I vividly remember the Sunoco NFL sticker book from 1972 or '73 mentioned in the previous thread. I made my dad stop for gas at every single Sunoco station we could find driving down from Milwaukee to Orlando that winter. I eventually had the full set.
I remember when Punk & New Wave were in their infancy. I recall sitting in the backseat of Rick Geil's car on a warm summer morning in between Sunday School & Church the very first time I heard Gary Numan's "Cars" on the radio. Punk music scared me at first, but I was immediately intrigued by the unique synth sound of new wave.
And contrary to what was posted earlier, I looked back fondly on the music of the Beatles. I was blissfully ignorant of any of the social controversey surrounding them. To this day, my favorite music remains the Beatles and Beatlesque bands (Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Crowded House/Neil Finn, Jellyfish, Michael Penn, the Rembrandts, etc.).
Beyond music, I remember leaving school early to go to a dentist's appointment, getting in my mom's car and hearing the news that Ronald Reagan had been shot. It marked the only time I can ever remember listening to news radio rather than elevator music while sitting in a dentist's chair.
Scrumpdiddly-icious thread. Will return later.
Can't believe you left out Oasis