Author Topic: Nothing says 1973 like this... (Read 30986 times)

koduck · « **on:** May 19, 2011, 12:09:12 PM »

1973 gave most of us our first real introduction to Wackys, but nothing says 1973 quite like this...

Everything about this video sums it up for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0iuaxvkXv4

Gotta love it...or not!

ratchet007 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:53:50 PM »

Wow Neil, did that bring back some memories. Talk about a flashback!

koduck · « **Reply #2 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:32:45 PM »

How 'bout those silver boots?

ratchet007 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:18:13 PM »

I noticed those boots immediately. My 11 year old wanted to know why a man was wearing boots like that. LOL
I didn't quite know where to begin.....

koduck · « **Reply #4 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:29:12 PM »

Quote from: ratchet007 on May 19, 2011, 02:18:13 PM

I noticed those boots immediately. My 11 year old wanted to know why a man was wearing boots like that. LOL
I didn't quite know where to begin.....

They're so Ace Frehley...

Fanatical_and_Sickly · « **Reply #5 on:** May 19, 2011, 03:54:42 PM »

Quote from: koduck on May 19, 2011, 12:09:12 PM

1973 gave most of us our first real introduction to Wackys, but nothing says 1973 quite like this...

I've never even heard that song before just now...

ratchet007 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 19, 2011, 04:03:04 PM »

Quote from: Fanatical_and_Sickly on May 19, 2011, 03:54:42 PM

I've never even heard that song before just now...

Dude, You need to get out more

Gen 4 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 19, 2011, 08:56:20 PM »

Quote from: Fanatical_and_Sickly on May 19, 2011, 03:54:42 PM

I've never even heard that song before just now...

Don't feel bad...I don't even know who they are. $:-\$

hurricanes · « **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2011, 03:38:48 AM »

Being into Rock and Roll in the late 1970's and early 80's I dont remember that song either. Though I heard of Uriah Heep alot during the late 1970's, down in Miami, they weren't playing them much. It was the time of Boston, Doobie Brothers, (rise of) Def, Van Halen, Heart and on and on.
Thanks for sharing, cool song.

Porkie · « **Reply #9 on:** May 20, 2011, 09:13:54 AM »

I had no idea Liam Neeson sung lead in Uriah Heep.

exceedrin · « **Reply #10 on:** May 20, 2011, 07:28:09 PM »

Great video! A classic of the era; clothes, the dancers, hair, etc.
I had their Demons & Wizards and Abominog albums but never really got into them much.
The most interesting thing, to me, about the band is their members throughout the years.
Lee Kerslake, Nigel Olsson, John Wetton, Chris Slade, to name a few...

I bet you do remember this one Frank. It's from the same Demons and Wizards album.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4o--q6xuvs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4o--q6xuvs</a>

BumChex · « **Reply #11 on:** May 20, 2011, 11:10:29 PM »

It's amazing how all these threads can move instantly. Is it a shift?

hurricanes · « **Reply #12 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:57:05 AM »

Yep, Jeff. Remember it.

Other thread on forgotten song still going.

Music bringin us together. FLOWER POWER.

exceedrin · « **Reply #13 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:57:35 PM »

Quote from: BumChex on May 20, 2011, 11:10:29 PM

It's amazing how all these threads can move instantly. Is it a shift?

I'm sensing a shift in the space-time continuum back to a simpler time....The 70's.

exceedrin · « **Reply #14 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:59:48 PM »

Quote from: hurricanes on May 21, 2011, 03:57:05 AM

Yep, Jeff. Remember it.

Other thread on forgotten song still going.

Music bringin us together. FLOWER POWER.

In my best Steve McGarrett voice...."Dig it Bruddah".

HeadAndBoulders · « **Reply #15 on:** May 22, 2011, 09:36:37 AM »

Quote from: Porkie on May 20, 2011, 09:13:54 AM

I had no idea Liam Neeson sung lead in Uriah Heep.

Is that really Liam? It sure does look like him. I never heard the song either but I have heard of the band. Totally trippy and groovy! Thanks for the Ace Frehley reference, Neil.

hurricanes · « **Reply #16 on:** May 22, 2011, 01:21:37 PM »

Jeff

Long live Hawaii Five O

exceedrin · « **Reply #17 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:46:07 PM »

Quote from: hurricanes on May 22, 2011, 01:21:37 PM

Jeff

Long live Hawaii Five O

You got it Frank. One of my top 10 TV shows of all time. My wife and I have been working our way through all 10 seasons of 5-O via Netflix and the Roku box. We're at season 8 but have recently taken a detour and are stuck on the inaugural season of The Virginian with that awesome Percy Faith written theme.

Playbug · « **Reply #18 on:** May 23, 2011, 08:55:57 PM »

Quote from: exceedrin on May 21, 2011, 03:57:35 PM

I'm sensing a shift in the space-time continuum back to a simpler time....The 70's.

Far Out, I'm ready - this too fast paced stuff - mainly the work harder and longer hours mentality is UNgroovey. Bring on the hippies, bellbottoms, loose women and parties! O.K. maybe not the bellbottoms, that's a big 10-4 there good buddy, now wait for your 8-track to change tracks so you can get groovin again to that song.

Not to toot my own horn, but, OK to toot my own horn, we got a few retro 70's sounding songs on our new C.D. called "Til We're Satisfied", by my original band called the, Fool Injectors. Those would be "Rolling In The Hay","322", and "Deer In the Headlights" (Our Hendricks style song). Duzn't of this very forum did all of the graphic work on the C.D. and did an awesome job!

O.K. I digress, back to '73....

hurricanes · « **Reply #19 on:** June 28, 2011, 08:08:19 PM »

70's memories: I'm gonna throw my Pet Rock at someone.
Road lit up by Lava Lamps.
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? A one, a two, a three.aarrhacx.cx. "a three"
Who took my Hot Wheels?
Next to the moon:Major Matt Mason.
I need more S&H Green Stamps.
Edith, get my dinner on the table. Meathead, "get away from me".
It is the Rowan and Martin show.
Mutual of Omaha's ".....the Wild Kingdom"
Heeeeeerrrrr's Johnny.
Dont Look Back yells Boston.
Cause "I'm a dirty white boy, dirty white boy" says Lou Gramm/Foreigner
Tumtumtumtum......is it safe to go back in the water?
I'm sick of seeing that girl turn "her head completely around".
Spider man, spider man, does whatever a spider can, spins a web, any size,....

Let me take a break now.

bandaches · « **Reply #20 on:** June 28, 2011, 08:36:11 PM »

Quote from: hurricanes on June 28, 2011, 08:08:19 PM

70's memories: I'm gonna throw my Pet Rock at someone.
Road lit up by Lava Lamps.
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? A one, a two, a three.aarrhacx.cx. "a three"
Who took my Hot Wheels?
Next to the moon:Major Matt Mason.
I need more S&H Green Stamps.
Edith, get my dinner on the table. Meathead, "get away from me".
It is the Rowan and Martin show.
Mutual of Omaha's ".....the Wild Kingdom"
Heeeeeerrrrr's Johnny.
Dont Look Back yells Boston.
Cause "I'm a dirty white boy, dirty white boy" says Lou Gramm/Foreigner
Tumtumtumtum......is it safe to go back in the water?
I'm sick of seeing that girl turn "her head completely around".
Spider man, spider man, does whatever a spider can, spins a web, any size,....

Let me take a break now.

Speaking of "heeere's johnny"......Karnack routine, "sis boom bah".....what do you get when you put a firecracker in a sheep's mouth.

Playbug · « **Reply #21 on:** June 28, 2011, 10:49:31 PM »

Here's some 70's stuff I recall:

Blacklight Posters - Vinyl Records - 45 adapters - Diamond Needles - 8 Tracks - Texas Instruments Calculator - Quadrophonic sound systems - Nova, Comet, Pacer, Javlin, Buick Electra 225 - Craiger's - Honda XL75's, CB 50, - XR's - Disco, The Bump, The Hustle - Boston - Kansas - Queen - Billy Joel - Forienger - Abba - Sweet - BTO - Wild Cherry - AFX cars magnatraction & G-Plus - SST cars - Don't Break The Ice - WACKYS! - "It's an air conditioner, air conditioner right erb?" - 2 all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sessame seed bun - Shaft - Barretta - Starsky & Hutch - Mannox - The Magician - Happy Days - Sanford & Son - Hee Haw - Love American Style - Brady's - Partidge's - My Favorite Martian - Star Trek - Guilligan's Island - I Dream of Jeannie - Bicentennial - Jaws - Towering Inferno - America - James Taylor - Kiss - Paul McCartney & Wings - Manual Typewriters - Pixie Sticks - Silly Putty - Lunar Landing - Jenson Tri-Axel Speakers - Merantz - Pat Benetar - Blondie - Farrah Fawcett - 6 Million Dollar Man - Arnold Palmer - Jack Nicalous - Donnie & Marie - Sonny & Cher, and the beat goes on ......

FourRoses · « **Reply #22 on:** June 29, 2011, 06:43:44 AM »

KISS just isn't the same without Frehley on lead guitar.

exceedrin · « **Reply #23 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:32:06 PM »

Here's the first one that comes to mind...."Angel!!". Know what it's from?

Jeff

hurricanes · « **Reply #24 on:** June 30, 2011, 10:26:53 AM »

Jeff

Let me think about this and figure it out. I know your not talking about a Bosley thing.

Good idea by the way. Give out a sentence or associated word and have others figure out what it links to.

Example, just had a girl in my office who lived in Brooklyn in the 1970's and says that she and her girlfriends went to the shooting of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. She was giving me all this trivia. Says that the nightclub scene was filmed in actual nightclub(you know the DISCO where he dances and competes). She says after movie came out, they opened up the club on one weekend night to people under 18. Prior to that, only adults could go there. Problem I have, in Miami where I grew up, there were NO UNDER 18 clubs.

Also Welcome Back Kotter, the school that is pictured at the beginning of the show, when that famous song is playing, was the school that competed with her school, sorry cant remember the name she gave me. Says Gabe Kaplan was from Brooklyn and that is why it was filmed there.

Love 1970's trivia. Kids now adays dont know what they missed then.