(01-02-2014 01:45 PM)stever20 Wrote: speaking of songs, just 2 months ago, we passed the 30 year mark of the song.... Thriller.
I remember this:
I can top that.
I first watched Saturday Night Fever on Home Theater Network, HTN wouldn't show any R rated movies so they ran the six minute shorter version that was rated PG.
My mom was all for having a movie channel but HBO ran R rated movies so we had HTN instead of HBO (kids back then there was one HBO and it only had movies and boxing).
All of that is odd given that my parents took me to American Graffiti (released 40 years ago) but didn't want me seeing the R rated version of Saturday Night Fever four years later.
I can remember dancing to the sound track. I also remember listening to this (8 Track):
The younger generation wouldn't believe such equipment was actually used to play music with everything so small and digital today.....
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(01-02-2014 02:50 PM)UABGrad Wrote: What always makes me feel old is cars. My first car at age 16 was 71 Plymouth Duster. That's a 43 year old model. Saw a 70's Gremlin last summer in Orlando that brought back memories. My family owned a Pinto and a Vega.
This was my first ride (guess what it is):
I was going to just say Firebird, but the Trans Am logo was right there.
That is a beautiful car
Your first guess is right, However, the picture is the closest that I could find online that matched the color of my car. My car didn't have a rear spoiler....
(This post was last modified: 01-02-2014 03:47 PM by Underdog.)
(01-02-2014 02:50 PM)UABGrad Wrote: What always makes me feel old is cars. My first car at age 16 was 71 Plymouth Duster. That's a 43 year old model. Saw a 70's Gremlin last summer in Orlando that brought back memories. My family owned a Pinto and a Vega.
This was my first ride (guess what it is):
I was going to just say Firebird, but the Trans Am logo was right there.
That is a beautiful car
Your first guess is right, However, the picture is the closest that I could find online that matched the color of my car. My car didn't have a rear spoiler....
I had a 68 Firebird 400 great car, Had a 70 Challenger 440 sixpack R/T, 69 Cougar XR7 428 CJ, 71 Mach1 429 SCJ, 2 65 GT Mustang Fastbacks and I still own My 70 Mach 1 Mustang I bought in 1970. Love those Muscle Cars !
(01-02-2014 11:56 AM)CardFan1 Wrote: Kentucky Colonels, Baltimore Claws, San Diego Sails of the old ABA , Houston Colt 45's, Washington Senators, MLB. Chicago Transit Authority, Creedence Clearwater revival when Bands used full names. Mercury , Sputnik Space programs USA, USSR. Cuban Missile crisis.
Did you write "We didn't start the fire"?
Another full band name.... Grand Funk Railroad
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
The band released an album in 1973 called Over-Nite Sensation, featuring such "megahits" as "I'm the Slime", "Dirty Love", "Dinah-Moe Humm", "Montana" and "Zomby Woof" from which I derived my internet handle.
Saw them along with Jimi Hendrix, Blue Cheer and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and John Lee Hooker in April 1968 Miami Pop Festival when I was 15 living in Miami. Great times. Hurricanes had George Mira then and The Dolphins were just in Their Second Year. Yeah Times were good unless You were in Vietnam, Detroit or Memphis that fateful day.
(01-02-2014 12:00 PM)BewareThePhog Wrote: If we're going old school, then Elizabeth Montgomery and Barbara Eden deserve some love along with Dawn Wells.
Yes ! The Sweethearts before Charlie's Angels Bewitched, Jeanie and Gilligans Island were some of My favorites
(01-02-2014 02:50 PM)UABGrad Wrote: What always makes me feel old is cars. My first car at age 16 was 71 Plymouth Duster. That's a 43 year old model. Saw a 70's Gremlin last summer in Orlando that brought back memories. My family owned a Pinto and a Vega.
This was my first ride (guess what it is):
I was going to just say Firebird, but the Trans Am logo was right there.
That is a beautiful car
Your first guess is right, However, the picture is the closest that I could find online that matched the color of my car. My car didn't have a rear spoiler....
I had a 68 Firebird 400 great car, Had a 70 Challenger 440 sixpack R/T, 69 Cougar XR7 428 CJ, 71 Mach1 429 SCJ, 2 65 GT Mustang Fastbacks and I still own My 70 Mach 1 Mustang I bought in 1970. Love those Muscle Cars !
That was a very nice ride.... I’m glad you had the good common sense to keep at least one of you muscle cars. I traded my car in for a 70s Camaro that a later sold because I needed the money and ended up driving a light blue Pinto (no joke). This was one of my dream cars:
The De Tomaso Pantera ^.... The Mach 1 Mustang is the closest car that I can think of that resembles it from that era:
The Mach 1 Mustang ^ still looks sweet after all these years....
(This post was last modified: 01-02-2014 04:51 PM by Underdog.)
(01-02-2014 02:58 PM)Underdog Wrote: This was my first ride (guess what it is):
I was going to just say Firebird, but the Trans Am logo was right there.
That is a beautiful car
I lived on a dead end that you had to back out off due to step driveways. My buddy had a Mach 1 and it was an ordeal every time he tried to look back through that rearview to back down the road.
I couldn't leave my love.for the early model Mustang for the Mach 1
Your first guess is right, However, the picture is the closest that I could find online that matched the color of my car. My car didn't have a rear spoiler....
I had a 68 Firebird 400 great car, Had a 70 Challenger 440 sixpack R/T, 69 Cougar XR7 428 CJ, 71 Mach1 429 SCJ, 2 65 GT Mustang Fastbacks and I still own My 70 Mach 1 Mustang I bought in 1970. Love those Muscle Cars !
That was a very nice ride.... I’m glad you had the good common sense to keep at least one of you muscle cars. I traded my car in for a 70s Camaro that a later sold because I needed the money and ended up driving a light blue Pinto (no joke). This was one of my dream cars:
The De Tomaso Pantera ^.... The Mach 1 Mustang is the closest car that I can think of that resembles it from that era:
The Mach 1 Mustang ^ still looks sweet after all these years....
(01-02-2014 01:45 PM)arkstfan Wrote: Black Oak Arkansas is touring again and has released a new album. Heard its good but haven't checked it out.
Saw them in 1970 or 1971 as the warmup band for Chicago.
My wife and I constantly lament the loss of 2 events from our youth, concerts and dances. We loved both. There isn't anywhere to go to find the latter, and only seldom does the former (and then it's a patched up group from our era) even come to a nearby venue and we live in major college town. This generation is really bereft of social opportunities and all of us seem to be suffering from it. In fact the only way we found to inject dance into our lives was a ballroom class, which while enjoyable, was not exactly what we had missed so much.
By the way the Car over the Lake Album was a great one for Black Oak. Go Jim Dandy Go!
(01-02-2014 01:45 PM)arkstfan Wrote: Black Oak Arkansas is touring again and has released a new album. Heard its good but haven't checked it out.
Saw them in 1970 or 1971 as the warmup band for Chicago.
My wife and I constantly lament the loss of 2 events from our youth, concerts and dances. We loved both. There isn't anywhere to go to find the latter, and only seldom does the former (and then it's a patched up group from our era) even come to a nearby venue and we live in major college town. This generation is really bereft of social opportunities and all of us seem to be suffering from it. In fact the only way we found to inject dance into our lives was a ballroom class, which while enjoyable, was not exactly what we had missed so much.
By the way the Car over the Lake Album was a great one for Black Oak. Go Jim Dandy Go!
I'll never forget the way that white-headed woman made me feel.
(01-02-2014 01:45 PM)arkstfan Wrote: Black Oak Arkansas is touring again and has released a new album. Heard its good but haven't checked it out.
Saw them in 1970 or 1971 as the warmup band for Chicago.
My wife and I constantly lament the loss of 2 events from our youth, concerts and dances. We loved both. There isn't anywhere to go to find the latter, and only seldom does the former (and then it's a patched up group from our era) even come to a nearby venue and we live in major college town. This generation is really bereft of social opportunities and all of us seem to be suffering from it. In fact the only way we found to inject dance into our lives was a ballroom class, which while enjoyable, was not exactly what we had missed so much.
By the way the Car over the Lake Album was a great one for Black Oak. Go Jim Dandy Go!
All the old bands come to Atlanta every summer, either at Chastain Park, Lakewood or Peachtree City. And a fair number during the rest of the year at other venues.
(01-02-2014 05:45 PM)JRsec Wrote: My wife and I constantly lament the loss of 2 events from our youth, concerts and dances. We loved both. There isn't anywhere to go to find the latter, and only seldom does the former (and then it's a patched up group from our era) even come to a nearby venue and we live in major college town. This generation is really bereft of social opportunities and all of us seem to be suffering from it.
All true, and while a full explanation would take up a book shelf or two, suffice to say that MTV played a huge, indispensable role in that transformation.
(01-02-2014 01:45 PM)arkstfan Wrote: Black Oak Arkansas is touring again and has released a new album. Heard its good but haven't checked it out.
Saw them in 1970 or 1971 as the warmup band for Chicago.
My wife and I constantly lament the loss of 2 events from our youth, concerts and dances. We loved both. There isn't anywhere to go to find the latter, and only seldom does the former (and then it's a patched up group from our era) even come to a nearby venue and we live in major college town. This generation is really bereft of social opportunities and all of us seem to be suffering from it. In fact the only way we found to inject dance into our lives was a ballroom class, which while enjoyable, was not exactly what we had missed so much.
By the way the Car over the Lake Album was a great one for Black Oak. Go Jim Dandy Go!
All the old bands come to Atlanta every summer, either at Chastain Park, Lakewood or Peachtree City. And a fair number during the rest of the year at other venues.
Another wild child Youth moment of Mine , in 1969 I stayed with My Cousins in Hapeville outside of Atlanta and attended the 1st Atlanta Pop Festival as well as the 2 in Miami in April and December 1968. Fantastic memories made there.
(01-02-2014 05:45 PM)JRsec Wrote: My wife and I constantly lament the loss of 2 events from our youth, concerts and dances. We loved both. There isn't anywhere to go to find the latter, and only seldom does the former (and then it's a patched up group from our era) even come to a nearby venue and we live in major college town. This generation is really bereft of social opportunities and all of us seem to be suffering from it.
All true, and while a full explanation would take up a book shelf or two, suffice to say that MTV played a huge, indispensable role in that transformation.
From a sociologist's perspective that might be an interesting read. Suffice it to say that the decline in the precision of the use of language is usually a precursor for cultural decline. Multiply that when the arts start to break down: music, theater (all forms), dance, literature (all forms), film (all forms), and oratory. I'd say it could be argued that all of those art forms have devolved significantly in the last half of my life. Since those disciplines are voluntary and cross most socioeconomic barriers it might be argued that, more than the sciences, the arts give a more complete snapshot of the social condition. The arts also are a gauge of a society's interaction and cohesiveness. What I witness today is the break down of language. Grammar rules are not followed, words are frequently misspelled, and when I graded graduate papers, sentence structure, paragraph structure, and the ability to stay on point in an essay were all severely lacking (especially for an incoming class from the nation's more elite public universities where each of the students had graduated with honors). Subsequently words are used today with imprecision. The ambiguity created by this leads to misunderstandings and needless dispute at the interpersonal level, and the intentional ambiguity of language is an art form in law where any ambiguity can lead to a bias in a contract, or become the focal point for further litigation or judicial review. At either extreme it leads to some form of social breakdown.
As to the literary and theatrical art forms, suffice it to say that crudeness is the basest form of humor and the least intellectual form of expression.
The loss of dance can be seen as the loss of an acceptable form of public intimacy and of a more acceptable form of personal interaction with the broader community. Notice that at a sporting event if a fight breaks out everybody else watches, but if a fight breaks out at a dance the social cohesion of the event lends to all participants either breaking up the fight or ushering the combatants away from the event to preserve everyone else's good time. The social bond and the decorum of the setting naturally lends to a more peaceful interaction and the public's insistence upon it. Lose that sense of public appropriateness and civilization starts to breakdown.
So Native Georgian, I would love to hear your take on how MTV aided in the dissolution of culture and civility in our nation.
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2014 02:35 PM by JRsec.)
(01-02-2014 01:45 PM)arkstfan Wrote: Black Oak Arkansas is touring again and has released a new album. Heard its good but haven't checked it out.
Saw them in 1970 or 1971 as the warmup band for Chicago.
My brother was on the student committee that booked concerts at ArkSt in the early 70's. They booked Iron Butterfly and their manager told them to find an opening act. One committee member kept pushing for some guys he knew.
He said Black Oak Arkansas opened for them and blew the crowd away and people started leaving during Iron Butterfly. About a month later he and some friends were listening to the radio and realized it was Black Oak.
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