OT: Younger than dirt? What’s your ‘70’s-80’s memories?

[triaddukefan]

True..it was a rare day whn a fight didn't break out, but everyone went back to being friends 2 days later, went to Camp Jewell for a month, thn to my grandmothers in N.C. ummm her pound cake made from scratch was the absolute best and within the family it is often imitated but never duplicated.

Those were the good old days. Slug it out on the court/field/playground....... joke and laugh about it on the way back from the principal office. For me, it was my grandfather who made the pound cakes. Every time I would visiit, he would make one for me

 

[MSGRET]

Meeting a teenage German girl in a German discotheque, getting the said girl to say yes to marriage and getting married in Las Vegas in 76. Seeing both ABBA and Meatloaf while I was stationed in Germany, both time's my wife was able to get tickets through a friend who worked in the music industry. The crazy thing about this is when we first met she thought I was a crazy American because on the night we met I got so plastered on breaking the club record of 23 half liters of beer by drinking 25. My buddies had to hold me up to get me out of the club and into the taxi and I was a zombie for the next two days in the supply office at HHC, 5th USAAG.

 

[FairView]

Yo! Rocky!

I saw Rocky in a theater in the Bronx. Much of the crowd was rooting for Apollo Creed. Seriously.

 

[cuzinvinny]

I saw Rocky in a theater in the Bronx. Much of the crowd was rooting for Apollo Creed. Seriously.

then again the same in the North End of Bridgeport but it was reversed it was Rocky Rocky with the gold neck chained North End Italians, I grew in the East End of Bridgeport so I was kind of surprised with Rocky chants me being a non gold neck chained Italian...

 

[CB360]

Climbing and Skiing Tuckerman's Ravine!

 

[AzHusky]

For me the 1980's was about going to concerts to see Phil Collins, Harry Chapin, or Yes. I was a big Genisis fan but for some reason never saw them live until a few years ago here in Phoenix. I coached a hockey team that played in Bolton. We played in the "Hockey News" tournament in Lake Placid where we won the silver medal. Those were great times.

 

[Bigboote]

Disco.

Spent several years puking. I swear it was disco that caused it.

ISisco was going through my head till a few weeks ago. I’d just recovered, and now this thread has brought it all back. I’m sure in another 50 years, when I’m 115 or so, I’ll recover.

 

[Dove]

Also this.

"I jumped in the sack with her one time!!"

 

[Dove]

In the 80s, I dated when I wanna. Left my friends behind, too.

 

[Viet Vet]

Stevie Nicks, case closed.

 

[Viet Vet]

Correction. Stevie Nicks was my 70's fantasy.

My best memory, by far, is May 24, 1971................landing in my "Freedom Bird" at McChord AFB in Tacoma, WA at 0400 hrs. Disembarked, got on my hands and knees to kiss the ground on the tarmac, grateful to be back in "the world".

 

[Bigboote]

Spent several years puking. I swear it was disco that caused it.

ISisco was going through my head till a few weeks ago. I’d just recovered, and now this thread has brought it all back. I’m sure in another 50 years, when I’m 115 or so, I’ll recover.

Can’t edit, but the first word was supposed to be Disco. Shouldn’t ever post except from a computer with a real keyboard.

 

[Veteran]

"I jumped in the sack with her one time!!"

And their offspring with the little bag on its head!

 

[GoUconn7961]

When they played at Jorgensen Auditorium, I got to meet the band, and hang out backstage. It was right after Toy and Tommy Caldwell's died so everybody was pretty subdued but they were still friendly enough. One memory from that is that the bands sets were all listed on a sheet of paper taped on a drum. Included on it were the two encores that they performed. I remember reading in the daily campus the next day a description of the show and have the fans were so enthusiastic that the band actually came out for two encores. The writer waxed poetic about it for a paragraph or two, and I remember thinking "that was always the plan." That may be my first realization that the entertainment industry isn't always exactly what it appears to be. It's a fond memory nonetheless.

Unless they played multiple times at Jorgensen I was at that show.

 

[GoUconn7961]

'79 was my senior year of high school. That's a treasure trove of my greatest memories.

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

woodstock in 1969, skiing zermatt in 1982

 

[quavik]

70s were good to me mostly; a few highlights: tried to walk to the North Pole (never got closer than 87.30), guided two successful ascents of Denali, did a noteworthy first ascent in the Kichatna Spires (Alaska Range), and a mixed blessing: avalanche & fell 1700' in an attempt on the 3rd ascent of the North Face (a 7000' face) of Mount Hunter. Lots of other stuff - i was a climbing bum and there were 12 months in a year. I used 'em all...

80s i did a solo kayak trip in Glacier Bay and one day woke up to a TOTAL whiteout. I stupidly cast off w my compass for navigation and reached a point where i was surrounded by zillions of birds that i couldn't see but heard - it was a very primordial feeling. Also was when i decided to get a real job after i got home from a three week climb and found all of my belongings out in the front yard; my two roomates offered up the puerile excuse that they didn't think i'd return.

 

[quavik]

here's a foreshortened picture of the North Face of Mt Hunter (my partner and i spent 4 days in a snow cave (red triangle) in a howling storm before bailing. Unfortunately, that meant a fresh snow load on the mountain, but as someone said: "you pays your money and you takes your chances."

 

[Cornell Lt]

1980 - My First car - Bright Orange Ford Pinto
1980 - First live concert - Kansas and Loverboy
1981 - Met my wife (still together)
1981 - First trip to Waterford Speedbowl

 

[Steelerone]

Four kids ranging in ages two to teenagers. Working about seventy hours a week so we could buy a home in the suburbs and our family sitting down to meals together every night that was cooked by my wife who made the greatest apple pie and chocolate chips cookies in existence.

 

[cohenzone]

Qualifying easily as being older than dirt, i don’t remember anything called the 70s and 80s.

 

[HCCForever]

While I was in college, I always cranked music at high volume to psyche me up when I was about to head out of the dorm for tests or quizzes. And the song I always cranked was Marshall Tucker's "Heard it in a Love Song". It aways got me going and it helped me do pretty well in school.

Such a great band.

I loved this band. Toy and Tommy died way too young. My favorite album and I did listen to the album was "Where We All Belong". I loved cranking up "24 Hours at a Time" on a road trip along with "Green Grass and High Tides" by The Outlaws. I have seen Marshall Tucker more recently (Enfield, Willimantic) and unfortunately Doug Gray's voice is shot.

 

[HCCForever]

A college favorite

This along with "Tomorrow" with Tom Snyder were the dorm favorites in the late 70s. One disturbing scene on "Tomorrow" showed somebody inserting a knitting needle into their nostril. For the most part, we didn't watch much television but instead sat around listening to albums.

 

[Veteran]

I loved this band. Toy and Tommy died way too young. My favorite album and I did listen to the album was "Where We All Belong". I loved cranking up "24 Hours at a Time" on a road trip along with "Green Grass and High Tides" by The Outlaws. I have seen Marshall Tucker more recently (Enfield, Willimantic) and unfortunately Doug Gray's voice is shot.

I don't know if you have Sirius XM, but I couldn't live without Channel 26 for classic rock. They play all these songs and so much more pretty regularly. Green Grass and High Tides is another tune that really gets my juices flowing.

 

[Pharos]

My first concert. It was the Allman Brother's Band at an outdoor venue near Hartford, whose name and exact location I can't remember. It must have been in 1973 and was in October, if I remember correctly. And it was really, really, really cold. My denim jacket was way underdressed for the weather. They didn't play One Way Out, which is what I most wanted to hear. I was bummed about that. Overall, not a great first concert. And a little trivia: The opening act was a little-known group I didn't think would amount to much at the time - The Marshall Tucker Band. Boy, was I wrong on that one. I hope my old memory is getting all of this correctly. Maybe someone reading this also saw the concert.

But after that, I went to my favorite concert of all time, David Bowie, and Jethro Tull, the Stones, Bob Segar, etc. So, all turned out well in my concert going adventures after all.

Colt Park? Saw the Beach Boys there. The Turtles, too. And does anyone remember Phlorescent Leech & Eddie?

 

[Veteran]

Colt Park? Saw the Beach Boys there. The Turtles, too. And does anyone remember Phlorescent Leech & Eddie?

I wish I remembered the venue. I probably have the ticket stub stashed away somewhere in my masses of accumulated stuff, but I couldn't even begin to guess where that would be. Maybe I'll come across it one day and it will note the venue.

 

[HCCForever]

I wish I remembered the venue. I probably have the ticket stub stashed away somewhere in my masses of accumulated stuff, but I couldn't even begin to guess where that would be. Maybe I'll come across it one day and it will note the venue.

It was Dillon Stadium which is adjacent to Colt Park. Here’s a link

https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/dillon-stadium

Looks like a great show with Marshall Tucker as well. Colt Park had multiple shows during the Summer of 1976 celebrating our Bicentennial as a nation.

I saw Frampton and Fleetwood Mac among other bands that summer.

 

[OviedoFLHusky]

Fun times!

• Toga parties, Thursday night parties, and beerfests at UConn
• SNL: the Not Ready for Prime Time Players, Steve Martin, Mr. Bill, the Coneheads, the Nerds, Lord & Lady , the Killer Bees, the Samurai, Candygram, the Wild & Crazy Guys, etc.
• New Wave & Punk, helping to ease the aural pain and horrid clothes of disco
• First concert I ever went to: Bad Company at the Springfield Civic Center
• First time I saw the Stones live: 1978 Some Girls tour
• My semester abroad: London, 1979 (I still have the button pictured below)
• Miami Vice
• V
• Moving from CT to FL, owning nothing but my car, my clothes, and my record albums

 

[Veteran]

It was Dillon Stadium which is adjacent to Colt Park. Here’s a link

https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/dillon-stadium

Looks like a great show with Marshall Tucker as well. Colt Park had multiple shows during the Summer of 1976 celebrating our Bicentennial as a nation.

I saw Frampton and Fleetwood Mac among other bands that summer.

Wow, HCCForever! You're my new hero! Thanks so much. I have a feeling that I'm going to be studying this website for a long time tonight.

Marshall Tucker was the opening act. The second act was a somewhat bluesy band called The Sons of Champlin. I remember there was one song in particular they played that I really liked but I don't remember what it was now. I'm going to need to spend some time on YouTube to see if I can find something that jogs my memory.

Thanks again, friend.

 

[Bigboote]

Colt Park? Saw the Beach Boys there. The Turtles, too. And does anyone remember Phlorescent Leech & Eddie?

Phlo and Eddie were on some of my favorite Zappa albums. Fillmore East and Just Another Band From LA are two of the best live albums I’ve heard. The liner notes have their real names, but their names had been copyrighted/trademarked by their record label when they were with the Turtles. That’s how they became Phlo and Eddie.