The 70's Were A Magic Decade

[Tano]

I went to the midnight movies a fair amount. They had them every Friday and Saturday night at the Freemont theater in San Luis Obispo. We'd get stoned to the gills and go watch a really bad movie. It was the only time that talking and being raucous in a theater was not only tolerated but encouraged.

RHPS was the standard. I never did bring toast though. There were several movies that only gained fame through becoming Midnight cult classics. Night of the Living Dead, Eraser Head, El Topo, Kentucky Fried Movie, Warriors, Heavy Metal, Refer Madness, to name a few.

Ah... Fun times.

I liked Warriors

 

[Loyal]

I liked Warriors

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6emWN2tEPMk

 

[Tano]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6emWN2tEPMk

Best scene of the movie man

 

[Selassie I]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkmFvBq1QE/?igshid=ODM2MWFjZDg=

 

[IowaRam]

anyone ever late for work , because you had to sit in your car so you could hear ...........


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QblkQ-J6zio

 

[RamFanWA]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkmFvBq1QE/?igshid=ODM2MWFjZDg=

I used to travel frequently to Wyoming 20 years ago... It was like going back in time. The local pizza hut was arguably one of the top 3 places to "dine" in that town!!

 

[Loyal]

I used to travel frequently to Wyoming 20 years ago... It was like going back in time. The local pizza hut was arguably one of the top 3 places to "dine" in that town!!

You mean it still isn't? ~ Rural Kansan

 

[RamFanWA]

You mean it still isn't? ~ Rural Kansan

To put some perspective around this... the company site was about 50 miles from the metropolis of Evanston, WY - which itself is all of 10K people... in the interest of time, we sometimes stayed in Diamonville.... a community of about 500 people (who apparently refused to leave! )... When you have a Pizza Hut in town there, you are definately in the upper echelon of places to eat. I stayed in a motel there, one night and the bill was $23 and you could debate as to whether it was actually worth that price.

On the other hand, the energy expansion of the late 90's and early 2000's did provide an infux of newer/better hotels and restaurants. Even Diamondville got improved accomodatiosn and food choices - but not as much as places like Evanston, Casper, Rock Springs, Rawlins or Laramie did... they are actually habitable now!

 

[Loyal]

Ok you old codgers, time for you to play the music game! I am embarrassed to say I missed one artist, which was on the tip of my tongue!


View: https://youtu.be/ag13srbSzZI

 

[nighttrain]

Should have included,
"Bad Moon Rising"
John Fogarty & CCR

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQiUFZ5RDw

'69 but still.
train

 

[Loyal]

There is so much music from which to represent the decade of the 70's. I heard it first as a young child and I liked the chorus:

"We were singin, bye bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye.
Singing, "This'll be the day that I die, this'll be the day that I die.'"

I didn't know what any of the lyrics meant at first, but I grew to understand the poetry of it, with it's hidden meanings. A close second would be Hotel California by the Eagles. Take a listen to Don McLean....


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13vOA7s0FI

 

[Ramhusker]

ah yes , the good ol'e days

losts of places you could only get gas on even or odd number days of the week , depending the last number of you license plate

and you were limited to only 10 gallons at a time , and considering alot of cars only got like 10 MPG..................lol

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And it was all a scam. We threw the middle finger up a lot. Find myself doing that once again!

 

[Mojo Ram]

Great thread and I concur. 70’s all the way. I would also throw in the very early 80’s, especially in terms of music and film, pop culture. MTV fucked it all up but that’s one man’s opinion.

The only thing missing from this awesome thread is 70’s pics of ya’ll.

 

[Tano]

Great thread and I concur. 70’s all the way. I would also throw in the very early 80’s, especially in terms of music and film, pop culture. MTV fucked it all up but that’s one man’s opinion.

The only thing missing from this awesome thread is 70’s pics of ya’ll.

You can't handle the pictures.

 

[Mojo Ram]

You can't handle the pictures.

Bring it

 

[Tano]

Bring it

The only picture that I have that I know of that I have on hand is my high school picture in my yearbook.

I would have to scan it.

 

[norcalramfan]

Bring it

Me n Mick in 1976.

 

[Loyal]

Me n Mick in 1976.
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"You can check in, but you can't never leave...." ~ NorCal at the Memory Motel.

 

[IowaRam]

 

[Loyal]

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I Think that dude is drinking a PBR while watching. Thinking, "Stupid aughta hurt."