"If your not nostalgic for the 70s, you must've lived through them."
Says you.
I'd take the 1970s over this present day in a fraction of a heartbeat.
And yes, I lived through them.

That could apply to a LOT of time periods...

I vaguely remember the 1970s. My mother would dress me in ugly brown jackets with butterfly collars and borderline platform shoes. I drew a line at the perm, though.

You are lucky. We were a bunch of hippies...I dreamed of designer jeans and Disco glam, but got Osh-kosh and granola...

In my case bowl haircut and dolphin shorts. Those are the kind Richard Simmons wears. *shudder*

Oh my God, it's too inhuman to even imagine!

I don't typically laugh at other peoples' expense, but... LOL

Remind me not to show you my cubhood photos.

No decade which gave the world the 'New Hollywood' film movement, Jack Kirby's work for DC Comics, Tom Baker as Dr Who and Grace Jones can be entirely without merit.

-- Oliver (born in... 1970)

I love disco! And yeah, I lived through the 70's...there was a lot of goofy stuff. Some pretty cool things too. But yeah, every decade has its embarrassing stuff too. I remember when my dad got a 'fro. Most inappropriate use of a 'fro ever.

Don't worry, according to Stephen King, teeth monsters eat the past after we're done with it.

The Langoliers!

It's the only explanation that makes sense really.

Every era has its good and bad points, and not everyone will agree on which is which.

...but yes, Jack Kirby's DC comics were very cool.

I agree fully.

I thought was an early 80's song.

1979.

I coasted through them more than lived through them ...

Haha! I didn't live through them, but I still find this funny :)

The only halfway good stuff coming from the 70s are some good rock groups and songs. :)

And I think that I very barely can be classified as child of the 70s, being form in late December '79...

TRUTH

I'll just take 1971, thank you. So many of my favorite films were released that year.
Shaft
The Andromeda Strain
The French Connection
A Clockwork Orange
Cabaret
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Vanishing Point
Harold and Maude
Vanishing Point
Klute

But what about 1972? Cries and Whispers and Solaris!

Great albums too--
Led Zeppelin IV
The Yes Album and Fragile
Sticky Fingers
Who's Next
Meddle
Aqualung
Maggot Brain
Hunky Dory
Imagine
Madman Across the Water

...though it faces tough competition from 1973 and 1977. And 1975. Not as much 1979, but that was still a good year.

I totally agree with Frank.

haha! no doubt!

That works for the 1950s, too!

I was too young to remember much about it but my sisters played the music all the time from that period so it stuck on my mind. Dancing Machine will still be my all time favorite. :) In a way though it was kind of sad when disco died out, sort of like the party lights being turned off after most of the people have left and a few die-hards are still out on the dance floor.

I can think of one tremendously great thing that flourished in the 70's:

!!! Moog !!!

And, please, it's pronounced "Mohg."

The good ole days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

Ouch! Painful but so true.

Oof. too true. bad Haircuts. lack of cash and ugly polyester, plus the incredible rise in the price of comic books. Hated it the first time, but hated the late 60's more. Angry hippies, protests, the threat of revolution and pickets threatening my mom for crossing a line to get groceries. No thanks.

But think of all those aging hippies who know the first names of Crosby, Stills & Nash! Those doods are ancient!

The '70s would be my choice of Golden Age for Rock. Maybe not Rock 'n Roll, which is a more primal, Buddy Holly sort of thing. But Rock seemed to have really fourished from The Beatles to roughly Elvis Costello, embracing the widest variety of styles and artists. Even the cover art was best. Now you get a cheezy photo and the bands are mostly four piece ensembles playing in a narrow range of grunge syles. Of course, Yes and Pink Floyd still record from time to time. We have Blondie and Tom Waits to make up for some of what we've lost. But where is Gentle Giant, Kate Bush, Devo and Pere Ubu when we need them to save us from Justin Biever?

But the seventies was ....was......yeah kinda silly but I was a kid and back then ULTRA-MAN was serious drama.

2070 is going to be AWESOME!!!!!

I can be nostalgic for one aspect of the 1970s:

Back then, you could walk into a typical chain bookstore, and find actual mass-market paperbacks of J. G. Ballard, R. A. Lafferty, Avram Davidson, John Sladek, M. John Harrison, Clark Ashton Smith --

-- and collections by Walt Kelly!








Mark

I was alive a little bit in the 70s but dont remember any of it really. I do remember the 80s though ^_^.

Truth!

-The Gneech, showing his age

She really went back to the 70's -- what is that huge thing on her belt, a Walkman(R)??

I'm sure they weren't as awesome as I think they were. I'll cling to my illusions though.

-Ain't that the Truth? Gads! There was a decade I was glad to see go. It really hit home with the cover of Time magazine showing the image of a fat, gray tabby cat wearing a pilot's helmet and waving "Good-Bye."