Post #643418 by JOHN-O on Mon, Jul 9, 2012 10:48 PM

On 2012-07-09 22:25, woofmutt wrote:
"I was only a kid in the 70s and I knew they sucked. "

I thought the 70s were just fine when I was a kid. But in the 80s with punk and "new wave" I hated the 70s. Hate turned to indifference, indifference became amusement, and now I have an appreciation for the 70s and think most aspect of the 80s sucked.

Television and movies were better in the 70s than the 80s. Literature was definitely better. And while I could never pin down one decade's music as better than another's the 70s were the last decade of diverse pop radio when one could hear country, bubble gum, disco, crooners, soul, rock, and funk played on the same station.

I still can't appreciate 70s mens fashion or hair, but it was no worse than galaxy wash jeans and Bono mullets. And while 70s interiors provided many things to laugh at they were still cooler than 80s country charm or beige and gray neutrality.

I've never seen E.T.

I've never seen E.T. either.

And actually I associate Punk more so with the late 1970's. 1976 is when the New York CBGB's scene started up, 1977 was the year Punk exploded in England, and was also the same year the Masque in Hollywood opened up.

And you're right about film, the early 1970's was the time for auteurs like Martin Scorsese, Hal Ashby, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Rafelson, etc.

And on the low-brow side the 1970's were also notable for Blaxploitation, Kung Fu movies, and the Golden Age of Porn. :)

The 1970's were awesome !!

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2012-07-09 22:53 ]