Elephant bells (I remember wearing those stupid things in the snow and having your pant legs frozen up to your knees), clogs, Earth Shoes, the big plastic combs, that hideous, hideous hair with the single curl running all the way down the sides. My hair was so straight, that I had to plaster the hell out of it with hairspray, and even then it usually flopped by my first class.
Now, I didn't do the powder blue eye shadow, because my eyes were hazel. I did the light green eye shadow, making my eyelids look a tad on the moldy side, probably. I even had green mascara.
Cruising in my friend Julie's car, jamming to our 8 track of the Guess Who's Greatest Hits, Yes, and Queen. Pitching in 50 cents apiece for gas so we could cruise all night.
Marching band parties, velour shirts, Brittania pants. Oh. And when I was a kid, I had a crush on Speed Racer (blush!).
Ah - those were the days...
We were at the peak of the boom, I think. I recall families with 11 kids down the street, and everyone had at least three. We were unusual because we had only 2. We owned a black VW bug we called "the midnight speedster". We packed 11 people into it one time.
I became politically aware at 12 (1968). I couldn't understand why we didn't win the Vietnam war. A simple invasion of N. Vietname would have done it. Later, I found out that mining the harbors almost defeated them. We chose to lose that war, as we did in Korea. (I'm speaking of politicians choosing not to win, whatever it cost. Our military was outstanding, under the foolish handicaps they were given) We should have kept McArthur and pitched Truman--wait, we did!
I remember being amazed at how funny Laugh In was in 1969 and staying up to watch the moon landing July 20th. But people remember Woodstock instead.
I wore plaid red and black bell bottoms in the early 70's in HS. I wore black shirts and white ties--4 " wide. I liked white bell bottoms with a white v neck shirt. I let my hair grow to 4" long after HS, but it didn't hang down my neck--I had a natural Afro with 1" curls.
I started going to church and I wore three piece suit. I also had a two piece suit, but it seemed less formal.
My HS, Midpark, in the Cleveland area had 2600 students in it. My class, 1974, had 777.
We listened to Karen Carpenter, Jim Croce, Led Zepplin's "Stairway to Heaven", the Animals, "House of the Rising Sun", Classical Gas, Popcorn. I got to see Wilt Chamberlain play against Kareem Jabbar (on TV). I saw the LA Lakers win 33 games in a row in 1972. Pete Maravich and George Gervin averaged well over 30 points per game, as did Jabbar.
That's enough memories for the night. G'night!