Things people your age get nostalgic about that make you SICK! (single, family)

[markg91359]

Originally Posted by sheena12

I came of age in the late 1970s.

I HATED these things in the 70s, and I still do -

1. Discos, "Saturday Night Fever", "The Bee Gees" and John Travolta.

2. "The Brady Bunch", "Welcome Back Kotter" "Happy Days" and "The Partridge Family"

3. Farrah Fawcett Hairstyles

4. Plaid Bell Bottoms or "flairs"

6. Neon Orange anything, macaroni, Cheetos, shag carpets, wallpaper or cars.

I totally agree.

I am going to add to your list of t.v. shows.

I'll add "Eight is Enough", the latter years of "All in the Family", "Soap", and "The Black Sheep".

I'm glad all or most of the big sized, gas hog cars from that era are gone too.

[ChessieMom]

Originally Posted by CalWorth

I hated disco, but when this song played at da club, everybody jumped up to dance, including me in my tube top, flared blue jeans, gold chain & platform shoes & Farrah wings. To me, this song epitomized the disco era, & it was released in 1976. Tell me you’re not dancing when you hear this!


https://youtube.com/watch?v=u5lSeYd_...n3R-a6qNi4Unqm

It’s definitely not my favorite. And far from it really. So so many excellent disco songs out there though. I was one of those “ disco queens” back in the day. Yep I was.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Pitt Chick

Things people your age get nostalgic about that make you SICK!



That would be going on and on about the "good old days", which were NOT good for many people.

my grandmother always used to say, "Hey, I lived through the good ol' days - they weren't all that good."

[DesertRat56]

Originally Posted by sheena12

I came of age in the late 1970s.

I HATED these things in the 70s, and I still do -

1. Discos, "Saturday Night Fever", "The Bee Gees" and John Travolta.

2. "The Brady Bunch", "Welcome Back Kotter" "Happy Days" and "The Partridge Family"

3. Farrah Fawcett Hairstyles

4. Plaid Bell Bottoms or "flairs"

6. Neon Orange anything, macaroni, Cheetos, shag carpets, wallpaper or cars.

Don't go visit Graceland, Elvis's house. Almost all of those things are still there.

[Hermit12]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

my grandmother always used to say, "Hey, I lived through the good ol' days - they weren't all that good."

Everybody's experiences were different, though.

There's too much hate for people who had good times.

"How dare you have good memories! Don't you know there was blah, blah, blah going on??"

[ABQ2015]

At my neghborhood Christmas get together, seven of us were discussing how the world had changed since our younger days. Everyone but me described how they really missed smoking and if terminally ill, might start again. I have heard this before but was surprised to hear it again from an entire group of people. All of these neighbors now lead healthy life styles.

And I can truthfully say that smoking made me sick and I hated cigarettes and was not that fond of marijuana either. My father was a chain smoker and it was especially bad being in the car with him and often getting car sick and a bad headache. As a young adult, I loved parties and going out dancing but dreaded the heavy cigarette smoke that again gave me a headache, nausea, and runny red eyes, aggravated my allergies, and made it almost impossible to wear contact lenses. Not to mention the smell that the secondary smoke left on your clothes.

Interestingly, these neighbors loved disco too!

[WouldLoveTo]

Originally Posted by katharsis

Nothing I can think of makes me actually sick, but the only things I could think of that really irritated me about the 60's were the micro-mini skirts (I had heavy legs even as a teenager) and the ridiculousness and/or stupidity of so many sitcoms ("Mister Ed", "I Dream of Jeanie", "The Beverly Hillbillies", etc.)

Better than the reality shows and prime time game shows today! I'd take a good Mister Ed right about now.

I was never a fan of bellbottoms though I will wear boot cut these days.

And those tall tube socks with the strips were laughable!!

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by markg91359

I totally agree.

I am going to add to your list of t.v. shows.

I'll add "Eight is Enough", the latter years of "All in the Family", "Soap", and "The Black Sheep".

I'm glad all or most of the big sized, gas hog cars from that era are gone too.

Agree with ALL of this. I did enjoy the first years of "All In the Family" but it became repetitive. I am glad the cars are gone, but they did look good. My parents gifted me with a very un 1970s used Volvo DL - Navy bkue with saddle interior. Very un-1970s and I loved it.

There was one "dramedy" that I didn't mind. "Family". But I wasn't in love with it. I was in love with Rock and Roll.

I also hated the constant order of tobacco smoke. UGGHH....

[saibot]

Originally Posted by sheena12

Here was my take on "Star Wars". At the time, I didn't care about nacent computer generated images. So that was not a draw.

The original Star Wars trilogy didn't have CGI to speak of. But, good luck finding the original versions now without the added CGI and other changes. George Lucas just couldn't keep his hands off them.

I also wasn't attracted to Luke Skywalker.

Han Solo was objectively better looking.

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by saibot

The original Star Wars trilogy didn't have CGI to speak of. But, good luck finding the original versions now without the added CGI and other changes. George Lucas just couldn't keep his hands off them.



Han Solo was objectively better looking.

I was speaking from the present, I don't know that an original exists.

Lucas' in the electronics of the time, is event. He is their nerdier, smarter friend in "American Grafitti".