Enjoy The 1970's And NOTE:Blog ONLY Monday-Wednesday&Friday NOW ONLY-Work Has To Come First and THANK GOD I have work:-)

Well, , I have not touched on what is now called "the 1970s era" in
detail.

ALVORD PARK BROUGHT SOME COMMENTS SO HERE GOES!
It was a great time of bell bottoms, platform shoes, paisley shirts with
striped pants. Yes, it was also the days of "real" rock and roll,
psychedelic posters, black lights, Lava lamps, strobe lights and disco
balls towards the end of the 70s.

Yes, there were babes, boys, bones,
bongs, booze and blow in the 1970s as well, sad but true. We will leave
those details to your vivid imagination.

There were also "hip hugger pants," peasant tops, real mood rings and "pet rocks" that added to the fad times of the '70s.

Our Moms and Dads kept up with the times and had wallpaper with the "flower power" theme, and the yellows, purples and oranges made our furniture come alive!

It was "hip" to listen to bands ranging from Tower of Power, Earth Wind and Fire, War, The Bee Gees, The Who, The Boss (Bruce), The Eagles, and yes, even Elton John. Folk Artists such as Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens,
Harry Chapin, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Aztec Two Step
and Linda Ronstadt made us "think" about what we wanted to do with our
lives.

THEN we listened to Bob Dylan, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin
or the Mamas and the Papas, and all we wanted to do was think about how
we wanted to do nothing and try to accomplish that with a bag of
munchies! Or we could listen to Pink Floyd's the "Dark Side of the Moon"
album and gaze into the uncharted territory of our minds.
OK, time to come back to Earth, Mike.

Back in the 1970s there were great items just being made that now to this day are very collectible. Pottery, glass and even some toys and
models are worth hundreds of dollars. Who would have thought that a
plastic horror model made by Aurora in 1972 would bring in excess of
$500 today?

We were torn by the Vietnam War in the 1970s. Hearing stories of our
neighbors' older brothers going to a God-forsaken place hoping they
would return in one piece. Some never did come back.
After playing kickball in the neighbors' yard, we would come home to
watch the television with Dad and Mom to the daily events of the war as
told by a younger Dan Rather, only wishing we could turn the TV station
to catch a glimpse of "Barney Miller," "Taxi," or my favorite,
"M*A*S*H*," which made the thought of war a little friendlier, if only
for that half-hour.

There were many classic television shows that entertained us like we have never been entertained. LONG before "reality TV," we had "Mary
Tyler Moore," "Sanford and Sons," "Happy Days," "The Brady Bunch," and
yes, even Archie Bunker in "All in the Family." "Saturday Night Live" was in its debut days. We saw a president resign, we saw a blackout in New York City, we saw Olympians killed in Munich,
and more than 900 people died at a cult run by Jim Jones in Guyana.
And, I am always reminded, on my birthday, May 4, of the tragedy at Kent
University, even though at the time I did not even understand it!
On a lighter note, we had Reggie Jackson pop a few homers, "Jaws" was
just making a splash, and we were having food fights in "Animal House."
Can we even imagine IF we had the technology of "today" back then, we
would have changed the world. Back in 1971, leaving St. Francis School,
we had not even heard of pot, nor smelled a cigarette in the bathrooms
until entering high school.Is that true of the middle school today?

I am not even sure what a "hippie" is today. I see people with earrings under their tongues, in their noses and just about everywhere else you can think on their bodies!

"Pull up your pants" is probably a more common saying today among the teens or "which cell phone are you using tonight?"
I remember having shoulder-length hair - maybe that was as bad to the
elders of our generation as what I see today.

I can remember seeing the movie "2001 - A Space Odyssey" at the Warner Theatre and not having a clue what it was even about.
Yes, I do believe that was in 1969, do not crucify me for touching on
the 1960s as well, please!

Then again, I remember seeing musical great "Steppenwolf" as well as "Tower of Power," also at the Warner. Those I can still recall.

Trips to see Freddie Mercury and "Queen" at the Waterbury Palace Theatre, or great bands at Harwinton's Windjammer Cafe, Litchfield's Beverly's, or yes, Benny Nero's Cafe in Winsted.
My brain is exploding.

Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" just will not leave my lips!

YOU probably remember more than I of the '70s, though, I am not sure if
that is good or not? We all do not have the hairdos, let alone the hair,
we had 30-plus year ago, but let us thank God we in fact made it through
the 1970s.

I am sure I did NOT touch upon a memory that YOU have remembered of this
time in our lives.

THAT IS WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR,FOR YOU TO ADD YOUR MEMORIES!

I spent lots of time with somebody named "Panama Red." He hurt me!

It was a trying time for the parents and kids, let alone U.S. teenagers.who are now spending our "golden years" in a forever-changing Torrington.

Please, go get out your Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull or Chicago concert
T-shirts, put them on, then pull out that vintage "turntable," dust off
those "vinyl" 33s, crank it up and dance, if only to yourself, like you
have not danced in 30 years! Long live Tricky Dick!

This column is dedicated to a couple guys named ZEGA whom we lost years ago,nice nice guys!

Now it is YOUR turn, what do you recall and do you know what SCHOOLS are in the picture? and NOTE BLOG is three days a week , Monday Wed&Friday now. I have to put work first.Have a great day!