That 70s Thread

[Jet]

Anything about the 1970s as you remember them. I've always liked this thread and thought I'd start one here on the Planet. Think I'll kick things off with Bennie & The Jets....

YouTube- Elton John-Benny & the Jets


....of course it has Jets.........................

[WolfyOne]

Disco Lives

[atomiczombie]

I was born in 1970 so basically my memories of the 70s are all from a little kid's perspective.

I remember watching on T.V. Donny and Marie, The 6mil $ Man, Buck Rogers, Battle Star Galactica. MY parents listened to Neil Sedaka, the guy who sounded like a woman when he sang. My older brother was into Led Zepplin and Aerosmith. I liked those bands too. I remember coveting my brother's BMX bike. I wasn't allowed to have a boy's bike. -_- I also remember buying packs of firecrackers for 5 cents from a guy down the street. It's funny the things that make an impression on you when you are a kid.

[WolfyOne]

I was a trouble maker, ummm, I mean a teen in the 70's.

[Novelafemme]

(clears throat) um, I was born in 1973 :D But I remember banana bikes and pogo sticks...bell bottoms and Shazam. I miss terry cloth wrist bands and the fact that straight guys felt HAWT wearing daisy dukes. :eek:

[TeaPartyTart]

(clears throat) um, I was born in 1973 :D But I remember banana bikes and pogo sticks...bell bottoms and Shazam. I miss terry cloth wrist bands and the fact that straight guys felt HAWT wearing daisy dukes. :eek:

I'm right there with you (1972). I loved my Honeycomb license plate, big wheel and my goloshes that said "left, right'. I also loved, LOVED the Brady Bunch and remember every episode.

[Jet]

I wore tie-dyed shirts
aviator glasses
shag haircut
elephant leg jeans
bear traps
and choker

I smoked hash and listened to a lot of Greg Allman

________________________________

YouTube- Gregg Allman- Multi-Colored Lady

[Eddie]

I miss the golden shag carpet and the funky checkerboard wallpaper in the kitchen we had in the house.

[Softhearted]

I was born in 1967 and I do remember the 1970's and especially the banana bikes!!!! and the TV serie C.H.I.P.S! My younger brother and I would ride our banana bikes and pretend we were CHIPS officer :cool: ! Good memories for me.

[Eddie]

Also my Green Machine.

[Sweet_Pea]

I was born in 1978, so the best thing about the seventies to me is being born:p and the music!!! YouTube- I Just Wanna Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb

[Mister Bent]

Born in the 70s! Damn you people make me feel old!

In 1974 I was 10, and in love with my older brother's 1970 Barracuda (http://www.classiccarsplus.net/thecars/1970%20plymouth%20barracuda/1970%20BARRACUDA%20FOR%20SALE%20(11).JPG).

By 1976, it was Charlie's Angels (http://oxfordfilmfreak.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/charlies-angels.jpg)- the start of my lifelong crush on Jaclyn Smith.

[Jet]

Great song from the 70s and prolly one of dozens that we partied to.
Born to Run was one of the hottest albums in '75 and
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10th Avenue Freeze Out

YouTube- Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

[Soft*Silver]

graduated in 1975
LOVED hash
hung out at a bar where a local biker gang hung out at
drank myself stupid every night. They took care of me because they knew my brother had just committed suicide in a very violent way
wore fringe jackets and Billy Jack hats
skinny dipped in the moonlight with other pot heads
watched the cranes at night in the quarries where we parked and fucked
listened to I can fly like an eagle while hotrodding down dirt country roads LONG before Starsky and Hutch was even a glimmer in some producer's eye
cant remember the music of the 70s until I hear it. Lots of black outs turned into memory loss...
made love in cornfields when the clover was in and the ground wasnt tore up yet
Burger King and McDonalds still served only beef and fish.
Barbie was queen
love beads died out and were replaced with mood rings

[Dean Thoreau]

:nixon: graduated in 71....USAF .......... yes dick was up for election..could vote at age 18 and drink at 18........watergate.........
we left viet nam..after saying good bye to many friends....
a nickel bag of pot was only 5 dollars and u could gey 10 joints out of it.....
(well that is what i heard) :nixon:
gallon of gas was 33.9 cents there was a shortage it went up to 49......... i could drive home on my honda 360T (500 miles) with $5.25 there were tolls to pay.
MASH was new........TB remotes had a 10 foot wire that was attached to the Tv..they called them clickers..cause they made a click click sound.
Cable TV was just beginning.....
The Goddess was the bars to go to in NYC, and peaches n bonnie n clydes....had my first orgasm at the Goddess (the drink)....fell in love every saturday night........
calculators were called adding machines..


telephones started making a sound if you got one with buttons....
the end of 70's craze was telephone sound songs.....(dont ask)

You woke up in 1972 to a song called "the happiest girl in the whole USA"

and in 1974 you streaked............ :bolt: a ll neekid n stuff

a computer in 1974 took up the size of house to hold what you can on that little flash drive today..........

and Apple meant a fruit you picked off a tree.

[Jet]

Great post Dean. I remember it all and I'm right behind ya, Class of '74 which I'll show in here in a minute

[Jet]

I fell in love at 16 with a girl from another school. It ended in heartbreak when she told her parents about us and then went off to Vermillion to college. I drove a '66 cherry red Mustang my senior year and discovered the late Richard Brautigan. I smoked hash, did speed and mescalin and I went to the gay bar underaged every Saturday night until "Tank" the bouncer found out and banned us. It was a dark, seedy basement bar called "The Cave" and I always swore that if there was ever a fire, you'd never die from the blaze, you'd die from being trampled by queens in their high heels.


Some of the best times for me were in the 70s with great friends and concerts and parties. On my 30th reunion, I "outed" myself and no one batted an eye.

Isn't the passage of time amazing? Below, me at 16 and 52.

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/CONTRAST.jpg

[Arwen]

I was that folkie chick that hung out with the band geeks and the NHS nerds. I wore clogs and love beads and wished I'd been born early enough to participate in the 60's. (missed it by thatmuch and was born in '61).

I was a Harry Chapin groupie as much as I could be (went to three or four concerts) and cried the day he died (8/18/85 in case anyone cares.) I spent my summers jumping off a rope into the bayou or canoeing down that same bayou by myself to read books.

The 70's were Steely Dan and Linda Rondstadt. I'm still a folkie chick at heart.

[Jet]

Went to dances and concerts wearing
tie-dyed shirts and studs down my elephant bells
I remember smokin' hash and drinking
Bartels & James on a hot summer night listening to:
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Wet Willie and Grand Funk Railroad

YouTube- Grand Funk Railroad - The Locomotion

YouTube- Wet Willie Keep On Smiling

[Jet]

Drinkin', hittin' and lovin her to Lady Blue
I was a hippie...diggin' Leon Russell

YouTube- Leon Russell lady blue

[Jet]

Diggin sourthern progressive rock tonight...remembering the day
YouTube- Gregg Allman- Multi-Colored Lady

[Hudson]

I miss Madeline Kahn.

YouTube- Young Frankenstein

[turasultana]

The Bugaloos

[turasultana]

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

[Jet]

I was in urban radio back in the 70s. (It was just called black radio then). We'd spend an hour or so pulling albums from the library to prepare for our shows. I worked all on-air shifts eventually, and 6-midnight was my favorite.

I remember this on my play list:

Maze
Lady of Magic
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YouTube- Maze ` Lady Of Magic`

[Jet]

Here's another tune we played a lot. Along with solo tunes by Major Harris, Margie Joseph and Blue Magic....

What's Come Over Me brings back great memories.

YouTube- Blue Magic Live - What's Come Over Me

[Legendryder]

OMG, this is a scream. Ok, so I still have a pair of red, white, and blue bell bottom jeans in my hope chest (kept at my Grandmother's house) from 1976. I can remember all the great music from back then. Most of it is on my Itunes. It would actually take 4.4 days to listen to all of my 70's stuff per their site. rofl

[WolfyOne]

Wow, I haven't peeked in here in quite some time. To be honest, I forgot about this thread.

The 70's, takes me back to a simpler kind of life.

[Jet]

Jesus Christ Superstar



Hosanna

YouTube- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Hosanna ( 7)

Herod's Song
YouTube- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) King Herods Song (16) (((Stereo)))

Gethsemane

YouTube- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Gethsemane (14) (((Stereo)))

Jesus Christ Superstar

YouTube- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Superstar (20) (((Stereo)))

[Rufusboi]

:nixon: graduated in 71....USAF .......... yes dick was up for election..could vote at age 18 and drink at 18........watergate.........
we left viet nam..after saying good bye to many friends....
a nickel bag of pot was only 5 dollars and u could gey 10 joints out of it.....
(well that is what i heard) :nixon:
gallon of gas was 33.9 cents there was a shortage it went up to 49......... i could drive home on my honda 360T (500 miles) with $5.25 there were tolls to pay.
MASH was new........TB remotes had a 10 foot wire that was attached to the Tv..they called them clickers..cause they made a click click sound.
Cable TV was just beginning.....
The Goddess was the bars to go to in NYC, and peaches n bonnie n clydes....had my first orgasm at the Goddess (the drink)....fell in love every saturday night........
calculators were called adding machines..


telephones started making a sound if you got one with buttons....
the end of 70's craze was telephone sound songs.....(dont ask)

You woke up in 1972 to a song called "the happiest girl in the whole USA"

and in 1974 you streaked............ :bolt: a ll neekid n stuff

a computer in 1974 took up the size of house to hold what you can on that little flash drive today..........

and Apple meant a fruit you picked off a tree.



I think you mean a dime bag...it would last you a lifetime lol.

Rufus

[Rufusboi]

I graduated from High School in 1970.......when I woke up it was 1985

R

[Apocalipstic]

Jesus Christ Superstar is the first rock song I actually learned on the piano :)

I sang "I Don't Know How to Love Him" for entertainment at our 10th grade talent show.

I drank Slow Gin Fizzes that tasted like carnations. I carried a flask for a while in my purse.

Wore chokers made of pukka shells, had mood rings, scratch and sniff shirts.....bell bottoms, platform shoes and like a million earing's.

Was and am a huge Beatles Fan and in the late 70's discovered Pink Floyd.

Watched every episode of Wonder Woman and Charlie's Angels.

Had red white and blue shoes and shorts in 1976. Remember Bicentennial Moments on TV?

Tap Danced to "Joy to the World" in 2nd grade, still love 3 Dog Night.

Sat on the hood of my car and smoked cigarettes. Drank Canadian Club (for some unknown reason) and drag raced my dad's Caprice which had a 405 engine and blew Trans Ams off the road.

Sneaked and read the dirty parts from Jaws and Other Side of Midnight.

Skipped school to work on my tan.

Had feathered hair.

Never got in trouble because I looked so innocent.

:)

[Apocalipstic]

I think you mean a dime bag...it would last you a lifetime lol.

Rufus

and cost you $500 now

Class of 1981 here. :)

[WolfyOne]

I think you mean a dime bag...it would last you a lifetime lol.

Rufus

Nope, a nickel bag ($5) was a shot glass full and easily got 10 joints....I was bad in HS, I used to sell the stuff and my mom never cared as long as I didn't bring any other drugs home.

[Jet]

Remember "narks?" You suspected everybody or suspected anyone when there was talk. They were all over my high school. Graduated in '74.

[WolfyOne]

I graduated from High School in 1970.......when I woke up it was 1985

R


I understand that, I missed part of the 80's myself. Didn't work for 3 years, but always had more money in my pockets than my friends that did work. One day reality comes along to slap me in the face and all of a sudden I'm a mature grown up, lol. Drugs unless a script no longer have a place in my life.

[WolfyOne]

Remember "narks?" You suspected everybody or suspected anyone when there was talk. They were all over my high school. Graduated in '74.


I do remember narks. Had my locker searched once. Vice Principal never found a thing and never looked again. Someone really had to be stupid to leave that stuff in a locker.

[Apocalipstic]

Yep, we had narks, they would bring the drug dogs in and search our lockers. Never kept anything there, kept it in my car or purse in my Ray Bans case :).

I remember the 80's, but there is a lot of it I wish I didn't.

[Rufusboi]

I understand that, I missed part of the 80's myself. Didn't work for 3 years, but always had more money in my pockets than my friends that did work. One day reality comes along to slap me in the face and all of a sudden I'm a mature grown up, lol. Drugs unless a script no longer have a place in my life.

Wolfy - I hate to even take anything prescription anymore. I even try to avoid things like Tylenol. What happened! From the 70s to a corporate job climbing the ladder!!

Rufus

[Jet]

Curtis Mathis TVs
Zenith TVs
Panasonic tape recorders with built -in radios
AM radio
Top 40 Radio
Mediterranean furniture
Avocado appliances
Avocado and royal blue decor
Shag carpet
Chevy Novas
Buick Opels
Melmac dishes
Interstate speed limit of 75 mph speed at all times
Boone's Farm
Dog collars (chokers)
Elephant leg bells
Bear traps (sandals)
Shag haircut
Aviator glasses
Movie ratings: G, R, and X
Love Story
Ali McGraw
"Roots" mini-series based on Alex Haley's novel
The Great White Hope
Jaws
Eye of The Needle
Ryan's Daughter
Five Easy Pieces
Chinatown
Stepford Wives
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Pep Club '71
Homecoming '73
Prom '74
Graduation '74
the list goes on.....

[Cyclopea]

Speaking of retro drugs, narcs, etc. Does anyone else remember Toma, or similar anti-drug folks working the high school/ junior high speaking circut?
He's still around!
YouTube- WHY DAVID TOMA SPEAKS ABOUT DRUGS, ALCOHOL & TEENAGE PREGNANCY

Love It!

Or Florrie Fisher- she was the inspiration for the Amy Sedaris series "Strangers With Candy":
YouTube- Florrie Fisher
http://www.popmatters.com/images/film_art/s/strangers-with-candy.jpg

[Jet]

NikNik shirts
Baggies (pants) with big cuffs
All the President's Men
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
Art Buchwald
Archie Bunker
Carol Burnett
Mary Tyler Moore
Rhoda
Peter Max prints
Cloth prints
Macrame'
Ford
Nixon
Watergate 1972-74
Consoles with built-in stereo record players
Teen lines (separate phone lines)
Party lines
Rotary phones
Trimline push button phones
Olympia beer
Schlitz beer
Being grounded
Rich Man, Poor Man mini-series
White crosses
Black Beauties
Mescaline
Jethro Tull
Neil Young
CSN&Y
Joni Mitchell's Court & Spark
A Separate Peace
Saturday Night Fever
BeeGees
Stoney End by Streisand

[Apocalipstic]

The Midnight Special!
Disco
ELO
Breakfast In America
Gone with the Wind on TV
Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce, special orders....
I can't believe I ate the whoooole thing
Color My World
Opryland USA
Roller skating
toe socks (could not wear them)
Death Be Not Proud
Salem's Lot
Billy Don't be a Hero
Yes, Watergate on TV non-stop
clackers
home tie dyeing
silly string
Malibu Barbie
Hawaiian Tropic Sun Tan lotion
Shrinky Dinks
Disco Duck
Saturday Night Fever
Robbie Benson
Carrie
The Omen
The Warriors
Damn it Janet! Rocky Horror!
Visits to the pilot of the plane
Mini/Midi/Maxi
the Wedge
hand chairs

[Apocalipstic]

FM
I remember discovering FM and songs lasting more than a minute. :)
Vietnam
Doctor Demento
Soul Train
Lilt perms (sad day)
Imagine
Plastic Ono Band

[labete]

Terrycloth shorts and halter tops
No helmets for bicycling, skateboarding, or much of anything else
ADIDAS - All Day I Dream About Sex
Red, white, and blue everything in 1976
Polyester pants suits for everyone from kindergarten on up ... ewww!
Prairie skirts and dresses and peasant blouses
Daisy stickers in neon colors to put on everything
New Honeycombs license plates for my pink BMX bike every year
Giant mirrored shades like on CHiPs & my crush on Erik Estrada
Socks that were either below the ankle or to the knee, if you bothered with shoes
Pet rocks
KC and the Sunshine Band
Guys with afros everywhere, black and white, and picks sticking out the back pocket of their tight jeans to fluff it at a moment's notice
Girls with ironed hair to straighten it
Muscle cars ... Novas, Camaros, Trans-Ams
Cars that Dad had to buy seat belts and install them because they weren't standard
"Woody" station wagons full of kids
HR Puffenstuff
The Great Space Coaster
Lost In Space
Land of the Lost
Playing the snake eating the apple game on the WANG terminals in the university computer lab
Electric typewriters



Yeah, I was a little kid (born in 1970) but I have a pretty good memory. :hippie:

[violaine]

YouTube- Rickee Lee Jones with Larsen & Feiten - Chuck E in Love

YouTube- Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E's In Love

[Jet]

YouTube- I'M NOT IN LOVE - 10cc


Remembering, you know?

[Jet]

YouTube- Carly Simon - That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be - 1972

Sophomore year.

[Jet]

YouTube- Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (1970)


Freshman year.

[violaine]

YouTube- Gary Wright - Love Is Alive (Midnight Special, 1976)

[Jet]

YouTube- The Guess Who - Albert Flasher - Burton Cummings


The Guess Who

[WolfyOne]

Does anyone remember the pants that were called quickies? There were zippers up the middle of both pant legs.

[WolfyOne]

Ok, as I look back, I need to clarify something. I see a couple of you say you remember banana bikes. Well, I don't, but I do remember banana seats on bikes with short or high sissy bars. I even remember making fork extensions for my bike from an old frame I had.

[Jet]

YouTube- Life Is A Rock But The Radio Rolled Me - WRC Version

Life Is a Rock

B.B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers
Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddy, here's my ring we're goin' steady
Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire
Locomotion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction
Baby baby gotta gotta gimme gimme gettin' hotter
Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore and Ritchie Valens, end of story
Mahavishnu, fujiyama, kama-sutra, rama-lama
Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Archies, Righteous, Nilsson, Harry
Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop and Fats is back and Finger Poppin'

Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me (whoa whoa whoa whoa)
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie

FM, AM, hits are clickin' while the clock is tock-a-tickin'
Friends and Romans, salutations, Brenda and the Tabulations
Carly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfoldin'
Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can't stop now, I got the shivers
Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary
Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper
Gotta go Sir, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter
Miracles in smokey places, slide guitars and Fender basses
Mushroom omelet, Bonnie Bramlett, Wilson Pickett, stop and kick it

Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me (whoa whoa whoa whoa)
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie

Arthur Janov's primal screamin', Hawkins, Jay and
Dale and Ronnie, Kukla, Fran and Norma Okla
Denver, John and Osmond, Donny
JJ Cale and ZZ Top and LL Bean and De De Dinah
David Bowie, Steely Dan and sing me prouder, CC Rider
Edgar Winter, Joanie Sommers, Osmond Brothers, Johnny Thunders
Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, do-dah do-dah
Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda
Tighter, tighter, honey, honey, sugar, sugar, yummy, yummy
CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others

Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me
(whoa whoa whoa whoa)
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie

spoken:
Listen--remember, they're playing our song!
Rock it, sock it, Alan Freed me, Murray Kaufman, try to leave me
Fish, and Swim, and Boston Monkey,
Make it bad and play it funky.
(Wanna take you higher!)

[violaine]

YouTube- Stevie Wonder - Superstition live on Sesame Street

[violaine]

YouTube- Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)

[violaine]

YouTube- For The Love Of Money - The O'Jays (1973)

[violaine]

YouTube- Nick Gilder - Hot Child In The City

[MrSunshine]

YouTube- Hot Chocolate You sexy thing [High Definition] HD

[violaine]

YouTube- Stylistics--You are everything--LIVE

[Jet]

Phoenix Symphony Hall, 1974

I remember

she came out on stage with a boa draped around her neck
and she said, "Ooooh Hellooooooo..... I....am....the Divine...Miss....M.....
and I've come to shake my tits...."

As soon as the house came down, she broke into this:

YouTube- Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy


Another great 70's memory brought to you by Ol' Jet.

[torchiegirl]

I just love a crochet poncho and a Casper lunch box filled with ants.

[violaine]

YouTube- Horace Andy "Skylarking"


YouTube- Horace Andy "Ain't No Sunshine When She Gone"


YouTube- Horace Andy - You are my angel

[Jet]

Superman
Rocky
Soylent Green
Portnoy's Complaint
Drive-in movies
The Reincanation of Peter Proud
My dad's gold and white Gran Torino
My Datsun pickup
Chevelles
Just My Imagination
The Supremes
Meeting Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, Marvin Gaye, Bootsy Collins, Parliament, and sharing a bottle of Coke and gum with Grover Washington.

Seeing:
Bette
Earth, Wind & Fire
The Commodores
Diana Ross
Doobie Brothers
B.B King and Bobby Blue Bland
Sarah Vaughan
Harry Chapin
Black Oak Arkansas
Three Dog Night
Beach Boys
and Jethro Tull
in concert.
Pulling the 6pm-mn air shift.
AOR radio
Pulling the mn-6 am shift.
Kenny Rankin's first album.
Falling in love the first time.
Heartache for the first time.
Going to the gay bar under age
Being banned from the gay bar for being under age (what else is new? it all started then)
Writing documentaries and newscasts.
Covering an emergency landing
from a hijacking.
My best friends' weddings

[Jet]

YouTube- Summer Madness

70s Kool.

[Jet]

At the bar.

Donna Summer

YouTube- Donna Summer Love To Love You Baby Video

Amii Stewart

YouTube- Amii Stewart-Knock On Wood(Extended Version) 1979

Patti LaBelle
YouTube- LaBelle - Lady Marmalade (Live 1975)

[Jet]

At the bar later that night....

YouTube- Faze O - Riding High

Faze-O

[violaine]

http://www.scaruffi.com/ratings/70.html

:skateboard:

[friskyfemme]

Jet,
Thanks for the memory. I love Miss D!

[friskyfemme]

Funny memory about Donna Summer's 'Love to Love You, Baby'. I was working with a gal also named Donna Summer who was also a singer. When this song came out...her grandmother (Penticostal beliefs) thought it was her on the radio...grans came into work and proclaimed to my coworker...you are going straight to hell!....
Love that hip-grinding song! Is there anyone over 50 that didn't bump and grind to this song?

[Jet]

Good story FF. (see above)


Thespians '72
Sophomore One Act's '72
Junior Class Play '53
Senior Variety Show '74
Senior Class Play '74
Senior Year
Tempe (first semester)
Midwest (second semester)
My cherry red '66 Mustang (sr. yr.)
Waffle Stompers
Village Inn
Pat
Cat Stevens
Carol King
Long hair
Jean jackets
VW Busses
Collie
Fat Pat's
Driver ed
Toby
Annie
Shorty
The Agony & The Ecstacy

Bloodstone

YouTube- Bloodstone "Natural High" 1973

[violaine]

YouTube- WALTER EGAN - MAGNET & STEEL (download)

:frog:

YouTube- Exile - I Wanna Kiss You All Over (1978)

:frog:

[BestButchBoy]

Bell bottoms. Platform shoes. Short shorts. Mod furniture. Shiny wallpaper. Studio 54. Jackie Onasis. Avocado appliances. Mullets for everyone. Huckapoo shirts. Wide ties. Flip Wilson. Tom Jones. The Rockford Files. Angie Dickinson legs. High school.

Listening to: Donna Summer. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. The Bee Gees. Led Zepplin. Wings. Cher. Art Garfunkel sans Paul Simon. The Moody Blues. The Doobie Brothers. The Allman Brothers.

Good times.

[violaine]

YouTube- Elton John - Someone saved my life tonight - Live in Ephesus

[MrSunshine]

YouTube- Elton John - Sorry seems to be the hardest word 1976

[violaine]

YouTube- Joy Division Love will tear us apart BBC version

:ymca:

YouTube- Talking Heads at CBGBs-Psycho Killer

:ohm:

YouTube- Have You Ever Seen The The Rain(live)-Ramones

[violaine]

YouTube- P-Funk All Stars with Bootsy Collins: Mothership Connection

YouTube- Bootsy Collins Live 1978 Stretchin' Out

[MrSunshine]

YouTube- The Commodores-Brick House

[violaine]

YouTube- War - "Low Rider"

[MrSunshine]

YouTube- Skylark - Wildflower

[weatherboi]

My dad loves to taunt me!!
He says "kid"
I say "yeah pops"
He says "had you of been born after Sept of 1969 your name would have been Caroline"
I say "thank dog i am a gemini"

YouTube- Neil Diamond-Sweet Caroline

[MrSunshine]

YouTube- Weather Girls - Its Raining Men

[MrSunshine]

YouTube- Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

[weatherboi]

YouTube- AC/DC - If You Want Blood (You've Got It)

[Jet]

WHS
Jocks
Prom
Richard Brautigan
Meeting Joel Grey
Duhnam boots
Bibs
10-speed
Working at the iron company
My long hippie hair
Linda's pihrannas
Tempe
My cousin Frosty
Bobby Darin's death
Wolfman Jack
American Graffiti


...and Chinatown, '74

YouTube- OST - 'Chinatown'

[Jet]

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
YouTube- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

YouTube- Gordon Lightfoot The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald lyrics

[violaine]

YouTube- Iggy Pop - I wanna be your dog - 1979 - live



(f)

[I'mOneToo]

the 70's were too hot to trot!

YouTube- The Commodores Extended--Too Hot To Trot (1977)

[Jet]

The Temps and the passing of Paul Williams.

YouTube- in loving memory of ... Paul Williams Sr.

[Jet]

So easy to love, or be open to love then.
Life was ahead. Free and uncomplicated.
God, I was young and naive.
Driving on a lonely Colorado highway at 3 a.m. with only a truck now and then.
Listening to the radio and

Wild Fire

YouTube- Michael Martin Murphey - Wildfire/Spirit Video (((Stereo)))

[violaine]

:guitar:

the clash & david bowie

:guitar:

[I'mOneToo]

he's always reminded me of someone in this scene, but was never able to place it. maybe somebody else can figure it out.

YouTube- Meatballs - It Just Doesn't Matter

[violaine]

YouTube- Queen - crazy little thing called love

YouTube- I Want to Break Free

[Jet]

My cousin and best friend, Dawn, who has since died of lupus.

God, I miss her.

How often we went out and ended up getting so drunk and trying to eat breakfast at 3 in the morning.
It was part of the Saturday night rituals like cranking good rock n' roll and flying down the old Peetz highway on a summer night.

I miss you so much sweetheart,
and I'm thinking if only I could of had one more night to say goodbye.

YouTube- Joe Walsh - The Eagles - 1977- Rocky Mountain Way

[violaine]

YouTube- DELFONICS-La La Means I love U (Live 70's soul jam)

YouTube- Didn't I Blow Your Mind

[Canela]

YouTube- Michael Martin Murphey's Wildfire Classic 1975, Slideshow Tribute

[violaine]

YouTube- Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You

[violaine]

YouTube- Jean Knight performs "Mr Big Stuff" on Soul Train


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[Apocalipstic]

I wish a bunch of us could just hang out and listen to music :)

[Canela]

YouTube- Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks 1974

:hippie:


YouTube- Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime

[Andrew, Jr.]

Is anyone watching the 70's shows that The Today Show is bringing back the characters who starred in them? Today it was 8 is Enough, and tomorrow it is going to be The Partridge Family. What memories. :farmer:

I too wish we could hang out and listen to some music together. That would be fun! I loved Soul Train. Just loved it!

[Jet]

The 70s were some of the best times of my life.
I knew all kinds of people from all backgrounds and learned to grow up in the fast lane.

To think of the 70s brings to mind so many people I knew, Michael being one of them.

He was gay and very tall with an afro and he was a music fanatic collecting music—even more than I did.
He always bragged about owning something like 5,000 albums. I didn't envy him because he lived on the third floor.
His apartment had a wall of albums from floor to ceiling. Can you imagine when he moved?

One day, he came in the studio to ask if he could buy a rare album by the Delfonics, I think we traded something.
But I'll never forget how excited he was to get a copy of whatever it was after he'd looked all over the country for it.
Small memories can be amazing. To this day, whenever I think of the Delfonics, I think of Michael, and his albums,
and the 70s and all the people, and the way life was then.....

YouTube- DELFONICS: LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU

[Jet]

...anyway it was a hot summer night around 7 and my friend
Dave and me were headed to a concert downtown.
Jethro Tull and Black Oak Arkansas, I think.
Whatever, it was a shitty concert.

So there we were in his little baby blue
Volkswagon with bout about 3 rolled joints.
We're doing about 75 down the interstate
headed for the auditorium and I'm
lightin' up and we're toking and passing
a joint back in forth...

Pretty soon,

up along his side and
my side, there were the Hells Angels.
Big ol' hogs and they're pointing at
us and trying to get our attention.

Well...

you don't ignore the fuckin' Hells Angels when
you're in a sissy-ass Volkswagon, you know?
And you don't try to outrun 'em or
be a smart-ass when you're 17.
Dave is like, "oh shit...!"
I'm like, "no shit...!"

We rounded the bend on the
interstate with a biker escort that wouldn't
leave and I said, "Maybe we should offer the pot!"
Dave's like, "yeah offer the pot....fast...!!!"

So I lean out my window to offer
a joint to this biker and he moved in right
and takes it..." Then he pulls back,
and starts grinning and kinda high-fives'
it with an okay and Dave gets
a charge out of the deal...and laughs
his ass off...

Okay, I yelled, "give that biker on your side
a joint..."

So Dave reaches out and hands
the biker on his side a joint.

Winds blowing, music's blaring
on a summer night in a little baby blue Volkswagon,
and we're laughing and losing our pot
to the Hell's Angels.

Finally, they pulled in front and
took off with about 10 more of
them behind us, pulling up and around
to take off for the high country,
I suppose.

As for a shitty concert and losing
our pot and damn near our lives,

well,

we just kept on smilin'....

YouTube- Wet Willie (Keep On Smiling)

[Greyson]

Soul Train every Saturday morning. Hosted by Don Corneilius.

Saturday Night Live with the original cast.

"We Are Family" - Sister Sledge. Everytime that song played everyone would be up and dancing. This tune was a queer anthem.

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper

"Bad Girls" - Donna Summer

"You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" - Sylvester

"Love Story" - Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal. "Love is never having to say you're sorry."

Carlos Santana, El Chicano, Tierra, Average White Band, The OJays, Isacc Hayes, Barry White, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Marvin Gaye

[Jet]

Doowop dooby doo doowop doowah doolang
Blue days black nights doowah doolang...

YouTube- Telephone Line

[cinderella]

I was in my late 20's when the 70's rolled around. I was a Rock & Roll child of the late 50's, and of the Motown sound of the 60's. I love all that music, but nothing could make me 'get up and boogie', like DISCO!!! Disco was KING, and I loved it -and still do!! I danced my a-- off!! I loved all of it, Donna Summer was THE QUEEN, but then there were so many others...wish we could bring a little bit of that back.

Disco Lives

[Lady Pamela]

I just ran acroosed this threat and wanted to say Yippieeee and ty for making it!

[Jet]

Gotta dress that man.


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[Jet]

Harvest Gold

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[Jet]

Full of dreams and ideals...but that all changed one day for most of us. It really was hard to imagine.

YouTube- Imagine Live - John Lennon - 72

[Lady Pamela]

A collection from many people and site...lol

What new slang was introduced during the 70s that you can think of? This is a list of all the words that were in popular usage during the 70s.

skinney
real deal or truth ex "let me give you the slinney on the deal"


' Can You Dig It'
Do you understand? " Can you dig it man?"


' Psyche'!!!
To trick someone. To b.s. someone. As if to psyche them out.


'Bogue'
Used to describe something offensive or an unrealistic idea. "That's so Bogue" or "That's Bogue" or "Bogue, man..."


'Bootin'
as in; Are you going Bootin? "I'm going Roller Bootin" or rollerskating


The 'Crib' and going to the 'Gig'
The "crib" was going home or to someone else's house, and "gig" was work or job.


'Don't Be Such A 'spaz'
A 'spaz' was someone that was accident prone,clutsy, or just acting stupid.


'Dream On'
a term used to get someone down to earth, or tell them they are being unrealistic about something, e.g. when someone would say, "I'm getting a brand new car!" you'd respond, "Yeah, right; dream on man!"


'Far Out'
cool


'Good night, John-boy.'
An annoying phrase popularized by the entire cast of "the Waltons" -- except by John-boy" (Richard Thomas) himself.


'In Your Face!' (or simply, 'Face!')
I have succeeded in embarrassing or up-staging you (usually as through an exceptional play in basketball).


'Lay A Gasser'
to fart.


'May The Force Be With You'
The most popular line from one of the greatest movies of the 70s(and of all time) StarWars.


'Phony'
To describe an overbearing, "two faced", or deceitful person or thing. Also: "Phony Baloney" which then became: "Baloney" which is an active form, used to instantly dismiss the phony person or utterance.


'That's Sick!'
A Midwestern phrase in the late 70's. To describe something odd or unusual. Not necessarily an person or object of distaste, but something suspect but also intriguing. "Sick!"


'The Man'
the man to me means any authority, corporations, police, government, they're all the man tho first used in the 60's by the hippies it live through the 70's,80's,90's and still to this day

[Lady Pamela]

2nt post

'To The Max'!
Take it to the maximum. The best it can be.


'You Know'
This was said at the end of nearly every sentence :)


'You're So Stunned'
Meaning the person acted or said something stupid, dumb.


'Your Mama'
"Your Mama" was said a lot of my school, with also "Joe Mama." With "Happy Days" that brought us the word "Nerd" which was VERY popular.


'book' Or 'booking'
to run quickly, usually away from something. (ie The cops were after hi so he was booking down the street.)


'bunny'
a cute girl


'catch You On The Flip~side'
see you later


'cheese-eater'
I'm pretty sure the definition you list for a brown-noser - "cheesier" - is in fact supposed to be "cheese-eater." I've heard cheese-eater used numerous times as a synonym for a suck-up, but never cheesier. Is it possible that someone mis-heard "cheese-eater" and just always heard it as "cheesier"?


'chill' 'be Cool'
relax, man!


'city'
everything had "city" after it. That was cool-city.


'fab'
same as fabulous. ex: "that movie was fab"


'feel Tha Funk'
feel the music. get down wit da boogie.


'fool That You Are'
it is like saying "dork" or "goofball". also like saying you know that you are a dork in a playing around tone or way.


'get Down,' Or, 'boogie'
dance


The 'izz'
This term was created in the late 1970s and made it's way through the 2000s. The use of "izz" is still popular. c"izz"ash= cash fo' sh"izz"le= for sure b"izz"o= bitch b"izz"nitch= bitch r"izz"ide= ride(car) sm"izz"oke= smoke "izz"ass= ass ......and so one. It's like pig latin, really fun, you should try it out.


'keep On Truckin''
go w/ the flow


'like'
Beginning every sentence with "like". "Like we went to the mall and like I saw him looking at me."


'like'
I do believe the term 'like' was used in the 70s by Americans and has been used ever since. Recently the British have adopted the phrase especially since the popularity of cult sitcom 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S'. The phrase is used in various ways usually by teeneagers and 20 somethings who automatically, subcociuously add a toutch of 'trendiness' to thier sentances. For instance: "Like, let's get outa here!" "Like, no way!" "This is like way cool guys"


'looo-king Gooood!'
a phrase popularized by the late Freddie Prinz Sr. on the tv sitcom "Chico and the man."


'putz'
jEWISH SLANG FOR SOMEONE WHO A CONSTANT SCREW UP OR FOUL UP OR JUST BEING A JERK


'right On' !!
Right on--was a slang used for hep people when you agreed to something ex: Are you going to the club tonight--Right on!


'to The Max.'
Taken to an extreme. As in: That dude is so bitchen, to the max.


'what It Is, What It Is'
a greeting usually meaning,"hey", "What's up?"


...with
Ending a question or sentence using the word "with" has been used in the communities of the mid-west since the early 70's. The most common questions I remember asking are; "ya wanna go with?" or "can I go with?"


4-sho
for sure, or for real


A.F.A.
Insead of signing letters, photos,etc. sincerely we would sig A.F.A. That stood for A Friend Always


Ace
Just another groovy word for funky and awesome.


Airhead
stupid person, usually a woman, usually blond. Often someone pretending to be stupid in order to be considered attractive to the opposite sex. "Chrissy on Three's Company is such an airhead."


All Right
that's da bomb


Are You Decent?
Are you fully dressed?


Are You Jivin' Yet?
meaning I wanted to know when they'll stop talkin' so serious.


Awe Sooky Sooky
Like awe yeah baby.. or something looks really good.. like " shut up "; can't believe it.


Awesome
Cool: Thats totally awesome Man!


Awsome Possome
very cool


BAM!!!!
super cool


Baby
sexy, groovy person or someone you love


Backatcha!
"You too".


Bad
it is good. it is nice.


Bad
Cool


Bad
Very, very good. As a rule, "Bad" was applied most readily to songs and outfits that you liked.


Bad
Good,nice,good looking,cool


Bad
Good, nice


Bad
Nice,cool,(That's a bad jacket you're wearing)


Bangin
means it is good.


Be Still
Another way of saying "calm down" or "chill out" - "...yo man, be still!"


Be There Or Be Square
Means Be at the party or place or be boring!!


Be There Or Be Square!
Attend or you'll be looked down upon


Bear or Smokey
The truckers would call each other when one was spotted somewhere and warn others about their presence. Since they wore the standard uniform with the "Smokey the Bear" hats, Dad started talking about them on his radio as "Smokey Bears" or, as it was quickly shortened to, "Smokies",a "smokey" or "Bear(s)". As time went on the term naturally got picked up and applied to any mobile law officer or any officer in general.


Beat The Drag
driving up and down the 'loop' or the designated driving area as defined by the cool kids with cars!!!


Bitch'n
awsome


Bitch-in
very cool


Bitchen
This was said when and item or thing was realy cool or great.


Bitchen
cool, the all time best, good idea, "That bike is bitchen", or "Bitchen, let's go!"


Bitchin'
Way cool or really REALLY neat! That car is bitchin!


Black Saber
you're finished


Blazin
like on fire, ttly(totally) hip or hottttttt


Blood
Used for like a greeting to a friend used for ex: Whats going on BLOOD.


Blow Off/blew Off
to skip, avoid or ignore someone or something. "I blew off that class." or "He was such a jerk, I just blew him off."


Bogart
to hog something, keep it for yourself.


Bogart
'Bogart' meant to hold on to a joint too long without passing it-- the origin comes from the actor, Humphrey Bogart, who had an iconic style of performing an entire scene with a cigarette dangling from his lower lip for an extraordinarily long time with 'cool' effect.


Bogart
greedy


Bogart
To hog something. Like, "Hey man, don't Bogart that smoke. Pass it down!"


Bogart
meaning: not to be selfish with an object. "don't bogart the pop rocks"


Bogart
To keep for one's self.


Bogue
Bad, like "That food was really bogue tonight.


Bogue
phony,false, or an imitation


Bogus!
Dang it! To be annoyed with something.ex. You fall down "Bogus!"


Bomb
adj. to be hip, cool. ex. That guy has a bomb Chevelle.


Bomb Dude
thats sweet. awesome, something very cool.


Bone Jacked
stealing the style of one who is dead.


Boo-yah
Excited term of joy and happiness.


Boob Tube
television


Boob Tube
Television, TV


Boogie
to getyour groove on; to dance;


Boogy
to dance


Book
To leave or move in a hurry. "I've gotta book. I'll catch you later" or "Some guys were really booking down the street last night."


Boss!
Cool; awesome


Bouge
If something sucks it's Bouge!


Brawl
To engage in a heavy fight, often to the death.


Bread
Money; Cash. "Do you have any bread?"


Brick House
a brick house is when there is a young woman that is well porportioned. she is really fine!!


Brother
Mate, buddy, good friend


Buff
Physically well built. ex: Slyvester Stallone is buff.

[Lady Pamela]

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Buggin Out, Bugged Out
Meant something freaked you out or "what a trip", how wild


Bummer
bad news, not good,


Bummer
— A depressing, negative event or thing.


Bummer For Ya!
"Tough break!" or "Too bad!" or "That sucks!"


Bunk
Low quality stash or anything felt to be cheap or untrue.


Burn
To burn someone meant to embarrsse them verbally as in a put down. Also if someone did something dumb and everybody saw it then they would say "burn" to that person.


Burn
To make fun of some one, to crack a joke at someone; for example:"That was a major burn!"


Burn Out
a regular user of drugs


Burn!
when you've been dissed, proved wrong, or been defied. used after the "diss" for example: you ask "so what have you been doing?" and your friend replies "YOUR MOM!" then after some one says "BURN!"


Busted!
Whoever compiled this list was definitely NOT from the 70's! I graduated from high school in 1975 and my husband from 1973 and we both agree that many of these terms were from the 80's and 90's....also, someone should try spell check! 'your' and you're' are two different animals


Buzz Off
Get Lost


C.B. Radio Slanguage
The on air language used over cb radio, one of the most memorable fads of the 70's 10-4 GOOD BUDDY!


Can Ya Dig It???
are you cool with that, is that okay?


Can You Dig IT!!!!!
do you liek it..do you understand..do you agree


Can You Dig It
You Understand


Can You Dig It?
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND IT? IS THAT COOL WITH YOU?


Can You Dig It?
means "Do you understand?"


Caposhi
Means it was really cool.Stylish and sexy "That dress is so coposhi!"


Casanova
Boys who were unusually smooth operators with the girls.


Catch My Drift?
get it?


Catch U Up
seeing u later


Catch You On The Rebound
like see you on the flipside


Cats
people " that cat still owe me some money "


Check You Later
i will see you later


Check ya later.
See you later.


Cheese Weasel
an annoying/obnoxious idiot


Cheesier
Used in the Bronx; Little kids called other kids this if you sucked up to grown ups.


Cheeto
cheasey, or not being youself


Chick
girl


Chicks
"pretty girls"


Chill
stay cool


Chillaxin'
resting somewhere, chilling with my friends


Chilln' At The Pad
''RELAXING AT YOUR HOUSE,[HOME]


Choice
Wasn't "Choice" a 70's slang. Like for instance..... "That was really choice man" meaning really cool or great.


Choke n' Puke
Means Bus stop with a diner


Chump
a loser, a fool, a rube.


Close The Shades
i don't want to listen to you, shut up


Closet Disco Queen
somebody who is afraid to go out to the clubs and dance but will stay at home and shake it to the disco mucic on their 8 tracks.


Colder Than A Deuce!!!
no real meaning just a cool word to use for anything: damn, its hotter than a deuce in here!


Confab
To talk; have a conversation


Convention
used as a diss. Ex. " Is this some sort of psycho convention?"


Cook, Ah Cook
You can dance!


Cool
Same as now!


Cool Beans
reply to something that is cool, awesome.


Cool Cat
A good friend like a " homie" in 2006


Cool Cat
Generaly a 'with it' streetwise person much like Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch


Cool Dude!
that's cool.


Cool Man!
equivalent to right on or sweet


Cool-o-roonie
something really cool


Cooler
means prison or jail


Coolie
cool awesome fabulous


Copacetic
Coined by Steve Martin: all right, cool, safe. As in, "Is everything copacetic?"


Copasetic
cool, or something that's cool.


Copasetic
Very satisfactory; see "outta sight"


Crawford Ran
a physically strong male; buff


Crazy
if something is hip or cool,or far out,people would say "Crazy man...Crazy!


Crib
home, or house. Nice crib., this here is my crib.


Crib
Your 'crib' meant your 'house', where you lived.


Cut The Cheese
farted


Cut!
"You've been dissed!" When someone cut you down, an observer might say, "Cut!"


Cya Later Alligator
'Cya Later Alligator' is a cheeky term and it usually means cya round.


Damn It Jim
A phrase from Star Trek that Captian Spock all ways says


Damn It Jim.
You have in the definition that it is a phrase from Star Trek that Spock said, but Spock never said it - Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy said it!


Dang
Mightyfine


Deadhead
a grateful dead fan


Decent
Very cool, something you are excited about. "The Kiss concert is going to be so Decent!" also shortened to "Deece."


Decent
Cute, good-looking, foxy. Peter Frampton is sooo decent!


Decent!
You left out DECENT. One of the most used words of the 70's. You also left out cool which means decent among other things.


Decent! or Way Decent!
Means "Great" or "Really Great!"; "That new song is way decent!"


Dig
v. To understand, to get something. Can be used as a question as well as a reply. "Q:Can you dig it? or Dig? A:Dig!"


Dig
either a show of approval or a show of understanding. ex. "i really dig you" = "i really like you" ex.2 "i can dig it." = "i get what you're saying." ex.3 "can you dig it?" = "do you understand?"


Dig
To understand


Dig
To thoroughly enjoy something or someone. ex. "I totally dig those shades, man."


Dig
do you get it


Dig It
like it


Dig It
know about


Dig It
Means "I understand." Sentence Form: That's cool, I can dig it.


Dig It
got it?


Dig It
CAN U DIG IT? a phrase meaning can you understand it


Dig It Or Dig?
understand? or you like something


Dig?
Do ya get it?


Dig?/ Dig It?
Do you get it?


Disco
really cool or something that reasebles coolness, That shirt is todally Disco.


Do It/score
have sex


Do Me A Solid
asking for a favor


Do That!
That means your looking good, or have it going on! You are all that!


Do You Copy?
Do You Copy?: Understanding what someone is saying


Doees Anybody Remember Laughter?
A quote from led zeppelin frontman robert plant, usually used as a celebration, for instance, if you were waiting in line to get into a concert and you finally got in " Does anybody remember laughter? "


Doggish
syn. for cold blooded, or cruel as in a messed up diss. If some one lays a cold burn on somebody, you might say, "man, that was doggish!"


Don't Be A Bunny
don't be stupid


Don't Bogart
Don't be selfish


Dont Have A Cow Man
theres no need to get in a mood about it


Doobie
joint, marijuana cigarette


Doobie
A marijuanna joint.


Doofus
An individual who is dim-witted and/or socially inept. Example : "He poked himself in the eye with an icepick! What a doofus!"


Dope
really cool


Dork Or Dorky
a dull or slow-witted person


Down With.
meaning i understand,like,hey man,are you down with it?


Drag
as in, "What a drag!" meaning, "man, that's lousy." also, to "Take a drag", aka a "hit".


Dude
"Man" "Guy" person.


Dude
cool


Dude
awesome, sweet


Dude
A way to address someone: Dude, thats totally awesome


Dude
rock on


Dude
guy, or girl


Dude
friend home


Dude
a male surfer


Dude!
a 60`s/70`s term for 'man'


Dude!!!
dude a word they used to also define cool,sweet and so on


Dude!!!!
a girl or a guy!!!!Dude!!!


Dude, Dudet
man and girl


Dunny
another word meaning the toilet. (eg)I need to do a piddle in the dunny.


Dy-no-mite!
Great


Dyno-mite!
Inspired by JJ Walker when he was on Good Times in the early to mid 70's. It meant that something was terrific.


Dynomite
slang words in the 70's


Dynomite
awesmoe


Dynomite!!!
Great. How could you forget.


Emery
emery is a word that defiens hip or real cool kid


Ends
90's means: money


Fag Hag
A David Bowie fan. Or any female whom is attracted to homosextual males.


Fake Me Out
To be deceived or tricked.


Faloupoo
When someone is acting spacy ex. katelyn was acting so faloupoo in class today.


Famoo
something that is very appealing


Far Out
cool;


Far Out
really cool; "righteous"


Far Out Man
"so cool" "Awesome"


Far Out Man!
Way cool


Far Owt!!
neat, cool. that dress is 'far owt!'


Fauncy
means its a bit cool


Fillet
That chick is so Fillet (bad to the bone, bad to the T-Bone, bad to the Fillet Mignon.....shortened to just "Fillet")


Flash Back
Sudden memory of a past time or event. Feeling high /acid flash back.


Flat Leaver
If you were hanging out with a friend and left to hang with "cooler" kids,you were a flat leaver lol


Float (v.)
same meaning as "get lost", "vamoose", "go away", etc.


Flower Power
Rather choose peace over war


Fooey
"something that is just plain rubbish"


For Rizzle
really or I didnt no that


For Sure
Usually pronounced "fer shure"; synonym for the gazillion other things meaning, you are correct, such as, right on, I'm hip, I dig, etc.


Fox
Noun, good looking dude or chick. "John Travolta is such a fox!"


Foxy
1) Adj. Good Looking. eg. "Hey foxy lady"


Foxy
Very attractive girl, "She's pretty Foxy!"


Foxy Mama
hot chick, hot girl


Freak-me-out
Means : that really surprised me!


Freak-out
an event at which the participants do psychedelic drugs and "freak out."


Freaky-deaky
very weird


Fruit
adjective; something that is stupid or excessively nerdy; "I hate David Cassidy. He's so fruit."


Funk
cool


Funk-it-out
to make something or someone kool,hott or sexier


Funkadelic
Awsome, Cool: "Man,that dance was funkadelic!"


Funkadelic
awesome and funky at the same time!


Funky
WEARD OR SOMETIMES COOL.


Funky
cool


Funky
to be cool something cool


Funky
weird


Funky
Not good, "Your bathroom smells funky!"


Funky
BETTER THAN GROOVY OR EVEN OUT OF SIGHT JUST PLAIN GONE


Funky
another way of saying "thats cool"


Funky
cool or different


Funky
Different in a cool way!


Funky
cool or wierd


Funky
cool and unusaul


Funkydorae
something is funky


The Fuzz
The police. As in "I was speeding the other day, and I got pulled over by the fuzz"


Fuzz
Cops,- police,- law enforcement


The Fuzz
Another term for the police...


The Fuzz
the police


Gag Me With A Spoon
somethign weird or disgusting, a chick who's ugly


Gas
fantastic!!!


Gearhead
person interested in cars


Gee Wiz
oh wow!


Geek
a nerdy/loser breed of person, socially inept and some may even go as far as saying tragic. have a fetish for hanging up the fone in mid conversation to make themself feel better about their sad existence. eg: cordell is a geek


Get Bent
Get messed up.


Get Real
means to simply get a life or get out of site


Get Real!
Telling someone to "pay attention" or face reality.


Get-go
from the begging


Ghetto Fabulouse
awsome or neet

[Lady Pamela]

4th post


Gig
Job. e.g. I start my new gig today.


Gimme Five
Slap hands (one palm over the other, then in reverse) with another person, as in agreement with you, or something you really like


Gimme Some Skin
This means to shake someones hand. it lasted from the 60's into the 70's. 'gimme some skin man'


Glow Worm
to be very shiny


Gnarly
cool, awesome, very good


Gnarly
Cool; That club was gnarly.


Gobs
lots of something


Going Around
Two people that are dating each other


Good Look
good looking out. thanks for helping me out


Good Vibes
positive energy


Goon
a nerd


Gravy
Sweet,cool,excellent ex."Man that club was gravy"


Grit
dirty person


Grody
Gross, disgusting "That was grody!"


Groovey!!!
Really cool far-out!!!


Groovy
Cool


Groovy
Cool,hip,wicked


Groovy
cool


Groovy Baby
That's hottness! something is cool...


Groovy Baby!
Groovy baby means good job baby or that's a good idea.....I believe the term "groovy" means great or fantastic.


Gross
(The only thing on your list my friends said was "fox". but they always tediously said gross. Gross: anything disgusting, unacceptable, rude or unpleasant.


Grouse
good


Gully
real goood


Gunshot! Gunshot!
far out, very cool, good


Hairy Eyeball
Somebody looking at you suspiciously or disapprovingly is giving you the hairy eyeball. Parents and teachers were well known for giving the hairy eyeball.


Hang
to exist with a person or in a place;


Hard Core
narly; not something that lightweights would do.


Harsh Bong
A phrase used when something bad happens. Example of a guy talking to a friend. "Hey man, I wrecked my car this afternoon". "Harsh Bong dude..."


Heads
commonly refered to as the pot heads in the 70's...my mom said that's what her group was called when she was in school.


Heads And Jocks And Nerds
Heads were drug users , jocks played sports and nerds were book smart.


Heavy
Somthing serious or important. Sometines used to describe somthing which is depressing. For example, "Polluting the planet... that's heavy, man."


Heavy
really cool,


Heavy
Means a bad seane


Heavy
meaning: intense


Heavy
Something that weighs on your mind, it's important, or heavy.


Hep -cat
one grooving mamal


Heres The Skinny
It means ok heres the lowdown or heres the catch


Hertz Donut
A nightmare for those expecting something sweet. A bully asks the nerd, "Do you want a nice Hertz donut?" When the nerd answered in the positive, the bully twists the nerd's nipple (either one) and exclaims, "Hurts, don-ut?"


Hey Sunshine
hey bueatiful


Hey What;s Crackin
these are really cool words


Hip
that's cute!


Hip
Hip was used just as we use "cool" in todays language. Its an expression of stating something is groovy. Refer to the Tower of Power song "What is Hip" for a better understanding


Hip
Hip [Hip] Adj. In Style S.S. I like that shirt, it is so hip!


Hip
Hip was used just as we use "cool" in todays language. Its an expression of stating something is groovy. Refer to the Tower of Power song "What is Hip" for a better understanding


Hip
Cool. "That song was very hip"


Hip To The Grove
down with the music


Hippi Letace
a slang term for weed. smoke it if you dare


Holla At Me
talk to me later, or try to get with somebody


Honkey
A term (usu. derogatory) of a white man. Most known by George Jefferson of "The Jeffersons" TV series.


Hood
a bad boy (one your mama wouldn't approve of!)


Hot Pants
hot pants means look at her she is very cute or she is a hooty


Hotdog!
When you are amazed at something


How's It Hangin'
how are things going with you; how are you feeling; "hey man, how's it hangin'?"


How's It Hangin'
Hi how are you, whats up?


Hubba Hubba
used when an attractive walked near by. popular in my town of indianapolis atleast.


Hunk
Girls' term for a handsome or otherwise attractive boy. "Ooh, he's such a hunk!"


I Am Out To Lunch
I am confused


I Can Dig It
dig... you are really feelin something


I Dig It!
thats awesome...good idea


I Dig Ya
i like you1


I Gotta Skittty
i have to hurry


I Hate It!
If someone gave you some bad news about their life, a popular response was "I hate it" (and if some jack-ass heard you say this, they'd usually respond quickly with "I hate it for ya!")


I Hear That.
I accept your decision.


I Like Cheese!!
refered to when saying that something is excellent!!! or sexellent! another cathch phrase! eveyones saying it!


I'll Call You Out!
Let's fight!!


I'm Audie
Leaving I'm out of here


I'm Bad
meaning realy cool slick top person lile im the tops thats right i'm bad


I'm Hip
I agree with you


IYD
In your Dreams


Im On A High
some body on a high


Im Trippin
going nuts on dugs or somethin


It's Casual
meaning things are okay, instead of saying "don't worry about it" you'd say "it's casual"


Jack Squat
(n.) Nothing. As in, "You Ain't got Jack Squat" or simply, "You Ain't Got Jack."


Jeepers Creepers
Oh my God or another way of saying far out


Jelly Brain
Someone who is slow from excessive drug use, particularly LSD


Jiggy
dance in a funky way


Jing
money: "I'm broke, man. Got any jing?"


Jinkies
Sign of surprise, "Oh my god!", "Oh dear!"


Jive Turkey
white guy


Jive Turkey
full of it, crazy


Jive Turkey!
A detestable person.


Jive Wise
being hip/cool see: groovy


Jive or Jiving
Jive can mean to talk or chat. Jiving means to talk nonsense, to be deceptive, or nonsensical. "You aint Jiving man?" That would be the same as, "Is that the truth?"


Jock
very popular guy like a football player


The Joint
Something that is way cool or outta sight: Billy Rays new Corvette is the Joint!


Joshin
you gotta be joshin me like ur kidding


Juicer
a ladies' man


Jump Back!
meaning, "are you serious? Wow!


Jump Back!
when someone's on your "case" about something you would say, "Hey Man, jump back"


Jump Your Bones
Jump (someones) bones meaning to want to have sex with that person.


Just Because ...get You
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. (not enough room above) became popular during President Nixon's Watergate problem.


Keen
Another word for Cool.


Keep On Keepin On
have a good day or hang in there


Keep On Steppen
your not worth my time


Keep On Truckin
keep moving


Keep On Truckin'
Keep on doing what you've been doing. Don't stop being you.


Keep On Truckin'
Term used to encourage a "cool" attitude despite what lies ahead. Truckin' was a loose term for walking with long strides while wearing hiking boots which were extremely popular in the 70's.


Keep On Truckin'!
Keep on doing what you're doing (?)


Keep On Truckin...
To keep on keepin on, to continue , to "hang in there" To persevere in spite of difficulties.


Keep On Trucking!
Move along,keep on doing your thing.


Keep on Truckin'
Keep livin' life on the path you are on


Keepin' It Real
it means you are keepin it cool.


Kicks
shoes,running shoes "hey, i like those new kicks you got there"


Killer
A way of saying very cool or extremly dead animal


Killer Diller
Something that is totally cool or righteous


Kiss My Wrist
another way to say kiss my butt!


Kitty
Another name for a friend or group.


Kosher
cool, sweet.


Later
See you at another time.


Later Days
Later Days to say goodbye


Later Scater
ur out. see ya!


Latered
Past tense; from the verb, "To later," to get rid of, to leave. "That dude? He was a total dork so I latered him."


Let It All Hang Out!
Go for it!


Let's Blow This Taco Stand.
Let's leave


Let's Blow Up The Cheese
let's leave


Let's Boogie
Let's get going, or Let's dance


Let's Boogie!!
Let's get out of here or leave this place.


Let's Book
let's leave this place


Lets Boogie On Down
dance....like drop it likes it hot


Lets Get The Groove On
lets dance


Lightweight
1. something that is not hard core 2. Someone who can't handle large quantities of substance


The Lowdown
The truth, inside info, unadulterated facts; or dirty, mean. "I got the lowdown." "That was a lowdown trick, man."


Macking
Chillen, Hanging out, relaxing


Make groceries.
A Louisiana term meaning to go shopping for food.


Man
an abundant phrase it has been replaced by the more common "dude"


The Man
The stupied cops


Meeeeooooooowww!
What a really good looking chick walks by or when a really good looking guy walks buy you would say this.


Mellow Out
Chill out; Calm Down: Take a pill; Relax; Pop a lude and watch some Land of the Lost, kid.


Mint
great......in good condition...excellent


Mondo Cool
cool;awesome


Mr Natural
I got a scribe on Mr Natural if you still want it. Shoot me a smoke signal and I will get it to ya'. Put Mr Natural in the subject line...later...ZZ


Mucho Wackoid
Meaning, fantastic, very good. [See "Far Out."]


Mulah
money, cash


My Mellow
MyFriend


Nanoo, Nanoo
The greeting phrase from Mork and Mindy--when I was in high school it was all the rage to greet each other with it.


Narc
It stands Narcotics officer but it means loser or goody good


Narc
Narc: Tattler. Someone who turns other people in for anything, especially drug use.


Nark
To Squeal, Snitch, rat; or the person who does these things


Narly
cool, sweet


Naughty
to be incredibly cool


Neat
this is kool


Neato
Cool


Nifty
Neat, interesting, making fun of something involved with a nerd...


Nifty And Dorky
Neat or cool (I remember because I hated this expression. Only dorky people used it.) Dorky (means nerdy)


No Duh
A response to use when someone states the obvious


No Fake
term similar to no foolin'


No Way, Jose
this means a person disagrees about something.


Nowhere
Meaning various things, e.g. "That's/You're nowhere, man!" meaning that something or someone is boring, uncreative, clueless, foolish, or otherwise "out of it."


Off The Hook
cooler then cool


Off The Hook
thats cooler than cool


Operator
A guy who knows how to get the ladys and cheat with them without getting caught


Out Of Sight
DEFINES ITS SELF(COOL)


Out Of Sight
DEFINES ITS SELF(OUT OF THIS WORLD)


Outta Sight
Like far-out. Very cool, good.


P.O.W.
Piece of work. Used to degrade someone. Check out that chick in the red dress, what a P.O.W.


Pad
House, home


Pad
The place where one lived like an apartment. "Come on over to my pad for dinner"


Pad
can't remeber much, but wasn't 'pad' usd for home?


Pansey
Sissy. A coward.

[Lady Pamela]

5th post

Pardy, Hardy
to party until dawn


Peace
relax "chill"


Peace
peace and dont forget the two fingers


Peace
goodbye. see you later.


Peace ,Love and Granola
as a green peacer (another 70's term) all my friends and would say peace,love and granola, when we were leaving


Peace Out
it means gotta go


Peace Out Home Free.
It means goodbye friend or goodbye person


Peace, Man!
Meaning "Hello." Or "Good-bye." Although, it's associated with Hippies of the 60's, there were plenty of us hippies in the 70's using this term a lot. It always came with the two-fingers up "V" "peace sign" as a required accompaniment.


Peel Out
to leave quickly or in a hurry, usually on your bike or other vehicle.


Peelers
police. eg run the peelers are coming


Phasing
to go or leave. "well, I'm phasing". Phrase used from Star Trek


Pig
police


Pigs
cops


Pimp
stud


Pimp Juice
Something that devontae doesn't have! n he does have a BIG head! n to ashely he has a BIG BUTT!!!!!!


Pimpin'
To show that you got all the women. You the man!!!


Pissah
Mad cool yo


Plastic
Fake, Phony - Not real.


Plastic, man, plastic!
It means cool; cool, dude, cool.


Po-ta-toe
it means tight..or strict...your parents are po-ta-toe!


Pop
look


Pop A Wheelie
When driving a bike when you lift front wheel and keep rear wheel on the ground


Powerful
thats was strong! amazing or Awsome!


Preps
somone who was never popular but thought they were. they usually spent 2 hours to get ready each and every morning. people noone liked unless you were among the "group"


Primo
High quality stash, or anything considered to be of excellent quality.


Primo
The best, Top notch. "Hawaii has PRIMO waves for surfing!"


Primo
the best, the ultimate


Psyche Out
Astonished, Intense experiance. That was a real psyche out, whoa what a trip.


Psyched
As in "Get psyched". Fired up, excited, energized.


Psyched
Excited. "Hey I am so psyched about this concert."


Psychedelic
awesome; That is one psychedelic fad!


The Rabbit Died
A way of stating someone is pregnant. Refers to the old test of injecting a rabbit. If the rabbit survived, the person wasn't pregnant, if it died, they were.


The Rabbit Died
a way of saying someone is NOT pregnant. It refers to the old test of injecting a rabbit with a woman's urine. If the rabbit didn't live, the woman wasn't pregnant; if it did, she was.


Rad
radical, cool, wicked


Rad
Cool, awesome


Rad
another word for cool.


Rad / Radical
Cool


Radical
It means cool


Radical
really cool, i.e. "that was tooootally rad(ical)!"


Radical
cool,awesome,sweet. "that was RADICAL man."


Radical Dude or Radical
Means that it was something cool.


Radical!
awesome; neat...That car is radical! (Rad for short)


Raggin' or Rag On
first became popular in the 60's and is synonymous with joanin'; means putting someone down, to cut or joan on them. Ex. "I can't hang with those turkeys; they're always raggin' on me."


Rah Rah
Jock, square, un-cool person.


Raha
what we "yoopers"[residents of the upper penninsula of mi.} call money


Rasta Biz
Rastafarian term used as a common greeting for both arriving and departing similar to the Hawaian term Aloha.


Raunchy
gross, disgusting


Raza Unida
rasus put together


Raza Unida
we're all together in everything


Real
Cool, hip, with it. Also, "It's been real", said either genuinely or sarcastically at the end of an event or a rendezvous. "It's been real, see you on the flip side."


Reamed
to get the crap beaten out of you (that idiot's gonna get reamed!).


Relevant
worth your time; worth patying attention to


Restracto
Ultimate, dark, cool, different, and often violent.


Right
to not like some one or somethingand to disobey it.


Right Arm/ Farm Out
slang making fun of slang


Right On
cool man or correct


Right On
i agree


Right On
meaning that they agree with what they are doing, also another word for cool


Right on!
Good; accepting something


Righteous
Meaning Groovy or real cool


Ringin'
cool/hip/hot/chic


Rip-off
something that was less than the promised value..."what a rip-off"


Ripped Off Or Rip Off
Having something (could be a materiial item or an idea)stolen from you. "I got ripped off." Or the idea of purchasing something and not getting your money's worth being a "rip off"


Rite Quick
really quick and or right now


Rock On!!!!!!!!!!!!
it would mean awesome cool, and totally far out dude


Rockin
cool


Say Brotha
like hi, hey whats up,etc.


Say What?
What are you talking about?


Say What?
a short question usually used to indicate, that you don't believe something someone said; Hate to tell ya this kid, but you didn't win the contest. Say what?


Say, Jack?
Excuse me, phrase used to get ones attention


Say-bra
means, what's up/what's going on


Say-bro
means, what's up/what's going on


Scarf
To eat with great appetite and gusto. Example : "I scarfed down the entire bag of chips."


Scooby
dont be so clumsy. dont be a scooby


Scoping (scope On)
To be working your crush on someone; they don't necessarily know you're doing it.


See ya on the flipside
See ya later


Shag
To Have Sex!


Shagadelic
Cool; Cool person


Shagadelic
To be very hot or sexy.


Shagadelic
Very good in bed


Shaggin' Wagon
A customized van with mags, an elaborate paint job, opera windows and a bed in the back. Said van often had window stickers that read "If this van's rockin', don't bother knockin'" or "don't laugh. Your daughter may be in here."


Shick
As in "hott". Dude, that girl is shick.


Shine It On
To disregard, ignore or blow off as insignificant. Also used in reference to individuals who are a "stone drag" as in "shine her on" or "shine him on" and often followed by the word "man" to emphasize the sentiment.


Shotgun
Laying claim to the front seat


Shrimp Farming
neat


Shuck
Shuck-means to fool someone or make a fool out of someone.


Signed, Sealed, And Delivered
been there.... done that....


Sike.
When you told some thing untrue as a joke or faked someone out you would say "Sike" ( might just be a southern thang)


Sit On It
Made popular by "Happy Days," it means basically "shut up," "go to hell," or some other exasperated expression. "Up your nose with a rubber hose" was a similar expression, but popularized by "Welcome Back, Kotter."


Sit On It'
Shut up; get lost; i.e. "Sit on it, Potsi


Sit On It.
A term of breezy dismissal; I don't agree with/value what you just said.


Slam Dunk
A close-range, empathatic score in a basketball game. Started in 1972 and popularized in the mid-seventies by the likes of Julius Erving (Dr. J) of the ABA.


Slammin
like cool, or awesome


Slammin'
awsome, "that's slammin' man!"


Slap Me Some Skin
Give me a five man


Slick
sneaky "that boy is sleak"


Slide
1) Verb tr. To give. ex. "...slide me some bread/skin man."


Smack
Nerd, Sissy, Momma's boy, etc.


Smell Ya
means see you later


Smoke
used as a noun, refers to marijuanna; "got any smoke?"


Smoke It Or Hand It
Meaning to smoke the joint and get high or hand it over to me!


Smokey
used in the C.B language to define a cop. Ex: Hey, there is a smokey on our tail.


Smooch-ya-too
"love you too, sweetie"


Smooth Move Ex Lax
rude comment


Smooth Play Shakespeare
Said/did something really really stupid


Snaps
oops my bad, or your saying sorry or you did something bad.


So Radical
tha is like so sweet


Solid
Cool "Thats pretty solid"


Solid
Solid- A gracious, friendly, or obliging act;(as in) favor: Please do me a solid.


Solid On Down
A loyal person


Sound As A Pound
very good, can also be longer "Sound as a pound up a tree top tall etc" still used today in parts of the midlands


Spiffy
a word used to describe something thtas looks or sounds good eg. sounds spiffy tristan


Split
To leave "Man i think im bout to split."


Split
To Leave. "I'm gonna split"


Spoot
sprung


Square
Another word for a cigarette


Square
Someone who hasn't quite made it to cool


Square
someone not caught up with current trends,not cool..


Square
not cool


Square Biz
In agreement with, or in unison with another person's statement.


Stash
Your personal supply of contraband.


Static
Nonsense, as in "man, quit talking all that static."


Stella
A rude connotation for a 'disco' chick; 'Hey, stella! Shouldn't you be heading for the circus, instead of that disco club?'


Stella
If you want to be rude to a disco chick you call her a stella.


Stellar
Cool


Steller
Awsome


Stellular
Awesome. Cool.


Step Into The Past
i need a phrase that means the past or steping into the past using 70's slang. thank you.


Stoked
excited ,as in he called me and i was sooooo stoked!


Stoked
Feeling happy with something.


Stomp!
Dancing all night, like inviting everyone to a disco. "Baby, you wantta Stomp?" Something the kids in my neighborhood used to say, maybe in yours too.


Stone Fox
A "fox" was a really cute guy, but a "stone fox" was the ultimate cute guy!


Stone Groove
Something so cool, it can't just go away. It's etched in stone.


Stoned
High on dope


Stop Dipping In My Kool-aid
stay out of my buisness


Streak
To run in public in the nude. Very popular in 1974.


Stylin'
When you were all decked out in your coolest outfit... "You look Maaaaavelous"

Sucka!
someone who just got hustled. dummy. stupid.


Sup Babie
hey sexy ,you look good


Sweet Man
thats awsome or very cool


Sweet!
so awesomely cool, dude.


Sweetish Dude Like So Far Out
way cool


Sweetness
Something cool, fun, or awesome.


Swell
Great.


Swingin'
having a good time


T.C.B
Used among the soul brothers.Stands for "Take Care of Buisness"


T.C.C.I.C
Take Care Cause I Care


T.T.Y.L.
Talk to you later!


Take A Chill Pill
come down


Take A Chill Pill
Calm down, cool out. You're too hysterical.


Talking Jive
making no sense when speaking


Tattered
beat really bad


Ten-four Good Buddy
Borrowed from CB slang; probably not used as much by kids as adults. "Ten-Four" means "I got your message" and "good buddy" was what CBers called each other. "You got the skinny on that?" "Ten-four, good buddy."


Tender
really cool


That Was 'the Joint'.
An event or activity that is outstanding, e.g. a movie, a party or even a song.


That's Bogus.
That's a raw deal, That's not fair.


That's Cool
sure why not or no thanx


That's Old School
That means it is an old style of being.


That's So Tubular, Man!
tubular/radical- awesome, cool, excellent, stellar..ect..


That's Tight, Man.
"Oooh, that's tight, man." It meant, "Okay, that was a low blow" or not very nice at all, a real cut down.


That's Wacked
thats screwed up, thats weird, theres something wrong with that, ex: "that dude was wacked"


Thats Jive Man
Somthin that aint cool. Usually when someone did somthin uncool to someone else.

[Lady Pamela]

6th and final post of this kind
"Sorry,I had to post to put em all on."

Thats Smashing
that is awesome, cool, and great. "That show was smashing baby yeah!"


This Is Wicked, Man
cool or ritchous


Threads
your clothes


Threads
clothing


Tight
cool


Tight!
awesome, cool, being excited.


Tighten Up.
A phrase used by a "dumb" student in acknowledging to the "smarter" student that he/she was wrong.


To Go Bananas
To go crazy!


To The Bone
totally; completely; to the max. He is scopin' on her to the bone (or TTB)


Toads
Parents


Toke
take a hit off a joint


Token Up
The act of smoking weed.


Totally
definatetly


Totally
yeah;sure


Totally
As in "that's right"


Totally Hot
means fashion good


Totally Man
It's like saying that is so cool man!


Totally Munga
totally awsome


Totaly
this means a cool kind of word e.g. hi i like that girl. totaly


Totaly Awesome
totally cool; absoulutly: "That joint was like so totally awesome"


Tough
Cool or impressive. "That's a tough car!"


Tough
meaning "very very cool"


Tough
great! Terrific! Really cool. "That's a tough looking car." "Those new shoes are tough"


Tripping
A term used to describe a deemed insane action or comment by others. i.e. The teacher wants us to read 10 chapters tonight, They are tripping if they think we can read this much tonight.


Trippy
Means 'Cool'. Also used when someone is drinking or smoking, or listeng to acid rock. "That music is so trippy."


Tru
meaning that is true


Truck
To Leave Move or Go. Lets Truck, Man - later man gotta truck. Keep on Truckin'


Truckin
Moving along, taking off, splittin'


Tube It
lets leave this place and go smoke some weed


Tubular
way cool "man your so tubular


Tubular
great awsome


Tubular
Awesome, Cool!


Tubular
Good; cool; ex: "THat dance was tubular!"


Tubular
Awesome, Cool!


Tubular
Good; cool; ex: "THat dance was tubular!"


Tubular!
way cool, awesome


Tuff
Cool or sharp


Tunes
music


Turkey
Synonymous with "jerk" or "idiot". Often used in conjunction with "jive" an in "jive turkey".


Twitchin'
A slightly more polite form of bitchin': "That's twitchin'!" ; Awesome; cool; far out


Unreal
Strange, odd, unique in a weird way, e.g. "That's unreal, man!" Similar in meaning to "far out."


Up Your Nose With A Rubber Hose!
No way, or I'm ticked off by what you did. From "Welcome Back, Kotter." Also, In your ear!


Veg Out
to relax


WBS
appeared at the end of notes you passed in high school. Write Back Soon


Wall-a-go
A few minutes ago


Wango
cool, sweet. That car is so wango.


Wassup
Hello


Wassup
Hello


Way Cool
Way Cool: very cool, like wow man. "That was a Way Cool move"


Waz Up
what is going on


Well Excu-u-use Me!
Another Steve Martin-ism,often heard when he hosted Saturday Night Live, and often abused by would-be comedians at parties, etc. by people who thought they sounded as funny as he did, but who usually didn't.


What A Fry!
Something so freaky, wild or weird that it fried your brain thinking about it. Often exclaimed when high.


What A Goof!!!
Bizarre, wacky, unusual


What A Grueler!
A grueler is an obnoxiuos person who gruels (stresses)others.


What A Nightmare!
When something was wrong in life, it was defined this way. Used alot in the Midwest.


What Is Hip!
An expression of agreement with something cool.


What It Is?!?
What's up? What's going on?


What It Iz?
Used as a greeting. " What's happenin' bro. What it iz?"


What It Was, What It Is, What It Will Be....
What it was, what it is, What it will be gonna change for me, gonna set me free- chant- means things are going to work out for the best, and are gonna change


What's Happenin'
see What's Up, Dude


What's Happenin' Man
How's it going ? Life being good to ya?


What's Happening
What are you doing.


What's Happening?
What is going on. Ex: What's happening, man?


What's Shakin'?
Casual greeting; equivalent to "What's Happening?", "How's it going?"


What's The Buzz?
What's going on? What's happening?


What's Up, Dude
what are you doing, how are you doing, or just HEY!!!


What's Your 20?
CB radio term "10-20"--meaning one's present location. In common usage, the phrase "What's your 20?" is someone asking where you are or live.


What's up Homie G Funk?
It is a way of saying hey. "What up"


Whatcha Doin Homy
what are are doing home dog!!!!


Whatever
you don't care


Whats Hanging
thats cool & whats up


Whats Happening
Saying was interchangable with "Hows it going"


Whats Popin
whats going on with you


Whats The Skinny
Whats up? whats goin on?


Where Ever You Go, There You Are
A statement showing revelation at a situation or result of an event


Wicked
Something so very cool, usually expressed as like "That's so wicked cool!" also heard expressed as 'Wick' as in "You're new car is wick, man!"


Wicked
freakin awesome!!!


Wicked (pronounced wicket)
'Cool' as 'That Boston concert was wicked.' 'Real' as 'It's wicked cold out today.'Term was used a lot in Ma and RI in the mid to late 70's


Wipeout
Surfing term; when you are seperated from your surfboard by a big wave, eg. "Did you see that wipeout!"


Wired
high


Wizard
another word for cool, or awsome.


Word
It means, that you agree wiht the person!


Word
i agree


Wowzers
unbelievable


Wowzers
unbelievable


Wowzzerz!
used to say somethig is really cool or somone is happy Ex:Wowzzerz kelly nice shirt


Ya Baby
of course, sure


Ya Ya
thats right, I understand!!!


Yank My Chain
To mislead someone. To waste their time. To be dishonest. "Dont yank my chain buddy."


Yea Right
A response to use when someone says something totally bogus


Yeah
right on dudE!


Yeah, Baby!
o yeah; great;


Yo 'sup?
hi,what is going on??


Yo, Wazzup G-unit! Welcome To The Hood Home Slice.
Phrase: Def. Hey! What is up rapper! Welcome to the community friend.


You Ain't Just A Woofin'
agreeing with


You Wanna Fight? Then Fight These Tears!
Meaning Don't even try to fight me. I don't want to.


Youngblood
It means young man/young boy


Your Groovy
your cool


Zappy
When someone is acting crazy.


Zen
means at peace, totally cool with one self,u could say words such as watever. thats cool, . seen it on that 70's show "steven hyde"


Zippy
to go Fast. ex. dang you are zippy. or. you are zip!


Zomba
something is really cool


Zooky-zooky
very awesome and amusing


cazh
cool. Short for "casual." Example: "We went to that new shop. It was cazh." Used in California Surf culture in late 70s.


far out
cool


fox
noun; a cute boy


pimp
a guy get's all the ladies "pimp my ride"


wuddup
hi

[Jet]

"Bitchin'" and "nut huggers." Surfers' slang.

[Jet]

Remembering Toby.
She was a senior, I was a junior.
She wore a pair of horn-rimmed aviator glasses that were tinted.
I had to have a pair liker hers.
Toby was cool.
One day, I went to her house after school.
We talked a long time, listening to Joni Mitchell

and Tea for the Tillerman

YouTube- Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman

YouTube- cat stevens - Where Do The Children Play - Tea For The Tille

[Jet]

Jane, you magnificent, ignorant slut!

YouTube- ANL Point-Counterpoint on Nuclear Power generation , Jane Curtin and Dan Akroyd

...and Karen Silkwood
Three Mile Island
nuke my coffee

[Jet]

My cousin and best friend, Dawn, who has since died of lupus.

God, I miss her.

How often we went out and ended up getting so drunk and trying to eat breakfast at 3 in the morning.
It was part of the Saturday night rituals like cranking good rock n' roll and flying down the old Peetz highway on a summer night.

I miss you so much sweetheart,
and I'm thinking if only I could of had one more night to say goodbye.

YouTube- Joe Walsh- Rocky Mountain Way

[Jet]

...anyway it was a hot summer night around 7 and my friend
Dave and me were headed to a concert downtown.
Jethro Tull and Black Oak Arkansas, I think.
Whatever, it was a shitty concert.

So there we were in his little baby blue
Volkswagon with about 3 rolled joints.
We're doing about 75 down the interstate
headed for the auditorium and I'm
lightin' up and we're toking and passing
a joint back in forth...

Pretty soon,

up along his side and
my side, there were the Hells Angels.
And they're pointing at
us and trying to get our attention.

Well...

you don't ignore the fuckin' Hells Angels when
you're in a sissy-ass Volkswagon, you know?
And you don't try to outrun 'em or
be a smart-ass when you're 17.
Dave is like, "oh shit...!"
I'm like, "no shit...!"

We rounded the bend on the
interstate with a biker escort that wouldn't
leave and I said, "Maybe we should offer the pot!"
Dave's like, "yeah offer the pot....fast...!!!"

So I lean out my window to offer
a joint to this biker and he moved in right
and takes it..." Then he pulls back,
and starts grinning and kinda high-fives'
it with an okay and Dave gets
a charge out of the deal...and laughs
his ass off...

Okay, I yelled, "give that biker on your side
a joint..."

So Dave reaches out and hands
the biker on his side a joint.

Wind's blowing, music's blaring
on a summer night in a little baby blue Volkswagon,
and we're laughing and losing our pot
to the Hell's Angels.

Finally, they pulled in front and
took off with about 10 more of
them behind us, pulling up and around
to take off for the high country,
I suppose.

As for a shitty concert and losing
our pot and damn near our lives,

well,

we just kept on smilin'....

YouTube- Wet Willie (Keep On Smiling)

[weatherboi]

YouTube- Outlaws- There Goes Another Love Song

[Jet]

Phoenix Symphony Hall, 1974

I remember

she came out on stage with a boa draped around her neck
and she said, "Ooooh Hellooooooo..... I....am....the Divine...Miss....M.....
and I've come to shake my tits...."

As soon as the house came down, she broke into this:

YouTube- Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy


Another great 70's memory brought to you by Ol' Jet.

[Jet]

Doowop dooby doo doowop doowah doolang
Blue days black nights doowah doolang...

YouTube- Telephone Line

[cinderella]

My nightly prayer...
YouTube- ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

ok, so sue me - I like ABBA

[Jet]

Better clip of Telephone Line

YouTube- E. L. O. - telephone line (live)

[cinderella]

A 70's craze...shortlived, but it was fun while it lasted. Boy, did I shake my booty to this one!! (I had a nice booty to shake in those days, and wore the short skirts too! lol)
YouTube- Kaoma - Lambada

[Jet]

I remember my cousin Dawn and me had gone to see
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud at the drive-in.
She was crazy about Michael Sarazzin.

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That was about the time Mandy would have been on the radio
on our way to a late night breakfast after the show.
I'd give anything to do that with her again.
Dawn died of lupus and other complications in 2000.
She was my best friend.

YouTube- mandy by barry manilow lyrics

[cinderella]

The ultimate 70's vid...
YouTube- 70s Disco Hits - A Video Compilation of Disco Music from the 70's

[afixer]

I love,love,love 70's music, all of it.

child of the 60's
aware in the 70's
too effed up in the 80's
too busy in the 90's
figuring what it's all about in the 00's
going with the flow in the here and now. :)

[Butterbean]

YouTube- The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k

[Butterbean]

YouTube- 1970 Pinto Commercial "Introducing the Pinto"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX-Zk_LNZWg

[Butterbean]

My mom took mine away from me after my wrists and forearms became bruised and swollen. I couldn't stop knocking my klackers. lol
She insisted my knockers would give me cancer?

http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/Misc-Toys/popper-knockers.php

http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/Misc-Toys/popper-knockers.php

[Greyson]

"I have a pic somewhere from about 25 years ago wearing white shorts, one of those shirts with the alligator insignia wearing the starched shirt collar up, sunglasses and riding the float from the LGBT Center in Los Angeles. Hmm, maybe this should be in an 80s thread?"

This is a piece of a post I did in another thread. One day later I finally remember the designer, brand name of those very popular shirts with the alligator, IZOD. Those IZOD shirts were all over in the 70s and early 80s.

[Jet]

"I have a pic somewhere from about 25 years ago wearing white shorts, one of those shirts with the alligator insignia wearing the starched shirt collar up, sunglasses and riding the float from the LGBT Center in Los Angeles. Hmm, maybe this should be in an 80s thread?"

This is a piece of a post I did in another thread. One day later I finally remember the designer, brand name of those very popular shirts with the alligator, IZOD. Those IZOD shirts were all over in the 70s and early 80s.

preppie.......

[Greyson]

preppie.......

Fair enough. I had a few different dress styles. Butch in Urban Land. But I will admit I don't know much about the cowboy look. That was another 70s phenomena, the movie "Urban Cowboy" came out and all of a sudden there were gay cowboy clubs all over Southern California. I feel pretty sure most of the urban cowboys would not know the back end of a horse if it were staring them in the face.

[Jet]

Fair enough. I had a few different dress styles. Butch in Urban Land. But I will admit I don't know much about the cowboy look. That was another 70s phenomena, the movie "Urban Cowboy" came out and all of a sudden there were gay cowboy clubs all over Southern California. I feel pretty sure most of the urban cowboys would not know the back end of a horse if it were staring them in the face.

It was always about themes and theme dressing in the clubs....remember village people?

[Greyson]

It was always about themes and theme dressing in the clubs....remember village people?


Okay, I will admit more times then not I found myself doing the infamous "YMCA" thing with the arms when the song played, and played and played.

[Jet]

Okay, I will admit more times then not I found myself doing the infamous "YMCA" thing with the arms when the song played, and played and played.

i think we all did, dude....lol.
I always like the biker guy with the huge mustache

YouTube- YMCA

[Jaques]

A while back we had a 60's - 70's party, and these were my original flares and kaftan!!!http://http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/Dragking1/sonnychair.jpg

[afixer]

YouTube- 10cc The Things We Do For Love


like walking in the rain and the snow and there's nowhere to go...

[cinderella]

You think that's bad...in 1974 I was 31!!
Has anyone mentioned platform shoes?

Born in the 70s! Damn you people make me feel old!

In 1974 I was 10, and in love with my older brother's 1970 Barracuda (http://www.classiccarsplus.net/thecars/1970%20plymouth%20barracuda/1970%20BARRACUDA%20FOR%20SALE%20(11).JPG).

By 1976, it was Charlie's Angels (http://oxfordfilmfreak.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/charlies-angels.jpg)- the start of my lifelong crush on Jaclyn Smith.

[Jet]

My 70s crush.

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Picture15-3.png

[violaine]

YouTube- Devo - Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA - Live '77




YouTube- Kraftwerk - Ruckzuck (Live on WDR TV in 1970)

[afixer]

YouTube- Harry Chapin - Rockpalast Live 11 (All My Life's a Circle)

[Jet]

Saw EW&F in concert back in the day.

YouTube- Earth, Wind & Fire - Sing a Song

YouTube- Earth, Wind and Fire - Reasons (live)

[violaine]

the eagles-

victim of love & life in the fast lane -

http://www.bradboard.com/70s.htm

[Jet]

I was in love with Jennifer O'Neill

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Picture2-5.png

[Jet]

The Killing of Georgie Parts 1 and 2

YouTube- Rod Stewart - The killing of Georgie

In these days of changing ways
so called liberated days
a story comes to mind of a friend of mine

Georgie boy was gay I guess
nothin' more or nothin' less
the kindest guy I ever knew

His mother's tears fell in vain
the afternoon George tried to explain
that he needed love like all the rest

Pa said there must be a mistake
how can my son not be straight
after all I've said and done for him

Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus
cast out by the ones he loves
A victim of these gay days it seems

Georgie went to New York town
where he quickly settled down
and soon became the toast of the great white way

Accepted by Manhattan's elite
in all the places that were chic
No party was complete without George

Along the boulevards he'd cruise
and all the old queens blew a fuse
Everybody loved Georgie boy

The last time I saw George alive
was in the summer of seventy-five
he said he was in love I said I'm pleased

George attended the opening night
of another Broadway hype
but split before the final curtain fell

Deciding to take a short cut home
arm in arm they meant no wrong
A gentle breeze blew down Fifth Avenue

Out of a darkened side street came
a New Jersey gang with just one aim
to roll some innocent passer-by
There ensued a fearful fight
screams rang out in the night
Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone

A leather kid, a switchblade knife
He did not intend to take his life
He just pushed his luck a little too far that night

The sight of blood dispersed the gang
A crowd gathered, the police came
An ambulance screamed to a halt on Fifty-third and Third

Georgie's life ended there
but I ask who really cares
George once said to me and I quote

He said "Never wait or hesitate
Get in kid, before it's too late
You may never get another chance
'Cos youth a mask but it don't last
live it long and live it fast"
Georgie was a friend of mine

Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie, Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay

[Jet]

Simple Man

The first time I fell deeply and innocently in love I was 16.
Her name was Ali. And she was beautiful.
She gave me a hollowed blue egg on which she had written
a poem by Wordsworth in calligraphy.

I still have it.

I had never loved like I loved then.
It took nearly 4 years to get over her.
This was her favorite song by Graham Nash.

YouTube- Graham Nash w/ David Crosby - Simple Man

[Jet]

LIFE

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[afixer]

YouTube- One Nation under a Groove - 1978 Parliament Funkadelic


YouTube- Parliament-Funkadelic Red Hot Mama

[CherryFemme]

YouTube- Aubrey By Bread


This is in honor of 1973, and my continuing obsession to get someone to sing this song to me. ~CF :eatinghersheybar:

[Cyclopea]

YouTube- Klaus Schulze Live WDR Köln 1977

[afixer]

YouTube- Steely Dan-Dirty Work


YouTube- Elton John-Levon-Live 1971


YouTube- Cat Stevens - The First Cut Is The Deepest

[afixer]

Life of Brian 1979 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079470/)


I'm watching this on IFC right now. :)

[afixer]

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p145/pictureprincess4life/Graphics/z66841016.jpg

she's from the 70's :)


http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p145/pictureprincess4life/Graphics/z70512711.jpg

[Butterbean]

Roflmao my cousin had one of these and we'd feed it all sorts of wild stuff. Until my cousin would get ticked off and put her away.

YouTube- Baby Alive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epXhzQ85a1k

[Miss Scarlett]

I was in love with Jennifer O'Neill

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/Picture2-5.png

Yeah, she was the only good thing about that film. Even the book was dreadful!

[afixer]

Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from 1974 to 1984 on ABC. The show presents an idealized vision of life in 1950s and early 1960s America. Enjoy the song!


YouTube- Happy Days theme song - full-length release

[Jet]

I remember pulling the 6 to midnight shift at a black radio station.
It wasn't called urban back then, just black radio.

Folks in the african american community kept the lines busy all night with requests
and the later it got in the evening, the more the slow jams poured in by request.

A hot summer night and folkd on the north side of the city jammed on every parking lot and
street corner to have a beer party.

The request line would ring and....
"I want to dedicate this to my man" or "how 'bout somethin' sweet for my lady, ya understand?"

"Okay, how 'bout the Dramatics tonight?

"Yeah, well that's cool. Just keep it sweet and groovin, y'all."
And tell my baby it's goin' out to her from Maurice, her main squeeze, you dig?"

"I dig, Maurice. It'll come up around 20 after the hour."

"Sho' nuff...catch ya all later, and keep the jams slow for my blow...."

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[Jet]

bump....joe tex style

[Jet]

Here's to Paulie.
He had a red Porsche.
One night, we took it for a spin
doing about about 130 in the country
and lived to tell about it

obviously

This is remembering
what it was to be daring,
loving life as fast as we could
and diggin' a lot of music

down the highway

Here are the Doobie Brothers,
one of the best concerts I saw
back in the day....

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[KayCee]

ah..the Doobie Brothers..GREAT!

[Jet]

Life was grand in the 70s.
I loved and lived for my soul and R&B.
I played it as a disc jocky on a black radio station.
I was there for 3 years
and I never had better music
or a better audience hangin' to my show.

God I had fun...
and I could...do it again..

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[Jet]

The O'Jays
When soul was still soul, y'all.
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Let Me Make Love to You

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[Jet]

The Whispers
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I graduated from a rural high school in 1976
(small class: out of 72 of us, 12 of us attended together from 1st -12th grades)

... I love the music of the 70s ...

[afixer]

http://www.thewardrobestore.com/userfiles/boob-tube-both.jpg

[Jet]

Me and Mrs. Jones

Dig the Philly sound of Billy Paul in '72

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[cinderella]

So nice to be put in 'the groove' so early in the day. Now, this IS music!!! Love those 70's jams - soul and R&B at it best!!

Here's my contribution - to me, one of the best. Beyonce made a very good cover, but there's nothing like the original!

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[Bella~Vita]

The O'Jays
When soul was still soul, y'all.
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Let Me Make Love to You

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OMG! Thank you 'Jet' for some good memorys from back in the day. I use to DJ in NYC back in the day at a club in Harlem .. those were the fun days ... we danced n partied all nite .. *sigh*

[cinderella]

Another favorite of the time...

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[cinderella]

One of the best groups to come out of the 70's - The Spinners. They had so many hits - here's one of my favorites.

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[Lillie]

I was born in 68..but I grew up in the projects in nyc...we played manhunt on the roof of the buildings..hoola hooped till out hips broke! lol. waited to hear the distant ding of johnny the ice cream man..ran to your building and yelled like mad for your mom to throw down 50 cents for some ice cream....praying the street lights didn't come on so we didn't have to go home..getting stuck over and over again in the elevator with my friend mary..listening and probably wearing out the our kiss album..."beth" was my favorite song..of course I had no idea what it meant..but mary liked it :) so I had to like it too... walking into the kitchen buck ass nekkid with our arms extended so my mom could rub calamine lotion all over my sister and me..we had the mumps!...living without air conditioning and running through the fire hydrants the very cook firemen oppened every saturday afternoon..my dad taking me to emergency room on his motorcycle with my knee bleeding like the dickens cause of course I went where I wasn't suppose to :) DOH!...watching baretta right before the blackout...and being upset that the tv didn't come back on...tracing the velvet pattern in the wallpaper in our living room...ALWAYS trying to take more and more steps until you could completly jump from landing to landing without hitting any of the steps on the way down..it was a right of passage..oh my poor aching knees now lol...

ahh...what a sweet walk down memory lane..
(f)

[cinderella]

Lillie, I too lived in the projects in Manhattan - Jacob Riis Projects on the Lower East Side. My mom lived in that apartment for 35 years!! That's where we grew up.

Your post brought back such memories. I grew up in the 50's, way before you were born, and I dare say, more innocent times. But I too had to get in the house before the streetlights went on, I too yelled for change when the Good Humor, or the other one (Mr. Softy?) came 'round. Mom would wrap the change in a small paper bag - no plastic bags then - or a small rag, and throw it down. We used to play Skelly (melted wax in bottlecaps to weight them down), hopscotch, kick-the-can, double-Dutch jumprope, jacks, red-light-green-light one two three, roller skates - the kind that had a key, were all metal, and were very noisy, and so many other games. It was so much fun. No kids I know today do that sort of thing - they're all behind computers now. It's no wonder kids are overweight and out of shape - they sit all day!!

Thanks for the memories, Lillie - you made my day!!


I was born in 68..but I grew up in the projects in nyc...we played manhunt on the roof of the buildings..hoola hooped till out hips broke! lol. waited to hear the distant ding of johnny the ice cream man..ran to your building and yelled like mad for your mom to throw down 50 cents for some ice cream....praying the street lights didn't come on so we didn't have to go home..getting stuck over and over again in the elevator with my friend mary..listening and probably wearing out the our kiss album..."beth" was my favorite song..of course I had no idea what it meant..but mary liked it :) so I had to like it too... walking into the kitchen buck ass nekkid with our arms extended so my mom could rub calamine lotion all over my sister and me..we had the mumps!...living without air conditioning and running through the fire hydrants the very cook firemen oppened every saturday afternoon..my dad taking me to emergency room on his motorcycle with my knee bleeding like the dickens cause of course I went where I wasn't suppose to :) DOH!...watching baretta right before the blackout...and being upset that the tv didn't come back on...tracing the velvet pattern in the wallpaper in our living room...ALWAYS trying to take more and more steps until you could completly jump from landing to landing without hitting any of the steps on the way down..it was a right of passage..oh my poor aching knees now lol...

ahh...what a sweet walk down memory lane..
(f)

[Lillie]

WOW..skelly!..we use to melt crayons into bottle caps...holy shit that seriously was a memory tucked away..I grew up on Staten Island in the Todt Hill Projects....red light green light..mother may I...truth or dare..back when it was innocent..YAH RIGHT..haha...my mom threw down the money and we hunted like crazed animals for those shiny quarters lol...but remember getting halfway there and you heard her voice calling you back...(amazing how no matter where in the projects you were..you heard your momma calling you LOL ) all because she decided she wanted an ice cream too! lol...wow I feel 10 yrs old again..I loved that tim mcgraw song...that was the first time a song truly brought me back to the projects.. ( I will post the lyrics at the end ) My father owned the local laundromat in south beach (staten Island) we use to go down to the south beach rides then run back up the hill to get a dr pepper or orange fanta out of my dads pop machine...and oh my god we thought we died and gone to candy heaven when he put in a candy machine..of course since he owned it..we had the keys..i ate rolo's and drank orange fanta till i puked lol...of course the endless amount of energy and eating honey suckle and picking blueberries on top of the soda and rolo's did not help the belly! LOL

so here is the song that is soooooooo very true!!

Don't you remember
The fizz in a pepper
Peanuts in a bottle
At ten, two and four
A fried bologna sandwich
With mayo and tomato
Sittin' round the table
Don't happen much anymore

We got too complicated
It's all way over-rated
I like the old and out-dated
Way of life

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

I love my records
Black, shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops
And white noise
Man they sounded fine
I had my favorite stations
The ones that played them all
Country, soul and rock-and-roll
What happened to those times?

I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies
Cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money
The way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

Give me a flat top for strumming
I want the whole world to be humming
Just keep it coming
The way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when



Lillie, I too lived in the projects in Manhattan - Jacob Riis Projects on the Lower East Side. My mom lived in that apartment for 35 years!! That's where we grew up.

Your post brought back such memories. I grew up in the 50's, way before you were born, and I dare say, more innocent times. But I too had to get in the house before the streetlights went on, I too yelled for change when the Good Humor, or the other one (Mr. Softy?) came 'round. Mom would wrap the change in a small paper bag - no plastic bags then - or a small rag, and throw it down. We used to play Skelly (melted wax in bottlecaps to weight them down), hopscotch, kick-the-can, double-Dutch jumprope, jacks, red-light-green-light one two three, roller skates - the kind that had a key, were all metal, and were very noisy, and so many other games. It was so much fun. No kids I know today do that sort of thing - they're all behind computers now. It's no wonder kids are overweight and out of shape - they sit all day!!

Thanks for the memories, Lillie - you made my day!!

[Jet]

Hall & Oates
At time I lost my first love.

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[Chancie]

I was a teenager in high school in the 1970s.

I used to braid my long hair in about one million little braids right before I went to bed, and

When I woke up, my hair would be crimped and wild.

I used to wear a leotard with bell bottom pants and wide flat suede shoes.

There was an article in the newspaper about how

We were all lesbians at the public single sex high school I attended.

Obviously girls who care about school must be lesbians.

[Jet]

5th Dimension

The Declaration

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[Jet]

BTO

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Foghat Full Version

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[Jet]

Zappa and Mothers of Invention

Dinah Moe Humm

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I can't believe we used to listen this shit,
it was so obnoxious.

[Daktari]

I was born in '63 so the 70's were my real formative years. Here in the UK I remember strikes, The Winter of Discontent and man-made fabrics (not to mention the static that goes with them) and being mean, in a big sister way, to my brothers.

Marc was a hero
YouTube- Marc Bolan & T Rex - Children Of The Revolution[/URL]

This woman made me want to play bass and wear leather - I still do both some 36yrs later. :cheesy:
YouTube- Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive


In '74 there began a life long love of Freddie
YouTube- Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye [Top Of The Pops]


Totally fell for Julie Covington and was allowed to stay up on a school night to watch Rock Follies
YouTube- ROCK FOLLIES Rock Follies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVCynmcX4kI

[Jet]

Film version, 1972

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[Jet]

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[Jet]

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[lipstixgal]

I remember the 70's grew up in them, music everything was much better then I think!

[LipstickLola]

I was a child of the 70's :smokejoint:, and got high with a lil help from my friends, LOL, still do on occasion, with a lil help from my kids :hangloose:

[Jet]

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[Jet]

Ain't nothin' like old soul...

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[Jet]

I had long, white-blond hair that I braided wet and frizzed;
I wore round, yellow tinted Janis Joplin/John Lennon glasses, toked and smoked and partied
and listened to classic metal...

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[StillettoDoll]

YouTube - Seasons In The Sun

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[Glenn]

I liked/miss seeing all the macrame ropes hanging in windows with alot of plants.

[Nightshade]

YouTube - Seasons In The Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eec6fYuUTYU&feature=player_de)

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NOOOOOOooooooo!!!!!

<---- born in '63. Experienced MOST of what was good and horrific in the 70's.

I think I alternated between wide eyed ingenue and jaded stoner (aka freak, in my neck of the woods) through most of that decade.

Wouldn't trade it or relive it for all the money in the world.

[katsarecool]

I was a young mother with three small children in the 70s and most of it is a blurr................

[Nightshade]

I was a young mother with three small children in the 70s and most of it is a blurr................

That's the way I feel about the 80's. Oldest was born in '81, youngest was '90. I missed an entire (and from what I hear, musically and culturally significant) decade!!

[afixer]

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[Jet]

Bumping/resurrecting this thread from a few years ago. Members my age use to post about great times here from their experiences in the 70s. The 1970s were some of the greatest times in my life. In the past year, I have revisited people and times I haven't thought of in more than 30 years. Feels good. In the 1970s, I met Joel Grey, saw Bette Midler, and met Marvin Gaye and Grover Washington Jr. I entered a career in broadcasting at 17, my favorite movie was Chinatown, and I came out at 16 and never looked back. In the 70s, I discovered my maleness...long before any of this politically-correct/labeling shit; none of this bullshit is new to me, I'm just a natural male . I started deep street shit before half of you were in diapers frequenting underground bars. I had one affair after another in my youth. I was vocal then and I'm a forerunner and pioneer in vocalizing my sexuality during a decade when it was considered taboo and unheard of. I was the first in my community to be open about my male sexuality blowing away my upper-class family and the majority of the gay community when shit like this belonged to men only. Fuck that, I turned heads and created controversy. The parties and sex were endless; balls for days with fun that lasted for 20 years. I spent 12 years in broadcasting stemming from the mid-70s. The 70s were the best times of my life and I formed life-long friendships in the 1970s that I hold today.

[Jet]

For all my classmates. Our 40th reunion is this year.

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[Jet]

My mom took me with her to see the The Godfather in 1972. I was all of 15 and a sophomore in high school. When we walked out of theater, I remember saying, "Mom, I feel like I'm going to be shot." She put her arm around me and we walked to the car. Then, we headed to the House of Pies for dessert and coffee. She died unexpectedly in 2001, and she was my best friend.

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[Martina]

In the 70s, I discovered my maleness...long before any of this politically-correct/labeling shit; none of this bullshit is new to me, I'm just a natural male . I started deep street shit before half of you were in diapers frequenting underground bars. I had one affair after another in my youth. I was vocal then and I'm a forerunner and pioneer in vocalizing my sexuality during a decade when it was considered taboo and unheard of. I was the first in my community to be open about my male sexuality blowing away my upper-class family and the majority of the gay community when shit like this belonged to men only.

Really? More of this? What is a "natural male?" Is that in contrast to the "politically correct/labeling shit"? And who might that be? Transmen who are queer or who are politically active or who talk about gender in an open way. We have some of those folks here. Your comments are unclear enough for me to only suspect who you are dissing. But that's my guess.

And what is male sexuality? Being male does not say anything about your sexuality. Are you also speaking for gay men? You know about their sexuality? You can speak for them too?

Being a natural male means you fuck a lot of people? Is that what you are saying? If that isn't heteronormative, I don't know what is.

SO. TIRED. OF. THIS. FROM. YOU. OR. ANYONE.

[Martina]

In the 70s, I discovered my maleness...long before any of this politically-correct/labeling shit; none of this bullshit is new to me, I'm just a natural male . I started deep street shit before half of you were in diapers frequenting underground bars. I had one affair after another in my youth. I was vocal then and I'm a forerunner and pioneer in vocalizing my sexuality during a decade when it was considered taboo and unheard of. I was the first in my community to be open about my male sexuality blowing away my upper-class family and the majority of the gay community when shit like this belonged to men only. Fuck that, I turned heads and created controversy. The parties and sex were endless; balls for days with fun that lasted for 20 years.

I would like to respond to this again. What are you saying a "natural male" is? Someone who fucks lots of women? Someone who is not into "politically-correct/labeling shit," whatever that is? I am assuming it might include being respectful toward women and even people of color since that is not a priority of yours.

Again, male sexuality . . . what on earth does that mean? What "shit" are you talking about? Because once again, your post -- to the extent it can be deciphered -- sounds deeply heteronormative and arrogantly sexist.

[ProfPacker]

:nixon: graduated in 71....USAF .......... yes dick was up for election..could vote at age 18 and drink at 18........watergate.........
we left viet nam..after saying good bye to many friends....
a nickel bag of pot was only 5 dollars and u could gey 10 joints out of it.....
(well that is what i heard) :nixon:
gallon of gas was 33.9 cents there was a shortage it went up to 49......... i could drive home on my honda 360T (500 miles) with $5.25 there were tolls to pay.
MASH was new........TB remotes had a 10 foot wire that was attached to the Tv..they called them clickers..cause they made a click click sound.
Cable TV was just beginning.....
The Goddess was the bars to go to in NYC, and peaches n bonnie n clydes....had my first orgasm at the Goddess (the drink)....fell in love every saturday night........
calculators were called adding machines..


telephones started making a sound if you got one with buttons....
the end of 70's craze was telephone sound songs.....(dont ask)

You woke up in 1972 to a song called "the happiest girl in the whole USA"

and in 1974 you streaked............ :bolt: a ll neekid n stuff

a computer in 1974 took up the size of house to hold what you can on that little flash drive today..........



and Apple meant a fruit you picked off a tree.

Are you sure it was the Goddess and not the Duchess! Wow, Peaches, upper east side, how about Paula's and the Lib (burnt down). You didn't go to Sahara..worked there when I was young. So much fun... and memories. Not to mention Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove.

[Jet]

In memory of my friend, Patrick

______________________

Pat, how often I have thought of you through the years and how much I have wanted a few more hours, days— times reminiscent of the youngest and happiest times of my life with you. We owned the world then, or so we thought. I have missed you—high school, the bar, parties, the music, and those talks long into the morning until sunrise.

It's been nearly 40 years, and I'm thinking of you more than ever. Friends ask, but I tell them I was never able to find you again. At times, I just close my eyes and go back to a winter night with you, when the snow fell silently, listening to you share your deepest secrets over wine and music. Your loves and hopes and desires...and...

and I can still see you in the kitchen opening another bottle of wine that night. Oh, the agony of a time long past, and the ecstasy of remembering as though it were yesterday. The world was innocent—and different and safer then.

I never stopped loving you, and it's so hard to miss you. Thank you for some of the best times of my life and the ecstasy of being young and free.

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[Jet]

:nixon: graduated in 71....USAF .......... yes dick was up for election..could vote at age 18 and drink at 18........watergate.........
we left viet nam..after saying good bye to many friends....
a nickel bag of pot was only 5 dollars and u could gey 10 joints out of it.....
(well that is what i heard) :nixon:
gallon of gas was 33.9 cents there was a shortage it went up to 49......... i could drive home on my honda 360T (500 miles) with $5.25 there were tolls to pay.
MASH was new........TB remotes had a 10 foot wire that was attached to the Tv..they called them clickers..cause they made a click click sound.
Cable TV was just beginning.....
The Goddess was the bars to go to in NYC, and peaches n bonnie n clydes....had my first orgasm at the Goddess (the drink)....fell in love every saturday night........
calculators were called adding machines..


telephones started making a sound if you got one with buttons....
the end of 70's craze was telephone sound songs.....(dont ask)

You woke up in 1972 to a song called "the happiest girl in the whole USA"

and in 1974 you streaked............ :bolt: a ll neekid n stuff

a computer in 1974 took up the size of house to hold what you can on that little flash drive today..........

and Apple meant a fruit you picked off a tree.

I remember. Great post.

[Happy_Go_Lucky]

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[Bèsame*]

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[Happy_Go_Lucky]

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[Okiebug61]

I had yellow walls, green shag carpet. The rainbow colors of fishnets hanging from my bedroom ceiling. Beads hanging in my doorway, a happy face light shade, a chain of old beer tabs strung around the room. Black light posters, an TV with an orange case, a record player that I played non stop and my own little place in this world. :-). I am thankful for those years. :-)

[meridiantoo]

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[Happy_Go_Lucky]

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But then again, who didn't? :)

[Bèsame*]

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[Bèsame*]

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[cathexis]

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My only response is, "oh lordy I hope so."

[Kätzchen]

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[homoe]

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[homoe]

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[C0LLETTE]

I was in my 30s then. Remember it well. Great music.

[Kätzchen]

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I liked Miss Piggy, Kermit, the Swedish Chef, Fozzie Bear, Big Bird and Ernie and Bert.

[homoe]

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Granny glasses were all the rage......

[homoe]

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1975 Last air lifts out of Vietnam

[homoe]

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Micheal Jackson's Off The Wall released in 1979...

[homoe]

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Waterbeds..

[homoe]

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Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

[homoe]

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All In The Family 1971 - 1979

[homoe]

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I graduated High School in the 70's!

I might not remember what I just had for breakfast, but I remember the 70's like they were yesterday.

[C0LLETTE]

The 70s came after the 60s

[Stone-Butch]

The 1970s were brought in with a bang from the Stonewall riots and things were about to change for all queer people. A lot had to be done and is still being done to improve the rights of gays and others but the 70s was an open book to what we wanted. This is my opinion and the only one I am entitled to ty.

[homoe]

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[homoe]

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"O-O-H CHILD" The Five Stairsteps ~ 1970

[C0LLETTE]

Never saw one

[Bèsame*]

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[cathexis]

L.A. Times (underground newspaper) with ads hawking used panties sealed in plastic bags that only the purchaser could open so the scent wouldn't dissipate.

[homoe]

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Granny glasses were all the rage......

Janis Joplin dies October 4, 1970

[Kätzchen]

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Tiny fact about this song: David Loggins wrote the lyrics.