Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

[jamespowers]

What, no Steely Dan?

NO!

 

[jamespowers]

Neil Diamond was the highest paid performer during the 70s and I still listen to his music today that he recorded then, not now. I found one good thing about the 70s so I shall quit now before I blow my memory trying to remember anything else great that came out of the 70s.

Who is Neil Diamond?

This?!:
http://youtu.be/_qjqysU36tw

uke:

 

[DecoDame]

... and also my interest in vintage clothing, which ties directly with the kind of stuff that I was buying in the thrift stores back then. I won't even begin to lament how expensive stuff has become now that I was buying and wearing for a buck or two back then. [/IMG]

Ugh. If only I had invested in higher quality items I saw all.the.time. back then. It was everywhere. Idiot child, was I.

 

[jamespowers]

Ugh. If only I had invested in higher quality items I saw all.the.time. back then. It was everywhere. Idiot child, was I.

There was plenty around that is for sure. :doh:

 

[31 Model A]

Who is Neil Diamond?

This?!:
http://youtu.be/_qjqysU36tw

uke:

NOOOOOO!!! I clearly stated that I still listen to his music of "then", not "now". Today he's a has-been and I can't stand him.

 

[ChiTownScion]

To me, the 1970's were a long, dark tunnel. I was either in school, or working for my next round of school. Started the decade as a prep school sophomore, and ended it as a night law student still a year and a half from graduation. Music and the arts were incidental: I didn't really enjoy them until I was out of school and earning a decent income.

 

[jamespowers]

NOOOOOO!!! I clearly stated that I still listen to his music of "then", not "now". Today he's a has-been and I can't stand him.

I can't stand either one from what I heard.

 

[dh66]

Ugh. If only I had invested in higher quality items I saw all.the.time. back then. It was everywhere. Idiot child, was I.

Yeah.......but not much would still fit me anyway.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Jokes about yuppie stockbrokers in 1987. "What do you call a 28 year old broker in suspenders?" "Waiter!"

The version around these parts that hits close to home:

What do you call a geologist in a restaurant? Waiter.

Boy I sure don't miss *that* part of the 80s.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Yeah.......but not much would still fit me anyway.

Like Mrs. Hawk says...it doesn't matter if it still fits, if you wore it the first time it was in style, you shouldn't be wearing when it comes back.

 

[dh66]

Like Mrs. Hawk says...it doesn't matter if it still fits, if you wore it the first time it was in style, you shouldn't be wearing when it comes back.

Sounds like good advice. Fortunately (or unfortunately) most of what I was wearing wasn't any more in style then than it is now.
I guess that's the silver lining to being broke.

 

[Lee Rider]

I've had more than one police detective tell me that Barney Miller was the most realistic cop show ever made.

It was....

 

[Edm1]

The seventies also had white guys with Afros. That was not a good look.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The seventies also had white guys with Afros. That was not a good look.

 

[1mach1]

Best thing about the 70s.....this guy was born.
Sadly, I had more hair back then.

 

[Edm1]

Slim goodbody

 

[dh66]

I'll see your

And raise you a

 

[DecoDame]

Don't forget Leo Sayer...

Or my older brother. Who actually permed his hair that way.

 

[Edward]

The big perm for men thing started in the Sixties, though.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

[video=youtube;7i9ozy739c8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i9ozy739c8[/video]

And in the original "auf Deutsch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmI3vAIhbE