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.)
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...
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.
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.
...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.
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.
I missed the Vietnam War by being about 6 years younger than Fredfix This is my past too. I enjoyed my youth, but I remember my friend's older brother getting killed in Vietnam. And other older brothers going to war. You would have wanted lots of things changed if you weren't from a financially stable environment. While it's no crime to be white and have good parents, just know that things were plenty scary in my neighborhood during this time. And I am a white guy too. Also, the best music of the 70's was influenced by the inequities of American life.
@@MA-ck4wu pointless comment. Every decade has it's bad events - doesn't mean that there weren't a lot of good memories for a lot of people. People aren't allowed to look back fondly on their childhood just because bad things happened in the world? Stupid stupid comment😮
Why are the present times a nightmare? Three young guys from my neighborhood came back in body bags in 1971 alone. Each time has its challenges. As you get older you think that your youth was the best. Everything is relative.
@@rbear4574 I guess I look at things differently. Remember when we were kids? Sixty years old was ancient. My sixty year old dad looked like someone drug him behind a pick up truck. I'm sixty now. Ride my Harley. Spend my winters in the the Fla. Keys. Chase my wife around the house and growing hair down to my ass. Todays pretty good.
@@sixmile2360 Sounds like you never stopped being a kid, Keep living life to the fullest and be happy. Remember the older you get the more you can say and get a way with it.
@@rbear4574 Thats the truth. Spent 30 years as an engineer at GM toeing the company line. Having a blast now. My kids dont know what to think of us. Me an engineer and wife a history professor living like hippies. Enjoy yourself my friend. Its all over too soon.
and 8 Tracks!! Cars with a clutch. A&W Drive-Ins, Drive-In Movie theatres. We had one we use to take our boat up the river, jump out with lawn chairs, sit and watch at speakers for FREE!!!
This funny because I remember 1971. And back then a lot of people thought that suburbanization and television and the telephone reduced human interaction. We forget now how many people complained that television reduced the among of time kids spent on homework and the family spent talking to each other.
@@maryk446 Ahh yes, The Idiot Box!! I remember many a good hours spent sitting in front of it, back in 1971 and other times. Who the heck wanted to do homework!! I can remember dialing (yes "dialing") 5 numbers to make a call. But that was in a town on Cape Cod, back then, local. No "Redial" button to push back then, and no "Voicemail" to leave a message. If no answer or you got a busy signal, you had to dial all the numbers over again.
I was 17 in 1971 just got my drivers license, had a 1960 ford falcon. Every one in the neighborhood rode with me. We had a blast, those really were the good old days.
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
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.
Basil Brush that was still around in the 90’s and I listened to it. I was working at a retail store in Florida, if I worked Sunday mornings and I opened the store, meaning I would be there before the store actually opened to the customers we would listen to the radio and Kasem would go over the top 100s or maybe it was fewer by then but he was still on is my point.
I hated top 40 radio. Our rural station was like: "KLSS Rocks! The best rock music on Earth!" And then they played Helen Reddy. I listened to the college station in Waterloo, Iowa Public Radio. Bob Dorr would play whole album sides of progressive rock. THAT was good music.
Basil at 61 my wife and I remember very well. What a time to be alive! 15 cent Stop and Go icees with the little cut out on top of the cup. Cherry was the bomb but those "brain freezes" got me every time in the summer. Kasey was cool as was SoulTrain (afro sheen LOL!). American Bandstand was groovey or maybe bitch'in. Take care old fart!
Well listened, sometimes, but did not record. Hell we still had a reel to reel tape recorder machine. A B&W TV you had to get up out of chair, walk over too, to change channel.
1971 was THE year for me, after graduating High School. I had my first car, a 1966 Buick Special. I bought my first 8-Track player for it, and a friend installed some speakers in the back. I also had my first real full time job at a restaurant. I had the great classic rock music of the time on 8-track. Went to my first concerts. That summer I learned not to mix Boones Farm wine with Jack Daniels, lol. What a year!
Oh yeah, Boones Farm and JD = for a rough morning! Should have stuck to Bartles and Jaymes! LOL (which no longer makes those wine coolers - they apparently stopped after Congress quintupled the excise tax on wine.)
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.)
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 .
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...
I swear, this vid is a page out of my own teen years in the 70's. The innocence then, yet we could smoke, had jobs, and we had resilence. What is happening in our world now?
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! :/
Thanks! My wife and I are in our mid-sixties. We talk about it now and then and we both agree that we grew up in the best of times! Often don't recognize the country I'm living in anymore!
Back when I was a kid of 12 years old 1971 I remember my granddad saying just about the very same thing as you wrote.The good old days. My dad said the same thing when he was young.The good old days. And now we're talking about the good old days like they did. These times of today will be the good old days of the kids of today when they'll reach our age.
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.
@@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)
@@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.🙂🌹
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!
Those were my teen years. They weren't that different, from what I've seen (and there weren't cameras everywhere). We got away with murder and never knew how good that we had it.
Amen. We could ride our bikes anywhere, stay gone for hours and parents never worried. Just like this guy, we camped out every weekend in the woods behind a friend's house. Never a dull moment. Even after graduation in 85, camping was still fun, at that time you could buy beer at 18, and we did, get puking drunk swearing to never again, but next weekend who's turn to buy the beer😁 after that year we started going our own way, I wound up being a MP for the Army . Some went to college some we haven't seen since, but we had a easy time visiting them in the cemetery. That will put a lump in your throat no amount of beer will wash down. But I still have the memories. So yeah, I was lucky, I get to share them with my grandson now as I did with my son.
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 .
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.
@@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?
Don't know how I feel about that. Kids these days will never know this kind of fun. I may be old now but I'll never will regret growing up in the 70s. Loved very minute of it.
I think it was around the mid seventies with Nixon and Watergate. The Vietnam war our men and women weren't allowed to win. A lot of people just gave up.
Someone once asked me what I would wish for if I had only one wish. It was an easy choice for me. I would wish to live my whole life over again without changing a thing. Yes, I did many things I shouldn't have done as well as experienced numerous things that caused physical and emotional pain. But I survived them all and here I am at 70 yrs. old wishing I could go back and experience them all over again. The 60's and 70's were especially memorable and a great time to be a teenager...that is if you remove the Vietnam War from the picture.
@Konga 5000 Never had a chance to see Zeppelin, but I did make my way up towards Woodstock (didn't quite make it, but that's a long story). I did get to see Hendrix at another concert though.
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!
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
No problem, grow your hair down to your ass, say FAROUT, pigs suck! Go hang out with the new protesters, you will fit right in! I remember the era of the 60'S and early 70's! Depends on how and where you were raised! Lot of hippies were I grew up, lots of drugs and cruising in muscle cars and hanging out with friends and protesting our rights against Viet nam and watching people O.D. on LSD! I believe only the names have changed and the clothes and the cause! Everything else about the same...
I thoroughly enjoyed that video. Made me laugh a couple of times, but got me a bit teary once, too. I think the reason we found these years so great is because we were young, carefree, careless and just innocent (in a good way). Not too much to worry about and definitely none of that current terrible social and economical pressure (being productive at the work place, social media, information overwhelming you all day and coming from everywhere...) Also, teenage years is the time when you experiment with a lot of things, and these first times (and the emotions felt then) are etched in your memory for ever. Blissful innocence, I would say! That's why I miss those days. (That and the music, too!)
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.
@John Doe keep voting Republican and you'll be afraid to ever leave your house!! Being a Democrat has taught me I do have a say, I can protest and I do believe in our Constitution !! Never be afraid to disagree with our government, don't be afraid to live your amazing life!! Our forefathers wanted us to live happy and to live the American dream...I've lived in several major cities and people living there are amazing!! Stop believing our country is being taken over by illegals, child abductions and drug addicts!! This is America, life is what you make it..if you're accepting of others and others are accepting of you, your life will be amazing!! Don't let any government person tell you to be afraid!! I lived through the 60s and the horrible discrimination there was, never let this happen again..EVER!! don't let the Republicans scare you with THEIR fears!! Discrimination wasn't pretty then and it's not pretty now!! Its 2019, for God's sake if you aren't accepting of others you don't deserve to call yourself an American!!!
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!
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.
…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.
It seems like back then there was so much time, you had all day long to enjoy every little thing in life. Now days time is moving way too fast, swamped with bills & stress & work..... 😭😭😭💯
That's probably how our Parents felt back then. If I don't get anything else out of Life at least I lived the 70's as a Teen. What an awesome time to be young.
That was the magic of a young heart. The world is an endless boundary when you are young. I was just starting school in 1971. I can remember sitting on the steps at school during recess, and watching my school mates on the play ground. I have this memory just like it happened yesterday. I remember my feeling was, "this is the beginning..."
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!
I was 25 that summer. Going to see a movie at the drive-in was one of the most fun options for entertainment on a hot summer night around that time.....but for me, throughout the ‘60’s.
When America started to become Big Brother to the World and started opening up the Borders is when America started going to Hell and the Proof is all around you. Just a very true Fact. There is no discussion.
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 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.😊👍
@@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".
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! 👍😊
This was fun! I was 8 in 1971 and remember so much of it. The music, the cassette player and 8 track player. I had a 1967 Chevy Impala when I was in college, but it looked similar to the 1965. I am so very fortunate to have grown up in the 1970’s!
AMEN I GREW UP THEN THE VERY BEST OF TIMES .EVERYTHING HAS WENT DOWN HILL SINCE THEN. WISH I COULD BE BORN AGAIN IN THE SAME TIME AGAIN. GOD GAVE US THE BEST OF TIMES.......
Today with all the turmoil we are experiencing today.....I rather go back to simpler times no internet.....drive in theatres...... People actually happy ..
Seems like the day had more hours in it than today, that sounds like a week's worth of activities by today's pace, even though life seems faster now, its harder to get a lot done in a day.
becourse in 2000-'s we spend too much time siting on interent just thinking of doing new things but we don't go outside and do new fun things we used to do in 1990's
@@timfremstad3434 Yes, it is. And we slowly, almost imperceptibly, get slower and slower as we age. We also wake up one day to find that we don't have the energy we did for most of our lives before. It's subtle, and sneaks up on us starting right about our late 40's for most of us, we don't even notice right away. But it progresses, and we finally realize that we're just not able to move as fast as we used to. What pisses me off is that now I'm retired, I've got the time to do some things I've always wanted to do, but the 'age related slow-downs' won't let me do them.
It was not a great time to be female, particularly a black female. There was no easy access to birth control, and those "free loving females" were just pressured by boys to have sex, and taken advantage of, too. Your friend Richard Nixon was a crook who resigned in disgrace.
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!!!
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.
Thanks for the video, thoroughly enjoyed the commentary too. Took me back to a wonderful time. Things were so much easier back then. Kids today will never know what it's like to not have the pressure to look a certain way, wear certain brands, own certain products, etc. Most will never know the freedom of just being a kid without the pressure of social media, helicopter parents, etc. Most will never know what it's like to just have fun running the neighborhood/streets of your town with your friends after school and on the weekends. So sad, kids today are like house pets "indoor kids".
And the pressure of nuclear war. And the pressure to smoke. And if you were not much older, that of quite a few diseases. But you're wrong about the pressure to look a certain way as that was rampant in So-Cal. There was a huge amount of bullying back then by both kids and teachers.
The 70'S and 80's where the best times.it was so much better back then.wish I had a time machine to go back.that's when you spent time with your family.and every one was outside playing and had to be home when the street lights turned on.😀
I was 19 in 71' my frist car was a 65' plymouth satellite, HANDED,, down to me by my mom, when she bought her new 70' lemon twist 440c.i challenger, R/t,, white interior, white vinyl top,,, I'm 68 y.o. now, and to this day never saw another challenger like it! SUPPOSEDLY one of one, in that color combo, factory air as well,,, and it was very quick,,, O' WHAT MEMORIES,,, THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE!
kyokogodai The ones who say now is better weren't around back then. Kids today are robots. They believe now is better because that's what today's crap media and culture tells them...there are some, however who see through the B.S. and think for themselves.
Well, I guess better, or worse depended on how old you were back then. For me, age 11 in 1971, mostly better. But. I do remember we lost 2 older brothers of neighbor kids to the Vietnam War. AFA today, we are just as hooked on cell phones as people of that era were on cigarettes!
I was there. 16 in 1971. We had a Dodge station wagon, 383 with push button transmission. I had a 1967 Chevy half ton truck with 3 on the tree standard shift transmission. You truly felt immortal, no worries or concerns, two more years of high school to go. Spent time with your friends in sports or just hanging around. Your parents were in good health, Dad worked while mom took care of the house. Kids helped because that is what you do. We had just got our first color TV because Dad could no longer watch the football games in B&W. Yes, shopping at Montgomery Ward and seeing all the console TVs was it. We got a 23" RCA with the works in a drawer and loved it. Got rid of our old Packard Bell combination TV, record player and radio. Was cool looking inside the back of the PB TV console as it looked like a futuristic space city the way the lights in the tubes glowed like mini towers. If the TV went bad, rolling, flat, pinpoint light in the center, Dad took out all the tubes, went to the Rexall Drug Store and used their tube tester. We ate sandwiches of Wonder white bread, enjoyed Swanson Pot Pies and TV dinners. Jiffy Pop for popcorn, Fizzies to drink. What I truly miss is there were far fewer people back then. You could go to a National Park and not have to wait in massive lines. At Disneyland there was actually open space in your pictures. Didn't need Fast Pass or anything else. Life was good.
Thanks heaps for this amazing upload mate, it filled my heart with all the good stuff. We were lucky to have had our teen or kid time in the 70's and 80's, thanks for the memories.
1971 we were dirt poor yet I do have extremely fond memories of the time. Totally forgot any hardships I had because I have the music of the time at my finger tips. I am forever greatful to technology. Time to time I can revisit a bygone part of life and smile. Thanks so much for posting....
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.
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
I lived the exact same life in central New York. We actually had a fort built out in the woods, It had a big bay window, 50 gallon barrel for a fireplace, and a galvanized drainage pipe for a chimney. We built at 5 feet off the ground so we could park our snowmobiles and mini bikes under it.
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...
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.
I was 5. I still remember it as a magical time. 8 track of Cat Steven's "Tea for the Tillerman" in the tape deck of my sister's boyfriend's Corvair. Pic burning at the drive in. Calling my friend on our rotary phone. The cord was tattered from being stetched too much.
Just watched this again...I'm going to be 61 in October and I still think and feel like a young man...but after mowing the grass yesterday I am a wreck...you did right by not diving into ANY smoke TOO young. But I lived the "Disco" part of the decade and went FULL ON, the bullet ever ready, ever full, to take a furtive snort... In the '70's, some of us (well, a crapload of us) did a few lines, and when you were out, it's like Schlitz, "When you're out of it , you're out of it", and there weren't so many people crying "I'm addicted...REHAB! WAH!!" No, it took the 2002 to get me addicted to magic poppy...recover(ing) now so i'm lucky. We grew up in a decade where there was buku HOPE, so not as many turned to the pill, powder, needle or the bottle. But these blessed kids today...I know it seems hopeless, but you HAVE to hold on to HOPE. KEEP watching FredFlix---It really DOES help!!
NAILED IT! Seems we're supposed to think we had so little back then and so much more now, but why does it feel the other way around. Never had kids of my own but those of friends and family walk around like zombies, not seeming to have much of a life. Can't imagine what stories they will have to relate 50 years from now.This short vid was like an adventure film, but just a typical day in the life back then.
I still have a rotary phone, 8 track tapes and player, records and record player. Yuuup, it all works. I turned the side of the house into a drive-in. No need for the speaker box. I use wireless speakers. A lil modern tech helps, hahaha.
I got away from my dad. And went to the Air force 1970. Bought my first car 1970 VW Beetle it cost me 1819.00 new. That was alot money that time. Still the best car I ever owned.
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 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
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..
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.
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!
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.
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
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. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
All's we needed were sneakers, basketballs and baseball gloves and mom didn't see us until it got dark. No kids disappeared or molested. Everyone on our street came from a 2 parent household. Amazing time in american history!
Well, kids were kidnapped and molested and killed back then, and all thru history, it just wasn't reported that much. But yeah, use to buy "Pro Keds" sneakers for like $5 a pair. We use to build bicycles from spare parts. Banana seat, Sissy bar, chopper wheel, etc. No brakes. We had to use our sneakers on the road as brakes. Mother wonder how the hell I could wear thru a pair of sneakers so fast. You'd have one baseball glove your entire life. Pick up games, football, street hockey.
1971 was the year I was born and I do remember a lot about the late 70's. It was a unbelievable time to be a kid. The best toys and the best music. Today's life has a lot of cool technology but I'd give it all up in a second just to go back to that simpler way of life. Speeding through a bowl of cereal brushing teeth and out the door straight to my bicycle, off to spend the whole day getting into trouble.lol!
WOW...in 1971 I was only 3yrs old but ... MAN....I remember most of those things in these days...I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO GO BACK...THANKS FOR THE BLAST FROM THE PAST....!!!
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.
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.)
... come home when the street lights go on
When we wanted to stay out I'd throw a rock and take care of the streetlight.
@@bam8700 you're bad..a JD(juvey delinq). 🤣✔
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...
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.
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.
Dianna McInnes fires are illegal where i live..
...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.
YEP! THEY WERE GREAT TIMES.
Yeah we do.
One of the best decades for music! ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Creedence Clearwater Revival, BEE GEES, Electric Light Orchestra!
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.
Yall must be white.
@@thankthelord4536 yeah I’m white. So? Are you white or are you black and just listen to shitty mumble rap?
You can't forget the Doobie Brothers or Crosby, Stills and Nash!
@@MegaFiona9 You forgot Neil Young
Those were good times. Being a teenager in the 70’s was a lot of fun. I would not change a thing.
I missed the Vietnam War by being about 6 years younger than Fredfix
This is my past too.
I enjoyed my youth, but I remember my friend's older brother getting killed in Vietnam. And other older brothers going to war.
You would have wanted lots of things changed if you weren't from a financially stable environment.
While it's no crime to be white and have good parents, just know that things were plenty scary in my neighborhood during this time.
And I am a white guy too.
Also, the best music of the 70's was influenced by the inequities of American life.
tell that to john wayne gacey's victims
Agree 💯
@@MA-ck4wu pointless comment. Every decade has it's bad events - doesn't mean that there weren't a lot of good memories for a lot of people.
People aren't allowed to look back fondly on their childhood just because bad things happened in the world?
Stupid stupid comment😮
I never imagined the 21st Century would be like a nightmare. I wish I could go back to the 70’s.
Why are the present times a nightmare? Three young guys from my neighborhood came back in body bags in 1971 alone. Each time has its challenges. As you get older you think that your youth was the best. Everything is relative.
@@sixmile2360 I have friends come back from Nam in body bags. Your are right we all think our youth was the best. and I guess it was.
@@rbear4574 I guess I look at things differently. Remember when we were kids? Sixty years old was ancient. My sixty year old dad looked like someone drug him behind a pick up truck. I'm sixty now. Ride my Harley. Spend my winters in the the Fla. Keys. Chase my wife around the house and growing hair down to my ass. Todays pretty good.
@@sixmile2360 Sounds like you never stopped being a kid, Keep living life to the fullest and be happy. Remember the older you get the more you can say and get a way with it.
@@rbear4574 Thats the truth. Spent 30 years as an engineer at GM toeing the company line. Having a blast now. My kids dont know what to think of us. Me an engineer and wife a history professor living like hippies. Enjoy yourself my friend. Its all over too soon.
Simpler times,Happier times. No internet just human interaction.
I now hate going to a bar and everyone is on their smart phone and not talking to each other.
and 8 Tracks!! Cars with a clutch. A&W Drive-Ins, Drive-In Movie theatres. We had one we use to take our boat up the river, jump out with lawn chairs, sit and watch at speakers for FREE!!!
@H HOUR HOTEL Ha Ha Ha Ha!!
This funny because I remember 1971. And back then a lot of people thought that suburbanization and television and the telephone reduced human interaction. We forget now how many people complained that television reduced the among of time kids spent on homework and the family spent talking to each other.
@@maryk446 Ahh yes, The Idiot Box!! I remember many a good hours spent sitting in front of it, back in 1971 and other times. Who the heck wanted to do homework!! I can remember dialing (yes "dialing") 5 numbers to make a call. But that was in a town on Cape Cod, back then, local. No "Redial" button to push back then, and no "Voicemail" to leave a message. If no answer or you got a busy signal, you had to dial all the numbers over again.
When people ask me if I'm having fun I always say I stopped having fun in the 70's! Go class of '74.
‘75 here 👍🏼
1973!!
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..
Are you related to Big Joe Drain
My older sister graduated in 1973. I was only 3 years old. I remember her graduation party.
I was 17 in 1971 just got my drivers license, had a 1960 ford falcon. Every one in the neighborhood rode with me. We had a blast, those really were the good old days.
Not knowing how valuable some of those 60s and 70s cars would become
I lived in those times as a teenager, rich in life, didn’t need money.
Isn't it weird how we could do stuff with almost no money.
@@RippSnortin A "Shovel", an AXE, or a Basketball, these were "our" toy's!
Good times back then
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
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.
How many of you listened to Kasey Kasem’s “America’s top 100” on Saturday’s and recorded your favorite songs with a cassette deck?
Basil Brush that was still around in the 90’s and I listened to it. I was working at a retail store in Florida, if I worked Sunday mornings and I opened the store, meaning I would be there before the store actually opened to the customers we would listen to the radio and Kasem would go over the top 100s or maybe it was fewer by then but he was still on is my point.
I hated top 40 radio. Our rural station was like: "KLSS Rocks! The best rock music on Earth!" And then they played Helen Reddy. I listened to the college station in Waterloo, Iowa Public Radio. Bob Dorr would play whole album sides of progressive rock. THAT was good music.
Basil at 61 my wife and I remember very well. What a time to be alive! 15 cent Stop and Go icees with the little cut out on top of the cup. Cherry was the bomb but those "brain freezes" got me every time in the summer. Kasey was cool as was SoulTrain (afro sheen LOL!). American Bandstand was groovey or maybe bitch'in. Take care old fart!
Well listened, sometimes, but did not record. Hell we still had a reel to reel tape recorder machine. A B&W TV you had to get up out of chair, walk over too, to change channel.
@@billd.iniowa2263 "Helen Reddy"???? Barf!!!
Bringing back so many memories 😃 especially weed, Boone's Farm strawberry 🍓 wine and just growing up then!!!
1971 was THE year for me, after graduating High School. I had my first car, a 1966 Buick Special. I bought my first 8-Track player for it, and a friend installed some speakers in the back. I also had my first real full time job at a restaurant. I had the great classic rock music of the time on 8-track. Went to my first concerts. That summer I learned not to mix Boones Farm wine with Jack Daniels, lol. What a year!
Oh yeah, Boones Farm and JD = for a rough morning! Should have stuck to Bartles and Jaymes! LOL (which no longer makes those wine coolers - they apparently stopped after Congress quintupled the excise tax on wine.)
I don’t care what anyone says those were some of the best times.
Agreed
It seemed everything was more fun and less stressful.
Who is saying otherwise?
it was definitely @@robfninh
Yes, let`s get a De Lorean and go back!. I`ll drive...……. @@suecook8373
The best time growing up. Such a different world then.
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.)
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.
@shillslayer Not even close. It's slowly but progressively getting worse. Almost the same. Not quite.
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.
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!
I felt like I just wasn’t made for these modern day times
I know that feeling very well!
same and i really hate high tech stuff now it’s just so un fun
@@xsitied2708 the technology is amazing but it comes with huge drawbacks . It makes people much lazier and less social
@@billsimms2511 yep
Truth is, NO ONE is, some are doing a better job with it is all.
We all need to GET BACK to that place we once were, but better.
We CAN do it.
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.
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.
Sorry about your loss. This video made me sad and happy at the same time.
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So sorry for your loss
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 .
I told my sister wasn't 71 I was 17
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...
I agree , being a teenager in the 70s was absolutely amazing ,,,,, God Bless all of us who made it this far .
CANT FORGET THE 4-H CLUB😊
Got my first bike at western auto. I'm 61 now. Loved the 70s.
Oh I know we had some wild times and did some crazy s*** back tub
Oh, George Harrison, what a beautiful masterpiece of a song you made.
I swear, this vid is a page out of my own teen years in the 70's. The innocence then, yet we could smoke, had jobs, and we had resilence. What is happening in our world now?
We had a smoke area that I visited between classes
Yeah!!! Milton high school, skipping class... smoking area. Good times!
I would like to buy a ticket to the 1970s please!
And one more for the 80's please;)
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! :/
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.
@greenmean1 Yes... how I do remember "window pane" and hash!!
Same!
Thanks! My wife and I are in our mid-sixties. We talk about it now and then and we both agree that we grew up in the best of times! Often don't recognize the country I'm living in anymore!
I agree, Peter. I hope I'm not around in 30 years to see it decline even further.
I second that
Back when I was a kid of 12 years old 1971 I remember my granddad saying just about the very same thing as you wrote.The good old days. My dad said the same thing when he was young.The good old days. And now we're talking about the good old days like they did. These times of today will be the good old days of the kids of today when they'll reach our age.
Peter Egger I'm sorry the 1980's was the best
Me too FredFlix
Don kircshners rock concert. Midnight special! Of course SNL 1975. Benny hill. Monty Python...on and on. Best times of my life
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.
Thank you for your service ❤️
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.
@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.🙏🏽
Who remembers using a book of matches wedged under a 8 track cassette tape to keep it from double tracking?
I do
I remember using a pencil, to rewind the tape, after the recorder ate it! Lol!
My brother did that s*** my dad used to have a heart attack when he did that but it always worked
I sure do....folded up piece of paper...whatever was handy.
I used a comb!
I am so fortunate to have lived in that time. It really was fun and exiting. I will always cherish my teen years.
Do you think it was to do with being a teenager at the time, or was the world really a different place then?
@@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)
@@gilliankingston8259 , BOTH!
@@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.🙂🌹
@@gilliankingston8259 I agree.
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!
Thank you!
Compared to today, those days were heaven.
I was 16 in 1971. Those were the days. Bless us all. Now im 65 living in the 2020
Me too. Class of ''74. Dallas.
I think I would be happy to stay stuck in the 80's. That was the last decade I believe anybody could call the good old days
Yeah me too.
The 80s look really good.
That's the decade I would pick also.
I don’t call the 80s the good old days. There never will be any good old days.
Those were my teen years. They weren't that different, from what I've seen (and there weren't cameras everywhere). We got away with murder and never knew how good that we had it.
I came of age in the 70's just primed for the 80's; Look at me now! LOL
Amen. We could ride our bikes anywhere, stay gone for hours and parents never worried. Just like this guy, we camped out every weekend in the woods behind a friend's house. Never a dull moment. Even after graduation in 85, camping was still fun, at that time you could buy beer at 18, and we did, get puking drunk swearing to never again, but next weekend who's turn to buy the beer😁 after that year we started going our own way, I wound up being a MP for the Army . Some went to college some we haven't seen since, but we had a easy time visiting them in the cemetery. That will put a lump in your throat no amount of beer will wash down. But I still have the memories. So yeah, I was lucky, I get to share them with my grandson now as I did with my son.
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 .
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.
I was a 12 year old in 71 growing in Maryland. I agree with you
You must be white. Am I right or am I right?🤗
@@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?
Don't know how I feel about that. Kids these days will never know this kind of fun. I may be old now but I'll never will regret growing up in the 70s. Loved very minute of it.
At what point of time did the times start changing...or should I say.....decaying?
(Coming from a 21yr old) I'm just curious.
Me too!
I think it was around the mid seventies with Nixon and Watergate. The Vietnam war our men and women weren't allowed to win. A lot of people just gave up.
Someone once asked me what I would wish for if I had only one wish. It was an easy choice for me. I would wish to live my whole life over again without changing a thing. Yes, I did many things I shouldn't have done as well as experienced numerous things that caused physical and emotional pain. But I survived them all and here I am at 70 yrs. old wishing I could go back and experience them all over again. The 60's and 70's were especially memorable and a great time to be a teenager...that is if you remove the Vietnam War from the picture.
@Konga 5000 Never had a chance to see Zeppelin, but I did make my way up towards Woodstock (didn't quite make it, but that's a long story). I did get to see Hendrix at another concert though.
I was a teen in the 70s the best time to grow up life was so easy and simple could run the streets till after dark no one seemed to care.
The “convenience “ of today’s cell-phone driven world has trivialised life, not enhanced it.
information is worthless now.
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!
yeah sometimes I forget mine and keep driving...thinking about how many years I lived without one of those POS.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
"Black Sabbath"??? OMG!!
I was a 70s teenager... turned 13 in '71. What a great time that was. If I could set the Wayback Machine, it would be for 1970.
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.
That blessing reflects loves' peaceful truth...to stand and be counted and so alter the inertia of selfishness and derision.
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.
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
Thanks for that great story.
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.
Sounds like a typical Saturday night in my life in the 70s. God I miss those days.
No problem, grow your hair down to your ass, say FAROUT, pigs suck! Go hang out with the new protesters, you will fit right in! I remember the era of the 60'S and early 70's! Depends on how and where you were raised! Lot of hippies were I grew up, lots of drugs and cruising in muscle cars and hanging out with friends and protesting our rights against Viet nam and watching people O.D. on LSD! I believe only the names have changed and the clothes and the cause! Everything else about the same...
I do too
I miss Don Kirshner's Rock show every Friday Night.
Me too!!!
Me too😭😭😭
I wish we could all go back..People now a days suck. I will always love those days the most.
azmonkey mann me too. Teary eyed
I feel exactly like you do,
People sucked then too, get real
I thoroughly enjoyed that video. Made me laugh a couple of times, but got me a bit teary once, too.
I think the reason we found these years so great is because we were young, carefree, careless and just innocent (in a good way). Not too much to worry about and definitely none of that current terrible social and economical pressure (being productive at the work place, social media, information overwhelming you all day and coming from everywhere...) Also, teenage years is the time when you experiment with a lot of things, and these first times (and the emotions felt then) are etched in your memory for ever. Blissful innocence, I would say! That's why I miss those days. (That and the music, too!)
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.
Always glad to shear, Samantha. :-)
I miss drive-ins, they were awesome!
WHEN TIMES WERE HAPPIER AND SIMPLE
@John Doe keep voting Republican and you'll be afraid to ever leave your house!! Being a Democrat has taught me I do have a say, I can protest and I do believe in our Constitution !! Never be afraid to disagree with our government, don't be afraid to live your amazing life!! Our forefathers wanted us to live happy and to live the American dream...I've lived in several major cities and people living there are amazing!! Stop believing our country is being taken over by illegals, child abductions and drug addicts!! This is America, life is what you make it..if you're accepting of others and others are accepting of you, your life will be amazing!! Don't let any government person tell you to be afraid!! I lived through the 60s and the horrible discrimination there was, never let this happen again..EVER!! don't let the Republicans scare you with THEIR fears!! Discrimination wasn't pretty then and it's not pretty now!! Its 2019, for God's sake if you aren't accepting of others you don't deserve to call yourself an American!!!
and yes, we did what was always suspected. I miss those times greatly
They were fun. But who over the age of fifteen went to actually watch a movie...
There's still quite a few scattered around southern Indiana. One in my small hometown, and three others within a half hour drive.
Loved everything about 71. Great year for cars, music, television movies and America. Wish I had a time machine
You do have a time machine, its called music!
Oh year best year for cars, Cuz in '73 they started to screw them up. But not so great with Vietnam War.
1970 and a away we are
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!
Except for Vietnam, the 70s were great.
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.
I like how you guys called it supper instead of dinner back then. 😅
…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.
I remember watching soul train and american bandstand on Saturdays about lunch time!miss 70s&80s!!!!
It seems like back then there was so much time, you had all day long to enjoy every little thing in life. Now days time is moving way too fast, swamped with bills & stress & work..... 😭😭😭💯
That's probably how our Parents felt back then. If I don't get anything else out of Life at least I lived the 70's as a Teen. What an awesome time to be young.
@@plainwornout3964 so amazing ❤❤😭
That was the magic of a young heart. The world is an endless boundary when you are young. I was just starting school in 1971. I can remember sitting on the steps at school during recess, and watching my school mates on the play ground. I have this memory just like it happened yesterday. I remember my feeling was, "this is the beginning..."
You nailed it.
Great observation. Everything is sped up.
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!
Ken Lompart Yeah, and the little sport glass windows pointed in towards you. Miss those days.
yeah , we had to blow $19.95 at Radio Shack for an FM converter !
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.
I was 25 that summer. Going to see a movie at the drive-in was one of the most fun options for entertainment on a hot summer night around that time.....but for me, throughout the ‘60’s.
I was 16 in 1971. I like the part where "not many people locked their doors."
Great age, you just beat the Vietnam Draft.
When America started to become Big Brother to the World and started opening up the Borders is when America started going to Hell and the Proof is all around you. Just a very true Fact. There is no discussion.
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
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.
@@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.😊👍
The good ole days when people had compassion and curtesy for each other ..... 😞
Now we have Homeowners Associations. No compassion for seniors on SSI who can't do much.
Where the hell did you grow up? None of that was around here, back then.
@@aspenrebel that's real obvious by your inhuman response ...... Sad
@@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".
@@aspenrebel I guarantee you never had an inclination of what I speak of 😂
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! 👍😊
You're welcome!
This was fun! I was 8 in 1971 and remember so much of it. The music, the cassette player and 8 track player. I had a 1967 Chevy Impala when I was in college, but it looked similar to the 1965. I am so very fortunate to have grown up in the 1970’s!
Bet you wish you had that Impala now! : )
Those days were a whole lot better than now, for sure
Mr. Amerigo victimization much?
AMEN I GREW UP THEN THE VERY BEST OF TIMES .EVERYTHING HAS WENT DOWN HILL SINCE THEN. WISH I COULD BE BORN AGAIN IN THE SAME TIME AGAIN. GOD GAVE US THE BEST OF TIMES.......
It was great times
Today with all the turmoil we are experiencing today.....I rather go back to simpler times no internet.....drive in theatres...... People actually happy
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It was great, we lived like there was no tomorrow because of the Cold War!
Seems like the day had more hours in it than today, that sounds like a week's worth of activities by today's pace, even though life seems faster now, its harder to get a lot done in a day.
becourse in 2000-'s
we spend too much time siting on interent just thinking of doing new things
but we don't go outside and do new fun things
we used to do in 1990's
I think thats because we're older now
@@timfremstad3434 Yes, it is. And we slowly, almost imperceptibly, get slower and slower as we age. We also wake up one day to find that we don't have the energy we did for most of our lives before. It's subtle, and sneaks up on us starting right about our late 40's for most of us, we don't even notice right away. But it progresses, and we finally realize that we're just not able to move as fast as we used to. What pisses me off is that now I'm retired, I've got the time to do some things I've always wanted to do, but the 'age related slow-downs' won't let me do them.
......and I sit and weep uncontrollably, wishing for better days-" the good ole days", when a kid could actually spend time growing up.😭
I miss the Drive-Ins, the Free loving Females, the Rock Music Peak, Being In Good hands with Nixon, Rockford Files TV Show, STAR WARS !!
My dad and I used to watch The Rockford Files and then Quincy right after. Those years were wonderful and summertime was the greatest!
It was not a great time to be female, particularly a black female. There was no easy access to birth control, and those "free loving females" were just pressured by boys to have sex, and taken advantage of, too. Your friend Richard Nixon was a crook who resigned in disgrace.
Some of best years of my life was a as a child in the 70's
Same here. Was in Bellflower CA in 78. Had the best friends and best times. Junior high days.
reginald blaylock Loved Concentration 😊
I was born July 8, 1970. Were you born about that year, Reginald?
Mine too
Child of the sixties, teenager in the 70s and an adult ( sort of) of the 80s.
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!!!
Root beer was my favorite
I loved fizzies!!
Grape Fizzies!!!
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.
I remember when you bought a Hershey Bar it was a giant full-sized purchase that would last for days.
Thanks for the video, thoroughly enjoyed the commentary too. Took me back to a wonderful time. Things were so much easier back then. Kids today will never know what it's like to not have the pressure to look a certain way, wear certain brands, own certain products, etc. Most will never know the freedom of just being a kid without the pressure of social media, helicopter parents, etc. Most will never know what it's like to just have fun running the neighborhood/streets of your town with your friends after school and on the weekends. So sad, kids today are like house pets "indoor kids".
Only the pressure of the draft.
And the pressure of nuclear war. And the pressure to smoke. And if you were not much older, that of quite a few diseases. But you're wrong about the pressure to look a certain way as that was rampant in So-Cal. There was a huge amount of bullying back then by both kids and teachers.
That was me at 17 FAROUT! I remember the era and saw myself back then... I can dig it...
The 70'S and 80's where the best times.it was so much better back then.wish I had a time machine to go back.that's when you spent time with your family.and every one was outside playing and had to be home when the street lights turned on.😀
Best time of my life. There’s nothing in this world today that compares to it.
Magical times!! 🦄 There was something special about the 70’s that can never be repeated, including the superb and real music 🎵
in 2020 you still listen to 70's music on interent
brings back memberies of good and bad things
I was 19 in 71' my frist car was a 65' plymouth satellite, HANDED,, down to me by my mom, when she bought her new 70' lemon twist 440c.i challenger, R/t,, white interior, white vinyl top,,, I'm 68 y.o. now, and to this day never saw another challenger like it! SUPPOSEDLY one of one, in that color combo, factory air as well,,, and it was very quick,,, O' WHAT MEMORIES,,, THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE!
Omg. I miss those times. If I could go back, even for just one day!!!!!
Yeah I think we all do.
Just for 1 hour!
You can, if only for a moment!
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 ...
@@angelasneed8006 Sorry for your loss. Keep the good memories going.
A better time, and yet some say today is better. Can't see how.
kyokogodai The ones who say now is better weren't around back then. Kids today are robots. They believe now is better because that's what today's crap media and culture tells them...there are some, however who see through the B.S. and think for themselves.
yes
ChiliContestWinner
Like Johnny today who got his leg blown off by an IUD in Iraq.
Obama phones. Beat that 1970s!!!!
Well, I guess better, or worse depended on how old you were back then. For me, age 11 in 1971, mostly better. But. I do remember we lost 2 older brothers of neighbor kids to the Vietnam War. AFA today, we are just as hooked on cell phones as people of that era were on cigarettes!
I was there. 16 in 1971. We had a Dodge station wagon, 383 with push button transmission. I had a 1967 Chevy half ton truck with 3 on the tree standard shift transmission. You truly felt immortal, no worries or concerns, two more years of high school to go. Spent time with your friends in sports or just hanging around.
Your parents were in good health, Dad worked while mom took care of the house. Kids helped because that is what you do. We had just got our first color TV because Dad could no longer watch the football games in B&W. Yes, shopping at Montgomery Ward and seeing all the console TVs was it.
We got a 23" RCA with the works in a drawer and loved it. Got rid of our old Packard Bell combination TV, record player and radio. Was cool looking inside the back of the PB TV console as it looked like a futuristic space city the way the lights in the tubes glowed like mini towers. If the TV went bad, rolling, flat, pinpoint light in the center, Dad took out all the tubes, went to the Rexall Drug Store and used their tube tester.
We ate sandwiches of Wonder white bread, enjoyed Swanson Pot Pies and TV dinners. Jiffy Pop for popcorn, Fizzies to drink.
What I truly miss is there were far fewer people back then. You could go to a National Park and not have to wait in massive lines. At Disneyland there was actually open space in your pictures. Didn't need Fast Pass or anything else.
Life was good.
It was great being a teen in the 70's for sure!!
"Those were the days my friend..we thought they would never end..." Mary Hopkins.
"We'd lived the life we choose, we'd fight and never lose, for we were young..."
"In the glass I saw a strange reflection...was that lonely woman, really me?"
"Those were the days, oh yes those were the days"
Ah the Welsh Angel.
I almost “love you” for posting the essence our childhood condensed in just a few minutes❣️🙏
I'm pretty lovable, Julie, despite what my ex-wife says.
Thanks so much for this. I graduated high school in 1970. 😎
@@FredFlix PFFT.
Thanks heaps for this amazing upload mate, it filled my heart with all the good stuff. We were lucky to have had our teen or kid time in the 70's and 80's, thanks for the memories.
You're welcome, James.
1971 we were dirt poor yet I do have extremely fond memories of the time. Totally forgot any hardships I had because I have the music of the time at my finger tips. I am forever greatful to technology. Time to time I can revisit a bygone part of life and smile. Thanks so much for posting....
The 70s were a great time, especially the summer of 76. Damn I miss the 70s.
Wasn't that "The Summer of '42"? Making out in the dunes of The Cape.
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.
The Bicentennial Year! When it was cool to be an American. Now, if you celebrate being an American you’re called a racist xenophobe.
I was born on the bicentennial day...I have a 1776-1976 wall.
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
The simplicity. How very lucky we were.
I lived the exact same life in central New York. We actually had a fort built out in the woods, It had a big bay window, 50 gallon barrel for a fireplace, and a galvanized drainage pipe for a chimney. We built at 5 feet off the ground so we could park our snowmobiles and mini bikes under it.
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...
Does anybody have a time machine miss those years when people cared and respected each other 😥
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.
Ok how many mass shootings was there in the 70s
No mass shootings, just a few fights after school. Nobody wanted to shoot anybody.
@@chrisevans9553 *cough* IRA
insert name here What was so violent about the 70’s?
I was 5. I still remember it as a magical time. 8 track of Cat Steven's "Tea for the Tillerman" in the tape deck of my sister's boyfriend's Corvair. Pic burning at the drive in. Calling my friend on our rotary phone. The cord was tattered from being stetched too much.
Yes....the phone was in the kitchen and one in my parents room....and you dare not use their phone!!
Just watched this again...I'm going to be 61 in October and I still think and feel like a young man...but after mowing the grass yesterday I am a wreck...you did right by not diving into ANY smoke TOO young. But I lived the "Disco" part of the decade and went FULL ON, the bullet ever ready, ever full, to take a furtive snort...
In the '70's, some of us (well, a crapload of us) did a few lines, and when you were out, it's like Schlitz, "When you're out of it , you're out of it", and there weren't so many people crying "I'm addicted...REHAB! WAH!!" No, it took the 2002 to get me addicted to magic poppy...recover(ing) now so i'm lucky.
We grew up in a decade where there was buku HOPE, so not as many turned to the pill, powder, needle or the bottle. But these blessed kids today...I know it seems hopeless, but you HAVE to hold on to HOPE. KEEP watching FredFlix---It really DOES help!!
Thank you, Michael.
@@FredFlix The pleasure is all mine, Fred!
NAILED IT!
Seems we're supposed to think we had so little back then and so much more now, but why does it feel the other way around. Never had kids of my own but those of friends and family walk around like zombies, not seeming to have much of a life. Can't imagine what stories they will have to relate 50 years from now.This short vid was like an adventure film, but just a typical day in the life back then.
If things keep going the way they are there won’t be any 50 years from now!
Riding to 7 Eleven on our bikes in the early 80s to get slurpees was our highlight.
For me it was lafayette party store for bomb pops and then a little weed behind the store
Yes!
@@barryhollon468
Back then it was stems and seeds.
Without a helmet
Tell me about this wish I could go back the 80 was the best no problems back them we had problems but ever one was thee helping each other
I still have a rotary phone, 8 track tapes and player, records and record player. Yuuup, it all works. I turned the side of the house into a drive-in. No need for the speaker box. I use wireless speakers. A lil modern tech helps, hahaha.
Absolutely 1st class choice of avatar!
ive got a lot of 70s stuff like that that still work and is easy to use
I got away from my dad. And went to the Air force 1970. Bought my first car 1970 VW Beetle it cost me 1819.00 new. That was alot money that time. Still the best car I ever owned.
I was 16 in 71 too. I miss those days so much.
70's were the best times of my life, appreciate your taking me back to a better time..
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
Mmewster I just left a comment saying I wish I was a teenager in the 70s instead of being born then, a 71 baby 👶☘👍.
Mmewster And topless 😱😱😱😱😭😭😭😭 I want a time machine boobs 📸😂👍.
Absodamnlutely miiiiiiine too!!!!
@@Mmewster The car was topless or you were?
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.
Yeah, just wish I could talk 5 minutes with each of them.
@@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
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..
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.
Moody blues NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN..Guess who..Bee Gee..Swimming and rollerscating..record hops Wednesday night.
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!
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.
This was FREEDOM !!!!! I was there too and was just like that.
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
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
I was a teenager in the 70s greatest time in my life. You talk about good music . The music today sucks.
No it doesn’t. You just don’t care to research. There’s plenty of good music still please...
@@annaleisethoe1454 Yes Bella there is some good music today. But alot of it is crap.
I grew up in the 90’s you are right today’s music sucks.
There was a lot of crap then too!
I coudn't agree more. Most of the stuff today makes me want to commit suicide
So many great memories of childhood brought back right here. Thank you very much for sharing yours, and allowing some of us to relive ours. Well done!
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.
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All's we needed were sneakers, basketballs and baseball gloves and mom didn't see us until it got dark. No kids disappeared or molested. Everyone on our street came from a 2 parent household. Amazing time in american history!
I think you will find that, unfortunately, bad things did happen but there was not so much social media and 24 hour coverage
johniboz1 Maybe not to you or your area but people were still getting rapped and molested just no news or social media so it wasn’t in your face
So true brother
You nailed it. Magical times to grow up in.
Well, kids were kidnapped and molested and killed back then, and all thru history, it just wasn't reported that much. But yeah, use to buy "Pro Keds" sneakers for like $5 a pair. We use to build bicycles from spare parts. Banana seat, Sissy bar, chopper wheel, etc. No brakes. We had to use our sneakers on the road as brakes. Mother wonder how the hell I could wear thru a pair of sneakers so fast. You'd have one baseball glove your entire life. Pick up games, football, street hockey.
Everything today is overwhelming. Not even time for reflecting, nothing. Makes me homesick for the days when there was more time. Love your videos
1971 was the year I was born and I do remember a lot about the late 70's. It was a unbelievable time to be a kid. The best toys and the best music. Today's life has a lot of cool technology but I'd give it all up in a second just to go back to that simpler way of life. Speeding through a bowl of cereal brushing teeth and out the door straight to my bicycle, off to spend the whole day getting into trouble.lol!
WOW...in 1971 I was only 3yrs old but ...
MAN....I remember most of those things in these days...I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO GO BACK...THANKS FOR THE BLAST FROM THE PAST....!!!
I had to stop watching, couldn't see thru my tears 😥
Mississippi Mud me too
Yeah sad
I had tears too. Would like to go back for one day to see everyone again. Those were some good times!
Mississippi mud: Shut up!
that because you're soft asf