8-Track Flashback (for you old farts)

[Rookie64]

You mean those "Wacky Ads"? I used to have them stuck all over my notebook and on the outside of my locker (someone removed them, probably a principal with no sense of humor).

Yep...those things were addictive, especially if you were trying to collect the whole series. Only to find out many years later that they only made a few prints of certain stickers to make everyone keep buying more

Many sites out there that cover all of 'em.

My avatar came from one of the originals

[Capmaster]

That this site is all around the world, it would be a little harder to pull off

He said ....
Seriously, it would be difficult. The US folks would have to have one, the UK folks another, the Canadians a third. That would defeat the purpose sort of.

I live in New Mexico. While there are no other members here from my state, indolikaa is about 300 miles away in Arizona, Doramius is about 450 or 500 away in Las Vegas, bazooka and Flaystus are in Texas, LA and San Diego are about 800 miles away and there are several mambers from there. It would take some driving for everyone, depending on where it was held. Many members don't put anything in their profiles, so we have no idea where they are from.

I dunno ...it's probably one of those things where it sounds good, and I think we'd all enjoy it a lot, but as the date got closer I think people would flake out and cancel ..having second thoughts. Hell, it was like pulling teeth to get everyone to just submit a current photo. Probably not doable.

Age is just a number and a frame of mind...as long as you don't spring on us that you're really Jack Valenti working undercover, and we're busted for making backups, all should be ok

Though I think that would be the funniest thing ever

Thanks Rookie. And ..sorry. I'm not Jack, but you're right. That would be the funniest thing ... can you imagine Valenti showing up at the picnic wearing a "Capmaster" nametag? Everyone would shit kittens

Cap, you're only a couple of years older than me. I was born in '57 (the best year for a Chevy!). I guess you were born in '54 or '55. Looks like we are among the oldest on this board. Rookie64 is up there with us too, anyone else care to divulge their age?

I had just turned six when Kennedy was killed, I remember it well, they even let us go home from school early. Something like that doesn't happen often. Of course, that was the sixties - this thread is supposed to be the 70's (geez, did anything memorable happen in the 70's? Now I'm starting to wonder...)

Ahhhh ..... fellow "boomer" We rule!!!!!
I was born in Nov. 1954. Chrisx has us beat by a couple of years.
The 57 Chevy ...always wanted one, with the 265 short-block V-8. Then I became fixated on the '70 426 Hemi 'Cuda ...and there I've stayed. I still want one

yeah, that day they let us all go home was scary. I remember looking at all the grownups. They were all crying. I thought nuclear war had broken out, and that scared the hell out of me

Lots happened in the '70s. That was probably my busiest decade. And remember Watergate, the bicentennial, gas shortages in '73, the Apollo missions, Linda Lovelace ( ), "10", Star Wars at the theater for the first time (I hated to mention it, but ...), The Exorcist, The Godfather, the list goes on ......

[tgpo]

@Cap, you're older than my Dad

[Roundabout]

How about lava lamps, dayglo flower stickers, smiley faces, have a nice day, and pet rocks?



I had one of those psychadelic sunburst posters on the wall of my bedroom with a black light, until my mom made me take it down, saying it looked like something druggies would look at. Bummer.

[Capmaster]

@Cap, you're older than my Dad

I can see it now ...every time I forget to lock a thread ...or yellow-card myself, the young whelp mods like tgpo, pacmania, Cobra, and Baldrick, (and even BJ_M, that smug SOB) are going to send me a torrent of PMs reading:

"Old ******. Die."

and

"Forget something gramps?"

[tgpo]

whelp mods

whelp? Old man, you mean vhelp??

:P

[Capmaster]

whelp mods

whelp? Old man, you mean vhelp??

:P

No ....whelp. As in "young dog", "puppy". etc. You young spasm, you

[Roundabout]

Hey Cap,

It's O.K. to be old!
We'll show them young whippersnappers what it's all about!
Hell, we're just getting started, and being in your 40's and 50's is just getting in your prime. Now, if only I had known then what I know now, I could rule the world! :P

At least we had a decent soundtrack to our lives. Hate to be growing up now and having the kind of dreck that passes for music to have to listen to.

Where did the whole thing go wrong?

The 70's may not have been the "greatest decade", but compared to now? I'd go back in time in a flash if I had a choice.

Boomers Rule! (cool, I should put that in my sig)

[Capmaster]

Hey Cap,

It's O.K. to be old!
We'll show them young whippersnappers what it's all about!
Hell, we're just getting started, and being in your 40's and 50's is just getting in your prime. Now, if only I had known then what I know now, I could rule the world! :P

At least we had a decent soundtrack to our lives. Hate to be growing up now and having the kind of dreck that passes for music to have to listen to.

Where did the whole thing go wrong?

The 70's may not have been the "greatest decade", but compared to now? I'd go back in time in a flash if I had a choice.

Boomers Rule! (cool, I should put that in my sig)

Oh ...noooo shit. We had the best music didn't we. The super bands all started when we were listening all the time - The Beatles, the Stones, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, ELP, Chicago, Pink Floyd, Yes, Doobies, Moody Blues, Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Amboy Dukes, Animals, Steppenwolf ...on and on and on. There's never been a time like it. I'd never trade it in. But I also don't want to start a flame war over it because there's plenty from the '80s I love (the '90s blew, music-wise), like Police, Dire Straits, Butthole Surfers, The Bangles (just kidding).

[kiki]

Well I got ya beat cap. Born in 51.
I was in grade 7 (middle school) when kennedy got
shot. The teacher ( miss dufferin) started crying and
sent us home for the day. When I got home my
mother was crying as well.
The 70,s. Disco, strobe lights and mirrored balls
hanging from the ceiling. I qualified for the canadian
national swim team. Orgy was the word of the day.
I never did find one though, most illusive. Met my wife to be. Knocked her up, got married, had a son,
and got divorced. To hell with the 70's for me. The
80,s ran a lot smoother.

kiki

[Capmaster]

Well I got ya beat cap. Born in 51.
I was in grade 7 (middle school) when kennedy got
shot. The teacher ( miss dufferin) started crying and
sent us home for the day. When I got home my
mother was crying as well.
The 70,s. Disco, strobe lights and mirrored balls
hanging from the ceiling. I qualified for the canadian
national swim team. Orgy was the word of the day.
I never did find one though, most illusive. Met my wife to be. Knocked her up, got married, had a son,
and got divorced. To hell with the 70's for me. The
80,s ran a lot smoother.

kiki

Thanks kiki. Miss Dufferin? I think I had her in second grade

Hey, can I borrow your Ben-Gay? Thanks

Here's a photo taken Aug. 12, at my "Old fart made moderator" party. You can see that time hasn't been my friend:

[Roundabout]

You can see that time hasn't been my friend:

[babyboo]

Not far behind...I was born in 1961

[Capmaster]

Not far behind...I was born in 1961

You're just reaching your peak then. And, for what it's worth, you look 35 tops in your photo

[Roundabout]

(the '90s blew, music-wise)

To say the least! I can't even name on good group that came out of the 90's, though there were a few good one-hit-wonder type of songs.

Back in the 70's, I tuned out when disco came along, around '74 or so. For me, virtually all the best music came out within the 10 year period of 1964 - 1974. Once the early 80's started, there were some good bands and music for a while, most of it I saw on MTV during it's early days. I worked at a video arcade as a manager and tech (game repair) and they had MTV going all day long on the TV and stereo.

Had it not been for that, I probably would've skipped listening to music in the 80's, like I had in the late 70's. However, by the 90's, there was nothing but boy bands, bimbo pop and garbage.

The RIAA doesn't have to worry about me downloading songs illegally. There's nothing they've turned out in the past few years that I'd take even for free. And all the music from the 60's - 70's that I love, I already bought the CD's years ago. I don't need to boycott the RIAA, I just don't buy anything because there's nothing worth listening to. I haven't bought a CD in at least two or three years.

[Tommyknocker]

Cap, ease up. You got it where it counts. You know who Senator Kennedy's famous brothers are.

You can tell them what it's like to be sent home early from school because the President had been assassinated.

You know who shot JR

You remember when Man first set foot on the Moon (tell the Mars rover team to put things in perspective. We used people, they use battery operated remote control toys.

You remember when Joe Namath shocked us all by guaranteed a Super Bowl win before it became old hat.

Those kids? Don't sweat it, I'll change their diapers and put them to bed.

[Capmaster]

I agree with you completely Roundabout. Look at my earlier post and you'll see that I defined the best rock and roll years as 1964 - 1975. Coincidence? I think not

I stopped getting excited ...really excited about music around 1976. It seemed that music was leaning more towards symphonic/synthetic accompaniments, which led to disco which was heavy with that. I mourned the loss of R&R. But I tried to make the best of it. Some disco was OK, like Disco Inferno.

But I've never cared for the BeeGees and the late '70s was not a good time to dislike them, so I found myself turning off the radio a lot. If it hadn't been for Billy Joel's Stranger album and Clapton's Slow Hand, I might have chucked it and gone over to strictly jazz. The late '70s was a dark time for R&R. But the '80s revived it with some good punk and post punk.

I liked Duran Duran and other bands of that genre. The Police, a few others. But I also listened to a lot of Oscar Peterson and vintage Ramsey Lewis because that style jazz has always had my ear. That, blues, and hard core R&B gets playtime with me always.

Speaking of which, what has happened to the term R&B? In the '50s it meant one thing, the '60s another ..and so on. In the '90s, some of the crap that was coming out was called R&B, yet it was melodic crap that wandered all over the scale, never dwelling on a note long enough. Just toneless,amateurish love sonnets that were sung by people with no particular talent, vocal range or strength in their voice. Audio chewing gum is what it was. Give me Aretha or Mahalia Jackson belting out some hard-core R&B or gospel over that pap any day of the week.

But I ramble .......this post is too long ......

[Capmaster]

Cap, ease up. You got it where it counts. You know who Senator Kennedy's famous brothers are.

You can tell them what it's like to be sent home early from school because the President had been assassinated.

You know who shot JR

You remember when Man first set foot on the Moon (tell the Mars rover team to put things in perspective. We used people, they use battery operated remote control toys.

You remember when Joe Namath shocked us all by guaranteed a Super Bowl win before it became old hat.

Those kids? Don't sweat it, I'll change their diapers and put them to bed.

I didn't mean to rant. Yeah, all those things are true. But ....nowadays kids are more mature than we were, they handle peer pressure better, IMO, and they are healthier, bigger and stronger. They have more tools at their disposal than we ever dreamed of, and they are naturals (all that hand-eye coordination from playing first-person shooters, I suspect).

They fight wars better, eat smarter, and avoid many of the pitfalls we fell into. Don't write off today's younger generations. That's what our parents did with us, and we proved them wrong

By the way Roundabout, I forgot to mention, on the subject of music, that one of my all time favorite bands had as its members Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Rick Wakeman:

..in and around the lake
mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
one mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too
twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you

Good stuff

[Roundabout]

I agree with you completely Roundabout. Look at my earlier post and you'll see that I defined the best rock and roll years as 1964 - 1975. Coincidence? I think not

Just goes to show...great minds think alike

I stopped getting excited ...really excited about music around 1976. It seemed that music was leaning more towards symphonic/synthetic accompaniments, which led to disco which was heavy with that. I mourned the loss of R&R. But I tried to make the best of it. Some disco was OK, like Disco Inferno.

A couple of disco songs were O.K., though I hated the genre:
Keep it coming, Love - K.C. & the Sunshine Band (from my native Florida!)
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
Rock the boat - Hues Corporation
McArthur Park - Donna Summer (original by Richard Harris was better IMO)
- and maybe a couple of others. Rick Dees should die for making "Disco Duck", my all time most hated song

But I've never cared for the BeeGees and the late '70s was not a good time to dislike them, so I found myself turning off the radio a lot. If it hadn't been for Billy Joel's Stranger album and Clapton's Slow Hand, I might have chucked it and gone over to strictly jazz. The late '70s was a dark time for R&R. But the '80s revived it with some good punk and post punk.

One of the few LP's I bought in the late 70's = Fleetwood Mac/Tusk
Other than that, I don't remember buying anything. Maybe I did, but it wasn't much.

Speaking of which, what has happened to the term R&B? Give me Aretha or Mahalia Jackson belting out some hard-core R&B or gospel over that pap any day of the week.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T! That sister could sing!

By the way Roundabout, I forgot to mention, on the subject of music, that one of my all time favorite bands had as its members Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Rick Wakeman:

..in and around the lake
mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
one mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too
twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you

I must have played this song several thousand times in my lifetime, starting in 1972 when I first bought the album. Wore out more than one copy, for sure (8-Track, Cassette, LP, and of course CD, which thankfully doesn't wear out). Hence, my nickname, in use since the 70's. Saw the group in '74 in Lakeland, FL (Topographic Oceans tour) and again in '76 (Relayer tour) and the most recent time around 1983 (90125 tour). Great group, though there have been many changes over the years, they've kept their unique sound. Still my all-time favorite band. I still like The Who, Stones, Beatles, Grand Funk, Steppenwolf, Zep, etc. as much now as I did then. But Yes is still my favorite.

Even though I love all the AOR, I still like also to listen to the AM pop I grew up with just as much. Some of the songs I listed earlier, especially. I have the entire Rhino CD set of "Super Hits of the 70's - Have a Nice Day" which I think is about 18 CD's. Sure, there's some clunkers on there "Midnight at the Oasis" comes to mind - but some real gems "One Toke over the Line" - Brewer & Shipley, "Silverbird" - Mark Lindsey, "Rose Garden" - Lynn Anderson, and many more.

Best description I can think of: "the soundtrack to my youth".

Too bad there's nothing like this on the radio today. I guess there never will be again. At least we can still hear it if we want, when we want.

[Rookie64]

I was always more of a hardcore music and movie fan - and going well beyond what was mainstream.
It also helped that I came from a big family with diversity...so there was much I was influenced by.

All I can say is the pop charts never really reflected the best of each era - there's so much great music out there but I'd put more blame on how things were marketed.

A lot of great bands in late '70s and '80s...a lot of great music.
You had to look around to find it but it was there.


I agree there was a decline by the '90s, but many of the '80s bands progressed and were at their peak then...even though their labels were catering to the new acts that ended up overshadowing what could've been a great musical era.

It's the politics of the business.
As one artist put it, you could've put out the best album in the world, but if wasn't promoted and given support it didn't sell, and the weight is all put on your shoulders...YOU failed.


Which is true...record companies are run by people who don't really know music nor how to sell it properly.
And they're quick to drop an artist that isn't making them a profit.

I was caught up in that scene a while in the '80s, and had an inside look at how things were done.

It was actually why I didn't get into that professionally - things weren't handled how they should've been and it was was brutally unfair.

I worked in radio stations and stacks of new albums stayed sealed in boxes...with signs taped on them saying "Do Not Touch"
That these albums haven't been reviewed for airplay approval - and no one ever bothered going through them.
The guy in charge wanted things done his way -
DJs were only allowed to play songs that were check marked.
And even those had to be played within certain times.
You were given a playlist and basically told what you could and could not play and how many times a day a certain song had to be played and at what times.

I listened to many albums and often wondered why the stuff picked to be released as the singles to promote the album were the choice songs - often they would be the cheesiest of the bunch, while the rest of the album was powerful...just didn't make sense.
I could've told ya right then, this isn't gonna sell.

Even well established bands would sell themselves short.


It all comes down to your personal tastes...but IMHO there's much you're missing out on.