the 70's weren't all that!

90's were better. and this is coming from someone who was in High School through the 80's.

sure Disco sucked. but at least it gave birth to House / Techno of the 80's and into the 90's. when people talk about the musical decades, they're unjustly rock-centric.

also, gas prices sucked in the 70's. anyone who was alive in the 70's need not to elaborate on that.

90's gas prices > every decade imaginable

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I'm a 90s kid, but I think I would have liked the 60s, 70s, or 80s better. Any of those three decades. Mostly 80s, I think.

I graduated in '75 and I have to agree with you on most or all of your points. I do have to say that it was nice that you weren't taking your life in your hands just having sex.
Who knew what was to come just a few years later?

I thought we had some great music in the '70's, like you, ignoring the tragedy that was disco.

Yeah, that "gas crisis" was one of the worst things for me at that time. I had just gotten a car, and had to waste all those hours waiting in line. I wouldn't get in line for gas now if it was half price! I see these people at Costco waiting for gas that's 10 or 20 cents less than other places. Hah! So you fill up you might save a buck or two.

We had fun, we hung out, but as you say, it wasn't what could be called "remarkable".

I graduated high school in '73, and I would not think of Debbie Boone as the typical 70's singer. But I never listened to top 40. No one I knew did. To me the 70's are still the tops for music.

I also never waited in line for gas. I guess it wasn't as bad around here. Gas wasn't that expensive then, either. It only seemed that way because it had always been so cheap. In '79 it got up to $0.90 from about $0.40 in '70.

The worse thing was thinking you may be drafted, but Nixon quit drafting in '72, so I got lucky there.

While there were shows like Happy Days, I remember the '70s being mostly Detectives, Cowboys, and variety shows.

Movies of the '70's were fantastic and groundbreaking. The first Summer Blockbuster- Jaws. Films that had people lined up around the block, The Exorcist, Star Wars. Films that started franchises, Rocky, Godfather, Superman, Alien, Halloween. Star Wars.

Disco did come around, but I guess that was a big city thing. I never listened to much of it. We listened to The Who, The Stones, Springsteen, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, Croce, Tull, Motown, many many more. Music really varied.

The worst thing about the '70s was interest rates. They were awful! Inflation was bad, but salaries grew much more then, too.

What we got here is... failure to communicate!

I love this movie, but at the same time I really can't identify with the time period. I was alive then but I was to young to really remember anything.
My decade was the 80's, music for me at the time was hair metal of the mid to late 80's.

By about 92 I was out of school and living my own Dazed and Confused lifestyle. As a matter of fact I don't remember much of 1993 except the massive parties and hanging out at the pool hall.
But it was a fun time in my life.

I was born in 1969, but loved the 70s and HATED the 80s. The 90s were much, much better, esp the music (than the 80s).

I hardly listen to anything between 83-90 or after 2000, as all the best music was before 1983 and in the 90s imnsho.

Nice thread. Good to hear stories from old-timers who were there. Reminds me of the time I asked my parents how life was back in the '70s. My dad said "The same" while my mom went on a lengthy tribute on how much more superior life was then compared to the present. 😆 Pretty amusing.

After all... tomorrow is another day.

They were a blast. I, too, graduated in '76 and had the time of my life. The music was great if you stayed away from Top 40 tripe like Debbie Boone, Bay City Rollers and the Bee Gees and all the disco garbage. Sex didn't kill you and it was still very 60s like. We could go to clubs at 18 and everybody had a car and money because we all had jobs. We had a lot of freedom, way more than the kids today have.

Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.