I Miss 1978; I WANT IT BACK AGAIN, NOW!!!

I hear you! I wouldn't mind going back there and starting again as the teen I was.

how about 1977?

I think the mid 80's were much better. Living conditions improved dramatically, there was more money around and technology was becoming more common place. Game consuls and basic computers stopped the boredom and no longer needed to watch just the one TV in the house. 80's music was game changing with electronic sounds never heard before. Music was now portable and personal. I spent countless hours recording the top 40 each week onto cassettes tapes.

80's parties were insane the entire street used to gather for peoples birthdays and New year etc.

I want 1997

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5-12”?
and 18 years for beer likely was universal today in 78
doubt 21 anywhere

I miss september 10th 2001 and before. everything after is just bullshit and fucked.

They werent perfect, but it was like at least people tried to be the best they could. They got along. The humor. The laughter. The wanting of just to have fun for the sake of having fun.

All of that is just gone now. All of it. Its like everything went backwards and all progress was lost.

I miss september 10th 2001 and before. everything after is just bullshit and fucked.

Agreed.

The sad thing is the kids who were born after that era dont realize all the great things they missed. It was like a totally different world. With totally different people. Things were just so different.

They werent perfect, but it was like at least people tried to be the best they could. They got along. The humor. The laughter. The wanting of just to have fun for the sake of having fun.

All of that is just gone now. All of it. Its like everything went backwards and all progress was lost.

Most people could not actually handle going back to 1978. No internet, no cell phones, no satellite TV only a handful of blurry fuzzy TV stations. Most jobs were full on hard labor if you were lucky to have a job. Housing and conditions for millions of people was really tough. Many houses were unheated or had only one room heat source. Not many could afford a car certainly not a new car. Home entertainment was the family watching the only TV in the house. Games were mostly puzzles, board and playing cards.

Food was incredibly basic. The freezer isle only had frozen veg, potatoes fries, sausages and tubs of ice cream. No fast food or ready meals.

Everyone had flares, huge platform shoes and well overgrown hair:) Most people smoked and you could smoke almost anywhere. Lots more drank beer and spirits.

So you can see why music then had such an impact because there was very little else to do other than collect LP's Oh and chasing girls of course.

I'm a few years older than you. I miss it too but the early 70s (70 - 74) were even better. In my opinion music was the best it's ever been from about 1967 to about 1974 (with exceptions of course). People were WAYYYY different than they are now. Much better.

You could work an average job and afford a house.

I could be wrong, but Americans in the 1970s would have NEVER stood for shit that's been going on for the past couple decades - they would have thrown out the criminals. It may have been easier then because we didn't have the technology. We also had freedom and PRIVACY. There weren't cameras anywhere. No cell phones or home computers though. It was a different era. If I could back in time and finish out my life I would go in a second without question.

It was an awesome time to be an American and there was so much freedom. It's too bad it all went to shit starting in about 1980, and it got progressively worse from then on, in my opinion.

I miss september 10th 2001 and before. everything after is just bullshit and fucked.