WOW this site is great! Ya know, I hated bell bottoms. LOVED corduroys, moon
shoes and Jack Purcell's, anything else was "fish heads". What about Emergency!
on Saturday Nights? Little House on the Prairie and once a year we all gathered
round the television to watch Wizard of Oz with our jiffy pop popcorn. How
many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootside pop? lick..1 lick..2
lick...3 CRUNCH I guess the world will never know. How about Mr. Yuck Stickers,
dissecting frogs in 7th grade. Rainbow Shirts with the 3/4 sleeves, rainbow
started on one side, went across your chest and ended on the other. Games
you played in the street with your friends until the street lights came on.
Crank Phone Calls and knocking on doors and running. Roller Skating every
night and Robin, you look like your from DC area - how about Ocean City MD?
Those were the days. Thanks for bringing it all back.
Tangee Taylor
Robin says: I look like I am from DC? Is it that obvious?
*S*
Visit my Ocean City,
Maryland page, "my favorite place on earth"!
I searched with the phrase "bertha butt" hoping to find a Jimmy Castor Bunch
site, found you....anyway... I remember my brother chanting "DISCO SUCKS!"
A lot of bad music. A lot of bad fashions. I was born in '66. I had managed
to purge much of this from my memories. Thanks, a lot.
--your radio friend, Bat
Guano
I know you can't name all groups of 70's but we were kind of partial to the
Charlie Daniels Band down here in the 70's.
Billy Joe McBride -Wicksburg Alabama
How can you call your site complete without mention of the silliest fad ever--
Pet Rocks?!?!??!!! Remember everyone getting page-boy haircuts because of
Dorothy Hamill! How about the frequent beach closings because of 'shark
sightings'? And who can possibly forget Star Wars [there really aren't any
other movies in that series-- the others are merely poor reflections]?
Mike R
( --pppsssst! Pet Rocks are listed, you just didn't look hard enough. I still
have my original instruction manual! -Robin)
I'm 3 years younger, really just searched Robin on the web, site looked cool.
Do remember clackers they were two glass balls attached by a string made
noise probably reason why parents drank taken off the market because they
sometimes exploded.
Robin Sukley
Hi Robin. I absolutely love your site...reminds me how many are the ties
that bind us youth of the 70's together. It had to have been THE best time
to be an adolescent. I was a h.s. freshman in the fall of '70 and a college
freshman just as disco got underway (in Nebraska where the drinking age was
19 no less!). So I have such great memories. Remember the first earth day
in 1970? "Chokers"? Bubble Rings? "Babe" and Love's Lemon Scent colognes?
Razzle gum? In college on choir tour girls would fight for mirror space so
they could bring their Farrah Fawcett feathered hair back to life with their
curling irons (that had steam!). Michael Myers began his reign of terror
in Haddonfield while Carrie made those of us who DIDN'T attend our senior
proms feel a little less disappointed. Wes Craven really knew how to scare
us back then with "Last House on the Left" and "The Hills Have Eyes". And
do you suppose Meredith Baxter has any regrets about portraying the sister
of a killer rat's best friend? I'm wondering if anybody else knew hiking
boots back then as "waffle stompers" or "sh*t kickers". Hey! I can still
tap out a small portion of that super long drum solo on "In-A-Gada-Da-Vida".
Finally, here are a few more musicians and groups to add to the list... Gerry
Rafferty, Genesis, Dionne Warwick, Styx, Little River Band, Seal and Croft,
Barry Manilow, John Denver, Simon and Garfunkel, Jennifer Warnes, Captain
and Tennille, The Fifth Dimension, Joni Mitchell, Janice Joplin, Boz Skaggs,
and who could forget Leo Sayer!
Irene
Boehm
Robin says: My favorite was playing air drums to Stairway to Heaven. Was?
I STILL DO IT! I am older, but I'm not dead yet!! lol I LOVE to embarrass
my kids. heehee!
How did you get here: Crescendo Cool Site
Comments: Love your site! What memories! I grew up not far from you, in the
Valley...graduated Grant High School in 1977. Yes, it was a great time to
be young! I used to wear earth shoes and cordaroy bell bottoms; cruise Van
Nuys on Wednesdays; Hang out at My Uncles Disco on Van Nuys...Summer nights
were long, the beach was warm...and yes, Grunyun did run in Malibu!!!
RayK
Comments: Hi! I think your website is really very great. It's among the best
on the web. I'm 14 years old, and I am doing a school project on the "hippie
lifestyle" from '65-'75. I was wondering if you could give me a few
pointers...Thanks!
Clara Rhee
Well.. I wasn't born yet, but looking back, I think I would really have enjoyed
the 70s. Great music, funky clothes, and long hair was in. Woo.
Maia
Hi Robin! My name is Kelli, I'm 28 years old, and I am so glad and happy
to have been a child of the '70s!! It was so much fun growing up in those
days. Like you said, it was a great time to be young. You said it all!! Remember
all those great game shows? I just adored Richard Dawson. Not to mention
Bob Barker when his hair was dark! And, yes, I remember the Bertha Butt Boogie!!
They played it on the radio a while back, and I taped it. Even the evening
news was a ritual. Walter Cronkite was a fixture in my home. So was his constant
substitute, Roger Mudd. What a name. I watched all the terrific shows, enjoyed
all the great music, and wore the cool clothes. The '70s is my very favorite
decade, and you've done a wonderful job honoring, and remembering it. Thank
you so much. It means a lot. Keep up the good work!
Kelli N
Do you remember the Mike Douglas Show or Robert Frost?
Anthony Matz
Hey Robin, your 70's page is great! I just sat here laughing because I remember
all this stuff! I'm 33 and grew up in a family of 7 kids total so I have
lots of great memories...here are some of them: The bubble gum cigarettes
that had a sugary coating and had paper around them. You could give it one
good blow and it looked like smoke coming out the end! Pants and jeans that
went by no other name but farmer jeans, bell bottoms and carpenter pants.
Tube tops. Bands such as KISS, Boston, Nazareth, Grand Funk Railroad, Bread,
Three Dog Night, ELO, Firefall, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Gloria Gaynor.
Songs such as: Calling Dr.Love, Party, Love Hurts, American Band, Joy to
the World, You are the woman, Million Dollar Baby, I Will Survive, etc. Remember
the Mermaid in the Chicken of the Sea Tuna commercial? "Ask any mermaid ya
happen to see, whats the best tuna, Chicken of the Sea!" The KISS commercials
for the KISS dolls. TV shows such as The Streets of San Francisco, Kojak,
ZOOM (box 350 Boston MASS, 02134), The New Zoo Revue, Wonder Dog, Chiller
Theater, The Magic Garden (This is a garden of make believe, a magical garden
of make believe where flowers chuckle and birds play tricks and the magic
tree grows lollipop sticks). Toys such as Barbie camper, Barbie ship, Barbie
airplane, Supersize Barbie, computerized Merlin game, big radio headphones,
banana seat bikes.
Thanks for the great memories and laughs! I'll probably remember a ton more
after I send this to you!
Michelle
Man did you bring back some great memories. I found myself smiling and feeling
like a kid again. Those were two very great decades. I found it amazing how
all that you mentioned made me feel like like there were no differences between
you and I. There was one thing I noticed you didn't include tho'. Remember
how we all got the bejabbers scared out of us when "The Exorcist" came out.
Remember all the hoopla involved....the very long lines at the theaters....people
throwing up.....it seemed like there was always something being said on the
television, radio, or the newspapers about it. Keep bringing those memories.
Lotv@aol.com
Thanks Robin.... 40 years old. Single dad of disabled 9 year old son. You
gave me a few minutes to remember when life was much easier.
I think my best teenage memory of the 70's was definitely the music. The
80's wasn't too bad and the 90's sucked, but there has never been music like
back then. Oh also, YOUNG LOVE - wasn't it magical?
Joe
Your 60's / 70's pages are unbelievably great! I remember: when TV shows
in color would say "in living color" in the late 60's (I am 42). Getting
our first color TV in 1970. What about Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans?
Remember the Huntley / Brinkley report (evening news)? The Outer Limits?
What about the (70s) song "Things Get a Little Easier, Once you understand"
that was banned because it was so controversial? Remember when getting food
right away (at McDonald's) was neat because it was fast! They only had 5
billion (maybe it was million) sold then (now 100 billion I think). What
about "Brylcreme, a little dab'll do ya"? Remember sitting around watching
them launch space rockets (such as Gemini or Apollo) In fact, I appreciate
so much your EXCELLENT page, I am attaching an audio clip of the launch of
Apollo 13 which you may use (350K)......I taped this using a tape recorder
in 1969 and just recently converted it to a PC data file. I have a few old
ads on tape - one is an ad for USED tires sold by Firestone - if you can
imagine.....Thanks again for a great job!!
Kent S
(I have zipped the Apollo launch to 114kb, download
here.-Robin)
"Rich Girl" by Hall & Oates
"The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace
"Billy Don't Be A Hero" by whoever did that
Don Lee
Great site Robin...your 70's page is hysterical! Love the platform shoes...my
sister
wore them to highschool in the 70's and I wore the same ones to high school
in the early 80's! Too funny!
Michelle
Cool photos of you when you were young. (Babe!)
Anyway, *I* remember the Bertha Butt Boogie. The first time I heard it I
was standing outside of High School with my pal Mike. I couldn't believe
those lyrics...
Wes
My favorite poster of my teen years.
(actually the only one that slipped by my mom)
GRUMPY HIPPIES SMOKE CRAB GRASS
Do you remember Opp-Yopps? These were toys that were based on the old homemade
toy, (a button on a loop of string.) Instead of a button, they put two disks
on a loop of string. When you put tension on the string, it caused the disks
to spin and clack together. I believe they came out around the time the whizzer
tops came out.
Katie McShea
Remember clackers? Ouch!!! Do schools today still have study hall? I saw
"Styx" the other night on local PBS channel. It felt comforting to know that
they have aged along with me. My wife -- who is 10 years my junior -- had
never in nine years of marriage seen me cry before until they played "Come
Sail Away." She wanted to know why I would cry over a song. I told her she
just wouldn't understand. People in their early twenties call me an old fart
but I tell them, "yes, your right but "---dammit! I was young and I had one
hell of a time. There's is no way kids today can even come close to the great
times we had!!! Sonra gorusuriz (Turkish for "see ya later."
Timothy Mott
I have all kinds of 70s references in my poems. Here's how to get there if
you'd like
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/3852/schumant.html
I was born in '63, just in time to catch all of the Beatles. I was a month
old when Kennedy died. Actually, I wish I had been born a little sooner.
As Shaun Cassidy said, "We gave it our all, our heart and soul, for the
generation younger than rock and roll." He was an under-rated songwriter.
Either that or I'm gay... He was an under-rated songwriter.
Hey Robin, Great memories! I was still in grade school for most of the 70's,
but the songs, the fashion, the commercials, the sayings all are as clear
as yesterday. I most liked the fasions that were popular, especially for
women, halter tops, lip gloss, bellbottom jeans always bring me back to crushes,
1st kisses etc. What a time to have lived, too bad we can't go back. Thanks
for sharing.
John
