I know I'm living in the past, but I can't help but thing how weak the material
is today. Back in the day we had The Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Santana, The
Who, what great R&B Bands, Earth Wind and Fire, Average White Band, Chaka Kan,
Ohio Players......... Man I could go on and on. All competing to get on the
Radio. A great time yes in deed.

son--i could not agree more--plus the allman bros, marley, dylan, rundgren, raspberries

sigh

As well as Middle Of The Road, Peters & Lee, Alvin Stardust, Charles Aznavour, Typically Tropical, Brotherhood Of Man, J.J. Barrie, The Wombles, Manhattan Transfer & Lena Martell (these all had number one hits in the 70s)... nostalgia plays tricks on the mind! I was born in '63, but even growing up in the 70s I preferred the music of the 50s & early to mid 60s. It all went downhill after '66...



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1976 was a pretty decent vintage:

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from some photos i took

In America, we just elected the equivalent of Jimmy Carter as president, so the 70"s will be back soon enough.

I was too young to directly remember much, for me, the 70's was all about Star Wars!



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.....Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sabbath with Dio and Ozzy, Purple, Zep, Tull, Heep, Free...............................

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.....Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sabbath with Dio and Ozzy, Purple, Zep, Tull, Heep, Free...............................

Baboon, don't forget Hurriganes... they showed how Scandinavia can rock!

- Doxa

Of course, Hooorriganness.. and Gasolin'... Omega.. P Mobil..
Marley, Tosh, Smith & Jones, The Persuaders....................
Rubik's cube.. Uri Geller, Muhammad Ali, Frazer, Foreman, Kekkonen...

Thin Friggin Lizzy, Sex Bloomin Pistols...

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Muhammad Ali, Frazer, Foreman, Kekkonen...

Hahhah... You put all the heavy-weight boxers into same list... a photo of the last mentioned:

- Doxa

BTW Doxie Boy, didnt ya reside somewhere, ruffly,'round Tampere.. ?
Going to Karelia this spring, can we pop in at yer place?

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BTW Doxie Boy, didnt ya reside somewhere, ruffly,'round Tampere.. ?
Going to Karelia this spring, can we pop in at yer place?

Yes, happen to live in the heart of Tampere - so welcome!

- Doxa

Its a work trip; me & one more dude plus perhaps a daughter of 11.

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I know I'm living in the past, but I can't help but thing how weak the material
is today. Back in the day we had The Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Santana, The
Who, what great R&B Bands, Earth Wind and Fire, Average White Band, Chaka Kan,
Ohio Players......... Man I could go on and on. All competing to get on the
Radio. A great time yes in deed.

Remember when we thought disco was so awful - now it seems great compared to (c)rap. The 70's are much-ridiculed but really it was a great breeding ground for many styles. Punk, disco, metal, etc.

A fine time to be in high school - fer sure, birth control pills and no AIDS yet.

"No Anchovies, Please"

Some things just stick in ya mind .........


The Flamingoes circa 1970 .....



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...speaking of flamingoes

An email I recently recieved which is 70s topical...

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks some of us took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a Ute on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway or Red Rooster.
Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Fruit Tingles and some fire crackers to blow up frogs and lizards with.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes We built tree houses and cubby houses and played in creek beds with matchbox cars.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape or DVD movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents.
Only girls had pierced ears!
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross buns at Easter time.......no really!
We were given BB guns and sling shots for our 10th birthdays,
We drank milk laced with Strontium 90 from cows that had eaten grass covered in nuclear fallout from the atomic testing at Maralinga in 1956.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!
Footy had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
Our teachers used to belt us with big sticks and leather straps and bully's always ruled the playground at school.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
Our parents got married before they had children and didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade'..... AND to live together outside of marriage was (and still is) a sin.
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 70 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

Foghat, Slade, Status Quo, Nazareth, George Harrison, Monty Python, I keep telling my own kids and the kids I teach that there will never be a decade quite like the 70's - a time for real musical innovation, creativity, and originality. Even though they all made rock 'n' roll, they all sounded different and you could tell who was who from the first few notes of a song. Most of today's stuff is bland, tasteless, and leaves you not wanting anymore of it. Long Live the 70's!

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Even though they all made rock 'n' roll, they all sounded different and you could tell who was who from the first few notes of a song.

A bit like the 50s then...

Not to forget the incredible Dr Feelgood .

AJAX AMSTERDAM

Winners of the European Cup I (1971,1972,1973), captain Johan Cruyff

In Holland they were called "The Rolling Stones of Soccer"