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And in the original "auf Deutsch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmI3vAIhbE
You owe me 5 minutes of my life back. :doh:
[video=youtube;7i9ozy739c8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i9ozy739c8[/video]
And in the original "auf Deutsch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmI3vAIhbE
IMO there were only two great things about the '70s
Having been a kid back in the '70s these were the things I remembered most.
Country Music
[video=youtube;mK5ROydJFTE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK5ROydJFTE[/video]
Tammy!!! George Jones's punching bag. I hated that arsehole and still do!!!!!!!!!!!
Despite all she went through in her life there was that quiet dignity that came through in many of her recordings.
The seventies also had white guys with Afros. That was not a good look.
IMO there were only two great things about the '70s
Having been a kid back in the '70s these were the things I remembered most.
And Toys
-- The '70s was the last of the "golden era" of toys before it was all made in China. Yes, some of it was made in Japan, Hong Kong or Taiwan but a substantial amount of toys were still being made in the US at that time (with the more high end ones made in Europe). They were still well-made and designed to appeal to the intelligence and imagination of young minds rather than insult it.
Good things of my 70's were Boston, Kansas, Journey, Blue Oyster Cult, REO Speedwagon, Mott the Hoople, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Steve Miller Band, Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels Band, Lynyrd Snynyrd, Allman Bros, Molly Hatchet, etc.
Lesney, the original maker of Matchbox was bought out by Universal Toys, a Hong Kong-based company, in 1982, and was in turn bought by Tyco in about 1987 and then was acquired by Mattel in 1994 when they bought out Tyco. The original Johnny Lightning, which came out in 1969, was very short-lived as its maker Topper folded in 1971.
As far as Hot Wheels, their quality has steadily declined since the late '90s, early 2000s. Except for their limited edition collectibles, they stopped making all metal cars a couple of years ago. Now the regular ones have plastic chassis.
Never heard of them.
If you were a fan of Art Bell and Coast to Coast AM, I'm sure you've heard this one by Blue Oyster Cult.
[video=youtube;ClQcUyhoxTg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg[/video]
Good things of my 70's were Boston, Kansas, Journey, Blue Oyster Cult, REO Speedwagon, Mott the Hoople, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Steve Miller Band, Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels Band, Lynyrd Snynyrd, Allman Bros, Molly Hatchet, etc.
Great post on Kraftwerk. So much phenomenal music from the 70s (but you weren't going to be hearing most of it coming out of your radios). As another said, an explosion in creativity happening all around the fringes; in many areas of art.
This thread screams, "Get off my yard!" almost like no other. Pretty funny.
Well, I was collecting and playing Shellac since I was a child, and so for me the 'Seventies were a time of discovery, of "Classic Period" Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman's 1935 sides, early Duke Ellington, The Hot Five and Hot Seven sides, and later in the decade Whiteman "Potato Heads". Acutally, by last musical discovery of the '70's was a big stack of Hit of the Week cardboard discs, found on the day after Christmas, 1979.
but I always returned to the stacks of 78's.
"even if that was good I wouldn't like it."
You didn'tmiss anything that is for sue. Even worse if your parents were into all that nasty polyester clothing and bought you a bunch of it to wear. :faint: Then thy took pictures of you wearing it so you can never foget how UGLY the 70s was. :doh: Ugly green and other nasty colors for cars, clothing and even kitchen appliances! :doh: It was horrible! Sight pollution everywhere and hippies giving you sight AND smell pollution. :eeek: HORRIBLE!