Subject: I need help ! im doing a project on 70s and i dont know much

Written By: Franko Danko on 04/26/07 at 11:55 am

So like respond and tell me some good things

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/07 at 2:27 pm

If you read this 70s Decade Board it will give you an indication towards the 70s.

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Written By: lorac61469 on 04/26/07 at 2:53 pm

Not really sure what you're needed info on so here are a few things that come to mind when I think of the 70's.

Trends:
Disco, bell bottoms, shag rugs, and polyester.

Popular TV shows:
Sonny & Cher, Tony Orlando & Dawn and Donnie and Marie.

Toys:
Dawn Dolls, Big Wheels, Krazy Kar, Sunshine Family, Blythe, Operation, and Click-Clacks.

Foods:
Fruit Stripe Gum, Snack-pack pudding, Baseball cards, Wacky Packages and Tang.

Subject: Re: I need help ! im doing a project on 70s and i dont know much

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/07 at 2:56 pm

Not really sure what you're needed info on so here are a few things that come to mind when I think of the 70's.

Trends:
Disco, bell bottoms, shag rugs, and polyester.

Popular TV shows:
Sonny & Cher, Tony Orlando & Dawn and Donnie and Marie.

Toys:
Dawn Dolls, Big Wheels, Krazy Kar, Sunshine Family, Blythe, Operation, and Click-Clacks.

Foods:
Fruit Stripe Gum, Snack-pack pudding, Baseball cards, Wacky Packages and Tang.
Add to the Popular TV shows:

Andy Williams, the Goodies and Monty Python's Flying Circus (though the latter started in 1969)

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Written By: Mushroom on 04/26/07 at 3:41 pm

The 70's can really be broken into 2 distinct periods.

The early 70's were really a hold-over of the 1960's. Long hair, beards, cotton clothing, a lot of "hippyness" was still around. And music was either "Acid Rock" (Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd), or Quasi-Country (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Eagles). Watergate, gas lines, and the end of the war in Vietnam dominated the news. Domestic terrorism (SLA, Wethermen, Black Panthers) still was a major factor in reguards to security.

By 1976 though, things had changed. The Bicentennial seemed to put an end to the 60's, and things were a changing. Disco music, Drugs, and "maximum consumption" started to become the norm. The Free Love of the 1960's became "Plato's Retreat" and Studio 54 by the mid 1970's. Instead of "Do your own thing", it was now "Party till you die and leave a worn out corpse". John Lennon and The Doors was replaced by Barry Manilow and Gloria Gaynor. Cotton became "dated", and Polyester ruled.

Subject: Re: I need help ! im doing a project on 70s and i dont know much

Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/26/07 at 3:51 pm

I'll try to put a couple "good reading" threads (from past discussions) on here - try these:

Late 60s/early 70s culture by the late 70s:
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=22230.0

Sounds Of The Early 70s
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=21323.0

I'll try to add some more later - I have to take off...

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Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/26/07 at 8:13 pm

More good reading (past threads) in no particular order:

Did the '60s become "uncool" in the Disco era?
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=23474.0

Eras Of Disco
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=23055.0

Remember When?....
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=20905.0

70s Albums You Had To Own Back Then
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=20183.0

What killed the Singer-Songwriter boom?
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=18543.0

Going to school in the 70s...
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=17665.0

What were the '70s like?
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=17610.0

Fashions of the late 1970s?
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=17066.0

What was the early '70s like?
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=16689.0

Genres of the 70's
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=16626.0

A Day In Your Life In The 70's
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=14649.0

Was there a '60s backlash in the '70s?
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=16108.0

What was your favorite thing to wear in the 70s?
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=14563.0

Yeah, there's more, but frankly I'm tired after all that cut/paste action... ::)

Subject: Re: I need help ! im doing a project on 70s and i dont know much

Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/27/07 at 9:29 am

The 70's can really be broken into 2 distinct periods.

The early 70's were really a hold-over of the 1960's. Long hair, beards, cotton clothing, a lot of "hippyness" was still around. And music was either "Acid Rock" (Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd), or Quasi-Country (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Eagles). Watergate, gas lines, and the end of the war in Vietnam dominated the news. Domestic terrorism (SLA, Wethermen, Black Panthers) still was a major factor in reguards to security.

By 1976 though, things had changed. The Bicentennial seemed to put an end to the 60's, and things were a changing. Disco music, Drugs, and "maximum consumption" started to become the norm. The Free Love of the 1960's became "Plato's Retreat" and Studio 54 by the mid 1970's. Instead of "Do your own thing", it was now "Party till you die and leave a worn out corpse". John Lennon and The Doors was replaced by Barry Manilow and Gloria Gaynor. Cotton became "dated", and Polyester ruled.

BTW, nice synopsis, Mushroom! :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/07 at 10:50 am

Hot Pants and Tank Tops!

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Written By: karen on 04/27/07 at 11:27 am

http://www.inthe70s.com/

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Written By: snozberries on 05/07/07 at 7:40 pm

It would help to know if the project is

Political
Social
Educational
Entertainment
Cultural
Economical

I mean really there is too much to cover without direction.