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re: What was life like in the 1970s as an adult
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:24 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:24 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:28 pm to chinese58
This whole thread has morphed from the OP “life in the 70s as as adult” to whatever somebody feels like remembering at any age from the 60s to the 80s. Hard to stay on topic, eh?
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:29 pm to Paul Allen
You get some Rams in the oil patch that hit 500k.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:35 pm to chinese58
A sitcom won't do it. Watch these movies for an overview of the 70's.
Rush (1991), Zodiac (2007), Summer of Sam (1999), Wonderland (2003), Almost Famous (2000), 54 (1998), The Weather Underground (2002), Donnie Brasco (1997), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), Kill the Irishman (2011),
Rush (1991), Zodiac (2007), Summer of Sam (1999), Wonderland (2003), Almost Famous (2000), 54 (1998), The Weather Underground (2002), Donnie Brasco (1997), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), Kill the Irishman (2011),
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:38 pm to Pepe Lepew
1983 fall. 13.25 with negative amortization . First home was 55k
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:43 pm to CelticDog
The last more or less innocent decade. Great music, great parties, great friends. Much less complication.
A work friend asked me a couple of years ago what LSU games were like back then.
I told him it was like this: you'd get up the next day and your ears were still ringing, and you'd have to read the paper to remind you who won the game.
Good times..!!
A work friend asked me a couple of years ago what LSU games were like back then.
I told him it was like this: you'd get up the next day and your ears were still ringing, and you'd have to read the paper to remind you who won the game.
Good times..!!
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:45 pm to natsoundup
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Top 50 Albums of the 70's:
1. What's Going On (1971) - Marvin Gaye
2. Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) - Pink Floyd
3. London Calling (1979) - The Clash
4. Born To Run (1975) - Bruce Springsteen
5. Exile On Main Street (1972) - Rolling Stones
6. Innervisions (1973) - Stevie Wonder
7. Who's Next (1971) - The Who
8. Led Zeppelin IV (1971) - Led Zeppelin
9. Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) - Stevie Wonder
10. Rumours (1977) - Fleetwood Mac
11. Blue (1971) - Joni Mitchell
12. Tapestry (1971) - Carole King
13. Paranoid (1970) - Black Sabbath
14. Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars (1972) - David Bowie
15. There's A Riot Goin' On (1971) - Sly And The Family Stone
16. The Wall (1979) - Pink Floyd
17. Blood On The Tracks (1975) - Bob Dylan
18. Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols (1977) - Sex Pistols
19. Hotel California (1976) - The Eagles
20. Off the Wall (1979) - Michael Jackson
21. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977) - The Bee Gees
22. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) - Simon & Garfunkel
23. After The Goldrush (1970) - Neil Young
24. Ramones (1976) - Ramones
25. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) - Elton John
26. The Clash (1977) - The Clash
27. Plastic Ono Band (1970) - John Lennon
28. Superfly (1972) - Curtis Mayfield
29. Talking Book (1972) - Stevie Wonder
30. This Year's Model (1978) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
31. Sticky Fingers (1971) - Rolling Stones
32. Moondance (1970) - Van Morrison
33. A Night At The Opera (1975) - Queen
34. Van Halen (1978) - Van Halen
35. Horses (1975) - Patti Smith
36. Let It Be (1970) - The Beatles
37. Harvest (1972) - Neil Young
38. Machine Head (1972) - Deep Purple
39. Live at Leeds (1970) - The Who
40. My Aim Is True (1977) - Elvis Costello
41. Black Sabbath (1970) - Black Sabbath
42. Marquee Moon (1977) - Television
43. DéjàVu (1970) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
44. Low (1977) - David Bowie
45. All Things Must Pass (1970) - George Harrison
46. Unknown Pleasures (1979) - Joy Division
47. Live at the Fillmore East (1971) - The Allman Brothers Band
48. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) - Derek & The Dominos
49. Imagine (1971) - John Lennon
50. Wish You Were Here (1975) - Pink Floyd
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Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:56 pm to athenslife101
All the TV stations were off the air by 12:30 a.m. or so.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 5:02 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Pretty much. Everyone partied, that's how they socialized before the internet.
General admission concerts with weed freely passed around.
Legal drinking age as low as 18
Stupid 10 oz beers that would not fit a coozie...
Parties out in the country on some remote farm that somebody told you about a la Woodstock
Invention of Halter Tops
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 5:02 pm to kywildcatfanone
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I bought cigarettes at the store for my parents when I was like 8 years old.
You could have been buying them for yourself and still no questions asked
I may be older but they stopped carding me when I was 13 or 14 in the south
Posted on 8/26/18 at 5:13 pm to Cheese Grits
I had one of these and most all in the high school parking lot were muscle cars which at the time were plentiful and no one thought or could afford to keep them for 40 years.
1970 GTO Judge
1970 GTO Judge
Posted on 8/26/18 at 5:14 pm to Martini
Is that why you were so popular with the boys?
Posted on 8/26/18 at 5:19 pm to lsutiger1fan
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At my high school there was a smoking area.
My high school had a smoking area for students too and that was in 1988-89. Edgewater High School - Orlando, Fl.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 5:26 pm to theantiquetiger
Gotta agree grew up as a teen in late 70s and that rock music is classic and will be forever . The drugs they did back they turned out the best music ever . People allgot along and none of this gay arse bullshite the media and the left wing liberals like to push down your throat to make it seem like gay is mainstream ??????
Posted on 8/26/18 at 5:59 pm to athenslife101
NO CELL PHONES TO RECORD EVERY STUPID THING WE DID
Posted on 8/26/18 at 5:59 pm to QuietTiger
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You forgot reel to reels, we put hours of music on those and the sound as great since we immediately recorded off of new albums.
Great times IMO.
You were an audiophile, then. My best friend had a reel to reel and it rocked. My dad had one from the late 60's even (along with a vacuum tube stereo). But most people did not have them.
There have been comments about terrible AM radio and that is true in large part. But there were fantastic FM stations and plenty of good AM. Some of them were playing full albums in the evening, concert specials, and comedy. It was vastly more creative and independent.
I graduated mid-70's and my high school had an underground newspaper that was banned, and everywhere. Some really subversive and vulgar stuff - it was great. The student council went all activist and declared a student strike. We were all happy to go along. It got us a smoking area, candy and coke vending machines, and student parking area as a result.
Air pollution was definitely worse. A lot of bird species were on the edge of extinction. We've gotten smarter on the environment.
There was no substitute for actual mail, and typewriters were expensive as hell. And long distance calls were expensive too.
School was a lot harder, as was the discipline.
People told whatever joke they felt like and didn't worry about offending groups.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 6:29 pm to 6R12
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NO CELL PHONES TO RECORD EVERY STUPID THING WE DID
Oh, thank God!
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 6:35 pm to ChenierauTigre
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Oh, thank God!
Hell, if we did it once and got away with it, why would we want to be reminded of it again? Some things are better forgotten!
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:12 pm to Tigris
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You were an audiophile, then.
Yes to an extent. I was also working 84 hours a week for 2.25 an hour with a take home of $181.00 per week. With no time to spend, I just doled out money.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:14 pm to Purina
Great stuff.
Was it because they crashed? I know they were on their way to BR to play when it happened which sounds like around that same time frame.
ETA: Looks like that woulda been 1976 at Tulane stadium.
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About that same time and same place there was this concert. J Giels, ZZ Top, and Lynard Skynard scheduled. It was an all day affair so everyone arrived early, like noon. Hot as a mother. The bands were late, hour after hour passed, no bands. The crowd went crazy. Finally, a hundred police, or more, came running out of the tunnel. It looked like a football team with their blue riot helmets. The police formed a perimeter on the field as they grabbed people taking them to the center of the circle they formed. Crazy and funny at the same time. Then they left. I guess they gave up or the bands arrived. J Geils and ZZ Top performed. Skynard never made it.
Was it because they crashed? I know they were on their way to BR to play when it happened which sounds like around that same time frame.
ETA: Looks like that woulda been 1976 at Tulane stadium.
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 7:21 pm
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