontiac Trans Am (454 Chevy V-8 without turbo)
'69 Chevy Camaro SS (350 Chevy V-block with the awesome as hell dual racing stripes from nose to tail...In the late 70's, The only car in Eastern Oklahoma faster than the T.A.)

If I included the cars my late-Father owned:

'63 Chevy Impala Station Wagon
'70 Pontiac GTO ("the Judge") Convertible

Plus, I would like to track down my uncle's scrapbook and figure out how the hell did he know Gregg Allman, Willie Nelson, Joe Walsh, Various members of the band Kansas and Stevie Nicks...I kinda know how he knew 'em, Just would like to be able to verify that reason (When your in your 60's and doing 20-to-life for drug dealing it isnt hard to figure this one out.)

[chiliD]

If you claim to remember the '70's, you weren't there. :laugh:

[estranged4life]

I think the first reported case was in 1980 so you are right, sure there was before the 80s, but they didn't know

"And The Band Played On" (Based off the book of the same name) the first known case of what was actually AIDS was in 1975.

[Mad4stevie]

I was born in '73, so I remember a few things:

- the bicentennial celebration
- hearing my parents talk about Elvis' death
- playing my dad's Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack album to death and dancing around with my leg warmers :laugh: :laugh:

[Vianna]

Let's see..

Those awful go go boots, and the fishnet hose..

Men in polyester leisure suits-yuckie, yuckie

John Travolta dancing

Moonlight Makes Right..Disney Girls...Breakaway...Moonshadow..the Carpenters..summers at Va Beach cruising in my VW convertible with the top down playing Uncle Albert..I'm a Girl Watcher..Godspell..driving across the country with friends in a VW poptop camper..America...Ventura Highway...It Never Rains in Southern California..Oh, Very Young..("Goodbye Makes the Journey Harder Still") ...Going to California..Led Zep..Watergate...Benny and the Jets...Gilbert O'Sullivan..Alone Again, Naturally..CSNY...Cathedral...Southern Cross...

polyester dresses-yuckie, yuckie
platform shoes

[WelshWitchPMD]

Hmm. OK lets see what I can remember from waay back. :lol:

Mood Rings. Living in RI I had a few of them

I remember a pendant that looked like an apple core. :confused: That was in the early 70s.

I remember shirts that kind of looked like football jerseys were popular. Kind of like the one SN has on in the Rolling Stone article from 1977. Mine was #11.

The blizzard of '78. Did not have school for about 2 weeks. The whole state came to a stand still.

Disco Vs. Rock. You were not supposed to like both you had to pick one or the other. I would say Rock but I did like some disco, too. I was just a closet disco fan. LOL


I was not a big movie fan even back then so I don't really know what was popular.

When, I think back of how it was then without the computer or Internet or cell phone. I wonder how I survived it all! My first reaction during this last snow storm was to make sure that my cell phone was charged. I thought back to '78 when there was no cell phone and it just gave me this really weird feeling.

[tynan88]

What do you think about the difference in life between the seventies and now? Is it a clear cut answer to say if it was better or worse? Did you like the seventies?

Tynan

[amber]

ok, I was born in 74, but...
I had these red bell bottoms that matched my rollerskate wheels that i loved...I thought i looked soooo sexy in those pants. :p
My mom's friends' older kids loved the dukes of hazzard and Kiss.
I remember my mom ranting and raving when Reagan got elected. (oops, 1980?)
I remember hearing GYOW on the car radio, and not liking it very much at the time...
apparently I sang GDW regularly when i was 3.
I remember the Olympics, Nadia, and after that I totally wanted to be a gymnast, for years. yes, I was 2-3, but i would practice my rolls, headstands, and carwheels constantly.
A joke I remember is: What's green and skates? Peggy Flem! :laugh: :rolleyes:
I loved the song "Sound of Silence", one of my first faves.
Also I remember the song "Jolene" by Dolly Parton, that's a good song.
Other favorite songs: Ghost Rider In the Sky - by Johnny Cash,
Barracuda and Magic Man I liked, remember hearing those a lot - my mom drew a picture of a stingray she kept over her bed, and I remember thinking it was a barracuda :p
I knew a lot of songs, because my mom would be like: "you have to brush your teeth for two songs."(we didn't have a T.V.) and also because we played this game where my mom would play a song on her violin, and i would have to guess which song...
Oh, and I started kindergarten, and sang Christmas songs every day on the way home in the front seat of the bus... :rolleyes: :lol: yep, just sat there by myself and sang...to the busdriver, apparently :shocked:
Yes, "Only Children" may have these sorts of tendencies.. :wavey:

[Livia]

I remember a pendant that looked like an apple core. That was in the early 70s.

Aaaaack! I had one of those too! They made ones that looked like bagels and Oreo cookies as well. What was up with that trend?

I had a pet rock. And I still have my mood ring. :nod:

[skcin]

Also I remember the song "Jolene" by Dolly Parton, that's a good song.
:wavey:

I remember that song really well, despite being born in 75. I think it was on that Country Hits 8-track my mom used to play in the '79 Lincoln Mark V!

I remember we had a blue Ford conversion van, and a red Mercury Cougar. I had roller skates that were metal & you strapped them on over your shoes.

I remember LOTS of plaid pants, especially in green/orange/brown hues. :eek: And our beige rug and orange & green couch.

I also vividly remember my parents fighting a lot (that never stopped, I can't believe they stayed married.) Anyway, I remember asking "Where's daddy?" My mom would tell me "He's at the office." OK, so my dad painted & sandblasted for a living (big stuff - he painted the Peace Bridge, which connect Buffalo to Canada.) But I never payed any attention to why he'd be working at an office too. So one day we're driving along in the red Cougar & my mom says "yup, there's the office - It was a BAR named "The Office" :)

We still laugh about it - I pictured this high-rise building made of glass & it's a one story dive bar & wing joint.

I remember Star Wars & The Empire Striked Back too, and obviously Jedi, which came later. And I LOVED Wonder Woman & the Dukes of Hazzard.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Aaaaack! I had one of those too! They made ones that looked like bagels and Oreo cookies as well. What was up with that trend?

I had a pet rock. And I still have my mood ring. :nod:


Hmm, I never had any bagels or Oreos. What's up with that? :lol: The apple pendant said "I Like You" on it. Oh and butterflys were also popular jewelry.

[dissention]

Other favorite songs: Ghost Rider In the Sky - by Johnny Cash,

I guess I am quite the 80s child because I only remember Debbie's cover of that song. :laugh:

[WelshWitchPMD]

I guess I am quite the 80s child because I only remember Debbie's cover of that song. :laugh:

I think that sooo many people have covered it that I really don't know who did it in the first place. Was it Johnny Cash? I think they play that version as bumper music for Coast to Coast AM.

[sara1998]

I remember when cable TV first came out - and there still wasn't a remote control for it - just a box on top of your TV that was about 16" long, with a sliding thingie on top, that would click into place for each channel.

I was born in '77, but even I remember the channel changer for the cable. I used to make it slide up and down really fast.... Wow, what a blast from the past.

[CelticGypsy]

I actually liked polyester dresses and fishnet stockings. haha Those dresses never needed ironing :laugh:
Roller skating on the weekends.
Berets with brims, mood rings, choker ribbon and velvet necklaces, bell bottoms and gauzy peasant tops.
platform boots and shoes
Cher, Rita Coolidge, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Heart, Stevie and Christine was some of the women who made great music at a time when music was mainly dominated by men.
You had to walk to the television to change channels :mad:
Lunch at school was actually decent and healthy back then :rolleyes:
No home computers so we actually had to go out in public to meet people :nod:
SNL was actually a great show back then and had great talented people on it.
Midnight Special, Johnny Carson, Soul Train, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin was on tv; David Letterman was still in Indy and I remember him as the local weatherman in Indianapolis:laugh:
Bee Gees were hot. We still had Andy Gibb and Jim Croce around back then :(
Being 21 yrs old and enjoying the disco era and being able to go to 2001 and luckily, not seeing guys that had that awful Tony Manero outfit or haircut :laugh:

[eclipse]

I was born in 1958-So I am like, one of the oldest here- but I have lots of seventies-eighties memories and reminders-Good and bad

Waiting in line to buy gas for your car(plate had to have an even or odd last number, depending on the day of the week that you were allowed to buy it) plus we used to put in $2.00 for a night of "driving around"
No one had a "foreign, small car" all American gas guzzlers were the cars of the day.-
Big technology was playing "pong" at somebodies house on a Friday night, massive remote that you used to play your side on the screen..then cam -"space invaders" wasted alot of money in those machines-
Telephones were rented from the Telephone Co. didn't have push buttons and were attached to the wall-
-Watching the DRAFT on TV and hoping that my Brother's birthday wasn't on top of the list for Vietnam Service- (it wasnt)
Fashion was CRAZY- Crochet vests, "Earth Shoes" lots of silver and rawhide- bandana's (ala Rhoda on the MT Moore show) big jewelry and earings-hair straight and long and parted in the middle-Bonnie Bell lip gloss-Landlubber jeans-embroidering jeans! making macrema (sp) plant hangers, knots knots knots-
Best part of the history for me? Being a girl/woman in 1976. Graduated from high school-Law changed the drinking age to 18, Voting age to 18 and best of all you were consided an adult at 18! (Which by the way, I still think it is the best idea...who came up with 21 anyway?) 76 was also the 200 anniversary of America so it was a very patriotic time, Vietnam was over..barely. Not the same vibe in students as the late 60's early seventies anger...Looking forward to the future but #1 issue was having enough "spinach", fuel for the car and enough cassettes to listen to tunes at very loud volumes while driving around and singing in my 1975 Mustang that had a way cool Pioneer sound system in it!!
Those, were the days ,my friends (to quote someone else) alot more innocent and isolated than we are today...but hey if we didn't have this technology today I wouldn't be reminising like this at all.
EVERYDAY YOU ARE BREATHING-----IS A GOOD DAY ;)

Just a few thoughts from ~~eclipse~~