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Arrrghh--I just remembered that my sister broke up with her jerk of a HS BF and played "Bridge over Troubled Water" all day and night as she painted her bedroom hellfire red and wept and wept. After 2 straight days of this, my dad went in her room, took the record off the player and broke it across his knee.
I can't even hear anything that SOUNDS like that song or I am transported back to 1972.
We could do a link on "misheard lyrics'---my Dh heard me sing along with "Proud Mary" and I really effed up the lyrics and when he heard what I was singing, he lost his mind, laughing. It was beyond filthy and here I am belting it out in the car with all the kids, singing right along with me.
OF COURSE he told everyone he knew about it.
I get a TON of grief for still loving Bobby Sherman, but he just sang what others wrote. I Still LOVE James Taylor, and always will---but for a lot of folks, he's just too bland. Our whole family goes to every concert when he comes to town, but they draw straws to see who has to sit next to me b/c I really want to sing backup with him :)
From a different genre of 70’s music - “and shes buy- i-ing the stairway to heav-ven”. Led Zeppelin. It was a radio DJ’s best friend when needing an unscheduled potty break. Love it, still.
I had two older brothers who were into music - but definitely rock. One of the few things I can thank them for was balancing my love of music. I use to sneak into their room, put on the headphones and listen to Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin... Good stuff.
Midkid - I loved Bobby Sherman as well. “Julie, Julie, do you truly love me...”. Sigh!
Xray, go roller skating! I have a friend that has 3 young children and we take them for the 1.00 day. I still love it, don't do the smooth moves like I use to, but still a great evening and a good workout.
And they still do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around, that's what it's all about.🤣 some thing's never go out of fun.
I thought bell bottom pants were cool. However, the thick frame coke bottle eye glasses were definitely not cool. Are those from the 60s? I don't like the thick frame glasses trend that came back in the early 2000s. So dorky and nerdy looking.
We had bell bottoms. We had halter tops. We had low rise jeans that were called ‘peanut’ jeans. Have no idea why they were called that. We had mini skirts.
We had ‘love’ beads. Yeah, eye glasses went from thick frames to (wire frames) John Lennon look, granny glasses. Flowers in our hair. Bikinis. Very long hair and so on.
Hahaha, Catholic school uniforms! Only proper dresses for Mass.
Did anyone have a retro birthday party for themselves or anyone else?
My oldest daughter wanted a sixties party when she turned 12. It was a blast! We had 60’s decorations, dressed in 60’s attire and played 60’s music.
This is funny. My youngest daughter gave a ‘retro’ party for her friend’s birthday. Guess what era? The 90’s. That’s the age they grew up in.
You know as far as fashion goes, so much of it recycles itself. When I came home with a peasant top, my mom said they wore peasant tops. Platform shoes, they had them too.
My youngest daughter loved converse tennis shoes as a kid. Those have been around a long time too! I wore Keds as a kid. My oldest daughter was a Nike kid. Now they have tons of different tennis shoes! They wear a variety of brands now.
Older people switched to velcro closures! Hahaha 😂
NHWM, Haven't had a retro party, but we have a great community theater in town "Hamilton Playhouse ". Last summer we did the musical "Disaster ". It's a spoof of all the cheesy 70's disaster movies. Lots of disco! Opening number was "Hot Stuff ". Totally hilarious! It was a lot of fun doing the disco hair and makeup!!
We had an indoor roller skating rink open when I was in high school in 1977. I loved all the disco music and Donna Summer. That’s all they played on Friday nights at the roller skating rink was disco. I LOVED it, lol.
Were you a good skater? I was a horrible skater! I was an even worse bowler! Once I rolled a gutter ball into the next lane. The guy wasn’t too happy about it. LOL
My grandpa built me stilts and I was really good at that. I became so good that I could walk around an entire block without falling off.
I was a super fast racer. I won lots of races at school. I was an avid cyclist. I was a really good at jump roping and hula hooping but I could not skate or bowl.
Needhelpwithmom, I finally got the hang of skating forward but was envious of the people that could skate BACKWARDS! I tried and tried but could never skate backwards. They would have a moonlight skate and the guys could skate backwards and the girls would cuddle with them skating forwards. It was fun.
Oh my word, I could barely skate forwards so I absolutely know that I could not skate backwards.
Moonlight slake does sound fun. I used to skateboard but I couldn’t roller skate. My kids did the in-line skating. Did yours?
Do you ice skate? I tried it on vacation once. What a disaster! I can’t roller skate so why on earth did I think I would be able to ice skate? LOL I almost killed myself. Of course, I wiped out! Fortunately, did not break any bones.
Terry Jacks and "Seasons in the Sun." OMG, just awful. "We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, but the stars we could reach, were just starfish on the beach."
Someone hold my barf bucket.
Oh, and "Havin' My Baby" by Paul Anka. Eeew. "Baby, Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis. "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry.
For a complete run-through of the desiderata of the 70s jet-set, how about "Where Do You Go To My Lovely?"
You talk like Marlene Dietrich And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire Your clothes are all made by Balmain And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair...
You live in a fancy apartment Off the Boulevard Saint Michel Where you keep your Rolling Stones records And a friend of Sacha Distel
So look into my face Marie-Claire! And remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever But I know that you still bear the scars... Deep inside...
To be fair it is a pretty well-worked ballad. Just, you know, a bit... you don't know where to look.
Ok I have a confession. This was played (& recorded onto vinyl!) by my primary school band... sung by children & accompanied by more children on recorders. Maybe with a teacher on piano. And I (OMG I am laughing so hard) played this on REPEAT - I could not get enough - for weeks! Sweet Caroline was the flip side. I was 5 & so pleased I was going to start at school soon so I could learn recorder too.
This was before my ABBA stage...
In case you ask... Yes my parents are still alive & no, I do not know how they lived through this.
Emanes, My first concert ever was was Queen at the Long Beach arena! It was AWESOME!! I do have to admit that We Will Rock You is overused, but I still love it!!
It's supposed to be a classic but I'd be happy if I never heard Joan Baez sing The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ever again. and now it's stuck in my head :(
This is actually older, but some of us probably remember ‘The Bloody Red Baron of Germany’ (10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more, the Bloody Red Baron is running up a score). However if you were a teenager in South Australia, the ‘hit parade’ was played on a radio station owned by the Methodist Church, which disapproved of ‘Bloody’, a common swear word here. Each ‘Bloody’ was replaced with a ‘beep’ on the radio. People of my age still burst into song about ‘The Beep Red Baron of Germany’. That Beep Red Baron certainly ran up a score, trying to count the Beeps!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-lJZiqZaGA
Anything by Rick James but especially Super Freak, that was just warped.
Xrayjodib this was a great idea for a thread, transportation to a different, less stressful era. Thanx!
I can't even hear anything that SOUNDS like that song or I am transported back to 1972.
We could do a link on "misheard lyrics'---my Dh heard me sing along with "Proud Mary" and I really effed up the lyrics and when he heard what I was singing, he lost his mind, laughing. It was beyond filthy and here I am belting it out in the car with all the kids, singing right along with me.
OF COURSE he told everyone he knew about it.
I get a TON of grief for still loving Bobby Sherman, but he just sang what others wrote. I Still LOVE James Taylor, and always will---but for a lot of folks, he's just too bland. Our whole family goes to every concert when he comes to town, but they draw straws to see who has to sit next to me b/c I really want to sing backup with him :)
I would love to know what lyrics you were singing?? That would be a great thread!
P.S. Julie, Julie, Julie do you love me!!
radio DJ’s best friend when needing an unscheduled potty break. Love it, still.
I had two older brothers who were into music - but definitely rock. One of the few things I can thank them for was balancing my love of music. I use to sneak into their room, put on the headphones and listen to Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin... Good stuff.
Midkid - I loved Bobby Sherman as well. “Julie, Julie, do you truly love me...”. Sigh!
'Don't give up on us" by David Soul. Starsky and Hutch!! Ugh!!
And they still do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around, that's what it's all about.🤣 some thing's never go out of fun.
And 8 track? Yep.
But the kewelest thing ever was learning to pirate music (Napster days) and burn your favorites onto CD's.
No longer having to fast forward thru 3 songs you dont like to get to the 1 reason you bought the 8 track or later cassette.
Now, to be able to make playlists on your cell & stream whatever you want ..
Great time to be alive.
You know that you are aging when you see things coming back around.
Okay off subject, but bell bottoms were awful enough the 1st time.
What's next? Neon and shoulder pads?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ-4vDY-N-w
Favorite dress is her faded blue jeans!
https://www.liveabout.com/songs-about-blue-jeans-2040399
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2731hpWDtRg
Still wear cutoffs too! But usually at home.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=omDO4sPOalU
You all have helped rejuvenate my sense of humor!!!
Far out!!!😘
We had ‘love’ beads. Yeah, eye glasses went from thick frames to (wire frames) John Lennon look, granny glasses. Flowers in our hair. Bikinis. Very long hair and so on.
Hahaha, Catholic school uniforms! Only proper dresses for Mass.
My oldest daughter wanted a sixties party when she turned 12. It was a blast! We had 60’s decorations, dressed in 60’s attire and played 60’s music.
This is funny. My youngest daughter gave a ‘retro’ party for her friend’s birthday. Guess what era? The 90’s. That’s the age they grew up in.
You know as far as fashion goes, so much of it recycles itself. When I came home with a peasant top, my mom said they wore peasant tops. Platform shoes, they had them too.
My youngest daughter loved converse tennis shoes as a kid. Those have been around a long time too! I wore Keds as a kid. My oldest daughter was a Nike kid. Now they have tons of different tennis shoes! They wear a variety of brands now.
Older people switched to velcro closures! Hahaha 😂
Haven't had a retro party, but we have a great community theater in town "Hamilton Playhouse ".
Last summer we did the musical "Disaster ". It's a spoof of all the cheesy 70's disaster movies.
Lots of disco! Opening number was "Hot Stuff ". Totally hilarious!
It was a lot of fun doing the disco hair and makeup!!
Sadly this summer's musical has been canceled.
Were you a good skater? I was a horrible skater! I was an even worse bowler! Once I rolled a gutter ball into the next lane. The guy wasn’t too happy about it. LOL
My grandpa built me stilts and I was really good at that. I became so good that I could walk around an entire block without falling off.
I was a super fast racer. I won lots of races at school. I was an avid cyclist. I was a really good at jump roping and hula hooping but I could not skate or bowl.
Oh my word, I could barely skate forwards so I absolutely know that I could not skate backwards.
Moonlight slake does sound fun. I used to skateboard but I couldn’t roller skate. My kids did the in-line skating. Did yours?
Do you ice skate? I tried it on vacation once. What a disaster! I can’t roller skate so why on earth did I think I would be able to ice skate? LOL I almost killed myself. Of course, I wiped out! Fortunately, did not break any bones.
Or should I say Awful! Lol
Someone hold my barf bucket.
Oh, and "Havin' My Baby" by Paul Anka. Eeew. "Baby, Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis. "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry.
Somebody stop me.
Brings tears to the eyes. Not in a good way.
You talk like Marlene Dietrich
And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire
Your clothes are all made by Balmain
And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair...
You live in a fancy apartment
Off the Boulevard Saint Michel
Where you keep your Rolling Stones records
And a friend of Sacha Distel
So look into my face Marie-Claire!
And remember just who you are
Then go and forget me forever
But I know that you still bear the scars...
Deep inside...
To be fair it is a pretty well-worked ballad. Just, you know, a bit... you don't know where to look.
PS. Oh. Released 1969. Dang, it doesn't count.
Someone high-up suspected he meant something rude. Surely not.
Ok I have a confession. This was played (& recorded onto vinyl!) by my primary school band... sung by children & accompanied by more children on recorders. Maybe with a teacher on piano. And I (OMG I am laughing so hard) played this on REPEAT - I could not get enough - for weeks! Sweet Caroline was the flip side. I was 5 & so pleased I was going to start at school soon so I could learn recorder too.
This was before my ABBA stage...
In case you ask... Yes my parents are still alive & no, I do not know how they lived through this.
Song by Lobo.
I actually had a black lab named Boo. Awesome dog! Horrible song!
You can't go to a football or hockey game and not hear it! It seriously needs to go away!
My first concert ever was was Queen at the Long Beach arena!
It was AWESOME!!
I do have to admit that We Will Rock You is overused, but I still love it!!
Then I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
Without you by my side....
and now it's stuck in my head :(
Same thing with actors. I often think of very talented people who took subpar gigs because they were low on money, especially one too many divorces!
To telepath messages through the vast unknown
Please close your eyes and concentrate
With every thought you think
Upon the recitation we're about to sing..."
Any guesses?
Yet, a choice must be made ... and ... it's ... a ... tie!
"Disco Duck" vs. "The Pina Colada Song."
Lovely jaunty number, Diana Ross in fine voice, then lo and behold - it's absolutely miserable :(