Posted on 05/31/2005 7:26:28 AM PDT by pissant
The 1970s were a time of some serious changes in our society and culture. Some good, most bad. Here at the Pissant Reasearch Center, we've compiled the Top 5 lists of the good and bad which that forgetful decade foisted upon us.
TOP 5 BAD THINGS FROM THE 1970s
5. Polyester suits
4. Detroits Automobiles
3. Jane Fonda
2. Disco
1. Jimmy Carter
TOP 5 GOOD THINGS FROM THE 1970s (this is tough)
5. Scooby Doo
4. Dorothy Hammill
3. Monday Night Football team (Cossell, Meridith, Gifford)
2. John Paul II
1. Count Chocula & Frankenberry
ERRRRRNK! Too early.
Okay, ir took me too long to post the lyrics, I didn't see the other disqualifications. The cruddy TV show WAS from the 70's, so we can at least leave Goldsboro as dreck!
Over 700 posts in a little over 2 1/2 hours....we sure have dated ourselves here. :)
BigMack
I had to listen to a country station as well. I swear, if I had to listen to "The Happiest Girl" by Donna Fargo one more time...
No words to express the horror of that photo.
Pardon me, but that's just gross.
OK, who sang "Brandy"? I can't remember his name....
Song was called "OHIO" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
My legs look better than that!
I didn't know they had bumper stickers in 1876
Didn't you think the bully kid had a lot of nerve to show up at the Brady house to borrow Cindy's tongue-twister book???? I mean, geez, go to the library....
No one else will date us!
No they don't.
Gordon Lightfoot....
Anyone remember Elton John's first album?
I'm blocking "she's having my baby" from my mind. It's too damaging.
Right after Burt Reynolds did his layout for Cosmopolitan, he was on Johnny Carson. Carson says he'd seen the layout and, making the gesture of pulling out the centerfold, said something to the effect; "Burt's layout and Watching Scotty Grow." I'll never forget it. The laughter lasted forever.
Remember the high water pants trimmed in tartan they wore? SO cool! (Not). And their tennis shoes just completed their "great" look. (Not).
I haven't gotten through the thread yet, but does anyone remember all those stupid teenybop magazines like "Tiger Beat" and "16" which always featured either The Osmonds, The Jackson 5, The DeFrancos, The Partridge Family (mainly Keith), and the Bay City Rollers? I read them religiously when I was about 12.
You kiddin'? My mom had a Kitty Wells collection she wore out on the record player...not to mention Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley PTA" album. That one got ground into my cerebral cortex by the time I was seven.
Elton John had great music up til he came out of the closet. His career has been mired in dung ever since!
"One tin soldier rides away"
and
"Four dead in Ohio"
were two different songs....though similar.
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