What Defines the 70s?
July 27th 2010 07:34
The 70's - yeah baby!
The first is the early 70s - which was still a melting pot of psychedelic lifestyles, hippies, tangerine dreams and a mish mash of fads, music and social unheavals.
The second is the latter part of the 70's when the world become absorbed with bright lights, disco, some even more bizarre fads and a whole lot of very forgettable fashion, hairstyles and one hit wonders.
Then there's the sensory.
From some farily pugnant incense through to Brut aftershave, lipgloss of every conceivable flavour to green apple shampoo - they all made an appearance.
And who could forget the culinary delights?
Fondu parties, Cinzano, Aerosol Cheese, Shake and Bake, Burger Rings?
Oh - and should I toss in streaking, CB radios, mood rings and safari suits?
The list is endless as far as what really defines the 70s in my mind at least - but what defines it in yours?
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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Comment by Anonymous
Early to mid 70s:
Hippy clothes and hair
deaths of Jimi and Janis (kind of the end of the 70s)
Leftoever Debs dresses and hair (like those girls and women still wearing bouffants into 1975)
Polyester pantsuits with huge pockets (think Brady Bunch)
Progressive Rock!!!!
The BiCentennial, Uncle Sam and all that
Mary Tyler Moore (the epitome of the better things about the 70s)
American Graffiti/Happy Days
Late 70s:
Funk music/disco music
Angel Flite pants for men (even the heads wore them)
Feathered hair
Star Wars!!!
Saturday Night Fever suits
clear plastic skirts for disco dancing
Dorothy Hamill and her famous haircut (yep, I had mine that way too)
Charlie's Angels (my dad called them Chuck's Broads)
The Hustle (I never learned it)
KC and the Sunshine Band, the Ohio Players (who were great) and all the one hit disco wonders
Olivia Newton John (ick)
Soft Rock (ick)
beginnings of Heavy Metal (yay!)
Wizards
gay friends in junior high and high school
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Perhaps you were there - just in another life. You pretty well nailed the late 60s and early 70s - in my mind at least.
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Throw in the Bus Stop, The Car Wash and The Nutbush, a little Joe Tex, Love Boat, Grease and The Bee Gees and we're starting to get a sad - but true picture.