I am 16 years old (born in 2002) and I would give anything to have been born in the late 50s, be a child in the 60s a teenager in the 70s and an adult in the 80s. You guys have no idea how lucky you are.
@fatamorgana8939
6 жыл бұрын
who's to say you cant still do these things we old folks did as kids? With a bit of imagination you can do the same..have a movie night once a week at home with family and friends, pop some popcorn, order a pizza and sit around and talk to one another with no cell phones or laptops on ( you can survive without them, trust me lol ). Arrange for a skating night on friday or saturday with your friends (if there's a local skating rink around your area), have a campfire evening in your back yard where you, family and friends sit about (again with no laptops or cell phones on ) and roast marshmallows, talk and joke around. On sunny days put down the cell phones, laptops and game controllers and go outside, play softball or play frisbee with your friends in the park, go ride a bike around your neighborhood with your friends and hang out at each others houses and talk (again no cell phones or lap tops on)...things like that havent really changed, whats changed is that small hand held computer that is distracting you from doing this stuff.
@thelittlerose6732
6 жыл бұрын
Dianna McInnes fires are illegal where i live..
@none5526
6 жыл бұрын
...an adult in the 80s. Became an adult in the 80's. Not really so great. Of course, I've always had "personal problems" to contend with. However, lots of adults in the 80's were getting laid off.
@stevehenrichs5091
5 жыл бұрын
YEP! THEY WERE GREAT TIMES.
@tgtrout
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah we do.
@johnd4348
3 жыл бұрын
I was a kid in 70's. Rode my bike all over town, Parents never knew where we were or cared. Only rule was be home by dark.
@BAM-jc7uy
3 жыл бұрын
Same her in Albuq., I would get up early, get on my bike and travel all over NW albuq to corrales or SW albuq...alone. I would ride through dirt rural roads and under cotton wood trees.....If I got thirsty, I stopped at a filling station and drank water from the black water hose (filled radiators) next to the air for tires and gasoline pumps. No money, no lunch...I would get home before supper, all hungry, and no one would ask where I had been, etc. I was loved, I was first born and a girl...a kid in the 50s. I rode a green and white Schwinn with old fashion white wall tires and a white saddle seat, and wide fenders. I could carry a passenger on my back fender, or on the handle bars, or as they sat on the seat and I stood up pedaling. Yeah, and I did ride and turn corners "no hands." Like you, an understood rule was, be home by supper time (home before dark.)
@jeffreymeyers554
3 жыл бұрын
... come home when the street lights go on
@bam8700
3 жыл бұрын
When we wanted to stay out I'd throw a rock and take care of the streetlight.
@BAM-jc7uy
3 жыл бұрын
@@bam8700 you're bad..a JD(juvey delinq). 🤣✔
@jameswood231
3 жыл бұрын
I remember those days of riding my Red Schwinn Stingray with the banana seat, sissy bar and long handlebars. Nothing cooler than that. Rode all over my childhood neighborhood, going to the woods, playing and swimming in the creek with my black lab "Snoopy," playing ball until Mom called me home for supper, before dark. What I would give, Just to hear her sweet voice calling my name again. Memories...
@szqsk8
5 жыл бұрын
I'm crying watching this. I was 13 years old in 1971. I remember all of these things and what a great time it was in this country. My husband (who was born on 1949) passed away two months ago and this video along with the great song My Sweet Lord just has me awash in memories and tears. So much time, so much water under the bridge. Thanks for the memories.
@charlesritter6640
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry about your loss. This video made me sad and happy at the same time.
@777Ryank
4 жыл бұрын
szqsk8 So sorry for your loss
@A711-m1d
4 жыл бұрын
Bless your heart....I was told once that time is our medicine .... I don't know if that helps, but there is not much we can do but be grateful we had the time we had with them, it sounds like you are grateful .
@anndarnell9725
4 жыл бұрын
I told my sister wasn't 71 I was 17
@sherrimiller5258
3 жыл бұрын
I hope you’re in the process of learning to live without your spouse. I can’t even imagine. We lost our twenty seven year old son to suicide nearly two years ago. It’s devastating. We’ve learned to accept things will never be the same again. We have good days and bad days. I’m sure it’s the same for you. I hope you have children and other loved ones around to support you. I said a prayer for you. God bless...
@1rdrain
3 жыл бұрын
When people ask me if I'm having fun I always say I stopped having fun in the 70's! Go class of '74.
@ShoutItFromTheHousetops
3 жыл бұрын
‘75 here 👍🏼
@GoGreen1977
3 жыл бұрын
1973!!
@billsimms2511
3 жыл бұрын
Haha fun can still be had as an adult but it’s not the same type of fun we had as a kid or teen. The mindset as a teenager id kill to get back..
@garyvon1736
3 жыл бұрын
Are you related to Big Joe Drain
@catherinemcclelland7664
3 жыл бұрын
My older sister graduated in 1973. I was only 3 years old. I remember her graduation party.
@skynet1678
4 жыл бұрын
I lived in those times as a teenager, rich in life, didn’t need money.
@RippSnortin
4 жыл бұрын
Isn't it weird how we could do stuff with almost no money.
@LiPo5000
4 жыл бұрын
@@RippSnortin A "Shovel", an AXE, or a Basketball, these were "our" toy's!
@deepwaterescue4u
4 жыл бұрын
Good times back then
@annamariapiotrowicz511
4 жыл бұрын
i was teenager in 1990's no interent we have make own fun by recording music from redio watching 80's repeats on tvv with tv adds renting DVD's if you wanted to watch new movies with no tv adds i used buses to go to a music shop buy CD's walked walked to the cemias/movies
@rickshanteau3211
3 жыл бұрын
You got that right Sky Net. I was 16 in 1976. You really didn't need alot of money. It was about hanging out with your friends. That's what we considered being rich. Loved my life back then. Have you watched Dazed and Confused. They pretty much nailed my teenage years.
@stripervince1
4 жыл бұрын
Loved everything about 71. Great year for cars, music, television movies and America. Wish I had a time machine
@9q7a5z
4 жыл бұрын
You do have a time machine, its called music!
@aspenrebel
4 жыл бұрын
Oh year best year for cars, Cuz in '73 they started to screw them up. But not so great with Vietnam War.
@pierretrembacz7783
4 жыл бұрын
1970 and a away we are
@jimmyarmijo792
4 жыл бұрын
I was 11 in 1971. My dad was in the US Navy stationed at NAS Lemoore. Man, for me the 1970s was a blast. My favorite year was my 7th grade. 1973/74. I was in Cadets, a junior ROTC programme. I kinda discovered girls that year. My neighbor gave me a stack of Playboys. I put them in a grocery bag, stashed in a empty shed (the house was empty), when I came back they were gone! I discovered also Led Zeppelin. Also Grand Funk Railroad, KISS, Elton John, Deep Purple. And I managed to graduate in 1979. Almost didn't. My buddy told me, in our senior year, Go check your records. When I talked to my councillor he said You don't have enough credits to graduate. Well, a first period and one night class. I wore my purple gown and graduated The Lemoore Class of 1979!
@Tom-kn6sr
4 жыл бұрын
Except for Vietnam, the 70s were great.
@jbird4754
4 жыл бұрын
I almost “love you” for posting the essence our childhood condensed in just a few minutes❣️🙏
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty lovable, Julie, despite what my ex-wife says.
@wendinixon1609
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this. I graduated high school in 1970. 😎
@JonathanMcKey
3 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix PFFT.
@BUBBA808
4 жыл бұрын
One of the best decades for music! ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Creedence Clearwater Revival, BEE GEES, Electric Light Orchestra!
@DHarri9977
3 жыл бұрын
Of course Beatles, Three Dog Night, Blood, Sweat, and Tears, The Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Edgar Winter Group, Deep Purple, Queen, Led Zepplin so many others were just coming on to the scene in the early '70s.
@thankthelord4536
3 жыл бұрын
Yall must be white.
@BUBBA808
3 жыл бұрын
@@thankthelord4536 yeah I’m white. So? Are you white or are you black and just listen to shitty mumble rap?
@MegaFiona9
3 жыл бұрын
You can't forget the Doobie Brothers or Crosby, Stills and Nash!
@DHarri9977
3 жыл бұрын
@@MegaFiona9 You forgot Neil Young
@carobinsonrobinson3109
5 жыл бұрын
I would like to buy a ticket to the 1970s please!
@jjabblePlayStation
5 жыл бұрын
And one more for the 80's please;)
@bondoman2k
5 жыл бұрын
I lived this! in 1971 I was 14, growing up in a small town in the Midwest with two older brothers, one older sister, and two younger sisters. Dad worked at a factory making tools and machinery parts, Mom worked at a factory too (a furniture making factory) and took care of us kids. Some of the stores were the same as the video, some not. For the most part, this video is spot on! Sad part is..there are no tickets available anymore! :/
@mmojorissen
5 жыл бұрын
You can buy a ticket in the form of blotter acid- that might take back for a few hours. However, at this age... I don't recommend it.
@mmojorissen
5 жыл бұрын
@greenmean1 Yes... how I do remember "window pane" and hash!!
@savannahcanfield7134
5 жыл бұрын
Same!
@angelasmith7912
4 жыл бұрын
Magical times!! 🦄 There was something special about the 70’s that can never be repeated, including the superb and real music 🎵
@annamariapiotrowicz511
4 жыл бұрын
in 2020 you still listen to 70's music on interent brings back memberies of good and bad things
@kenmows4u338
6 жыл бұрын
70's were the best times of my life, appreciate your taking me back to a better time..
@Mmewster
6 жыл бұрын
ME too the 70's were the best.. was n my teens, drving around in a VW bug with all my girlfriend,, and topless, we were wild Calif hippie young girls
@daithio.7378
6 жыл бұрын
Mmewster I just left a comment saying I wish I was a teenager in the 70s instead of being born then, a 71 baby 👶☘👍.
@daithio.7378
6 жыл бұрын
Mmewster And topless 😱😱😱😱😭😭😭😭 I want a time machine boobs 📸😂👍.
@TWBlack
6 жыл бұрын
Absodamnlutely miiiiiiine too!!!!
@sixmile2360
6 жыл бұрын
@@Mmewster The car was topless or you were?
@tharithotaur1366
3 жыл бұрын
My father would have been 8 years old that year, but it gives myself (19 as of 2020) a view into a time I never lived through. I love the addition of text for your specific memories. Great video!
@FredFlix
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@charlesatlas9123
4 жыл бұрын
I am so fortunate to have lived in that time. It really was fun and exiting. I will always cherish my teen years.
@gilliankingston8259
3 жыл бұрын
Do you think it was to do with being a teenager at the time, or was the world really a different place then?
@charlesatlas9123
3 жыл бұрын
@@gilliankingston8259 For me, it had to do with both being a teenager and also things were different back then. I don't know how old you are, but if you are a teenager, life for you will be different when you become older. In fact, things will be different in five, ten, twenty years from now. If youtube is still around in twenty years, you might be answering this same question to someone else and maybe you will remember these words I am writing to you. Always remember, sing like no one is listening, dance like no one is watching and love like you've never been hurt.(my present poster on my wall lol)
@joancook8454
3 жыл бұрын
@@gilliankingston8259 , BOTH!
@gilliankingston8259
3 жыл бұрын
@@charlesatlas9123 Yes, I understand, my teenage was in the 70's,10 through to 20, '70 to '80 in the UK; I wouldn't mind being a couple of decades younger but not a teenager in the modern world, I'm sure it used to be simpler, there wasn't the confusion about what it was to be a Man or Woman as there seems to be today.🙂🌹
@charlesatlas9123
3 жыл бұрын
@@gilliankingston8259 I agree.
@cheryldimanno1314
5 жыл бұрын
The best time growing up. Such a different world then.
@threexladi
5 жыл бұрын
It was this awkward conflict between the 'heads' and the 'squares.' Then the grown men finally grew their hair a bit (along with muttonchop sideburns), and began wearing 'flares', in plaid waffle-weave polyester. Ladies - remember when mini skirts came out, but we still wore garters & stockings? Very few women/girls wore slacks. Jeans hard to find. (Age 63.)
@jodysanders1111
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Times were simpler then and you created your own type of adventure in life. Growing up the area I live in was very rural and spread out. You could walk down the road for hours and not see any cars.( And chances are if you did,you probably knew them.) Now days every thing is connected,full of mindless" get out of my way",idiots. Yeah, I miss the way it used to be.
@JohnDoe-cd6ro
5 жыл бұрын
@shillslayer Not even close. It's slowly but progressively getting worse. Almost the same. Not quite.
@rayframe3812
3 жыл бұрын
In 1968 I started high school. My dad told me this is the best time of my life. I did not believe him. I was drafted in 1972. I was scared to death after seeing the nightly news and seeing all the body bags.
@wtfisgoinonhere2329
3 жыл бұрын
Those were the days, Sex an Drugs and Rock N Roll by Ian Dury ! Love the 70's and I always say, if I could go back in time, it would be the 70's and I'd take today's weed back with me!
@rebeccaaustin3065
4 жыл бұрын
Gosh, Western Auto, A&P, drive-ins, cassette player/recorder....I remember all of this. Great job putting this video together. Took me back for a few minutes to a wonderful time in my life!
@rvmagnum5415
2 жыл бұрын
I was 16 in 71 also, I miss those days . Didn't know how special they were until I got older. your video brought back so many memories , brought tears to my eyes. Thank you .
@susanjohnson7679
5 жыл бұрын
Everything today is overwhelming. Not even time for reflecting, nothing. Makes me homesick for the days when there was more time. Love your videos
@jackjeffrey6180
5 жыл бұрын
I live in Canada and was born in 1956 so even though the stores, restaurants and other things were different , things were much the same for me and my friends. It would be great to be able to go back even for one day and be an angst ridden teen with nothing really to worry about other than “does she like me as much as I like her.”. Keep up the good work with these trips down memory lane!
@sherripaterson4690
5 жыл бұрын
I'm Canadian, too, and was wondering about some of those stores, but so very similar to my experience, too, even though I was born in 1967.
@clutchcargo2419
5 жыл бұрын
Best of times !!!
@danielethier2015
4 жыл бұрын
I still remember my uncle coming over for a late evening visit, he knocked at the door and when greeted he asked...why was the door locked..what would happen if there was an emergency and somebody had to get in to save you. Those truly were the days
@richardgarcia6520
3 жыл бұрын
For sure, my aunt's and uncles would open the door and yell"we're here" . We only lock the door before we went to bed.
@jameswood231
3 жыл бұрын
@@richardgarcia6520 Very seldom did we lock our doors when I was a boy growing up in the late 60's and into the mid 70's. Living in the Flint Michigan area. Left my bike and toys outside. Folks left the cars unlocked, sometimes the keys left in the ignition. Windows opened. Wasn't a big deal where we lived.😊👍
@blur_is_myworld6022
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, George Harrison, what a beautiful masterpiece of a song you made.
@usmc-veteran73-77
4 жыл бұрын
Fred we are the same age. I remember all of this. I lived in Charleston, West Virginia, 3 bedroom 1 bath house, with 3 kids. Love to return to the 70s, and see Mom & Dad just one more time.
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, just wish I could talk 5 minutes with each of them.
@usmc-veteran73-77
4 жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix just 5 minutes would be great. My Mother would do all the talking, and thats OK. Dad was very quite; because he said; he loved just listening to my Mom. Lol
@pamelahsmithsmith2366
4 жыл бұрын
I lived in Nitro, WV and moved to Charleston SC in 67 and graduated from Middleton High school 1972. The only thing I do not miss was NOT having A.C in my school...papers sticking to my arms..hair all sweaty..LOL.I would give up AC just to go back too..
@lightningblue648
4 жыл бұрын
Born in the 80s but also from WV. It was a great place from what my parents and other family told me. Really sad what’s happened there even since I was a kid till now. I have great memories of watching Mr. Cartoon on WSAZ and going to Camden Park. Always great connecting with people from WV.
@SG-tf1fx
4 жыл бұрын
Moody blues NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN..Guess who..Bee Gee..Swimming and rollerscating..record hops Wednesday night.
@justincase3320
4 жыл бұрын
Who remembers using a book of matches wedged under a 8 track cassette tape to keep it from double tracking?
@veritasvexillifer6597
4 жыл бұрын
I do
@pamelabacker2420
4 жыл бұрын
I remember using a pencil, to rewind the tape, after the recorder ate it! Lol!
@anndarnell9725
4 жыл бұрын
My brother did that s*** my dad used to have a heart attack when he did that but it always worked
@morrisonAV
4 жыл бұрын
I sure do....folded up piece of paper...whatever was handy.
@Eagle269Ubet
4 жыл бұрын
I used a comb!
@rayquesada506
7 жыл бұрын
I was 15 in 1971, we never locked the doors at night, all cars had AM radio only, no A/C needed, (grew up in West (by God) Viriginia). Great rock and roll music every where. Best decade of music. Those were the days!
@rayquesada506
6 жыл бұрын
Ken Lompart Yeah, and the little sport glass windows pointed in towards you. Miss those days.
@waldoparsnip1025
6 жыл бұрын
yeah , we had to blow $19.95 at Radio Shack for an FM converter !
@strawberryseason
6 жыл бұрын
We locked our house doors at night, but never our car doors. We also didn't lock our house doors when we went out during the day.
@jpturner171
3 жыл бұрын
Brings back many memories.... thank you. Little did I know that in two years I’d be walking through rice patties in Vietnam.🤔 But these photos bring back great memories.
@michaelfiguly1654
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service ❤️
@heavenhelpus479
3 жыл бұрын
I was just barely too young to go. I would have gone to Canada anyway since I hated losing a fight. Hands were tied behind our backs.
@jpturner171
3 жыл бұрын
@Ami Thomas Thanks for the kind words Ami,,, That experience made me appreciate this great land we live in! 🇺🇸 God bless you and all the protect us.🙏🏽
@elipadilla8186
4 жыл бұрын
Does anybody have a time machine miss those years when people cared and respected each other 😥
@insertnamehere5146
4 жыл бұрын
i think you are looking back through rose tinted lenses. its just that you were a teenager then. The 70s were just as violent as today. I was a teenager in the 70s with no responsibilities. like you i am now older with lots of responsibilities but i would rather stay in 2020.
@elipadilla8186
4 жыл бұрын
Ok how many mass shootings was there in the 70s
@chrisevans9553
4 жыл бұрын
No mass shootings, just a few fights after school. Nobody wanted to shoot anybody.
@insertnamehere5146
4 жыл бұрын
@@chrisevans9553 *cough* IRA
@gregbernstein6430
4 жыл бұрын
insert name here What was so violent about the 70’s?
@suebennett9347
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks..... I remember those days 60s and the 70s were awesome and I would not trade them for anything in todays world.
@stevefranklin8052
6 жыл бұрын
very cool,I was 12. remember that summer well! Carol kings Tapestry album was big that summer too. Frost free fridges came out in the early 60s.we got a big Sears FROSTLESS SPACEMASTER , we were in. awe that it truly never needed defrosting!! Had it from 67 till 89, never broke down but rust spots started to appear on the outside door, was rusting from the inside out!! lol. I started 7th grade that September, yeah, was a great summer.
@guyazbell8169
6 жыл бұрын
sue bennett Man I,m so dang glad I ain't a kid today, with the police state constant surveillance dwindling wild areas only a stupid phone for entertainment so so sad for kids today😣
@julenepegher6999
3 жыл бұрын
My Sweet Lord, when I picture heaven I picture the 70’s. The Greatest Times to be a teen and the Best music ever! I’d go back in a heartbeat.
@cornville2
7 жыл бұрын
I wish we could all go back..People now a days suck. I will always love those days the most.
@joycedistler4332
6 жыл бұрын
azmonkey mann me too. Teary eyed
@Mmewster
6 жыл бұрын
I feel exactly like you do,
@commodityjane
6 жыл бұрын
People sucked then too, get real
@weirdshibainu
5 жыл бұрын
I turned 16 in 1974. Best summer of my life. I had chores as we lived in a rural area. Up at 5, do chores until 6 when mom would cook a huge breakfast. More chores until noon. Jump on my dirt bike and go riding with my friends on logging roads, smoke a joint and snorkel in the river, jump off bridges into clear water, swim all day. Go home for dinner and shower. Go cruising and eat junk food. Play pool and go home. Put black sabbath on the turntable and fall asleep. Up at 5 again. Sat. and Sunday were days off from chores. Ride motorcycles, swim, get high. First summer I ever asked a girl out on a real date. I remember standing on her front porch, nervous as hell. I was very polite and her parents liked me. My mother taught me manners. I'll never forget how beautiful she looked, her blonde hair radiant in the evening sun as I walked her to the car. We hung out the rest of the summer. She'd ride on the back of my motorcycle and we'd go to secret swimming holes. It was a blast. The 70s were the best. Thanks for the posting.
@aspenrebel
5 жыл бұрын
"Black Sabbath"??? OMG!!
@rickbennett1292
5 жыл бұрын
The good ole days when people had compassion and curtesy for each other ..... 😞
@threexladi
5 жыл бұрын
Now we have Homeowners Associations. No compassion for seniors on SSI who can't do much.
@aspenrebel
5 жыл бұрын
Where the hell did you grow up? None of that was around here, back then.
@rickbennett1292
5 жыл бұрын
@@aspenrebel that's real obvious by your inhuman response ...... Sad
@aspenrebel
5 жыл бұрын
@@rickbennett1292 How was my response "inhuman"? (Do you even know what that word actually means and how it is to be used?). I'm stating a FACT!! In 1971, '70's, people did NOT have compassion and courtesy for others .... around here!!! But that may in fact be "Sad".
@rickbennett1292
5 жыл бұрын
@@aspenrebel I guarantee you never had an inclination of what I speak of 😂
@strongheart8
3 жыл бұрын
The “convenience “ of today’s cell-phone driven world has trivialised life, not enhanced it.
@kevindickson2178
3 жыл бұрын
information is worthless now.
@AMetalheadsJourney
3 жыл бұрын
I wasn't alive but I agree because when everybody has the same information then nothing is special anymore. As others said, information is useless now!
@3360274
3 жыл бұрын
yeah sometimes I forget mine and keep driving...thinking about how many years I lived without one of those POS.
@brt5273
3 жыл бұрын
Information is still valuable, but mass misinformation, trivia and trolling has created a deluge. I used to think how wonderful that everyone has a potential platform to voice from, but it never occured to me that so many would use it as a source of chaotic polution to obscure and destroy.
@AMetalheadsJourney
3 жыл бұрын
@@brt5273 That's the issue, everybody has a voice and most of the people don't have anything worthwhile to say or post. So what we have today is content saturation because every single person is encouraged to themselves out there on YT and other formats. And then you have fake news. You have no clue what is real, what is concocted or what is valid. The media tends to push the viewpoint they like.
@randythompson1957
4 жыл бұрын
It makes me feel sorry for today's youth. Technology has screwed the world over.
@ruffus7287
4 жыл бұрын
Ya but today we have utube and it’s free it’s like going on trip and never leaving the house
@randythompson1957
4 жыл бұрын
@Ray Be kind to others, it goes a long way Racism is a tool used by the Democrat socialist liberal nutjob zombies. As racism is danger of dying, the Democrats will figure out a way to revive it. They can't survive without racism and they are giving it chest compressions daily.
@randythompson1957
4 жыл бұрын
@@slyack That is a very admirable attitude you have , to be happy with what you have. You would have really loved it 40 years ago. 😂🤣😂
@thomasn8566
4 жыл бұрын
@@slyack First off you're starting your comment with a somewhat insult with "boomers". What you are really missing and never having experienced is a "high trust" society or neighborhood, weather it be black or white. No doors needed to be locked and kids could be out after dark with no worries of "problems" . The terms of car jacking, drive by shootings or (especially) home invasions did not exist. I am sorry for your generation as you are going to have to deal with the aftermath. If you think it's going to be just fine well then you are sadly mistaken.
@LiPo5000
4 жыл бұрын
@@ruffus7287 "UTube" is my main "hobby", or whatever you call it! I love all the documentaries, especially the ones related to current everyday life!
@MetalDad62
5 жыл бұрын
The 70s were a great time, especially the summer of 76. Damn I miss the 70s.
@aspenrebel
4 жыл бұрын
Wasn't that "The Summer of '42"? Making out in the dunes of The Cape.
@insertnamehere5146
4 жыл бұрын
i also grew up in the 70s had a great time like you. I now have family, commitments and work so the past looks a better place. in reality I would not want to go back.
@KnightOnBaldMountain
4 жыл бұрын
The Bicentennial Year! When it was cool to be an American. Now, if you celebrate being an American you’re called a racist xenophobe.
@coreyray531
4 жыл бұрын
I was born on the bicentennial day...I have a 1776-1976 wall.
@dawnwheeler2649
4 жыл бұрын
Dale Wells amen!! Class of ‘76! Bicentennial graduation. never thought I’d be one of those old farts looking back at “the good old days” but man, they really were. Give anything to snap my fingers and be back in high school
@sifuanthonytarasca1686
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memories. It was great growing up in that era, especially when we see what our world has now become.
@aspenrebel
5 жыл бұрын
But then came ..... DISCO!!! .... GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
@rickbennett1292
5 жыл бұрын
😂
@josephhymel8075
4 жыл бұрын
Who Remembers Fizzies? Those Round Flavoured Tablets You Dropped In A Cold Glass Of Water And Watched Them Fizz!!! Think Of It As Flavored Alka-Seltzer!! LOL!!!
@mrbill517
4 жыл бұрын
Root beer was my favorite
@miriambarnett2782
4 жыл бұрын
I loved fizzies!!
@taco2k3
4 жыл бұрын
Grape Fizzies!!!
@JimmyT132
4 жыл бұрын
Maria From California : totally different era. Unlocked houses, and we hung out with friends all day, and kept out of trouble. Our neighbors knew us and we trusted them. I was 12 going on 13, about to start 8th grade in September, and got my wardrobe tips from Keith Partridge and Greg Brady. One day, we were bored and decided to go to the beach which entailed crossing an international border into Canada. We put on swimming trunks, got on a bus headed downtown, got off at a bus stop nearest to the bridge and walked to Canadian customs. The guard inquired of our citizenship and where were going; we replied “We are United States citizens. We’re going to the beach; Duffern Islands”. He wished us a good time and sent us on our way. The return trip went exactly the same way. We never mentioned it to our parents because we didn’t think it was a big deal. You don’t know what you have until you don’t have it anymore.
@DHarri9977
3 жыл бұрын
I remember when you bought a Hershey Bar it was a giant full-sized purchase that would last for days.
@PARTY1KITTY
5 жыл бұрын
This was FREEDOM !!!!! I was there too and was just like that.
@howardbenoit7474
5 жыл бұрын
yes it was freedom,all because most of the time we lived with our parents,and no worries,but it wasn't freedom when we got older--well not for all,take care,nice to have them memories,try to keep them alive
@trevorwylie5882
4 жыл бұрын
yea and there was no restrictions on getting a job easier to get a car licence we hadn't any money until the 1980s that was the hardest part
@randallanderson1632
5 жыл бұрын
I was 16 in 1967. I remember that period in my life fondly. Some of that is deserved and some of it is rose-colored glasses. I think the most awkward year or two in my life was when I was about 14. It was a weird time of transition. At 14 some of my old friends had started smoking cigarettes, worrying about the clothes they wore and were even combing their hair while other friends still wanting to play army in the backyard. That turmoil had mostly settled by the time we were 16. We had become either cool, or nerds, depending on the direction we chose at 14. I consider the music of 1967 to be the best ever. There was psychedelic, romantic (some even ballads), folk, and protest music. I still listen to it often. I have a flash drive of 60s music in my car, along with more contemporary stuff. There is no Lady Gaga, no Justin Bieber, and of course no rap.
@aspenrebel
5 жыл бұрын
NO Bieberhead!!!?
@Babylandy1
3 жыл бұрын
Man. The 70s and 80s were the best. Really wish we could go back to when things were so much more simple. Thanks a lot for shearing, brought back a lot of great memories.
@FredFlix
3 жыл бұрын
Always glad to shear, Samantha. :-)
@rancepowell834
4 жыл бұрын
Omg. I miss those times. If I could go back, even for just one day!!!!!
@kr4awkr4aw5
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think we all do.
@ufafgd
3 жыл бұрын
Just for 1 hour!
@jeanc819
3 жыл бұрын
You can, if only for a moment!
@angelasneed8006
3 жыл бұрын
My mom n dad n my grandparents n aunts n uncles n cousins would still be here ... The 1970s were the best🥰 Our country n world is so insane now ...
@kr4awkr4aw5
3 жыл бұрын
@@angelasneed8006 Sorry for your loss. Keep the good memories going.
@robertglancy4474
3 жыл бұрын
I was a 12 yr old in 71 growing up in S California, always interesting to see how everyone's experience's were pretty much the same even when you lived in different parts of the country a thousand miles apart. I wish I could go back, this country is not such a fun place anymore.
@deansapp4635
2 жыл бұрын
I was a 12 year old in 71 growing in Maryland. I agree with you
@k.k.9011
Жыл бұрын
You must be white. Am I right or am I right?🤗
@robertglancy4474
Жыл бұрын
@@k.k.9011 Prime example of what sucks about this country now days, people like this who most likely weren't even born yet, but think so smart but are actually ignorant as hell. They spend their days obsessing over race and pushing it in people's faces in order to look virtuous...am I right or am I right?
@TheSonya06
5 жыл бұрын
The music was better too.🎶🎙
@jacqulinepauley8844
5 жыл бұрын
good old days'never see them again
@doug.a.2665
5 жыл бұрын
..with some things ..it does, but for some ..it doesn't.
@TakersMissy
5 жыл бұрын
Sonya Devore I agree, up until disco was seemingly everywhere - yechh! But then, I wasn't aware of all the cool alternative music that was available - so I got "desperate" enough and started listening to country music which, surprisingly to me, wasn't so bad! :-)
@ct9827
5 жыл бұрын
@@TakersMissy A lot of great alternative back then the Ramones Iggy.
@TakersMissy
5 жыл бұрын
@@ct9827 Oh, yeah - discovering that kind of music helped me get thru the insane world of the corporate workplace jungle! I still love it. Gabba gabba hey! 😃
@akeeperofoddknowledge4956
7 жыл бұрын
I can relate to the times if not your adventure! Summer of 71 I was 17- one from high school graduation and a naval enlistment. Simpler times! People were friendlier, less complicated. Public smoking was no big deal and the smokers were much more relaxed which made life easier for us non- smokers ( except for the ever present smoke). People weren't so wound up all the time. Anyway, thanks for sharing!
@gregorywheless3064
5 жыл бұрын
17 yrs old , Raleigh N.C , 1968 Dodge Charger , High School football , baseball , karate , 8 track and my beautiful girl = Heaven
@Sammy-mp9xn
5 жыл бұрын
Morganton N.C. here💙👣❤💙👣
@wlhardy
5 жыл бұрын
Raleigh girl here, listening to WKIX all the time, getting a cone at Tastee Freeze, Slurpees at Kwik-Pik, mom shopping at Winn Dixie, going to baseball games, rooting for the Wolfpack (listening to the games on WPTF), swimming in the summer, maybe a long drive to the beach (before 40 was completed), no traffic reports because there weren’t that many people, the only Chinese restaurant was the Canton Cafe on Hillsborough, going to the Tower drive-in for a movie-great times! The Triangle area is so different now....
@gregorywheless3064
5 жыл бұрын
@@wlhardy was the Kwik Pik you're referring to at North Hills off Six Forks Rd ?
@williswhatchutalkinbout4367
5 жыл бұрын
I bet you really like the movie Christine!
@justuslacewell4003
4 жыл бұрын
Fellow North Caroline’s feels so good
@WickedScott
2 жыл бұрын
We thought things were supposed to get better, not worse. We never thought, "We're so lucky to be growing up in the 70's" Now we look back longingly at the care-free freedom we indulged in. The dream is dying, folks. Enjoy what you have and love your family as much as you can while you can. My family is all I really miss from that time. God bless.
@normanleach5427
10 ай бұрын
That blessing reflects loves' peaceful truth...to stand and be counted and so alter the inertia of selfishness and derision.
@ChatGPT1111
10 ай бұрын
Having lived through the 60's, I sure as heck felt lucky to be in the 70's. Growing up in So-Cal, I felt like I lived in the center of the universe.
@williamdixon4783
5 жыл бұрын
Had a 1968 GTO at 16 in 1971. I still have dreams of that car.
@sammyscotch9945
5 жыл бұрын
I was 17 in 1970. My boyfriend had a light blue 1968 GTO convertible. My mom didnt like him w his long hair (barely over the collar) I still have dreams of him and that car (he died couple yrs later)
@sammyscotch9945
5 жыл бұрын
@@Faber-cator thats funny. sometimes these old cars are so good they may out last us
@corkcamden9878
5 жыл бұрын
Did it have the 389 with 3 deuces? I remember on the side it had a '6,5 l' emblem on it. That was the beginning of my love affair with the metric system.
@philkirby175
5 жыл бұрын
@@sammyscotch9945 so sorry :(:::
@belsnickel9568
5 жыл бұрын
This creeps me out that this was recommended to me. I’m obsessed with the 70s, I’m a teenager, I freaking hear these songs everyday and love them, and I live in South Carolina.
@williamrauhuff2341
5 жыл бұрын
I turned 17 in 1971 and I remember in the same month I had sex for the first time and was able to see ELVIS in concert for the first of six times and he was in his prime at about 35 and it was magical the best concert ever and then sex with my girlfriend for the first time in the same month it does not get any better than that
@superjeffstanton
5 жыл бұрын
KZitem knows everything
@belsnickel9568
5 жыл бұрын
William Rauhuff ummm alright
@mikelincoln8395
5 жыл бұрын
Belsnickel YeP, I was born mid 60's growing up then there was so much freedom, everything was better, music, movies, girlfriends. The world now, is an Orwellian nightmare. Cctv, tracked cell phones, tracked internet, tracked cars, facial recognition coming soon , thats just the start.
@belsnickel9568
5 жыл бұрын
Mike Lincoln yeah it’s the best of times and the worst of times. We have advanced medical technology and technology in general but it’s dangerous, the music is shit, and the people are shit.
@nidamolina8654
3 жыл бұрын
Compared to today, those days were heaven.
@afgoodcompany4500
4 жыл бұрын
Dude... This was so simple yet amazing... I really enjoyed this... Thank you
@FredFlix
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, AFG.
@christopherstewart6468
6 жыл бұрын
I was born in 61' and believe me - we knew- we knew we were living in a near perfection of time/place and balance of culture, and we knew past and future and places all over the world would see this time in N. America as QUITE unique.
@strawberryseason
6 жыл бұрын
Christopher Stewart Honestly I just thought that things would get better and better. It was a hopeful time. I found that the '80s were the descent into materialism and greed in America that continued on. Our hopeful attitudes and the social safety net have never returned.
@mmojorissen
5 жыл бұрын
@@strawberryseason Yes... the 80s were the beginning of "SHIT!!!"
@sean6077
4 жыл бұрын
Being born in '70, I can relate to a little bit of this video. It surely was a totally different time. Summer days seemed to last forever. And we were able to do so many things in the course of a single day...it was almost unreal. Now, so many people on their phones for hours on end. They look up, and 4 hours have gone by. What did they accomplish? Back then, 4 hours meant a ride to the convenience store for drinks and a snack, a ride over to a friends house to listen to some music, a ride to the dirt track we built, a ride to the burger joint for lunch, a ride back to the track, another ride to the convenience store for more snacks and maybe an Icee, then maybe ride back home for a bit. After supper, we'd go out again and be gone until 30 minutes after dark. No matter where we were going, we were always on our bikes. I really hope my young nephews can have some of those experiences when they get a bit older. But I fear they won't.
@stevearnold6645
Жыл бұрын
I like how you guys called it supper instead of dinner back then. 😅
@maxwellspeedwell2585
10 ай бұрын
…and it was “pop”, not soda, but POP! We played in the ditch because the creek (not “crick”) was glacier fed and bitter cold. Overflow from the ditch dumped down about 60’ into the river. Put on the “long underwear” shirt, a sweatshirt over that, cut-offs, a disk of lead shoved in the pocket, and home made bamboo spearguns (didn’t work. Strips cut from a old innertube had too much resistance ), mask, fins, & snorkel and we floated down the river watching fish on the bottom about 4’ below us. We camped on the island in the river, then would go home for breakfast. We had to arrive after 08:00 other wise my mom would put us to work before she left the house.
@olddogcitypound5859
5 жыл бұрын
August 71 i raised my right hand and was sworn in as 67A10 R.A. U.S.ARMY. No joy til 73✌
@motorcitymanman7711
5 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for your service Sir!!
@stephenmahon6714
5 жыл бұрын
old dog city pound Thank for your service 🇺🇸🍺🍀
@mena94x3
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. 💋💋
@Msflamingo-wl4qo
5 жыл бұрын
old dog city pound Thank you for your Service, Sir! 💖
@notsosilentmajority1
6 жыл бұрын
I was a kid in Brooklyn in '71 and the world was great. We "lived" within the boundaries of our own neighborhoods and everyone knew the (unwritten) rules, lol. It was a great time. Hanging out in the park, playing handball, flying our pigeons from our pigeon coops and girls, girls girls. No political (in)correctness and common sense ruled the day. We didn't have a pool, we lived in an apartment but we sure enjoyed the fire hydrant and stickball and the great music. Thanks for the great memories. Excellent video.
@FredFlix
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Your comment shows that no matter where you live, country or city, childhood can be a wonderful experience.
@notsosilentmajority1
6 жыл бұрын
FredFlix - Yes sir, you are so right. It's nice to see the difference in our childhoods, yet we also see the similarities in our enjoyment and the state of the US at the time. We lived in completely different environments yet we had fun filled childhoods. Kids nowadays will never know the joy of a carefree, relaxed life with sports being very important to us. We were able to not be tied to a phone and just be "lost" for a while. Modern kids have some great electronics but they can never know the true freedom of being "disconnected" from everything else. Keep up the great videos and God bless. Thanks again.
@carolemerle9995
6 жыл бұрын
we could play in the street without worrying about being run down by cars. The fire hydrant thing was fantastic too.
@Mick_Ts_Chick
Жыл бұрын
I'm younger than you and was almost 8 in summer of 71. I lived in NC in a house very like yours. We had a 65 Sport Fury, went to the drive-in, the A&P, had a big olympic slide in town, watched Laugh In, listened to the same music as you, saw the Vietnam war news on TV, and listened to our 8 track tapes (though not in the car). It was a great time to grow up and I think about it every day. Thanks for the walk down memory lane! 👍😊
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@pjkerns1696
4 жыл бұрын
Those were the day's my friend we thought they'd never end..........But they did,unfortunately.
@Securitycaptain1
4 жыл бұрын
Man I was 9 years old that year I remember my life was just like that,I really would love for life to be that simple again.
@pamelacody7639
3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching soul train and american bandstand on Saturdays about lunch time!miss 70s&80s!!!!
@55555711
6 жыл бұрын
miss the 70;s was best time of my life i was only a kid but i remeber it so well
@charlesritter6640
4 жыл бұрын
I don't remember any school shootings in the 70s except for the university of Texas and Kent state.
@jefsiv
4 жыл бұрын
UT wasn't a student. KSU was National Guard soldiers shot students protesting VietNam.
@j.vonhavre1741
4 жыл бұрын
Wasn't the Texas shooting in the 60s?
@keithr5638
4 жыл бұрын
A major contributing factor to that could be the closing of most of the mental hospitals in the 80s and 90s.
@aspenrebel
4 жыл бұрын
@@jefsiv Texas, guy was a Marine, wasn't he? Hadn't he been a student there? I forget.
@aspenrebel
4 жыл бұрын
@@j.vonhavre1741 maybe????
@johnshields6852
Жыл бұрын
Born in 1960 I grew up on Boston in a house just like that, a time of honesty, respect, privacy and service with a smile and a thank you. Times have changed and not for the better.
@sunnyjoelandry3971
4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap that is just how it was. I remember it just like it was yesterday.
@CarolynTainter1
6 жыл бұрын
I don't know if any of you remember but I did, my parents let me stay in the car ( 9 years old at the time and with Cerebral Palsy rocking out to my favorite tunes) and listen to the radio while they were in the A & P grocery store shopping
@luisgarza645
6 жыл бұрын
Carolyn Tainter .
@hemispoiler
4 жыл бұрын
True words from Bob Seger's tune 'Mainstreet'...."Sometimes even now when I'm feeling lonely and beat I drift back in time and I find my feet"
@stanbarrington9698
4 жыл бұрын
Poolhall,hustlers and losers?
@quintas66
4 жыл бұрын
@@stanbarrington9698 Used to watch 'em through the glass.
@frankfigueroa1070
6 жыл бұрын
Man what a wonderful life! I'd give anything to be 15 again. I can still remember my first crush! God I'm in love all over again. ☺
@Gypseygirls
6 жыл бұрын
I can well remember my first crush. Holaa. And the Hickies on my neck. Omg. 🙃
@rexluminus9867
6 жыл бұрын
Yes. I know the feeling. 😂Haha sweet youth. The very 👍best and last years we're the 70's. *****
@MyDegeneration1965
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was 16 in 1971,this reminds me of many of what seems now rather low-tech gadgets portable cassette players, 8 tracks & reel to reel tapes but more important is the pop concerts visited in early 70's such as T. Rex, Genesis, Free, Curved Air, America etc but my favourite band was Yes and had all their albums. But would you consider 1971 to be the best time to be 16? I think perhaps not. I'm 63 now & if I had my time again, I would pick the year 1958. Appears to be an exciting time to be a teenager with real rock 'n roll, and of course music of the time is never forgotten, I guess also will be the near antique b/w telly's & not to mention the non-existent computers/mobiles oh dear, so it really is the music plus your everyday memories/relationships that linger forever in each & everyone of us. 1958 Bring it on!!!
@jillsommerville7828
5 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 70s what a great time it was, didn't have to lock your doors. Driveins were the best! Miss those days the end of innocence !
@jehobden
5 жыл бұрын
I'd love to be a teenager in the 50s, if only for 1 day. By the time I was a kid in the early 70s, things were falling apart, as I perceived them anyway.
@comfibold
6 жыл бұрын
Notice how everything back then involved being sociable and mixing with people? Nowadays people are stuck at home watching Netflix or staring moronically at their cell phone for hours...
@muzic4lyfe2005
6 жыл бұрын
comfibold ...true, reading KZitem comments about the 60's, 70's, & 80's ;)
@yaelrar.4460
6 жыл бұрын
Which is why I love my church. We are sociable, out in the world, touching lives and interested in talking and chatting with people.💚
@candygurl5245
6 жыл бұрын
comfibold I'm fine with staying at home. At least my cell phone can't talk crap about me lol
@dukee3871
6 жыл бұрын
The bunch I ran around with,, if we would have had cell phones we'd all been jailed. We got in enough trouble just running into each other. It was a great decade and will never be matched
@deathlarsen7502
6 жыл бұрын
hopefully it will remain what I assume in a Christian church and not be converted to muslim bc IDIOTS elected Bathhouse Barry Obama who imported untold numbers of muslims into america.
@mrrodgerspoliticalplaytime5663
3 жыл бұрын
1979, I'm 19 and drinking mickey big mouth beers while riding shotgun in my buddies 1976 280Z. We were on the 101 freeway in Agoura Hills (was only Agoura then) going about 85mph, both of us had open beers. I see the red lights coming and I set my beer on the floor. My buddy hits the brakes and the beer empties🤦♂️ We get pulled over, the cop smells the beer, makes us pour the rest of the six pack out. Writes us both tickets for minors in possession, no motor vehicle violations at all, no speeding, no other violations. We got a court date, and the fine was 25.00....that was it 25.00. Even at the time we thought it to be lax...............I miss the 70's
@geezermann7865
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that great story.
@rft2001
3 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I remember Mickey's big mouth beers. When we couldn't afford them, we would buy a case of Old Milwaukee or Old German for $6. It was pretty easy to get served if you were 16 or 17 and went to a drive-thru distributor. You got a court date? They were rough on you. After seeing Cheech & Chong's first movie at the drive-in, we were pulled over for speeding, had a case of beer and pot and didn't even get a ticket. They simply took the beer and weed, and called my buddy's parents to pick us up. Never even called mine. Living was easy in the '70's.
@kurtzimmerman1637
5 жыл бұрын
Was 16 in 1978. First car was a 70 chevelle. Great times they were.
@colarguns
5 жыл бұрын
Kurt Zimmerman mine was a 73 F-100 and had the three speed shift on the column. Had my shotgun hanging in my gun rack, and bull whip. Of course my girlfriend sitting next to me with arm over her shoulder. My friends would hide in the bed to get in drive in for free, 😂 Good times!!
@kurtzimmerman1637
5 жыл бұрын
@@colarguns I drove several of those old 3 on the tree trucks back in the late 70's and early 80's. Seemed like every one of them was a workhorse you couldn't hurt.
@colarguns
5 жыл бұрын
@@kurtzimmerman1637 Yeah, and I made sure everyone heard me driving into the high school parking lot, with Cherry Bomb exhaust. Got her RPM's up in 1st and let off gas, she was LOUD. Principal finally called me in and suggested I walk to school instead, and I laughed at him, so he decided to make me clean the gym instead. Bummer
@aq6737
5 жыл бұрын
Mi first car was a 1970 camaro bought it in 76.
@ant-1382
5 жыл бұрын
1979 mine was a 1967 chevelle, paid $200.00 for it. Unfortunately only had it for a few months and some dork with a huge winch on the front of his pickup blew a stop light and crunched it. Insurance said the cost to fix it was more than the car was worth. Would they say that now?
@sashal1493
6 жыл бұрын
I wish I had grown up then. I wish I had the bike riding, exploring, imaginative experience kids had then that’s almost inexistente nowadays. I live in a small but crowded city in Brasil called Santos, and since everyone lives in buildings here, and it’s really not safe to play on the streets because of cars and other vehicles, our play space is very limited. They are no forests for us to explore in, no lakes or rivers for us to swim in, and no motivation for anyone to leave their phones behind and play. I do love traveling to Australia though, as we stay with my grandparents, and there house is in a small, cute and safe neighbourhood community, surrounded by parks and a creek. Going there and playing with the other kids that live there gives me a small part of childhood I wish I had, and that many never get to experience. Why can’t the world go back in time, just for a day or two?
@81licker
5 жыл бұрын
You would have had a blast! Take it from a 1963 baby boomer!
@bevmin7398
5 жыл бұрын
Joyce Brackbill ‘62 boomer here. I hate technology, a necessary evil. I’d love going back to writing checks for every bill. Much easier to balance your checkbook!!
@CatholicTraditional
5 жыл бұрын
@@bevmin7398 I'm young and still occasionally write paper checks because some places it's still preferred.
@LynxSouth
3 жыл бұрын
Re-watching for sanity's sake. My family bought a sturdy, well-built refrigerator when I was a toddler. It lasted a good 30 years. I became The Defroster when I was about 10, and those refrigerators are one thing I do NOT miss at all. Edit: If you see this, Fred, I can't tell you how much I enjoy your "A Day in the Life" series. Hopefully, you'll remember enough to do a couple more...
@ImTheDaveman
6 жыл бұрын
If I had a time machine, I'd loop back to 1970 when the calendar hits the midnight 1979/1980 mark, and go Bill Murray's Ground Hog Day for all the seventies. Good times! The best times!
@quintonmchale7997
6 жыл бұрын
I still have that Doors L.A. Woman album. It Never gets old.
@carolemerle9995
6 жыл бұрын
Quinton McHale I still have some Beatles LPs, especially the White album. Music was great. Anyone remember George Carlin? I have some of his albums also.
@edwardprice140
6 жыл бұрын
1971, had a 62 Impala, cost $200, waited around the tire shop for some used takeoffs with some tread and white letters. Gas was $0.32 , Didn't need a/c with floor vents and vent windows and 60mph. Wolfman Jack on WOWO Radio or WLS.
@carolemerle9995
6 жыл бұрын
Edward Price I loved Wolfman Jack
@Himlee335
6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like my life...wish I could go back
@echodelta9
6 жыл бұрын
Larry Loujack WLS 89 and WCFL 100 Ron Britain's subterranean circus. I had just graduated. I could drive my fathers Olds. Louie-Louie was banned in Indiana not on WLS!
@ricoz2016
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for giving me back 10 minutes of a time that I NEVER want to ever forget.
@FredFlix
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Rico.
@yaelrar.4460
6 жыл бұрын
Feel like crying. I had a similar upbringing, and labs for dogs! Mom smoked too.We would take our bikes about a mile away to buy candy at "Big D", without my parents panicking about where we were. Dad would take us to the Westbury Drive-in to see "The Sound of Music", or "Patton" for the 5th time. My sister introduced me to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" on one of those cassette players. My brother introduced me to Yes' "Close to the Edge" on a record player! I would put my bathing suit on, crank up, "Peter Frampton Comes Alive" and sunbathe on the roof of our back porch never worrying about just how loud it was because EVERYONE loved that album! The 70s had bad clothes and bad food but phenomenal music and great memories. I never heard the word "racist" because we all seemed to get along. It was the last generation before the influx of 3rd World non-assimilating immigrants. The last generation of children to be allowed outdoors without supervision. How great it was.😢
@TheAndersonster
5 жыл бұрын
That wonderful, shared music was great. I also remember we had principles, and gave a home to our Vietnamese allies and the Hmong. Honored to have had these people become my neighbors as a young adult. Their perserverance and tenacity was (and is) inspiring. kzitem.info/news/bejne/xH6CsIGAbJ5zlJg kzitem.info/news/bejne/pbBnzGl5oqBjfY4
@cindyimhoff2359
5 жыл бұрын
Tho we didnt realize it at the time,we REALLY did have the BEST childhood in the 70s&80s...So simple,so FREE,could ride your bike ANYWHERE and not have to worry about someone abducting you,everyone in the neighborhood watched out for everyone,home in your yard when the streetlights came on,the drive ins,mowing,detassaling, babysitting for$,the COOL cars and music,when kids ACTUALLY went outside!!Sad times now,these kids have absolutely NO clue...Id take my childhood over modern technology any day!!
@1533ramsay
5 жыл бұрын
God, your sing my tune...
@1234-z8x
6 жыл бұрын
I'm 16 years old now, so it's great to see what my life would be like almost 40 years ago, thank you!
@rexluminus9867
6 жыл бұрын
You've got a very good mind.
@notsure2923
6 жыл бұрын
Hey you are living in the good old days! We all remember those times as the best and you as well as us are living them now!
@admiralbirdcrap661
6 жыл бұрын
Stick McThicc Hey, you wanna hook up? Can teach you real history and some new things. 😂
@carlorachel
2 жыл бұрын
Man-o-man, do I love this vid. Thank you, FF. I can sooooo recall the Summer of '71. Graduated HS, had a beautiful girlfriend, a jacked car, plenty of band gigs to pay for the fun, and what seemed like two very long months before the get-serious time started with college. Those days live on, FF. Indeed, hearing your soundtrack puts the wind back in my hair, and the freedom flight we all were on comes whistlin' in on a puff of Jane. Peace to my brothers and sisters. Always.
@FredFlix
2 жыл бұрын
Nice comment, Carl. It sounds as though you made the most of those times.
@five_o_fever9381
5 жыл бұрын
I miss the 1970s. Back then safe sex just meant having a padded headboard.
@willrider257
5 жыл бұрын
and knowing her parents wouldn't be home until 6
@aspenrebel
5 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha ha!!!
@aspenrebel
5 жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I had sex....... It was dark .... and .... I was alone!!
@mexicanspec
5 жыл бұрын
I thought safe sex was having sex with a pregnant girl.
@DrRawBalls_TheDummy
5 жыл бұрын
Mexican Spec 😂 😂
@davidbrianedwards6020
4 жыл бұрын
Love the film, I graduated in 1972. The drive in theater and the shoney,s big boy are spot on. You forgot the submarine races at the movie, lol.
@TexTam
4 жыл бұрын
It was great being a teen in the 70's for sure!!
@michaelcowan6254
6 жыл бұрын
I definitely enjoyed the late 60's and the early 70's.
@SladesVWBeetle
5 жыл бұрын
Michael Cowan Yes that was my time frame also
@rdsieben
4 жыл бұрын
One thing about the year 1971, it was the best year ever in Rock and Roll.
@Vendzor
3 жыл бұрын
And then came 1972, undoubtedly the greatest year for Funk!
@copperfish543
3 жыл бұрын
I disagree, I think 1977, but not disco.
@craigboyd1888
3 жыл бұрын
And the worst year ever in the music industry. the dead numbered with Janis, Jimmy Hendrix, & Jim Morrison. So sad.
@DomMage64
3 жыл бұрын
I was 11 in 71. Loved those times. Spent my summers riding my bike swimming and fishing. Use to sit on the front porch and watch the sunset the last day of summer knowing that tomorrow I had to go back to school, yuck. Thanks for the memories. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
@whatda5956
5 жыл бұрын
3:15 got me ,my dad did a stint at the western auto,i remember visiting him at work the smell of rubber tires....overwhelming.
@ernestpaul2484
5 жыл бұрын
Depending on who you are, where you were raised and how you were seen in the grand scheme of things, life in the 60's and 70's could have been a real bitch. Fortunately for me, growing up in suburbia in North Jersey with woods, rivers and lakes to explore, I had it pretty good. I have been blessed I guess with a fairly decent memory, for both the good and bad, so that when I see these pictures or old 8mm/16mm video of the time it takes me right back to my childhood. The youth of today has been not as fortunate as we were. The notion staying in the house when you could escape to the outdoors was crazy. The only time you stayed inside and played games was when there was a thunderstorm or you were actually sick and had to stay inside. Even if it was raining, with no lightning, my mother would tell us it was "liquid sunshine and to soak it up". Life was slower then, no one was in a rush or freaking out about shit than really didn't matter. The only phones were attached to a wall on on a table in the house. My dad did have one in the garage. The closet thing to a cell phone was a CB radio. We as kids could get on our bicycles and ride for a 30 mile round trip and be back for before dark in the summer. No one messed with us and we had the freedom to be a kid. We learned self-reliance and fostered some common sense along the way. When I look around at what is happening in this time and day, it almost makes me sad for today's youth that are caught up in what people perceive of them on FaceBook, Instagram, hostile comment sections on YT video channels, etc. The world has become so in-personable since the invention of the cell phone and the Internet. Inter-office e-mails being sent to someone 12' away from your desk, people being fired via social media, people being fired because of social media. Etc, etc, ect. Yes, I miss my youth. I miss what the youth of today could have learned from and enjoyed making memories of, an actual childhood.
@itchykooprk9741
5 жыл бұрын
Perfectly put- It seems we all did the same things. I would ride my bike over the border (to Canada). No interrogation, just a note from your parents you could go. We were FREE to explore. Wild, happy, contentment.
@aspenrebel
5 жыл бұрын
10-4 good buddy!! Keep the bears off your back and the beavers in your lap!! We got a great big Convoy, truckin' down the line. Oops!! I gotta go 10-100.
@Sammy-mp9xn
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Agree!!
@richardstitt7463
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Ernest, this was a great video! I was born in 1959, grew up in Basking Ridge which was the "country" back then. My first car was a 1976 Black Trans Am with T tops. I would pump my own gas then go in and write down how many gallons in the ledger then come back every Friday after getting paid and pay what i owed! Loved that car and growing up every day exploring nature outside sunup till sundown. Rode my bike everywhere. We had the same pool in our backyard in the video. Also a Dairy Queen we would hang out at every Saturday night😊 Great memories. Life has really changed in America.
@centralmexicodogsanctuarya4590
5 жыл бұрын
While there was the surf scene, my friends and I would be in the desert or mountains. San Diego County.
@dm8553
3 жыл бұрын
I was 16 in 71 too. I miss those days so much.
@chippendale888
5 жыл бұрын
I said it was the best time ever to grow up in the late 60s and 70s my mom corrected me and sait 50s 60s and 70s some of the 80s were ok but these kids today got ffed not ever living like we did in those years. I feel bad for them and look what the future holds for em. I hope the best for them from the looks of it the future is mighty dim.
@aziziabdrahman7756
2 жыл бұрын
My stepdad was 14 in 1971, and he remembered all of the music.
@terribethreed8464
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the memories. I graduated in '71'.
@SuperBeaker1
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the trips down memory lane. I remember all that stuff. Vietnam news was always terrible. Had to wash it down with a big Coke in a glass bottle. Saturday’s Dad and I loaded up the trunk of our Buick Wildcat with empty 8-packs of bottles to take to National Supermarket to get The deposit on the bottles. That damned trunk held about 40 8-packs.
@aspenrebel
5 жыл бұрын
S&H Green Stamps. I remember those.
@carleavesceo709
6 жыл бұрын
I remember 1971 quite well. 8 track player in the 1963 Chevy impala. Those were the days.
@rickoseland6190
6 жыл бұрын
Me too. 16. 1963 chevy impala 2 door convertible. WOW
@stevehenrichs5091
5 жыл бұрын
THE GOOD OLE 8 TRACKS
@mixsterB
3 жыл бұрын
thanks for the look back! Best years of my life.
@FredFlix
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Mickey.
@vincentvanbro475
4 жыл бұрын
As a 24 year old in 2019 I'm a little jealous, and In some ways am not. The socialness of the 70s seems like a lot more fun than today for me. 2019 is lonely for most young people-ironic seeings how mostly anyone can be so easily contacted at any point in time :/
@joshdelaet3536
4 жыл бұрын
Vincent Van Bro I think there’s something to be said for actually having to go meet people face to face or call them on the phone.
@donball3255
4 жыл бұрын
@@joshdelaet3536 In the 1970s there was no massive Internet. Landline telephone.
@donball3255
4 жыл бұрын
Life was simpler. Saw how it changed through the decades to today's news. Too much electronics is where it went wrong.
@pamelabacker2420
4 жыл бұрын
@@aspenrebel Not all if them are like that.
@tonyhogg9839
4 жыл бұрын
It was also partly laws. Our city put an end to teens gathering around in the late 90s. Putting up no loittering signs and wrighting tickets. A couple of different areas were particularly popular, then they were deserted after just a few months. Also parents were freaked out by all teen abduction crime shows and put a stop to kids and teens gathering anywhere. It really started happening before smartphones, they were just the final nail in the coffin. If my group of teenage friends were teens today I don't even know where we would even gather at. There are a few possibilities outside of town but they are remote and dark and not many. You can't congregate at the Dairy Queen parking lot anymore.
@karenstanley2506
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in the 40’s, went thru the 50’s, 60’s, 70,s, 80’s, 90’s and now. 70,s and 80,s were the best years to me. Now? Not so great! Wish I could go back to those best years, much happier times!
@MihaDuV
4 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was born in the 30's, I always thought to myself this generation lived the best years in history. The war was over, and the economy was booming.... But technology had not yet corrupted people's minds.
@SariennMusic73
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in 73 and yet, despite being a total tech addict and working on my nanodegree for AIX, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to have been alive in the 10's, 20's and 40's. The music was /is lovely, the clothing women and men wore (esp men in the 40s with their hats/bowler hats on every time outside) was just pure beauty, silent movies, etc. I'd not like the wars or Spanish flu or the horrific abuse of other races and humans with different skin color, or nazi Germany, and lack of decent health care of course, but the aesthetics of those decades to me are just lovely.
@P.F.3.
3 жыл бұрын
Yep those were the days! I'm glad I got to be a kid in the 70s.. Everything tasted better too! Feel sorry for the younglings of today. They wouldn't understand how really awesome it was back then!
@starkey2501
6 жыл бұрын
March of 1971, was the month and year I came home to New York City from VIETNAM I don't remember it being so Peaceful... Mike..
@JokerDon1
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for serving bud
@plainwornout3964
6 жыл бұрын
Big Cities SUCK!
@Mmewster
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service, i was only 16 and did ot know the emtional issues you men dealt with, but Thank you
@alicedevens2896
6 жыл бұрын
Thank u for serving our country, may God be with you always..
@JLH1956
6 жыл бұрын
Vietnam Vets are THE Most deserving of our thanks. They were Drafted, the fought a war they didn't agree with, came home and were spat on, and all they did is what everyone else has done since. Serve their Country. It was ugly, but it ended in the 70's making it the perfect decade.
@irishtino1595
3 жыл бұрын
In 1971 I was 10, what a blast. We built forts, rode miles on our bikes. No cell phones, computer games, we played baseball every afternoon, then we had weekend games.
@bicanoo_magic3452
7 жыл бұрын
You are soooo right.. being a teenager in the ''70's was like scoring the lottery
@mmojorissen
5 жыл бұрын
Yes... it was!!
@timetowakeup6302
6 жыл бұрын
Soup and a sandwich for under a buck... I paid nearly $10 today for a fruit smoothie.... It's all over
@randomvideos6932
5 жыл бұрын
Inflation too
@reddog5753
5 жыл бұрын
@@randomvideos6932 prices have gone up on everything way beyond just inflation.
@kyle1758
3 жыл бұрын
I was raised by your generation. So many things make sense now... Thanks for the video!
@FredFlix
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Kyle.
@mega-hb4re
5 жыл бұрын
When people weren't fruit cakes that got offended for anything like this worthless society now.
@SynZ777
5 жыл бұрын
Lol that's the same thing your parents thought about your generation. And what your grandparents thought about your parents' generation.
@aspenrebel
4 жыл бұрын
@@SynZ777 Yeah, imagine what Adam and Eve thought about their kids. "No good lazy spoiled little bastards!! Have everything handed to them. When we were young, we had to go pick our own apples!!".
@marykershner8726
4 жыл бұрын
Seems like yesterday. Time flies. When your young you never think about getting old. I lived in the moment. I had so much respect and a little pity for my elders. Now i am the elder.
@user-rx6km2de4m
4 жыл бұрын
@- SlapperTV - Wow Slappy, did you think of that comeback all by your lonesome? I don't believe I've heard that before!
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