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  • 15 Things Only People Who Grew Up in the 70s Will Understand

    02/08/2024 1:31:25 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 154 replies
    Mom Says ^ | 9/2/23 | Harvey Richards
    Step into a time capsule as we explore the 70s! If you’re a bona fide 70s kid, prepare for a trip down memory lane that evokes waves of nostalgia. The era when bell bottoms reigned supreme, disco anthems ruled the airwaves, and Saturday mornings promised captivating cartoons. Revisit the tingling sensation of Space Dust on your taste buds and the triumphant feeling of unraveling a cassette tape with a trusty pencil. This journey isn’t just a stroll through the past; it’s a cherished badge of honor. So, ease into those groovy vibes, queue up some Bee Gees tunes, and traverse...
  • ‘The Simpsons’ Episode That Was Banned After 9/11

    02/10/2024 8:37:17 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 8 replies
    Far Out Magazine ^ | Sat 10 February 2024 | Scott Campbell
    One of the most unexpected legacies generated by The Simpsons is the repeated insistences in which the creative team have some form of clairvoyancy, with so many real-world events appearing to be predicted well ahead of time by Springfield’s most famous family. With that in mind, it was inevitable that an episode removed from the airwaves in the aftermath of the September 11th terror attacks gave rise to a predictive conspiracy theory, even if it was nothing more than a matter of coincidence and a show of respect. The first episode of the ninth season, ‘The City of New York...
  • Why does the 1970s get painted as such a bad decade?

    02/05/2024 3:40:25 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 180 replies
    BBC ^ | 4/16/12 | BBC
    Of all post-war decades, the 1970s has undoubtedly had the worst press, but the truth is that most ordinary families in 1970s Britain were better off than ever, writes historian Dominic Sandbrook. The 1950s are symbolised by the television and the washing machine, which transformed the lives of so many families. We misremember the 1960s as the decade of the Mini, which was actually invented in 1959, the mini-skirt, which surprisingly few women actually wore, and the Pill, which most women never took. We remember the 1980s as the decade of gigantic hair, shoulder-pads, the Filofax and the home...
  • The Greatest One-Hit Wonder Songs of the '70s

    02/05/2024 2:22:36 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 231 replies
    Ranker Music ^ | 1/1/24 | Ranker Music
    We see flash-in-the-pan artists come and go with every decade, but one-hit wonders of the '70s ironically always seem to stick around. For example, you’ve probably heard the classics “American Pie” by Don McLean or “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum despite not knowing any of their other songs or discography. Below, music lovers have ranked the greatest songs of the '70s by one hit wonders in order to increase awareness for them—and also because they kick ass. So if you like “American Pie” or “Spirit in the Sky,” you’re sure to love the other one hit wonders of...
  • The Texas Wheelers (1975) "The Widow"

    01/08/2024 7:12:52 PM PST · by ValleyofHope · 1 replies
    The early 70's tv show, starring Jack Elam and Gary Busey
  • Was the '70s the worst decade ever?

    12/12/2023 12:07:12 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 172 replies
    PennLive ^ | 6/23/15 | Julia Hatmaker
    While looking at the photos of the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972, it occurred to us that the 1970s were just awful. Worst decade ever.
  • 30 Best One-Hit Wonders of the ’70s (Favorite Picks)

    11/27/2023 10:55:30 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 164 replies
    Midder ^ | 5/30/23 | Will Fenton
    20. “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden” by Lynn Anderson
  • ABBA - Dancing Queen - Live in Australia 1977

    11/12/2023 2:37:04 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 45 replies
    ABBA ^ | 1977 | ABBA
    ABBA - Dancing Queen - Live in Australia 1977
  • The Most '70s Cars of the 1970s

    07/22/2023 6:14:14 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 139 replies
    Thrillst ^ | 11/29/15 | Aaron Miller
    You didn't have to be alive in the 1970s to know how crazy they were. John Travolta was disco dancing in bellbottoms and shag was a desirable feature for a rug, not just something you did on it. Serious news from Watergate and the war in Vietnam heavily impacted, well, everything, but ultimately didn't put a damper on style. The cars reflected all of it, from garish excess to the automotive dark ages when the Oil Crisis and the advent of emissions standards combined to cause as much muscle-car agony as Burt Reynolds selling his beloved Bandit. Some of the...
  • Player - Baby Come Back (1977) [youtube video link]

    07/15/2023 6:41:16 PM PDT · by FLNittany · 29 replies
    youtube.com ^ | 1977 | Player
    "Baby Come Back" is a song by the British-American rock band Player. It was released in late 1977 as the lead single from their 1977 self-titled debut album, and was the breakthrough single for the band, gaining them mainstream success, hitting #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the three consecutive weeks of January 14, 21 and 28, 1978 and #10 on the R&B charts in 1978.[4] Their biggest hit single, the song was written and performed by Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley, the founders of Player. As reported on the American Top 40 replay broadcast of November 5,...
  • CBS News-1975: A Television Album-WNAC Channel 7 complete broadcast

    06/01/2023 7:37:56 PM PDT · by ValleyofHope · 11 replies
    Nice historical time capsule of the year 1974-75
  • ELVIS PRESLEY’S STEPBROTHER REVEALS KING’S THOUGHTS ON KISS

    05/03/2023 1:26:10 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 22 replies
    Ultimate Classic Rock ^ | May 1, 2023 | Martin Kielty
    Elvis Presley’s stepbrother revealed what the King thought of Kiss when the pair listened to Alive! together. The moment took place around 1975, soon after Billy Stanley had seen a Kiss show for the first time and bought the album, then played it in the basement of Graceland. “I got it cranked up, playing air guitar,” Stanley told Artists on Record in a new interview. “Elvis comes down [and asks] ‘What are you listening to?’ ‘It’s a band called Kiss.’ … And I showed him the album cover and he said, ‘Uh … OK.’ He sat down on the couch,...
  • Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How 'the weirdo factor' rocked '76

    04/17/2023 3:29:23 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    ABC News ^ | April 15, 2023 | Bill Barrow
    Jimmy Carter’s Baptist faith was one of his calling cards in the 1976 presidential campaignJimmy Carter already had drawn months of media scrutiny as a devout Southern Baptist running for president. Then the 1976 Democratic nominee brought up sex and sin as he explained his religious faith to Playboy magazine. Carter was not misquoted. But he was certainly misunderstood, as his thoughts in the wide-ranging interview were reduced in the popular imagination to utterances about “lust” and “adultery.” Nearly a half-century later, as the 98-year-old Carter receives hospice care in the same south-Georgia home where he once spoke with...
  • She Gave Her Van a 1970s Overhaul, Shag Carpet Included

    04/15/2023 5:00:09 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 22 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | April 15, 2023 | A.J. Baime
    Soumaya Majout Bent was inspired by ‘That ’70s Show’ to turn her 1977 Dodge into a road-tripping rideSoumaya Majout Bent, 35, who lives in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and Santa Barbara, Calif., and is a student planning on opening a restaurant in Santa Barbara, on her 1977 Dodge custom van, as told to A.J. Baime. It was the week of my wedding, and my fiancé and I were driving in Chicago. We saw this van parked on a lawn with a “for sale” sign. I was always mentioning how I wanted a van to go road tripping. I yelled, “Stop the...
  • Rick Derringer - Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo (Official Audio)

    03/11/2023 4:10:15 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 9 replies
    Ric Derringer ^ | 1973 | Ric Derringer
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  • How Steely Dan Got Wayne Shorter to Play on 'Aja'

    03/06/2023 12:28:56 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 39 replies
    Far Out Magazine ^ | THU 2ND MAR 2023 | Tyler Golsen
    It was a jazz nerd’s dream come true: legendary Miles Davis and Weather Report saxophonist Wayne Shorter was coming into the studio to record on a song. Even better, it was a song that you wrote. Most rock musicians probably wouldn’t have known Shorter from a hole in the wall in 1977, but Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were no average rock musicians, and Steely Dan were no average rock band. Raised as jazz snobs on the east coast of the United States, Becker and Fagen had worked hard to push Steely Dan beyond their initial 1970s soft rock sound....
  • Five Reasons the Spinners Should Be in the Hall of Fame

    03/03/2023 1:22:50 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 27 replies
    Ultimate Classic Rock ^ | March 2, 2023 | Nick DeRiso
    The Spinners helped create the sound of an era with a parade of soul and pop hits beginning in 1973. Their music has lived on thanks to its sly sophistication, love-struck lyrics and timeless hooks. The lineup whittled down over the years to stalwart Henry Fambrough and a group of newer collaborators, but the songs – and memories of the camaraderie – remain: "The other guys are gone, but they're still with us any time we sing," Fambrough told Billboard. "This group's bigger than any one of us." After a slow start at Motown, the Spinners switched to Atlantic Records...
  • Steely Dan vs John Lennon: The Feud That Signified the End of The Beatles Era

    01/28/2023 11:27:55 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 124 replies
    Far Out Magazine ^ | SAT 21ST JAN 2023 | Tom Taylor
    “I still believe that love is all you need,” Paul McCartney continues to proclaim, “I don’t know a better message than that.” And yet John Lennon took that love-uber-alles ethos to such an extreme in the 1970s that even his old rose-tinted mate was retorting, “Too many people preaching practices.” So it’s no surprise that the sardonic duo in Steely Dan rolled their eyes when they heard the ‘Smart One’s’ prayer for peace with ‘Imagine’ and a string of pious talk show appearances in the early 1970s. Steely Dan’s bold response to Lennon’s all-white evangelism signified that the prominent days...
  • Gas Shortages in 1970s America Sparked Mayhem and Forever Changed the Nation

    12/28/2022 3:40:33 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 52 replies
    Smithsonian ^ | 5/13/21 | Livia Gershon
    Half a century ago, a series of oil crises caused widespread panic and led to profound shifts in U.S. culture
  • 70 best things about the 1970s - how many of these do you remember?

    12/22/2022 2:50:39 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 307 replies
    The Mirror ^ | 2/11/16 | Mirror.co.uk
    It was a decade that spawned the Sex Pistols and the Vietnam War, platform shoes and Saturday Night Fever. The Seventies also gave us The Godfather and Space Hoppers but those glam rock years will forever live in the shadow of the Swinging Sixties.