America doesn't need another 1776, America needs another 1976!

[votesparks]

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[Confusious]

1. I hate the 70's so much

Hairy, horrible colors, polyester suits, horrible disco

[Thirties Child]

2. You forgot to mention the horrible furniture

My generation (I was 35 in 1970) had the worst taste of all. Or so my daughter says. I think she's right. Thank God we didn't have the money to buy the furniture I lusted after at the time.

[Confusious]

4. Oh, and the cars

With the huge doors that fell off their hinges.

From what I've seen, if it was built in the 60's, it lasted. 70's, it was shit.

[votesparks]

7. Ikea will be the 1970s

of the 2030s.

[Merlot]

12. Some of the best movies and music came from the 70's

By the 80's the corporations owned the film studios and chances of getting anything controversial made disappeared.

And the 70's were also Punk and when rock-n-roll grew up - from love songs to protest songs.

Guys had long hair, women wore what ever they wanted. Polyester gave way to cotton and denim.

[byronius]

3. I so absolutely agree. Great time for progressive progress.

Haters gonna hate.

[RedstDem]

5. that would be.....

groovy man.

[votesparks]

6. Gay Rights Began to Come to the Foreground

and sweet disco love was in the air.

And, two words: Ohio Players.

[SemperEadem]

8. ah, '76... I was 16...

my immediate family was all still alive; had a great summer job at 6 flags... I think that was the last year of innocence for me... the next year, death began regular visits to my family starting with my father and maternal grandmother dying within 2 days of one another...

[WhoIsNumberNone]

9. Plus

it would really piss off the right wingers if we elected someone president who was an actual progressive...

[1monster]

10. To 100 songs of 1976: some great, some icky, but they sure were fun times...

http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm

1. Silly Love Songs, Paul McCartney and Wings [Amazon MP3]
2. Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee [Amazon MP3]
3. Disco Lady, Johnnie Taylor [Amazon MP3]
4. December, 1963 (Oh What A Night!), The Four Seasons [Amazon MP3]
5. Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry [Amazon MP3]
6. Kiss and Say Goodbye, The Manhattans [Amazon MP3]
7. Love Machine, Pt. 1, The Miracles [Amazon MP3]
8. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Paul Simon [Amazon MP3]
9. Love Is Alive, Gary Wright [Amazon MP3]
10. A Fifth of Beethoven, Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band [Amazon MP3]
11. Sara Smile, Daryl Hall and John Oates [Amazon MP3]
12. Afternoon Delight, Starland Vocal Band [Amazon MP3]
13. I Write the Songs, Barry Manilow [Amazon MP3]
14. Fly Robin Fly, Silver Convention [Amazon MP3]
15. Love Hangover, Diana Ross [Amazon MP3]
16. Get Closer, Seals and Crofts [Amazon MP3]
17. More, More, More, Andrea True Connection [Amazon MP3]
18. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen [Amazon MP3]
19. Misty Blue, Dorothy Moore [Amazon MP3]
20. Boogie Fever , The Sylvers [Amazon MP3]
21. I'd Really Love to See You Tonight, England Dan and John Ford Coley [Amazon MP3]
22. You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate [Amazon MP3]
23. Love Hurts, Nazareth [Amazon MP3]
24. Get Up and Boogie (That's Right), Silver Convention [Amazon MP3]
25. Take It to the Limit, The Eagles [Amazon MP3]
26. (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty, K.C. and The Sunshine Band [Amazon MP3]
27. Sweet Love, The Commodores [Amazon MP3]
28. Right Back Where We Started From, Maxine Nightingale [Amazon MP3]
29. Theme From "S.W.A.T", Rhythm Heritage
30. Love Rollercoaster, Ohio Players [Amazon MP3]
31. You Should Be Dancing, The Bee Gees [Amazon MP3]
32. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Lou Rawls [Amazon MP3]
33. Golden Years, David Bowie [Amazon MP3]
34. Moonlight Feels Right, Starbuck [Amazon MP3]
35. Only Sixteen, Dr. Hook [Amazon MP3]
36. Let Your Love Flow, Bellamy Brothers [Amazon MP3]
37. Dream Weaver, Gary Wright [Amazon MP3]
38. Turn the Beat Around, Vicki Sue Robinson [Amazon MP3]
39. Lonely Night (Angel Face), The Captain and Tennille [Amazon MP3]
40. All By Myself, Eric Carmen [Amazon MP3]
41. Love to Love You Baby, Donna Summer [Amazon MP3]
42. Deep Purple, Donny and Marie Osmond [Amazon MP3]
43. Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To), Diana Ross [Amazon MP3]
44. Sweet Thing, Rufus [Amazon MP3]
45. That's the Way (I Like It), K.C. and The Sunshine Band [Amazon MP3]
46. A Little Bit More, Dr. Hook [Amazon MP3]
47. Shannon, Henry Gross [Amazon MP3]
48. If You Leave Me Now, Chicago [Amazon MP3]
49. Lowdown, Boz Scaggs [Amazon MP3]
50. Show Me the Way, Peter Frampton [Amazon MP3]
51. Dream On, Aerosmith [Amazon MP3]
52. I Love Music, The O'Jays [Amazon MP3]
53. Say You Love Me, Fleetwood Mac [Amazon MP3]
54. Times of Your Life, Paul Anka [Amazon MP3]
55. Devil Woman, Cliff Richard [Amazon MP3]
56. Fooled Around and Fell In Love, Elvin Bishop [Amazon MP3]
57. Convoy, C.W. McCall [Amazon MP3]
58. Welcome Back (Theme from Welcome Back, Kotter), John Sebastian [Amazon MP3]
59. Sing a Song, Earth, Wind and Fire [Amazon MP3]
60. Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel, Tavares [Amazon MP3]
61. I'll Be Good to You, The Brothers Johnson [Amazon MP3]
62. Shop Around, The Captain and Tennille [Amazon MP3]
63. Saturday Night, The Bay City Rollers [Amazon MP3]
64. Island Girl, Elton John [Amazon MP3]
65. Let's Do It Again, The Staple Singers [Amazon MP3]
66. Let 'Em In, Paul McCartney and Wings [Amazon MP3]
67. Baby Face, Wing and A Prayer Fife and Drum Corps
68. This Masquerade, George Benson [Amazon MP3]
69. Evil Woman, Electric Light Orchestra [Amazon MP3]
70. Wham Bam, Silver [Amazon MP3]
71. I'm Easy, Keith Carradine [Amazon MP3]
72. Wake Up Everybody, Pt. 1, Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes [Amazon MP3]
73. Summer, War [Amazon MP3]
74. Let Her In, John Travolta [Amazon MP3]
75. Fox on the Run, The Sweet [Amazon MP3]
76. Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac [Amazon MP3]
77. Got to Get You Into My Life, The Beatles
78. Fanny (Be Tender With My Love), The Bee Gees [Amazon MP3]
79. Getaway, Earth, Wind and Fire [Amazon MP3]
80. She's Gone, Daryl Hall and John Oates [Amazon MP3]
81. Rock and Roll Music, The Beach Boys [Amazon MP3]
82. Still the One, Orleans [Amazon MP3]
83. You're My Best Friend, Queen [Amazon MP3]
84. With Your Love, Jefferson Starship [Amazon MP3]
85. Slow Ride, Foghat [Amazon MP3]
86. Who'd She Coo?, The Ohio Players [Amazon MP3]
87. Walk Away from Love, David Ruffin [Amazon MP3]
88. Baby I Love Your Way, Peter Frampton [Amazon MP3]
89. Young Hearts Run Free, Candi Staton [Amazon MP3]
90. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Neil Sedaka [Amazon MP3]
91. Money Honey, The Bay City Rollers [Amazon MP3]
92. Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker), Parliament [Amazon MP3]
93. Junk Food Junkie, Larry Groce [Amazon MP3]
94. Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again, Barry Manilow [Amazon MP3]
95. Rock and Roll All Nite, Kiss [Amazon MP3]
96. Disco Duck, Rick Dees
97. The Boys Are Back in Town, Thin Lizzy [Amazon MP3]
98. Take the Money and Run, The Steve Miller Band [Amazon MP3]
99. Squeeze Box, The Who [Amazon MP3]
100. Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.), Glen Campbell [Amazon MP3]

[Theyletmeeatcake2]

11. Sweet sweet music........

Great times and quite innocent of the commercialism so rampant now...... We did have the coca cola yoyo though.....

[Kaleva]

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