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99. I was in college in the early 70's...

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:37 AM

Jun 2015

Vietnam protests, 18 year olds could vote! Streaking.

The war on drugs wasn't too bad yet: no employee testing or harsh penalties. Lots of recreational drugs - mostly pot.

Met Jimmy Carter when he was campaigning.

Music was creative and all over the place: folk music, good rock, disco, poets singing ballads...because radio and home stereo improved a LOT in the 70's - new devices like cassettes, 8 track, FM, digital, Bose, all coming along at the same time.

Game systems!!! The first really good Atari, etc.

X-rated movies in theaters.

The first personal computers. I had an Osborne, a TRS80, and Apple II. Such a change from decks of cards and mainframe printouts.

Actually, I switched from slide rulers to a simple calculator as they became available for science classes.

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What do you remember most about the 70's? [View all] Archae Jun 2015 OP

Hideous clothes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2015 #1

Waltons - in 1979 I was 10 yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #3

waltons was huge hit. recently saw some of the later shows as the kids became adults Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #12

The Walton's was also a very progressive show. philosslayer Jun 2015 #137

it was. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #159

Like corduroy pants that went "shoop shoop" when you walked? Archae Jun 2015 #18

I second that. Purple polyester pantsuits, LibDemAlways Jun 2015 #59

my clothes were gorgeous cali Jun 2015 #67

peasant blouses marym625 Jun 2015 #70

Aw. but you two ladies are going against the narrative. malthaussen Jun 2015 #72

evidently I wasn't sent one! marym625 Jun 2015 #74

I could go on a long rant here, but I'll just suggest... malthaussen Jun 2015 #79

exactly marym625 Jun 2015 #87

I've kind of softened on Disco over the years. malthaussen Jun 2015 #92

I loved disco music and still do. Give me the Beegees any day. I also like the clothes -- peasant Nay Jun 2015 #107

+100 narnian60 Jun 2015 #152

Interesting. Gemini Cat Jun 2015 #97

The 60s didn't really end until about '75 . . . brush Jun 2015 #166

Ah, thanks for using "zeitgeist." malthaussen Jun 2015 #182

You're so right! brush Jun 2015 #200

Exactly. hifiguy Jun 2015 #146

Very insightful comment Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #199

Tube Tops....:) yourout Jun 2015 #109

...and Dittos. Iggo Jun 2015 #160

The dittoes, yes shanti Jun 2015 #165

And Candies shoes to complete the look. Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #192

Watergate!!!!! murielm99 Jun 2015 #2

Yes watergate! wendylaroux Jun 2015 #14

Yes - I was in college and we'd all get together after class to watch the hearings csziggy Jun 2015 #30

Weed DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #4

Weed with seeds. And stems. And sometimes oregano or PCP. eridani Jun 2015 #58

Paraquat maveric Jun 2015 #153

Wasn't that when they tried to poison the weed... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #164

Platform shoes, Streaking, Lynard Skynard, Thai sticks, "I am not a crook" maveric Jun 2015 #211

Crappy American cars and leisure suits tularetom Jun 2015 #5

lol. my dad had a green leisure suit Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #11

I remember the birth of my second daughter then, and my entry to nursing school! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #6

Disco. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2015 #7

I try to forget Disco! MiniMe Jun 2015 #28

clothes, music, partridge family, Brady bunch, Carol burnette show Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #8

And Mary Tyler Moore show spooky3 Jun 2015 #25

M*A*S*H, too. hifiguy Jun 2015 #147

Thurman Munson dying. I was just about 5. That's my earliest significant memory. (eom) StevieM Jun 2015 #9

The Huey on the roof. lpbk2713 Jun 2015 #10

The Huey at the bottom of the ocean JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2015 #71

Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Mexican Jumping Beans and the movie "Grease." inanna Jun 2015 #13

It was a fantastic decade for music. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #82

+1....you had everything from Motown to Manilow.....from ACDC to Seals and Crofts. yourout Jun 2015 #115

My 2 sons have always said they were envious of us for the great music back then. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #119

Guess I'm lucky that way. inanna Jun 2015 #169

lol...I used to put "Pomp and Circumstance" on full blast in the am dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #172

Shag carpet!! BuddhaGirl Jun 2015 #144

I remember having to do that in the hifiguy Jun 2015 #150

Boot camp.... Wounded Bear Jun 2015 #15

San Diego RTC and Great Lakes NTC FrodosPet Jun 2015 #23

No static at all... FM! Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #84

Same here. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2015 #141

SS Mayaguez. Doc_Technical Jun 2015 #16

Easy times. Playing with friends. Bell bottoms and cords. Hairy people. Bubblegum pop and disco. Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #17

Yes, yes yes....eom LittleGirl Jun 2015 #43

seems there was an optimism to those old shows 6chars Jun 2015 #85

Very good discription of the time - exuberance. We were so hopeful even though we were still in jwirr Jun 2015 #135

Like, totally, my experience too :) Lilith Rising Jun 2015 #125

That's cool. Welcome to DU! Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #181

Thanks :) Lilith Rising Jun 2015 #198

All in the Family. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #19

All In The Family...yes! inanna Jun 2015 #20

Hair! Everyone with long shaggy hair! bettyellen Jun 2015 #21

And the musical HAIR! csziggy Jun 2015 #33

By Celestia herself, I had that first guy's hair style hifiguy Jun 2015 #151

That was the best part of it for me. The rest, politics, war, music, work and death. freshwest Jun 2015 #38

Getting out donco Jun 2015 #22

Taxi Driver spooky3 Jun 2015 #24

You talkin' to me? Human101948 Jun 2015 #66

Kid stuff, mostly. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2015 #26

Marching band, kentauros Jun 2015 #27

The unrest in the Middle East and SW Asia MADem Jun 2015 #29

Sex , drugs and great music. jaysunb Jun 2015 #31

Charlies angels :P Egnever Jun 2015 #32

All those 70s TV shows-- eridani Jun 2015 #62

Aside from disco, there was some good music. HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #34

Sure was.... inanna Jun 2015 #36

and freddie mercury (queen) DesertFlower Jun 2015 #56

Riding in the back seat of the parents' car with the radio on arcane1 Jun 2015 #35

Star Wars/Hostages Puglsy Jun 2015 #37

Earth Day, the Viet Nam war ending, Watergate/Nixon resigning and AIDs. Liberty Belle Jun 2015 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author truebluegreen Jun 2015 #112

AIDs wasn't until the 80s. nt brush Jun 2015 #204

Not true, it was here earlier. Liberty Belle Jun 2015 #212

Bad music, worse fashion, too many drugs around, all capped off by inflation Warpy Jun 2015 #39

Singles Bars, my low Draft Number, first and best real job (government). Hoyt Jun 2015 #40

Make love not war, Uriah Heap, Cat Stevens, Pink Floyd....... AuntPatsy Jun 2015 #42

4 Finger sacks of weed for $20!!! Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Ozzy, Nixon leaving office... Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #44

I was in my 20's in the 70's, and I remember a lot of great music, meeting the love of my life, secondwind Jun 2015 #45

The Watergate Hearings were must-see TV. We got rid of Richard Effing Nixon. My 2 kids were born. Hekate Jun 2015 #46

Riding in my dad's truck... NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #47

Today is the 39th anniversary of my HS graduation, Dr. Xavier Jun 2015 #48

met and married my 2nd husband. DesertFlower Jun 2015 #49

It was a long decade. Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #50

Wounded Knee Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #51

You were allowed to run on the field when your team won the pennant bluestateguy Jun 2015 #52

Disco and drugs and knowing just how corrupt the government really was. nt bemildred Jun 2015 #53

youth themonster Jun 2015 #54

Watergate gopiscrap Jun 2015 #55

When Saturday Night Live debuted. With Muppets! RufusTFirefly Jun 2015 #57

Afterschool 60s TV series repeats (except during Watergate) & cartoon Saturdays eShirl Jun 2015 #60

I don't remember the 70's. I was hung over from the 60's. lob1 Jun 2015 #61

That's a looong hangover. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #89

The TV series One Day At A Time, House of Roberts Jun 2015 #63

Had an English teacher around the same time who mandated "Ms" or her first name. malthaussen Jun 2015 #83

Oct. 2, 1973-the day I stood outside the main gate of MacGuire AFB a free man. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #64

A lot, but this sticks out... bluesbassman Jun 2015 #65

During summer vacation, all my mom said was, "Be back by sundown" Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #188

Thanks Pooka Fey! bluesbassman Jun 2015 #209

Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies Bring JAWS Back To The Big Screen June 21 and 24 Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #68

Toughskins melman Jun 2015 #69

Gas rationing marshall Jun 2015 #73

Probably Top 40 radio malthaussen Jun 2015 #75

If you're from Chicago, then you'll know what I'm talking about. Exilednight Jun 2015 #76

The guy who did Son of Sven is still on ME TV, hifiguy Jun 2015 #154

Inexpensive Gasoline cantbeserious Jun 2015 #77

The time after the birth control pill but before we knew about AIDS. Motown_Johnny Jun 2015 #78

Being introduced to Andre (Mary) Norton science fiction/fantasy novels. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #80

The hospital. tymorial Jun 2015 #81

Tough skins, big hair, HEAT, listening to the Top 40 each week underpants Jun 2015 #86

war news reports; the USSR/USA space docking; funky colors everywhere... JanMichael Jun 2015 #88

After Vietnam and 18 months in the hospital, I got out of the Army in '71 pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #90

You really want to know madokie Jun 2015 #91

Vietnam War B Calm Jun 2015 #93

The music and the TV shows. TwilightGardener Jun 2015 #94

As the country fell apart so did the music BeyondGeography Jun 2015 #95

That I was born! bigwillq Jun 2015 #96

I was born eleven days into 1970 AwakeAtLast Jun 2015 #180

Being on strike for seven months, then moving into my new house during the strike! dmosh42 Jun 2015 #98

I was in college in the early 70's... Sancho Jun 2015 #99

My first calculator cost 75 bucks. malthaussen Jun 2015 #104

Haha..you're right. All it would do is add, subtract, multiply and divide! Sancho Jun 2015 #111

You got ripped off.:) malthaussen Jun 2015 #117

The high end Hewlett-Packard calculators 1939 Jun 2015 #195

"Disco Sucks", college years, and progressive rock stations. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2015 #100

Remember when the movie "Airplane!" knocked over the disco tower scene? MrMickeysMom Jun 2015 #116

Yep. DinahMoeHum Jun 2015 #120

Thanks for reminding me... mike in raleigh Jun 2015 #175

The awful clothes and hairstyles that I thought were cool. ananda Jun 2015 #101

The music, the movies and Saturday Night Live. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2015 #102

Purple Micro Dot cherokeeprogressive Jun 2015 #103

What I remember Gemini Cat Jun 2015 #105

How awful we looked - LiberalElite Jun 2015 #106

The good, the bad, and the ugly... Tom_Foolery Jun 2015 #108

Kent State GP6971 Jun 2015 #110

Here are mine... MrMickeysMom Jun 2015 #113

Earth Day, Watergate, oil embargo, solar panels on the White House.... truebluegreen Jun 2015 #114

4things.. one_voice Jun 2015 #118

There were a couple of big blizzards in the mid 70s. malthaussen Jun 2015 #122

Only six channels on the TV. aikoaiko Jun 2015 #121

Best time of my long life. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #123

What I remember most is under-appreciating that decade. (nt) Paladin Jun 2015 #124

Memories JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #126

Reds two World Series exboyfil Jun 2015 #127

I was a kid living in Phoenix Horse with no Name Jun 2015 #128

Classic rock - The. Best. Music. Ever. (Early 70s) polichick Jun 2015 #129

The Oakland A's baseball dynasty aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2015 #130

I grew up in the Bay Area and the A's were so huge ... Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #197

One hell of a decade Freddie Jun 2015 #131

That's where my back pages are. hunter Jun 2015 #132

Politics and war. jwirr Jun 2015 #133

DJ Cousin Brucie GP6971 Jun 2015 #134

Going braless! My VW Bug! Great music! Great movies! TexasBushwhacker Jun 2015 #136

Guys wearing seriously cut-off jean shorts chowder66 Jun 2015 #138

Star Wars. Evel Knievel. Discovering science fiction novels. Codeine Jun 2015 #139

Affordable college tuition Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2015 #140

Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. I also tell kids today that I had an apartment, Nay Jun 2015 #156

I graduated from college without student loans. hunter Jun 2015 #174

Nonexistence Oneironaut Jun 2015 #142

My Lai, Kent State, Nixon's downfall, the end of the war. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2015 #143

Progressive rock, the more out there the better, and weed, LOTS of weed. hifiguy Jun 2015 #145

I remember the '70's as a continuation of what started in the '60's... kentuck Jun 2015 #148

The polyester clothing that smelled funky when wet! BigDemVoter Jun 2015 #149

Being 9 months pregnant AC_Mem Jun 2015 #155

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Soap, Fernwood, SNL maveric Jun 2015 #157

For me, Mary Hartman was appointment TV every night hifiguy Jun 2015 #171

The music and partying all night. n/t RebelOne Jun 2015 #158

Star Wars, Burger Chef, the Bicentennial gollygee Jun 2015 #161

Has any one mentioned Quaaludes? Scurrilous Jun 2015 #162

Childhood; school. The space programme and especially the Apollo 13 near-disaster; LeftishBrit Jun 2015 #163

SNL shanti Jun 2015 #167

Music Trajan Jun 2015 #168

Smoking in college classrooms. Both students and teachers. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2015 #170

USMC Basic and AIT oneshooter Jun 2015 #173

where I lived: Skittles Jun 2015 #176

Watergate, Star Wars, Skylab, Nixon Resigning AnnieBW Jun 2015 #177

I remember Vietnam, I remember when the war ended, I was out mackerel Jun 2015 #178

well, pretty much Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #179

Clairol Herbal Essence shampoo and fruity lip glosses. nt betsuni Jun 2015 #183

all the above steve2470 Jun 2015 #184

Oops wrong place Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #194

All the war protests in early 70s.... N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2015 #185

Begging Mom to let me wear Ditto jeans to Jr. High School Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #186

Hanging out with Stewie Griffin Quackers Jun 2015 #187

Remember most about the 70s? Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #189

Nobody on the thread remembers the HUSTLE? Shout-out to MAYNARD Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #190

How could we forget! Definitely a classic from the 70s. Glimmer of Hope Jun 2015 #214

One of the only things I personally remember. NCTraveler Jun 2015 #191

Everything I know about the '70s comes secondhand, from music, movies, and TV. True Blue Door Jun 2015 #193

A few more things: "Bicentennial Moments" on TV, and really the whole Bicentennial hoopla Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #196

Men unafraid of their chest hair n/t teenagebambam Jun 2015 #201

I graduated from high school in 78 mindfulNJ Jun 2015 #202

Garvey, Lopes, Russell, and Cey. n/t trackfan Jun 2015 #203

1977 & 1978 L.A. Dodgers World Series against those damn NY Yankees Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #210

Quaaludes Go Vols Jun 2015 #205

Born in 79... Xyzse Jun 2015 #206

Barry Manilow, The Carpenters, The Manhattan Transfer. Chipper Chat Jun 2015 #207

Mine started out with some personal experience with terrorism then... cascadiance Jun 2015 #208

That I grew up feeling like I missed something given that I craigmatic Jun 2015 #213

The Bicentennial and the colors- Avocado, Goldenrod and that Orange. Glimmer of Hope Jun 2015 #215