1970s

[jibjab351]

The 70s were the dogs bollocks mate. The 80s were ok, 90s onwards were shit.

[cleo2you1]

In 1974 I bought a brand new AMC Grimlen for $3500.00 Everything on it. Level interior seat. It was a one of a kind. Bought it off the show room floor. Wish I still had that car.!

[cleo2you1]

The 70's was not the me decade.....it was the I'm free decade...the 80's were the me decade. Just sayen....

[traceymallard]

the seventies was the last era where people globally celebrated their idea of freedom! and it may never happen again......but its up to who remember to continue to do it.

[alfiesgirluk]

Early seventies, living in Cornwall, trying to hang on to the hippie thing, Steely Dan, Van Morrison, James Taylor, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, America and loads I cannot just think of. I was slim then too. Please Please Please can I go round just one more time?

[Scrabbler27]

I was born in 1980 and the 80's was the best because that was my era and I appriate what I had then

[traceymallard]

one of my most favorite songs!

[squeapler]

Oh, and as someone pointed out, that Eastwood cowboy movie was also from the 1960s. You should have used a photo of Eastwood playing "Dirty Harry" - THAT was the 70s. Also, "The Godfather" was HUGE in the 70s and is completely missing here.

[squeapler]

Not to be nitpicky, but I believe the photo of all the guys stuffed in the phone booth dates back to the late 1950s, not to the 70s "Happy Days" nostalgia era. Also, while Sonny and Cher were big TV personalities in the 70s, the photos you used of them are definitely 1960s vintage - the album "Look At Us" was released in the mid-60s. Don't know why you didn't use 70s photos of them as there are many on the web.

[gjc82071]

0:39 What the hell is that thing with the RCA logo on it? Some kind of mainframe computer? If it is computer, do you know the model name?

[62636263c]

I was born in 62. Got stuck growing up in the 70s. The 70s were messed up. People did not know which way to go. The Vietnam war ended and the flower power folks that defined the 60s were looking for a new mission in life. The music was in great transition and all over the place. Things didn't really get going until the 80s and the tech boom. I would call the 70s a decade of searching for direction decade.

[shrivel1]

'The Me Decade?' Not sure what you mean here hans. Do you mean it was 'your' decade? If so, it was mine too. Or do you mean 'me' as in 'me, me, me.' Have to disagree with you there, as do a lot of other posters. Every decade since the '70s has been the 'me' decade. Even this one!

[DaveBTHunt]

Nice vid, destroyed by the stupidity of that "the 'me' decade" statement. That's SO damn wrong that even not being there is an excuse! And to someone who was, it's actually offensive.

Are you NUTS? Get that right! The Green Movement, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Womens Liberation, Apple Computers, NASA, oh the list goes ON - and in the 70's, the young, in particular, were very highly politicised. From many perspectives it was a naive and energised, 'can do', "We" and "Us" decade. Man..

[KPKaccountt]

is this song made by  toto ?

[62636263c]

@KPKaccountt Kansas 

[TheHunteroo]

Growing up in the 70's was NOT the ME generation. We were a generation of people who cared about each other. It didn't matter if you were; black, white, red, brown, or yellow we all pretty much got along with each other.

Our music was funk, rock and roll, and soul. The music and a lot of what you show is from the 80's, NOT the 70's!! Get your generations right hansentheswede.

[writerforlifeify]

Between 60s Flower Power and 80s Greed rampant inflation injected us with boogie fever and all we could do was lace up our platforms and get down...and dance, dance, dance......: ) 

[ursa41]

@SouljaFag5 Shut up and go back to church, Jesusfreak! The '70s were the REAL DEAL McNEILL!!

[Jackthirteen]

Respond to this video... Sex before aids!

[Jackthirteen]

@SouljaFag5 They were paradise in America compared to the Eighties!

[reddevilparatrooper]

I had fun growing up in 70s before real political correctness kicked in .

[commandoslayer]

Margareth Tatcher was more of the 80's than the 70's.

[commandoslayer]

What is the machine at 0:39?

[Jackthirteen]

@commandoslayer I think it's a punchcard reader (primitive computer stuff, like FORTRAN) but I'm not sure....

[THE1DUNN]

70's rocked!! Too bad the video wasn't that great. keeps skipping/pausing. :(



[TheFunRach]

@THE1DUNN Must be your computer....I had no problems!

[mikal6745]

The "me" decade was the 80s. Kinda blows everything up that follows when you start your video with such a glaring error.

[kcainsmith2]

We were experiencing the insanity of the Vietnam War. People were burning flags, there were demonstrations, the home computer was a growing speck on the horizon. I would not call it the "Me Generation." I saw more "me-ism" and apathy in the 90's and early 00's, but I believe that is turning as we face environmental changes and a tough economy that touches each home.

[BAGAKOOS]

i would give anything to grow up in this era. everything was better and life seemed more fun than it is today. unfortunately i was born in 91 which means i had to grow up in the shit 00s

[FightingSpirt]

lol jaws. Unfortunaly i was born in the 1990s :(

[sboo2002]

"...one day [in 1984], Kevin Clash, a talented puppeteer, raised him up and brought energy and life into Elmo and from that day forward we would all write for Elmo. Kevin's performance inspired the writers to develop Elmo's character.

[vmgyorkos]

This was a magic and wonderful era!

[tutorturtle]

Who was that group at 1:35?

Some good memories, but mostly depressing, that got worse and worse, culminating with what up was until 2009, the worst us president.

[tutorturtle]

@2indulgent I meant what I wrote. BTW: I'm no fan of Bush. He was a major disappointment to me & anyone who believes in conservatism, the Free Market or the Constitution. He was/is a RINO, a Liberal in conservatives clothing. He filled his cabinet with his fathers staff and put his administration on autopilot. Those things that Liberals most hated about Bush, the current administration has whole-heartedly embraced. I've voted in ten presidential elections, I have very solid reference points.

[squeapler]

@tutorturtle the group is Fleetwood Mac

[jimmac1111]

@squeapler Boston

[squeapler]

@jimmac1111 Boston is the group playing the song in the background (of which I'm well aware since it was a huge hit when I was in high school). @tutorturtle asked "who is the group at @1:35 " which is Fleetwood Mac in the photo.

[bgoodnow1]

Looking back, you can really see how the "subliminal NWO Agenda" was being shoved down our mouths - and naive americans ate it up hook, line & sinker.

Good bye United States that I served and took an Oath for & put my life on the line for, hello AmeriKa

[Teddyboy53Rocker]

Love the 70s, big influence on me, my childhood was the 70s. thanks for posting :o)

[Indestructible229]

Girls in the 1970s look so much hotter than girls from the 1980s.

[shysterlicious]

Although imperfect and filled with it's own struggles, the 1970's were simpler times to live in than the decades that would follow. We could start another civilization on another planet from scratch and NEVER have there what we had in the 1970's.

[RipARipeBanana]

Phone booth stuffing wasn't the seventies, nor was the Eastwood still. The Sonny and Cher image was also from the sixties. And then the Atari game ad was from the early eighties.

[pannoni1]

Check out Youtube Time Machine (yttm.tv) where I am compiling clips from not just the '70s, but other decades as well so you can quickly see how stuff changes. The Atari 2600 model here though (Darth Vader) was 1982 however.

[michaelcabrera]

The drug era

[44sox44]

The 1970's gave us the best movies from Godfather 1&2, Jaws, Rocky and ending with Star Wars just to mention a few and the best SONGS!

[PeggyD64]

Excellent video. love the music, love the pics used. Thanks for posting. It really takes you back. Love the Texaco parking lot with the old 70's cars. Alot of memories. The music hasn't been matched yet!!! Great decade of music. But just one little thing,, I have to agree that Nixon was put in a bad light here. He actually wasn't a bad president. I'd take him back in a second!

[plasmacity35]

i wish i could go back i started to tear

[plasmacity35]

glory days

[flitandersen]

Hey, rlb, I didn't put this montage together.

But I can SEE.

You lefties aren't as clever or as subtle as you like to imagine.

[flitandersen]

Hey, rlb, I didn't put this montage together.

But I can SEE.

Yoiu lefties aren't as clever or as subtle as you like to imagine.

[flitandersen]

Funny, but the Lib who put this together made sure he got all the Big Bad Nixon stuff in there, but all we got of the Liar from PLains was a nice toothy grin and a Time mag. (the one that nobody reads anymore) cover with him v. the Ayatollah Khomeini - "Test of wills".

Well, we all know who won THAT test, eh Jimmy? Sure wasn't the Worst President Ever, was it?

[rlb918]

@flitandersen Leave it to a right winger to try to politicize anything and EVERYTHING that comes into their view. LMAO

[solidkid4]

@flitandersen did it remind u of the 70's?!?! then stop being an ass and just enjoy. went to ur page and u dont even have a SAVED fav list. let alone videos YOU took time to make & upload.. so in short SHUT THE F**K UP AND ENJOY......."THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO U BY THE DONTHATEPARTICIPATE SOCIETY"

[gonesnake]

Elmo was not on Sesame Street in the '70s.

[Davewise1965]

I was born in 1965, i remember all of the 1970's. I wish i was still there.

[nicksfantoo]

I was just a little thing in the 70s, but that is the music I love and always turn to.

[mango7272]

best song ever during the vietnam years: CCR - Fortunate Sun

Fucking classic song.

[druidmerlyn]

The 1970s was not the "me" decade. That was the 1980s. The 1970s was the "What the hell do we do now" decade.

[sorova]

@druidmerlyn It was the "what the fuck happened last night" decade.

[TheGradumate]

An era were you can be hairy from anywere

[PHOENIXCLH1]

Very good video but one fact! The evacuation of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) was in April 1975 not 1973. I was in during Vietnam and I watched the evacuation on television April 1975 while on leave between my commands! Otherwise nice Vid!

[grinznmore]

1974 Rocks

[john38special]

Wow!!! All l can say is Wow!!!

[momen8tor]

started crying, because so many memories all came flooding back, what a great time to be a teen! Thanks from my heart to whoever did this. My heart is smiling now! Gretchen Thurston High School class 1979 Go Eagles!

[carsbybigd]

The phone booth photo was from the 50's

[merchetenerife]

Even though I was born in the eighties, my mom always used to remember how magic and wonderful this era was ;)

[mysfxlkj]

Our ERA

[vickyschmitt]

I remember! Come on '74! make some comments! badmommy555@hotmail