What do you remember most about the 70's?

[TexasBushwhacker]

136. Going braless! My VW Bug! Great music! Great movies!

I graduated from high school in '75. I wore plenty of peasant blouses and low rise bell bottoms. I had a pair with a 3" zipper! Platform shoes. Wire rimmed glasses.

The great movies! My mother quit smoking when I was 14, but my father didn't. She'd go nuts smelling his nasty cigs and would drag me to the movies a couple of times a week. We ran out of PG movies pretty quickly, so she started taking me to R rated movies which was a big deal in the days before cable TV. Catch 22, MASH, Five Easy Pieces and The Last Detail. HAROLD AND MAUDE! The Godfather. Serpico. I was in love with Al Pacino.

My mother had gone to University of Houston after my youngest brother entered 1st grade. One of the main places for concerts was the basketball stadium at UH, and they would let students buy tickets a day before they went on sale to the general public. My cool mom, in her late 30's, would wait in line to get me good tickets. Many times I had seats in the first few rows. Elton John, Bette Midler, The Allman Brothers, Neil Young, Leon Russell, Jethro Tull, Creedance Clearwater, the list goes on. Then the late 70's was when punk and New Wave started. I was a broke college student so I didn't go to big concerts much, but I did see The Ramones and pushed my way up to the stage, right in front of Joey's mic stand.

SEX! I was pretty tame compared to some of my friends, but birth control was readily available from Planned Parenthood and the main STDs at the time - syphilis and gonorrea - were curable. But herpes wasn't, and I got that my senior year. I felt like I was being punished for being sexually active, even though I got it from my boyfriend I'd known for 6 months.