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How did the 70s get framed as the ultimate bad time? [View all] cthulu2016 Apr 2014 OP

Mostly because of the awful fashions. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #1

I grew up next door to Robert Reed PasadenaTrudy Apr 2014 #5

Wow! Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #6

What were the craziest and greatest things you saw? wheniwasincongress Apr 2014 #49

You know, the more retrospective I get about the 70's... tridim Apr 2014 #17

Nothing pipi_k Apr 2014 #18

I'd rather watch this than American Idol ... napkinz Apr 2014 #21

Also better than the Kartrashians! BuelahWitch Apr 2014 #24

Eve Plumb must absolutely kick herself for declining to participate Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #25

she did come back to do "A Very Brady Christmas" in 1988 napkinz Apr 2014 #63

oops, replied to wrong person napkinz Apr 2014 #78

That's just about the sparkliest thing I've ever seen. tridim Apr 2014 #46

Is that a Jan replacement or did she just grow up? aikoaiko Apr 2014 #77

Geri Reischl played Jan napkinz Apr 2014 #80

I think it was Eve Plumb that I crushed on as a little boy. aikoaiko Apr 2014 #84

:) napkinz Apr 2014 #90

Janghazi! BeyondGeography Apr 2014 #99

is it me or are Greg and Marcia twerking at 4:45? Skittles Apr 2014 #97

One word. UncleYoder Apr 2014 #2

Beat me to it hobbit709 Apr 2014 #4

Damn! Kelvin Mace Apr 2014 #8

Guilty admission... pipi_k Apr 2014 #22

OK, if I we are going to be confessing stuff Kelvin Mace Apr 2014 #32

i was never a fan of disco, but people malign it as if no decade since had any crap music unblock Apr 2014 #11

There was a lot of racist and anti-gay sentiment in the whole "disco sucks!" thing. Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #19

What you seem to miss is that disco, indeed, did suck. AngryAmish Apr 2014 #23

A lot of it sucked, but like I said, there were also some good dance tunes that came out of it. Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #42

The people who thought "Disco Sucked" were MicaelS Apr 2014 #52

The Bee Gees made great love songs, so disco really didn't suck. nilesobek Apr 2014 #92

Disco sucked because it was cheezy AgingAmerican Apr 2014 #95

Rock became hopelessly bloated and fast in the 70s BeyondGeography Apr 2014 #72

What about The Cars? Cirque du So-What Apr 2014 #93

That was the rock reaction to rock bloat...and it was great, too BeyondGeography Apr 2014 #98

Not a huge fan of disco here, but I still love a few of the Bee Gees' songs deutsey Apr 2014 #74

In the history of music, there is Bach, Beethoven...and then Donna Summer joeybee12 Apr 2014 #88

I have a good friend who was in a group of folks from w. Michigan amandabeech Apr 2014 #111

A lot of ALL music is bad Scootaloo Apr 2014 #102

wasn't it supposed to "live forever"? napkinz Apr 2014 #26

I loved the Rolling Stones disco stuff. goldent Apr 2014 #100

Rolling Stones disco stuff ... napkinz Apr 2014 #105

I like Rolling Stones videos goldent Apr 2014 #106

Disco gives me hope.... Bigmack Apr 2014 #12

Except disco didn't break out until nearly the 1980s Recursion Apr 2014 #109

I think the gas lines at the pump scared people. Ilsa Apr 2014 #3

I remember those gas lines and they were hell RebelOne Apr 2014 #76

I have a theory... malthaussen Apr 2014 #7

The self-centeredness of the 70's Kelvin Mace Apr 2014 #27

+1000 for your theory Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #57

Bingo deutsey Apr 2014 #73

Unresolved anger on all sides coming out of the 60s combined with the realization BeyondGeography Apr 2014 #9

Yes and the beginning of the wage stagnation that is killing the middle class anneboleyn Apr 2014 #10

Couple of reasons Kelvin Mace Apr 2014 #13

because I was raising two boys with a drunk, mean husband, trying to stay sane mountain grammy Apr 2014 #14

Because people can't remember the sixties? House of Roberts Apr 2014 #15

That's when the right wing set up many think tanks and began telling the story... polichick Apr 2014 #16

+1 The MIC PTB were determined to insure that nothing like the 60's could ever happen again. Zorra Apr 2014 #40

That's how it went - and now we're at a place where the ptb have... polichick Apr 2014 #45

I feel that we need to get out the Dem vote in huge numbers, and watch every race closely to Zorra Apr 2014 #65

Wonder how many running this year are liberal Dems (vs Third Way). It really... polichick Apr 2014 #69

+1 And the media created the mythical 'silent majority' leftstreet Apr 2014 #53

Yeah, wasn't that a nice trick? polichick Apr 2014 #56

partly it was the inflation, partly it was opportunism to deflect from nixon unblock Apr 2014 #20

There was also the incompetent foreign policy of the Carter White House. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #31

That's a major part of the RW propaganda meme that brought us Reagan. Zorra Apr 2014 #43

trenchant insight. had he "got" it, what would he have done differently? unblock Apr 2014 #44

The most obvious thing is that he should never have invited the Shah into the US. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #55

armchair quarterbacking. unblock Apr 2014 #58

OK, you ask me what he should have done differently, then accuse me of "armchair quarterbacking" Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #62

by "armchair quarterbacking" i just mean it need more analysis to support it. unblock Apr 2014 #68

Back up a bit TexasProgresive Apr 2014 #59

OK maybe, but presidents have to deal with the situation that actually exists, Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #64

Yes, he should never have listened to Kissinger. eppur_se_muova Apr 2014 #70

Carter didn't do so well in Afghanistan and Iran Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #87

Two questions rock Apr 2014 #28

Oh, and don't forget the kitchens. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #29

Bell-Bottoms lame54 Apr 2014 #30

I loved bell-bottoms. That's just about all I wore in the '70s. n/t RebelOne Apr 2014 #75

Me too. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #85

I remember hating the 70's at the time---shitty music, clothes, etc. Paladin Apr 2014 #33

I have very mixed feelings about the '70s. Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #89

Nixon FarCenter Apr 2014 #34

Maybe Republicans Hate The 70's Dirty Socialist Apr 2014 #41

Because Reagan hadn't yet ascended to living godhood. eShirl Apr 2014 #35

Yup. If the seventies weren't bad, Reagan's no hero. gulliver Apr 2014 #91

I loved the 70's n/t 2pooped2pop Apr 2014 #36

Me too. Great music! Great times! polichick Apr 2014 #51

What I can remember of the 70s ohheckyeah Apr 2014 #54

I believe that may be why I loved them. 2pooped2pop Apr 2014 #71

Ditto.....n/t ohheckyeah Apr 2014 #86

Gas lines, terrifying inflation, hostage crisis and a President totally out of his depth... Demo_Chris Apr 2014 #37

He's a good man. But he was not a good president (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #38

Very well said! CFLDem Apr 2014 #39

Oh, I thought you meant Gerald Ford. He was "totally out of his depth". Remeber WIN? SharonAnn Apr 2014 #48

Looking back, Ford seems like a genius compared to you-know-who. raccoon Apr 2014 #61

Pardoning Nixon was certainly a stroke of genius for the Republicans Fumesucker Apr 2014 #82

As I said, this rewriting stuff is silly... Demo_Chris Apr 2014 #66

The man and his times were not made for each other BeyondGeography Apr 2014 #50

Carter would've been a fantastic president in 1996. Drunken Irishman Apr 2014 #107

I discovered public radio in the 70s kentauros Apr 2014 #47

Inflation burned up everyone's arse. Oh, and gas "shortages." nt raccoon Apr 2014 #60

Disco. Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #67

And there was the crime thing. aikoaiko Apr 2014 #79

A mix of things The Straight Story Apr 2014 #81

"Filmed before a live audience" KansDem Apr 2014 #83

God'll get you for that :) loyalsister Apr 2014 #96

Disco AgingAmerican Apr 2014 #94

I remember the unemployment. goldent Apr 2014 #101

Was a good time for me in many ways, elleng Apr 2014 #103

Well, we had rocks for pets Generic Brad Apr 2014 #104

My guess: Nixon, crime, the deteriorating inner-city, racial strife, Iran, gas lines, inflation... Drunken Irishman Apr 2014 #108

Crime and urban decay is a huge one Recursion Apr 2014 #110

People tend to remember the gas lines and prices doubling and tripling. amandabeech Apr 2014 #112