Summer 1971: A Day in the Life of a 16-Year-Old (drive-ins, Grant City, camping, Super 8 film, etc.)

[@szqsk8]

I'm crying watching this. I was 13 years old in 1971. I remember all of these things and what a great time it was in this country. My husband (who was born on 1949) passed away two months ago and this video along with the great song My Sweet Lord just has me awash in memories and tears. So much time, so much water under the bridge. Thanks for the memories.

[@charlesritter6640]

Sorry about your loss. This video made me sad and happy at the same time.

[@777Ryank]

szqsk8 So sorry for your loss

[@A711-m1d]

Bless your heart....I was told once that time is our medicine .... I don't know if that helps, but there is not much we can do but be grateful we had the time we had with them, it sounds like you are grateful .

[@anndarnell9725]

I told my sister wasn't 71 I was 17

[@sherrimiller5258]

I hope you’re in the process of learning to live without your spouse. I can’t even imagine. We lost our twenty seven year old son to suicide nearly two years ago. It’s devastating. We’ve learned to accept things will never be the same again. We have good days and bad days. I’m sure it’s the same for you. I hope you have children and other loved ones around to support you. I said a prayer for you. God bless...

[@arinushka6816]

I am 16 years old (born in 2002) and I would give anything to have been born in the late 50s, be a child in the 60s a teenager in the 70s and an adult in the 80s. You guys have no idea how lucky you are.

[@fatamorgana8939]

who's to say you cant still do these things we old folks did as kids? With a bit of imagination you can do the same..have a movie night once a week at home with family and friends, pop some popcorn, order a pizza and sit around and talk to one another with no cell phones or laptops on ( you can survive without them, trust me lol ). Arrange for a skating night on friday or saturday with your friends (if there's a local skating rink around your area), have a campfire evening in your back yard where you, family and friends sit about (again with no laptops or cell phones on ) and roast marshmallows, talk and joke around. On sunny days put down the cell phones, laptops and game controllers and go outside, play softball or play frisbee with your friends in the park, go ride a bike around your neighborhood with your friends and hang out at each others houses and talk (again no cell phones or lap tops on)...things like that havent really changed, whats changed is that small hand held computer that is distracting you from doing this stuff.

[@thelittlerose6732]

Dianna McInnes fires are illegal where i live..

[@none5526]

...an adult in the 80s. Became an adult in the 80's. Not really so great. Of course, I've always had "personal problems" to contend with. However, lots of adults in the 80's were getting laid off.

[@stevehenrichs5091]

YEP! THEY WERE GREAT TIMES.

[@tgtrout]

Yeah we do.

[@gregbernstein6430]

I never imagined the 21st Century would be like a nightmare. I wish I could go back to the 70’s.

[@sixmile2360]

Why are the present times a nightmare? Three young guys from my neighborhood came back in body bags in 1971 alone. Each time has its challenges. As you get older you think that your youth was the best. Everything is relative.

[@rbear4574]

@@sixmile2360 I have friends come back from Nam in body bags. Your are right we all think our youth was the best. and I guess it was.

[@sixmile2360]

@@rbear4574 I guess I look at things differently. Remember when we were kids? Sixty years old was ancient. My sixty year old dad looked like someone drug him behind a pick up truck. I'm sixty now. Ride my Harley. Spend my winters in the the Fla. Keys. Chase my wife around the house and growing hair down to my ass. Todays pretty good.

[@rbear4574]

@@sixmile2360 Sounds like you never stopped being a kid, Keep living life to the fullest and be happy. Remember the older you get the more you can say and get a way with it.

[@sixmile2360]

@@rbear4574 Thats the truth. Spent 30 years as an engineer at GM toeing the company line. Having a blast now. My kids dont know what to think of us. Me an engineer and wife a history professor living like hippies. Enjoy yourself my friend. Its all over too soon.

[@johnd4348]

I was a kid in 70's. Rode my bike all over town, Parents never knew where we were or cared. Only rule was be home by dark.

[@marktaylor3489]

That is the way it was a "long, long time ago..."

[@BAM-jc7uy]

Same her in Albuq., I would get up early, get on my bike and travel all over NW albuq to corrales or SW albuq...alone. I would ride through dirt rural roads and under cotton wood trees.....If I got thirsty, I stopped at a filling station and drank water from the black water hose (filled radiators) next to the air for tires and gasoline pumps. No money, no lunch...I would get home before supper, all hungry, and no one would ask where I had been, etc. I was loved, I was first born and a girl...a kid in the 50s. I rode a green and white Schwinn with old fashion white wall tires and a white saddle seat, and wide fenders. I could carry a passenger on my back fender, or on the handle bars, or as they sat on the seat and I stood up pedaling. Yeah, and I did ride and turn corners "no hands." Like you, an understood rule was, be home by supper time (home before dark.)

[@jeffreymeyers554]

... come home when the street lights go on

[@bam8700]

When we wanted to stay out I'd throw a rock and take care of the streetlight.

[@BAM-jc7uy]

@@bam8700 you're bad..a JD(juvey delinq). 🤣✔

[@peteregger7928]

Thanks! My wife and I are in our mid-sixties. We talk about it now and then and we both agree that we grew up in the best of times! Often don't recognize the country I'm living in anymore!

[@FredFlix]

I agree, Peter. I hope I'm not around in 30 years to see it decline even further.

[@larryshaver3568]

I second that

[@JokerDon1]

Back when I was a kid of 12 years old 1971 I remember my granddad saying just about the very same thing as you wrote.The good old days. My dad said the same thing when he was young.The good old days. And now we're talking about the good old days like they did. These times of today will be the good old days of the kids of today when they'll reach our age.

[@johndonahue5280]

Peter Egger I'm sorry the 1980's was the best

[@carolemerle9995]

Me too FredFlix

[@nobleroman5601]

I agree , being a teenager in the 70s was absolutely amazing ,,,,, God Bless all of us who made it this far .

[@summerbreeze340]

CANT FORGET THE 4-H CLUB😊

[@robertmcdonald5277]

Got my first bike at western auto. I'm 61 now. Loved the 70s.

[@anndarnell9725]

Oh I know we had some wild times and did some crazy s*** back tub

[@Oorah555]

I don’t care what anyone says those were some of the best times.

[@karolinesmail489]

Agreed

[@robfninh]

It seemed everything was more fun and less stressful.

[@subsamadhi]

Who is saying otherwise?

[@suecook8373]

it was definitely @@robfninh

[@robfninh]

Yes, let`s get a De Lorean and go back!. I`ll drive...……. @@suecook8373

[@BUBBA808]

One of the best decades for music! ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Creedence Clearwater Revival, BEE GEES, Electric Light Orchestra!

[@DHarri9977]

Of course Beatles, Three Dog Night, Blood, Sweat, and Tears, The Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Edgar Winter Group, Deep Purple, Queen, Led Zepplin so many others were just coming on to the scene in the early '70s.

[@thankthelord4536]

Yall must be white.

[@BUBBA808]

@@thankthelord4536 yeah I’m white. So? Are you white or are you black and just listen to shitty mumble rap?

[@MegaFiona9]

You can't forget the Doobie Brothers or Crosby, Stills and Nash!

[@DHarri9977]

@@MegaFiona9 You forgot Neil Young

[@basilbrush2345]

How many of you listened to Kasey Kasem’s “America’s top 100” on Saturday’s and recorded your favorite songs with a cassette deck?

[@arthurcurry2003]

Basil Brush that was still around in the 90’s and I listened to it. I was working at a retail store in Florida, if I worked Sunday mornings and I opened the store, meaning I would be there before the store actually opened to the customers we would listen to the radio and Kasem would go over the top 100s or maybe it was fewer by then but he was still on is my point.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

I hated top 40 radio. Our rural station was like: "KLSS Rocks! The best rock music on Earth!" And then they played Helen Reddy. I listened to the college station in Waterloo, Iowa Public Radio. Bob Dorr would play whole album sides of progressive rock. THAT was good music.

[@mikeravenelle7073]

Basil at 61 my wife and I remember very well. What a time to be alive! 15 cent Stop and Go icees with the little cut out on top of the cup. Cherry was the bomb but those "brain freezes" got me every time in the summer. Kasey was cool as was SoulTrain (afro sheen LOL!). American Bandstand was groovey or maybe bitch'in. Take care old fart!

[@aspenrebel]

Well listened, sometimes, but did not record. Hell we still had a reel to reel tape recorder machine. A B&W TV you had to get up out of chair, walk over too, to change channel.

[@aspenrebel]

@@billd.iniowa2263 "Helen Reddy"???? Barf!!!

[@carobinsonrobinson3109]

I would like to buy a ticket to the 1970s please!

[@jjabblePlayStation]

And one more for the 80's please;)

[@bondoman2k]

I lived this! in 1971 I was 14, growing up in a small town in the Midwest with two older brothers, one older sister, and two younger sisters. Dad worked at a factory making tools and machinery parts, Mom worked at a factory too (a furniture making factory) and took care of us kids. Some of the stores were the same as the video, some not. For the most part, this video is spot on! Sad part is..there are no tickets available anymore! :/

[@mmojorissen]

You can buy a ticket in the form of blotter acid- that might take back for a few hours. However, at this age... I don't recommend it.

[@mmojorissen]

@greenmean1 Yes... how I do remember "window pane" and hash!!

[@savannahcanfield7134]

Same!

[@stripervince1]

Loved everything about 71. Great year for cars, music, television movies and America. Wish I had a time machine

[@9q7a5z]

You do have a time machine, its called music!

[@aspenrebel]

Oh year best year for cars, Cuz in '73 they started to screw them up. But not so great with Vietnam War.

[@pierretrembacz7783]

1970 and a away we are

[@jimmyarmijo792]

I was 11 in 1971. My dad was in the US Navy stationed at NAS Lemoore. Man, for me the 1970s was a blast. My favorite year was my 7th grade. 1973/74. I was in Cadets, a junior ROTC programme. I kinda discovered girls that year. My neighbor gave me a stack of Playboys. I put them in a grocery bag, stashed in a empty shed (the house was empty), when I came back they were gone! I discovered also Led Zeppelin. Also Grand Funk Railroad, KISS, Elton John, Deep Purple. And I managed to graduate in 1979. Almost didn't. My buddy told me, in our senior year, Go check your records. When I talked to my councillor he said You don't have enough credits to graduate. Well, a first period and one night class. I wore my purple gown and graduated The Lemoore Class of 1979!

[@Tom-kn6sr]

Except for Vietnam, the 70s were great.

[@karenbrown2135]

Those were good times. Being a teenager in the 70’s was a lot of fun. I would not change a thing.

[@jstravelers4094]

I missed the Vietnam War by being about 6 years younger than Fredfix This is my past too. I enjoyed my youth, but I remember my friend's older brother getting killed in Vietnam. And other older brothers going to war. You would have wanted lots of things changed if you weren't from a financially stable environment. While it's no crime to be white and have good parents, just know that things were plenty scary in my neighborhood during this time. And I am a white guy too. Also, the best music of the 70's was influenced by the inequities of American life.

[@adomniapericula]

tell that to john wayne gacey's victims

[@JCrow-kz4nw]

Agree 💯

[@RedtheCat2014]

​​@@adomniapericula pointless comment. Every decade has it's bad events - doesn't mean that there weren't a lot of good memories for a lot of people. People aren't allowed to look back fondly on their childhood just because bad things happened in the world? Stupid stupid comment😮

[@midnightowl401]

Simpler times,Happier times. No internet just human interaction.

[@patsaxon5284]

I now hate going to a bar and everyone is on their smart phone and not talking to each other.

[@aspenrebel]

and 8 Tracks!! Cars with a clutch. A&W Drive-Ins, Drive-In Movie theatres. We had one we use to take our boat up the river, jump out with lawn chairs, sit and watch at speakers for FREE!!!

[@aspenrebel]

@H HOUR HOTEL Ha Ha Ha Ha!!

[@maryk446]

This funny because I remember 1971. And back then a lot of people thought that suburbanization and television and the telephone reduced human interaction. We forget now how many people complained that television reduced the among of time kids spent on homework and the family spent talking to each other.

[@aspenrebel]

@@maryk446 Ahh yes, The Idiot Box!! I remember many a good hours spent sitting in front of it, back in 1971 and other times. Who the heck wanted to do homework!! I can remember dialing (yes "dialing") 5 numbers to make a call. But that was in a town on Cape Cod, back then, local. No "Redial" button to push back then, and no "Voicemail" to leave a message. If no answer or you got a busy signal, you had to dial all the numbers over again.

[@leonardanderson8072]

Don't know how I feel about that. Kids these days will never know this kind of fun. I may be old now but I'll never will regret growing up in the 70s. Loved very minute of it.

[@debonairecatalina6570]

At what point of time did the times start changing...or should I say.....decaying? (Coming from a 21yr old) I'm just curious.

[@joeestes8114]

Me too!

[@barbarawelch9020]

I think it was around the mid seventies with Nixon and Watergate. The Vietnam war our men and women weren't allowed to win. A lot of people just gave up.

[@reb1050]

Someone once asked me what I would wish for if I had only one wish. It was an easy choice for me. I would wish to live my whole life over again without changing a thing. Yes, I did many things I shouldn't have done as well as experienced numerous things that caused physical and emotional pain. But I survived them all and here I am at 70 yrs. old wishing I could go back and experience them all over again. The 60's and 70's were especially memorable and a great time to be a teenager...that is if you remove the Vietnam War from the picture.

[@reb1050]

@Konga 5000 Never had a chance to see Zeppelin, but I did make my way up towards Woodstock (didn't quite make it, but that's a long story). I did get to see Hendrix at another concert though.

[@charlesatlas9123]

I am so fortunate to have lived in that time. It really was fun and exiting. I will always cherish my teen years.

[@gilliankingston8259]

Do you think it was to do with being a teenager at the time, or was the world really a different place then?

[@charlesatlas9123]

@@gilliankingston8259 For me, it had to do with both being a teenager and also things were different back then. I don't know how old you are, but if you are a teenager, life for you will be different when you become older. In fact, things will be different in five, ten, twenty years from now. If youtube is still around in twenty years, you might be answering this same question to someone else and maybe you will remember these words I am writing to you. Always remember, sing like no one is listening, dance like no one is watching and love like you've never been hurt.(my present poster on my wall lol)

[@joancook8454]

@@gilliankingston8259 , BOTH!

[@gilliankingston8259]

@@charlesatlas9123 Yes, I understand, my teenage was in the 70's,10 through to 20, '70 to '80 in the UK; I wouldn't mind being a couple of decades younger but not a teenager in the modern world, I'm sure it used to be simpler, there wasn't the confusion about what it was to be a Man or Woman as there seems to be today.🙂🌹

[@charlesatlas9123]

@@gilliankingston8259 I agree.

[@1rdrain]

When people ask me if I'm having fun I always say I stopped having fun in the 70's! Go class of '74.

[@ShoutItFromTheHousetops]

‘75 here 👍🏼

[@GoGreen1977]

1973!!

[@billsimms2511]

Haha fun can still be had as an adult but it’s not the same type of fun we had as a kid or teen. The mindset as a teenager id kill to get back..

[@garyvon1736]

Are you related to Big Joe Drain

[@catherinemcclelland7664]

My older sister graduated in 1973. I was only 3 years old. I remember her graduation party.

[@theevangelist6178]

I think I would be happy to stay stuck in the 80's. That was the last decade I believe anybody could call the good old days

[@scorpion8rage]

Yeah me too. The 80s look really good. That's the decade I would pick also.

[@SpiiderOK]

I don’t call the 80s the good old days. There never will be any good old days.

[@markwilliams9969]

Those were my teen years. They weren't that different, from what I've seen (and there weren't cameras everywhere). We got away with murder and never knew how good that we had it.

[@howiedewin3688]

I came of age in the 70's just primed for the 80's; Look at me now! LOL

[@liberalslayer7445]

Amen. We could ride our bikes anywhere, stay gone for hours and parents never worried. Just like this guy, we camped out every weekend in the woods behind a friend's house. Never a dull moment. Even after graduation in 85, camping was still fun, at that time you could buy beer at 18, and we did, get puking drunk swearing to never again, but next weekend who's turn to buy the beer😁 after that year we started going our own way, I wound up being a MP for the Army . Some went to college some we haven't seen since, but we had a easy time visiting them in the cemetery. That will put a lump in your throat no amount of beer will wash down. But I still have the memories. So yeah, I was lucky, I get to share them with my grandson now as I did with my son.

[@skynet1678]

I lived in those times as a teenager, rich in life, didn’t need money.

[@RippSnortin]

Isn't it weird how we could do stuff with almost no money.

[@LiPo5000]

@@RippSnortin A "Shovel", an AXE, or a Basketball, these were "our" toy's!

[@deepwaterescue4u]

Good times back then

[@annamariapiotrowicz511]

i was teenager in 1990's no interent we have make own fun by recording music from redio watching 80's repeats on tvv with tv adds renting DVD's if you wanted to watch new movies with no tv adds i used buses to go to a music shop buy CD's walked walked to the cemias/movies

[@rickshanteau3211]

You got that right Sky Net. I was 16 in 1976. You really didn't need alot of money. It was about hanging out with your friends. That's what we considered being rich. Loved my life back then. Have you watched Dazed and Confused. They pretty much nailed my teenage years.

[@kenmows4u338]

70's were the best times of my life, appreciate your taking me back to a better time..

[@Mmewster]

ME too the 70's were the best.. was n my teens, drving around in a VW bug with all my girlfriend,, and topless, we were wild Calif hippie young girls

[@daithio.7378]

Mmewster I just left a comment saying I wish I was a teenager in the 70s instead of being born then, a 71 baby 👶☘👍.

[@daithio.7378]

Mmewster And topless 😱😱😱😱😭😭😭😭 I want a time machine boobs 📸😂👍.

[@TWBlack]

Absodamnlutely miiiiiiine too!!!!

[@sixmile2360]

@@Mmewster The car was topless or you were?

[@davemesker9600]

I was 17 in 1971 just got my drivers license, had a 1960 ford falcon. Every one in the neighborhood rode with me. We had a blast, those really were the good old days.

[@magnump.i.7998]

Not knowing how valuable some of those 60s and 70s cars would become

[@cheryldimanno1314]

The best time growing up. Such a different world then.

[@threexladi]

It was this awkward conflict between the 'heads' and the 'squares.' Then the grown men finally grew their hair a bit (along with muttonchop sideburns), and began wearing 'flares', in plaid waffle-weave polyester. Ladies - remember when mini skirts came out, but we still wore garters & stockings? Very few women/girls wore slacks. Jeans hard to find. (Age 63.)

[@jodysanders1111]

Absolutely. Times were simpler then and you created your own type of adventure in life. Growing up the area I live in was very rural and spread out. You could walk down the road for hours and not see any cars.( And chances are if you did,you probably knew them.) Now days every thing is connected,full of mindless" get out of my way",idiots. Yeah, I miss the way it used to be.

[@JohnDoe-cd6ro]

@shillslayer Not even close. It's slowly but progressively getting worse. Almost the same. Not quite.

[@rayframe3812]

In 1968 I started high school. My dad told me this is the best time of my life. I did not believe him. I was drafted in 1972. I was scared to death after seeing the nightly news and seeing all the body bags.

[@wtfisgoinonhere2329]

Those were the days, Sex an Drugs and Rock N Roll by Ian Dury ! Love the 70's and I always say, if I could go back in time, it would be the 70's and I'd take today's weed back with me!

[@rancepowell834]

Sounds like a typical Saturday night in my life in the 70s. God I miss those days.

[@davehibbs9111]

No problem, grow your hair down to your ass, say FAROUT, pigs suck! Go hang out with the new protesters, you will fit right in! I remember the era of the 60'S and early 70's! Depends on how and where you were raised! Lot of hippies were I grew up, lots of drugs and cruising in muscle cars and hanging out with friends and protesting our rights against Viet nam and watching people O.D. on LSD! I believe only the names have changed and the clothes and the cause! Everything else about the same...

[@beatler11]

I do too

[@Robin-oo5il]

I miss Don Kirshner's Rock show every Friday Night.

[@joebiteme9463]

Me too!!!

[@Lara-yp5oc]

Me too😭😭😭

[@angelasmith7912]

Magical times!! 🦄 There was something special about the 70’s that can never be repeated, including the superb and real music 🎵

[@annamariapiotrowicz511]

in 2020 you still listen to 70's music on interent brings back memberies of good and bad things

[@tharithotaur1366]

My father would have been 8 years old that year, but it gives myself (19 as of 2020) a view into a time I never lived through. I love the addition of text for your specific memories. Great video!

[@FredFlix]

Thank you!

[@justincase3320]

Who remembers using a book of matches wedged under a 8 track cassette tape to keep it from double tracking?

[@veritasvexillifer6597]

I do

[@pamelabacker2420]

I remember using a pencil, to rewind the tape, after the recorder ate it! Lol!

[@anndarnell9725]

My brother did that s*** my dad used to have a heart attack when he did that but it always worked

[@morrisonAV]

I sure do....folded up piece of paper...whatever was handy.

[@Eagle269Ubet]

I used a comb!

[@beverlyvaldez2733]

I was 16 in 1971. Those were the days. Bless us all. Now im 65 living in the 2020

[@heavenhelpus479]

Me too. Class of ''74. Dallas.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Fred we are the same age. I remember all of this. I lived in Charleston, West Virginia, 3 bedroom 1 bath house, with 3 kids. Love to return to the 70s, and see Mom & Dad just one more time.

[@FredFlix]

Yeah, just wish I could talk 5 minutes with each of them.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@FredFlix just 5 minutes would be great. My Mother would do all the talking, and thats OK. Dad was very quite; because he said; he loved just listening to my Mom. Lol

[@pamelahsmithsmith2366]

I lived in Nitro, WV and moved to Charleston SC in 67 and graduated from Middleton High school 1972. The only thing I do not miss was NOT having A.C in my school...papers sticking to my arms..hair all sweaty..LOL.I would give up AC just to go back too..

[@lightningblue648]

Born in the 80s but also from WV. It was a great place from what my parents and other family told me. Really sad what’s happened there even since I was a kid till now. I have great memories of watching Mr. Cartoon on WSAZ and going to Camden Park. Always great connecting with people from WV.

[@SG-tf1fx]

Moody blues NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN..Guess who..Bee Gee..Swimming and rollerscating..record hops Wednesday night.

[@geezermann7865]

1971 was THE year for me, after graduating High School. I had my first car, a 1966 Buick Special. I bought my first 8-Track player for it, and a friend installed some speakers in the back. I also had my first real full time job at a restaurant. I had the great classic rock music of the time on 8-track. Went to my first concerts. That summer I learned not to mix Boones Farm wine with Jack Daniels, lol. What a year!

[@blahblahblah6499]

Oh yeah, Boones Farm and JD = for a rough morning! Should have stuck to Bartles and Jaymes! LOL (which no longer makes those wine coolers - they apparently stopped after Congress quintupled the excise tax on wine.)

[@jbird4754]

I almost “love you” for posting the essence our childhood condensed in just a few minutes❣️🙏

[@FredFlix]

I'm pretty lovable, Julie, despite what my ex-wife says.

[@wendinixon1609]

Thanks so much for this. I graduated high school in 1970. 😎

[@JonathanMcKey]

@@FredFlix PFFT.

[@jackjeffrey6180]

I live in Canada and was born in 1956 so even though the stores, restaurants and other things were different , things were much the same for me and my friends. It would be great to be able to go back even for one day and be an angst ridden teen with nothing really to worry about other than “does she like me as much as I like her.”. Keep up the good work with these trips down memory lane!

[@sherripaterson4690]

I'm Canadian, too, and was wondering about some of those stores, but so very similar to my experience, too, even though I was born in 1967.

[@clutchcargo2419]

Best of times !!!

[@seviregis7441]

Seems like the day had more hours in it than today, that sounds like a week's worth of activities by today's pace, even though life seems faster now, its harder to get a lot done in a day.

[@annamariapiotrowicz511]

becourse in 2000-'s we spend too much time siting on interent just thinking of doing new things but we don't go outside and do new fun things we used to do in 1990's

[@timfremstad3434]

I think thats because we're older now

[@mensafordummies6370]

@@timfremstad3434 Yes, it is. And we slowly, almost imperceptibly, get slower and slower as we age. We also wake up one day to find that we don't have the energy we did for most of our lives before. It's subtle, and sneaks up on us starting right about our late 40's for most of us, we don't even notice right away. But it progresses, and we finally realize that we're just not able to move as fast as we used to. What pisses me off is that now I'm retired, I've got the time to do some things I've always wanted to do, but the 'age related slow-downs' won't let me do them.

[@rvmagnum5415]

I was 16 in 71 also, I miss those days . Didn't know how special they were until I got older. your video brought back so many memories , brought tears to my eyes. Thank you .

[@elipadilla8186]

Does anybody have a time machine miss those years when people cared and respected each other 😥

[@insertnamehere5146]

i think you are looking back through rose tinted lenses. its just that you were a teenager then. The 70s were just as violent as today. I was a teenager in the 70s with no responsibilities. like you i am now older with lots of responsibilities but i would rather stay in 2020.

[@elipadilla8186]

Ok how many mass shootings was there in the 70s

[@chrisevans9553]

No mass shootings, just a few fights after school. Nobody wanted to shoot anybody.

[@insertnamehere5146]

@@chrisevans9553 *cough* IRA

[@gregbernstein6430]

insert name here What was so violent about the 70’s?

[@bluebook85]

Some of best years of my life was a as a child in the 70's

[@danc1197]

Same here. Was in Bellflower CA in 78. Had the best friends and best times. Junior high days.

[@samanthab1923]

reginald blaylock Loved Concentration 😊

[@billionsandbillions1010]

I was born July 8, 1970. Were you born about that year, Reginald?

[@SONJASAVEDBYGRACE]

Mine too

[@pjhey947]

Child of the sixties, teenager in the 70s and an adult ( sort of) of the 80s.

[@rebeccaaustin3065]

Gosh, Western Auto, A&P, drive-ins, cassette player/recorder....I remember all of this. Great job putting this video together. Took me back for a few minutes to a wonderful time in my life!

[@jpturner171]

Brings back many memories.... thank you. Little did I know that in two years I’d be walking through rice patties in Vietnam.🤔 But these photos bring back great memories.

[@michaelfiguly1654]

Thank you for your service ❤️

[@heavenhelpus479]

I was just barely too young to go. I would have gone to Canada anyway since I hated losing a fight. Hands were tied behind our backs.

[@jpturner171]

@Ami Thomas Thanks for the kind words Ami,,, That experience made me appreciate this great land we live in! 🇺🇸 God bless you and all the protect us.🙏🏽

[@shonaosmond4886]

I miss drive-ins, they were awesome!

[@stevehenrichs5091]

WHEN TIMES WERE HAPPIER AND SIMPLE

[@carolinagallegos3926]

@John Doe keep voting Republican and you'll be afraid to ever leave your house!! Being a Democrat has taught me I do have a say, I can protest and I do believe in our Constitution !! Never be afraid to disagree with our government, don't be afraid to live your amazing life!! Our forefathers wanted us to live happy and to live the American dream...I've lived in several major cities and people living there are amazing!! Stop believing our country is being taken over by illegals, child abductions and drug addicts!! This is America, life is what you make it..if you're accepting of others and others are accepting of you, your life will be amazing!! Don't let any government person tell you to be afraid!! I lived through the 60s and the horrible discrimination there was, never let this happen again..EVER!! don't let the Republicans scare you with THEIR fears!! Discrimination wasn't pretty then and it's not pretty now!! Its 2019, for God's sake if you aren't accepting of others you don't deserve to call yourself an American!!!

[@ctbaw9484]

and yes, we did what was always suspected. I miss those times greatly

[@ernestturnage3653]

They were fun. But who over the age of fifteen went to actually watch a movie...

[@yit555]

There's still quite a few scattered around southern Indiana. One in my small hometown, and three others within a half hour drive.

[@rmccarrillo1759]

I still have a rotary phone, 8 track tapes and player, records and record player. Yuuup, it all works. I turned the side of the house into a drive-in. No need for the speaker box. I use wireless speakers. A lil modern tech helps, hahaha.

[@CaptainC1967]

Absolutely 1st class choice of avatar!

[@trevorwylie5882]

ive got a lot of 70s stuff like that that still work and is easy to use

[@susanjohnson7679]

Everything today is overwhelming. Not even time for reflecting, nothing. Makes me homesick for the days when there was more time. Love your videos

[@debracoleman2112]

Bringing back so many memories 😃 especially weed, Boone's Farm strawberry 🍓 wine and just growing up then!!!

[@TexasVet62]

The 70s were a great time, especially the summer of 76. Damn I miss the 70s.

[@aspenrebel]

Wasn't that "The Summer of '42"? Making out in the dunes of The Cape.

[@insertnamehere5146]

i also grew up in the 70s had a great time like you. I now have family, commitments and work so the past looks a better place. in reality I would not want to go back.

[@KnightOnBaldMountain]

The Bicentennial Year! When it was cool to be an American. Now, if you celebrate being an American you’re called a racist xenophobe.

[@coreyray531]

I was born on the bicentennial day...I have a 1776-1976 wall.

[@dawnwheeler2649]

Dale Wells amen!! Class of ‘76! Bicentennial graduation. never thought I’d be one of those old farts looking back at “the good old days” but man, they really were. Give anything to snap my fingers and be back in high school

[@garyl7735]

I was a teen in the 70s the best time to grow up life was so easy and simple could run the streets till after dark no one seemed to care.

[@chillywilly7299]

I was a teenager in the 70s greatest time in my life. You talk about good music . The music today sucks.

[@annaleisethoe1454]

No it doesn’t. You just don’t care to research. There’s plenty of good music still please...

[@chillywilly7299]

@@annaleisethoe1454 Yes Bella there is some good music today. But alot of it is crap.

[@ReviewingTech101]

I grew up in the 90’s you are right today’s music sucks.

[@groupewaite]

There was a lot of crap then too!

[@thenewstuffsucks5000]

I coudn't agree more. Most of the stuff today makes me want to commit suicide

[@blur_is_myworld6022]

Oh, George Harrison, what a beautiful masterpiece of a song you made.

[@danielpenn1734]

Those days were a whole lot better than now, for sure

[@EdwardRock1]

Mr. Amerigo victimization much?

[@wandahudgins4703]

AMEN I GREW UP THEN THE VERY BEST OF TIMES .EVERYTHING HAS WENT DOWN HILL SINCE THEN. WISH I COULD BE BORN AGAIN IN THE SAME TIME AGAIN. GOD GAVE US THE BEST OF TIMES.......

[@ericwright2319]

It was great times

[@ericwright2319]

Today with all the turmoil we are experiencing today.....I rather go back to simpler times no internet.....drive in theatres...... People actually happy ..

[@MienemLeben]

It was great, we lived like there was no tomorrow because of the Cold War!

[@rickbennett1292]

The good ole days when people had compassion and curtesy for each other ..... 😞

[@threexladi]

Now we have Homeowners Associations. No compassion for seniors on SSI who can't do much.

[@aspenrebel]

Where the hell did you grow up? None of that was around here, back then.

[@rickbennett1292]

@@aspenrebel that's real obvious by your inhuman response ...... Sad

[@aspenrebel]

@@rickbennett1292 How was my response "inhuman"? (Do you even know what that word actually means and how it is to be used?). I'm stating a FACT!! In 1971, '70's, people did NOT have compassion and courtesy for others .... around here!!! But that may in fact be "Sad".

[@rickbennett1292]

@@aspenrebel I guarantee you never had an inclination of what I speak of 😂

[@cornville2]

I wish we could all go back..People now a days suck. I will always love those days the most.

[@joycedistler4332]

azmonkey mann me too. Teary eyed

[@Mmewster]

I feel exactly like you do,

[@commodityjane]

People sucked then too, get real

[@Babylandy1]

Man. The 70s and 80s were the best. Really wish we could go back to when things were so much more simple. Thanks a lot for shearing, brought back a lot of great memories.

[@FredFlix]

Always glad to shear, Samantha. :-)

[@josephhymel8075]

Who Remembers Fizzies? Those Round Flavoured Tablets You Dropped In A Cold Glass Of Water And Watched Them Fizz!!! Think Of It As Flavored Alka-Seltzer!! LOL!!!

[@mrbill517]

Root beer was my favorite

[@miriambarnett2782]

I loved fizzies!!

[@taco2k3]

Grape Fizzies!!!

[@JimmyT132]

Maria From California : totally different era. Unlocked houses, and we hung out with friends all day, and kept out of trouble. Our neighbors knew us and we trusted them. I was 12 going on 13, about to start 8th grade in September, and got my wardrobe tips from Keith Partridge and Greg Brady. One day, we were bored and decided to go to the beach which entailed crossing an international border into Canada. We put on swimming trunks, got on a bus headed downtown, got off at a bus stop nearest to the bridge and walked to Canadian customs. The guard inquired of our citizenship and where were going; we replied “We are United States citizens. We’re going to the beach; Duffern Islands”. He wished us a good time and sent us on our way. The return trip went exactly the same way. We never mentioned it to our parents because we didn’t think it was a big deal. You don’t know what you have until you don’t have it anymore.

[@DHarri9977]

I remember when you bought a Hershey Bar it was a giant full-sized purchase that would last for days.

[@suebennett9347]

Thanks..... I remember those days 60s and the 70s were awesome and I would not trade them for anything in todays world.

[@stevefranklin8052]

very cool,I was 12. remember that summer well! Carol kings Tapestry album was big that summer too. Frost free fridges came out in the early 60s.we got a big Sears FROSTLESS SPACEMASTER , we were in. awe that it truly never needed defrosting!! Had it from 67 till 89, never broke down but rust spots started to appear on the outside door, was rusting from the inside out!! lol. I started 7th grade that September, yeah, was a great summer.

[@guyazbell8169]

sue bennett Man I,m so dang glad I ain't a kid today, with the police state constant surveillance dwindling wild areas only a stupid phone for entertainment so so sad for kids today😣

[@rayquesada506]

I was 15 in 1971, we never locked the doors at night, all cars had AM radio only, no A/C needed, (grew up in West (by God) Viriginia). Great rock and roll music every where. Best decade of music. Those were the days!

[@rayquesada506]

Ken Lompart Yeah, and the little sport glass windows pointed in towards you. Miss those days.

[@waldoparsnip1025]

yeah , we had to blow $19.95 at Radio Shack for an FM converter !

[@strawberryseason]

We locked our house doors at night, but never our car doors. We also didn't lock our house doors when we went out during the day.

[@m-fm3693]

I thoroughly enjoyed that video. Made me laugh a couple of times, but got me a bit teary once, too. I think the reason we found these years so great is because we were young, carefree, careless and just innocent (in a good way). Not too much to worry about and definitely none of that current terrible social and economical pressure (being productive at the work place, social media, information overwhelming you all day and coming from everywhere...) Also, teenage years is the time when you experiment with a lot of things, and these first times (and the emotions felt then) are etched in your memory for ever. Blissful innocence, I would say! That's why I miss those days. (That and the music, too!)

[@MMAfighter38113]

Riding to 7 Eleven on our bikes in the early 80s to get slurpees was our highlight.

[@barryhollon468]

For me it was lafayette party store for bomb pops and then a little weed behind the store

[@chrismartin2123]

Yes!

[@dustyroads5409]

@@barryhollon468 Back then it was stems and seeds.

[@jamesevenden6559]

Without a helmet

[@ruthpullis9279]

Tell me about this wish I could go back the 80 was the best no problems back them we had problems but ever one was thee helping each other

[@michelleraymond8898]

The 70'S and 80's where the best times.it was so much better back then.wish I had a time machine to go back.that's when you spent time with your family.and every one was outside playing and had to be home when the street lights turned on.😀

[@Babylandy1]

Best time of my life. There’s nothing in this world today that compares to it.

[@eboneezy8675]

It seems like back then there was so much time, you had all day long to enjoy every little thing in life. Now days time is moving way too fast, swamped with bills & stress & work..... 😭😭😭💯

[@plainwornout3964]

That's probably how our Parents felt back then. If I don't get anything else out of Life at least I lived the 70's as a Teen. What an awesome time to be young.

[@eboneezy8675]

@@plainwornout3964 so amazing ❤❤😭

[@gggallon]

That was the magic of a young heart. The world is an endless boundary when you are young. I was just starting school in 1971. I can remember sitting on the steps at school during recess, and watching my school mates on the play ground. I have this memory just like it happened yesterday. I remember my feeling was, "this is the beginning..."

[@timbryant1621]

You nailed it.

[@RussVGuitar]

Great observation. Everything is sped up.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I'm younger than you and was almost 8 in summer of 71. I lived in NC in a house very like yours. We had a 65 Sport Fury, went to the drive-in, the A&P, had a big olympic slide in town, watched Laugh In, listened to the same music as you, saw the Vietnam war news on TV, and listened to our 8 track tapes (though not in the car). It was a great time to grow up and I think about it every day. Thanks for the walk down memory lane! 👍😊

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome!

[@CynthiaAnn3199]

1971 my dad was in Vietnam and my mom was a junior in high school. I was just over half a decade away from taking my first breath in this world. How things have changed I’ll have to show this to mom and dad.

[@jamesevenden6559]

I was born in 1978. My dad was in Vietnam too!

[@jessicafain6630]

Luckeeey. I was born in 76 and both my parents have passed. Mom in 1999 and dad in 2014. I'd give anything to talk to Mom about her young years and show her things like this. I was only 22 when she died, a young mother myself. I needed her life advice so bad. I still do. It's funny, even though I'm older than she was when she passed, I feel like she was much wiser than I am. I'm sorry. I'm rambling on a stranger's comment. This video just put me in mind of the old days. Give your parents an extra big hug when you see them. ❤️

[@r.joseph8911]

@@jessicafain6630 😢

[@mmojorissen]

@@jessicafain6630 I'm so sorry, Jessica... really!!!!

[@danielethier2015]

I still remember my uncle coming over for a late evening visit, he knocked at the door and when greeted he asked...why was the door locked..what would happen if there was an emergency and somebody had to get in to save you. Those truly were the days

[@richardgarcia6520]

For sure, my aunt's and uncles would open the door and yell"we're here" . We only lock the door before we went to bed.

[@jameswood231]

@@richardgarcia6520 Very seldom did we lock our doors when I was a boy growing up in the late 60's and into the mid 70's. Living in the Flint Michigan area. Left my bike and toys outside. Folks left the cars unlocked, sometimes the keys left in the ignition. Windows opened. Wasn't a big deal where we lived.😊👍

[@sifuanthonytarasca1686]

Thanks for the memories. It was great growing up in that era, especially when we see what our world has now become.

[@aspenrebel]

But then came ..... DISCO!!! .... GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

[@rickbennett1292]

😂

[@jhogan1960]

I swear, this vid is a page out of my own teen years in the 70's. The innocence then, yet we could smoke, had jobs, and we had resilence. What is happening in our world now?

[@howardejjohnson9477]

We had a smoke area that I visited between classes

[@sheilacape4794]

Yeah!!! Milton high school, skipping class... smoking area. Good times!

[@032Eagle]

"Those were the days my friend..we thought they would never end..." Mary Hopkins.

[@jacksprat2178]

"We'd lived the life we choose, we'd fight and never lose, for we were young..."

[@merrileegault4703]

"In the glass I saw a strange reflection...was that lonely woman, really me?"

[@marystar6021]

"Those were the days, oh yes those were the days"

[@aspenrebel]

Ah the Welsh Angel.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

A better time, and yet some say today is better. Can't see how.

[@theophilusthistle1988]

kyokogodai The ones who say now is better weren't around back then. Kids today are robots. They believe now is better because that's what today's crap media and culture tells them...there are some, however who see through the B.S. and think for themselves.

[@glendamcdonald1931]

yes

[@radiation0111]

ChiliContestWinner Like Johnny today who got his leg blown off by an IUD in Iraq.

[@richardgray8593]

Obama phones. Beat that 1970s!!!!

[@b3j8]

Well, I guess better, or worse depended on how old you were back then. For me, age 11 in 1971, mostly better. But. I do remember we lost 2 older brothers of neighbor kids to the Vietnam War. AFA today, we are just as hooked on cell phones as people of that era were on cigarettes!

[@carmonaida6765]

Just found this, Yes!!! The 70's was the best!! Omg, this was Great watching. Thanks for this! 🌹🎶

[@robertglancy4474]

I was a 12 yr old in 71 growing up in S California, always interesting to see how everyone's experience's were pretty much the same even when you lived in different parts of the country a thousand miles apart. I wish I could go back, this country is not such a fun place anymore.

[@deansapp4635]

I was a 12 year old in 71 growing in Maryland. I agree with you

[@k.k.9011]

You must be white. Am I right or am I right?🤗

[@robertglancy4474]

@@k.k.9011 Prime example of what sucks about this country now days, people like this who most likely weren't even born yet, but think so smart but are actually ignorant as hell. They spend their days obsessing over race and pushing it in people's faces in order to look virtuous...am I right or am I right?

[@PARTY1KITTY]

This was FREEDOM !!!!! I was there too and was just like that.

[@howardbenoit7474]

yes it was freedom,all because most of the time we lived with our parents,and no worries,but it wasn't freedom when we got older--well not for all,take care,nice to have them memories,try to keep them alive

[@trevorwylie5882]

yea and there was no restrictions on getting a job easier to get a car licence we hadn't any money until the 1980s that was the hardest part

[@mississippimud7046]

I had to stop watching, couldn't see thru my tears 😥

[@bleustalder8717]

Mississippi Mud me too

[@philhoward490]

Yeah sad

[@philkirby175]

I had tears too. Would like to go back for one day to see everyone again. Those were some good times!

[@cmack7281]

Mississippi mud: Shut up!

[@klu753]

that because you're soft asf

[@SamSurplusSales]

Yes and those of us that were seniors in high school in 1971 got to go to Vietnam for our senior trip that year.

[@keepitjedi3770]

Wow. What was it like being drafted?

[@sammyscotch9945]

Walter Cronkite and the pictures and reports out of vietnam every night. I remember well

[@greetswithfire1868]

Graduated in 1972. I got lucky I guess. Though I still have my draft cards....

[@sammyscotch9945]

@@greetswithfire1868 did u.go to nam? Wonder if anyone here went to canada instead. Im a womsn so of course not drafted. Friends who went to nam. I remember the anti war demonstrations and lots of political marches back then. We were young and hopeful to change the world. What a time to be alive

[@oldiesgeek454]

@SamSurplus Didn't the draft finally end in 1971? Or did it go on longer? I was 10 at the time.

[@phukyergreennewdeal1053]

Thank you so much for this beautiful gift you have shared with us. Bless you

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Randy.

[@sandywalburn7196]

The 70’s were the best. I graduated in 1972 and I can still remember that was the best time of my life.. the music was the best. It was a simpler time, but there was a war going on too, which was a sad time. But the 70’s was a simpler life. Too bad it’s not that now.

[@paulharvey6216]

Th music was fantastic I still only listen to 60s and 70s music I buy the case when I see them advertised or sometimes Walgreens orbited have a display of the greatest hits I grab a few right away!!

[@paulharvey6216]

I wrote cds I didn't write case I think my tablet is ill!

[@heavenhelpus479]

I graduated in 74 and was grateful I missed Viet Nam draft. Canada almost got me..

[@paulharvey6216]

@Ami Thomas yea I just masked it up to make Joey happy!!!!!!!!

[@paulharvey6216]

@Ami Thomas No way Ami I thought it was humorous I am just so sick of everything getting so politically and socially correct its really getting old.Thats why I get on you tube and listen to the oldies for a short escape from the maddness!!(LOL)

[@weirdshibainu]

I turned 16 in 1974. Best summer of my life. I had chores as we lived in a rural area. Up at 5, do chores until 6 when mom would cook a huge breakfast. More chores until noon. Jump on my dirt bike and go riding with my friends on logging roads, smoke a joint and snorkel in the river, jump off bridges into clear water, swim all day. Go home for dinner and shower. Go cruising and eat junk food. Play pool and go home. Put black sabbath on the turntable and fall asleep. Up at 5 again. Sat. and Sunday were days off from chores. Ride motorcycles, swim, get high. First summer I ever asked a girl out on a real date. I remember standing on her front porch, nervous as hell. I was very polite and her parents liked me. My mother taught me manners. I'll never forget how beautiful she looked, her blonde hair radiant in the evening sun as I walked her to the car. We hung out the rest of the summer. She'd ride on the back of my motorcycle and we'd go to secret swimming holes. It was a blast. The 70s were the best. Thanks for the posting.

[@aspenrebel]

"Black Sabbath"??? OMG!!

[@rancepowell834]

Omg. I miss those times. If I could go back, even for just one day!!!!!

[@kr4awkr4aw5]

Yeah I think we all do.

[@WestCascades]

Just for 1 hour!

[@jeanc819]

You can, if only for a moment!

[@angelasneed8006]

My mom n dad n my grandparents n aunts n uncles n cousins would still be here ... The 1970s were the best🥰 Our country n world is so insane now ...

[@kr4awkr4aw5]

@@angelasneed8006 Sorry for your loss. Keep the good memories going.

[@Bran08Eman]

1971 we were dirt poor yet I do have extremely fond memories of the time. Totally forgot any hardships I had because I have the music of the time at my finger tips. I am forever greatful to technology. Time to time I can revisit a bygone part of life and smile. Thanks so much for posting....

[@davidcarroll9917]

I would love to go back and relive that decade... great music, hanging out with friends, not a care in the world.

[@plainwornout3964]

I'll go with you, when do we leave?

[@carolemerle9995]

David Carroll, got room for me too?

[@JLH1956]

Maybe we can rent a vw van.

[@fatamorgana8939]

Like groundhog day...reach 1978 and it resets to 1974, repeat for all eternity

[@stevehenrichs5091]

YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RIGHT THUMBS UP!

[@theothervorhees5626]

I always knew that it was all down hill after the 70s, but damn,,how much farther down hill are we gonna go ??🤔😢

[@carlosambriz4507]

My friend when you hear of peace and tranquility on a time of war the Bible says that's when .

[@theothervorhees5626]

@@carlosambriz4507 absolutely, before the thunder,comes the lightning,we are forewarned of the darkness to come,and so it does our hearts good to look back on better days, even if only for a moment.....

[@katyxo6216]

the other vorhees stop complaining and get on with it

[@theothervorhees5626]

@@katyxo6216 when I wish to converse with an idiot,I'll let you know

[@surfn07]

Carlos Ambriz Bible thumper

[@keithtaylor7171]

Still have my Rotary phone,Eight- track stereo,and Record player too! I miss Telephone booths!!

[@d.r.benson5498]

Miss the phone booths! They were also good for taking cover from the weather and checking all the coin returns for change😉🙂

[@anndarnell9725]

These kids today don't know what a telephone booth is I've actually been asked what was the telephone booth back in the day

[@noahpartic7586]

I remember all those things too, only I'm from '72.

[@emmef7970]

Thanks for the video, thoroughly enjoyed the commentary too. Took me back to a wonderful time. Things were so much easier back then. Kids today will never know what it's like to not have the pressure to look a certain way, wear certain brands, own certain products, etc. Most will never know the freedom of just being a kid without the pressure of social media, helicopter parents, etc. Most will never know what it's like to just have fun running the neighborhood/streets of your town with your friends after school and on the weekends. So sad, kids today are like house pets "indoor kids".

[@patricias5122]

Only the pressure of the draft.

[@ChatGPT1111]

And the pressure of nuclear war. And the pressure to smoke. And if you were not much older, that of quite a few diseases. But you're wrong about the pressure to look a certain way as that was rampant in So-Cal. There was a huge amount of bullying back then by both kids and teachers.

[@MisterLumpkin]

I was a 70s teenager... turned 13 in '71. What a great time that was. If I could set the Wayback Machine, it would be for 1970.

[@williamdixon4783]

Had a 1968 GTO at 16 in 1971. I still have dreams of that car.

[@sammyscotch9945]

I was 17 in 1970. My boyfriend had a light blue 1968 GTO convertible. My mom didnt like him w his long hair (barely over the collar) I still have dreams of him and that car (he died couple yrs later)

[@sammyscotch9945]

@@Faber-cator thats funny. sometimes these old cars are so good they may out last us

[@corkcamden9878]

Did it have the 389 with 3 deuces? I remember on the side it had a '6,5 l' emblem on it. That was the beginning of my love affair with the metric system.

[@philkirby175]

@@sammyscotch9945 so sorry :(:::

[@dannyhemphill7618]

Graduated high school and got drafted in the summer of 1971. Treasured memories and music that can never be replaced. Great video !

[@pattyfarghaly1821]

Thanks for serving.

[@nataliarobinson9514]

I felt like I just wasn’t made for these modern day times

[@jannash8334]

I know that feeling very well!

[@xsitied2708]

same and i really hate high tech stuff now it’s just so un fun

[@billsimms2511]

@@xsitied2708 the technology is amazing but it comes with huge drawbacks . It makes people much lazier and less social

[@xsitied2708]

@@billsimms2511 yep

[@ricoz2016]

Truth is, NO ONE is, some are doing a better job with it is all. We all need to GET BACK to that place we once were, but better. We CAN do it.

[@johniboz1]

All's we needed were sneakers, basketballs and baseball gloves and mom didn't see us until it got dark. No kids disappeared or molested. Everyone on our street came from a 2 parent household. Amazing time in american history!

[@qfjoeqfjoe]

I think you will find that, unfortunately, bad things did happen but there was not so much social media and 24 hour coverage

[@sufferyetgain]

johniboz1 Maybe not to you or your area but people were still getting rapped and molested just no news or social media so it wasn’t in your face

[@clarencedavis9394]

So true brother

[@itchykooprk9741]

You nailed it. Magical times to grow up in.

[@aspenrebel]

Well, kids were kidnapped and molested and killed back then, and all thru history, it just wasn't reported that much. But yeah, use to buy "Pro Keds" sneakers for like $5 a pair. We use to build bicycles from spare parts. Banana seat, Sissy bar, chopper wheel, etc. No brakes. We had to use our sneakers on the road as brakes. Mother wonder how the hell I could wear thru a pair of sneakers so fast. You'd have one baseball glove your entire life. Pick up games, football, street hockey.

[@gregrivera208]

Makes me feel like i wish i had a time machine to go to that time again and never come back, you can't argue with that, the 70s rocked for sure.

[@rdk_metalmelter1250]

I turned 16 in November of 1971. After working at a local Howard Johnson's for a couple months, I was able to buy my first car, a 1965 Chevy Impala SS! White, with a 327 and 4 spd! My first 8-tracks were Led Zeppelin IV, and Deep Purple's Machine Head. I had my first date with a 'fountain' girl that also worked at the 'HoJo's'. Wow, this really brought back the memories. Thank you!

[@kirbycontinuum5700]

Nice comment. You're welcome.

[@stringalongmike1953]

Ah yes, the 1965 Impala SS - sweet ride.

[@camman6912]

My first car was also a 65 Impala SS Unfortunately mine only had a 283 and was an automatic I sold it a year later and talked my dad into letting me get a 67 coronet RT with a 440 Sold it two years later Wish I still had both cars

[@cosmyccowboy]

5thgenCamaroSS S can you imagine turning one of today's 16 year old loose in a 327 4 speed chevelle? In 73 I was riding around in a 71 Mustang 351 Cleveland and only 16 also.

[@neilyeag]

turned 18 in 71 69 Roadrunner 440 triple two barrel. -Six Pack- Beep Beep. Oh man...

[@mariaescano7922]

OMG this video made me cry!! I was 8 and remember ALL of this too. Such happy times. THANKS!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Maria.

[@jorjibob]

Makes me weep. I was ten. What has happened to the world. Take me back to the time I loved.

[@deathlarsen7502]

I'll tell you what happened: IDIOTS voted for Bathhouse Barry Barack Obama who imported muslims bc he IS a muslim into USA and encouraged Europe to. Europe will soon be a muslim continent. Don't believe me? play on youtube and check it out yourself. Dearborn MI, Minneapolis MN, Sweden, etc etc. Demoncraps. THAT's what happened

[@catmagic2226]

Toastian I was 10, then, too. The creativity flowed. The music was excellent and the skies were blue, with a warm gentle sunshine, and it really was a different time.

[@kaylee2633]

George Spiggot what the fuck do you have against muslims

[@angiekempfer2105]

I'll go with you

[@mf7482]

Like "Back to the Future" except you stay there and relive the rest of your life

[@sasporillo207]

This is seriously amazing. I’m so jealous. First video I’ve ever seen on KZbin that has true soul and is like a time capsule. Amazing video

[@FredFlix]

Thank you, Michael.

[@mattjean2652]

I was 5. I still remember it as a magical time. 8 track of Cat Steven's "Tea for the Tillerman" in the tape deck of my sister's boyfriend's Corvair. Pic burning at the drive in. Calling my friend on our rotary phone. The cord was tattered from being stetched too much.

[@jeffreymeyers554]

Yes....the phone was in the kitchen and one in my parents room....and you dare not use their phone!!

[@WickedScott]

We thought things were supposed to get better, not worse. We never thought, "We're so lucky to be growing up in the 70's" Now we look back longingly at the care-free freedom we indulged in. The dream is dying, folks. Enjoy what you have and love your family as much as you can while you can. My family is all I really miss from that time. God bless.

[@normanleach5427]

That blessing reflects loves' peaceful truth...to stand and be counted and so alter the inertia of selfishness and derision.

[@ChatGPT1111]

Having lived through the 60's, I sure as heck felt lucky to be in the 70's. Growing up in So-Cal, I felt like I lived in the center of the universe.

[@randallanderson1632]

I was 16 in 1967. I remember that period in my life fondly. Some of that is deserved and some of it is rose-colored glasses. I think the most awkward year or two in my life was when I was about 14. It was a weird time of transition. At 14 some of my old friends had started smoking cigarettes, worrying about the clothes they wore and were even combing their hair while other friends still wanting to play army in the backyard. That turmoil had mostly settled by the time we were 16. We had become either cool, or nerds, depending on the direction we chose at 14. I consider the music of 1967 to be the best ever. There was psychedelic, romantic (some even ballads), folk, and protest music. I still listen to it often. I have a flash drive of 60s music in my car, along with more contemporary stuff. There is no Lady Gaga, no Justin Bieber, and of course no rap.

[@aspenrebel]

NO Bieberhead!!!?

[@wxguy60]

Thanks Fred for going down memory lane again. Although in '71 I was 22 and was discharged from the Army with a chest full of medals including the purple heart. I really enjoy your videos and keep up the good job

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Rich. I know you're proud of those medals and rightfully so.

[@belsnickel9568]

This creeps me out that this was recommended to me. I’m obsessed with the 70s, I’m a teenager, I freaking hear these songs everyday and love them, and I live in South Carolina.

[@williamrauhuff2341]

I turned 17 in 1971 and I remember in the same month I had sex for the first time and was able to see ELVIS in concert for the first of six times and he was in his prime at about 35 and it was magical the best concert ever and then sex with my girlfriend for the first time in the same month it does not get any better than that

[@superjeffstanton]

KZbin knows everything

[@belsnickel9568]

William Rauhuff ummm alright

[@mikelincoln8395]

Belsnickel YeP, I was born mid 60's growing up then there was so much freedom, everything was better, music, movies, girlfriends. The world now, is an Orwellian nightmare. Cctv, tracked cell phones, tracked internet, tracked cars, facial recognition coming soon , thats just the start.

[@belsnickel9568]

Mike Lincoln yeah it’s the best of times and the worst of times. We have advanced medical technology and technology in general but it’s dangerous, the music is shit, and the people are shit.

[@idunno4891]

Don kircshners rock concert. Midnight special! Of course SNL 1975. Benny hill. Monty Python...on and on. Best times of my life

[@kurtzimmerman1637]

Was 16 in 1978. First car was a 70 chevelle. Great times they were.

[@colarguns]

Kurt Zimmerman mine was a 73 F-100 and had the three speed shift on the column. Had my shotgun hanging in my gun rack, and bull whip. Of course my girlfriend sitting next to me with arm over her shoulder. My friends would hide in the bed to get in drive in for free, 😂 Good times!!

[@kurtzimmerman1637]

@@colarguns I drove several of those old 3 on the tree trucks back in the late 70's and early 80's. Seemed like every one of them was a workhorse you couldn't hurt.

[@colarguns]

@@kurtzimmerman1637 Yeah, and I made sure everyone heard me driving into the high school parking lot, with Cherry Bomb exhaust. Got her RPM's up in 1st and let off gas, she was LOUD. Principal finally called me in and suggested I walk to school instead, and I laughed at him, so he decided to make me clean the gym instead. Bummer

[@aq6737]

Mi first car was a 1970 camaro bought it in 76.

[@ant-1382]

1979 mine was a 1967 chevelle, paid $200.00 for it. Unfortunately only had it for a few months and some dork with a huge winch on the front of his pickup blew a stop light and crunched it. Insurance said the cost to fix it was more than the car was worth. Would they say that now?

[@Amon26]

This was a nice little play-by-play. I grew up through the mid 80s to the late 90s. As much as I'm partial to my own nolstalgia, the 70s always seemed to have a cleaner more unfettered sense of cool.

[@strawberryseason]

amontillado26 Yeah. The styles were better too than '90s skinned head boys and baggy clothes.

[@carolemerle9995]

amontillado26 it was great growing up then, a lot better than now anyway.

[@charlesritter6640]

I don't remember any school shootings in the 70s except for the university of Texas and Kent state.

[@jefsiv]

UT wasn't a student. KSU was National Guard soldiers shot students protesting VietNam.

[@j.vonhavre1741]

Wasn't the Texas shooting in the 60s?

[@keithr5638]

A major contributing factor to that could be the closing of most of the mental hospitals in the 80s and 90s.

[@aspenrebel]

@@jefsiv Texas, guy was a Marine, wasn't he? Hadn't he been a student there? I forget.

[@aspenrebel]

@@j.vonhavre1741 maybe????

[@jamesblanton9364]

Thanks heaps for this amazing upload mate, it filled my heart with all the good stuff. We were lucky to have had our teen or kid time in the 70's and 80's, thanks for the memories.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, James.

[@rickvollmer3646]

I was 14yrs old in 71 , man the 70's were the best . We all were so lucky to have grown up then

[@yankcaptain273]

58 cents for mayo...88 cents for beer...the entire six pack!!

[@christopherstewart6468]

I was born in 61' and believe me - we knew- we knew we were living in a near perfection of time/place and balance of culture, and we knew past and future and places all over the world would see this time in N. America as QUITE unique.

[@strawberryseason]

Christopher Stewart Honestly I just thought that things would get better and better. It was a hopeful time. I found that the '80s were the descent into materialism and greed in America that continued on. Our hopeful attitudes and the social safety net have never returned.

[@mmojorissen]

@@strawberryseason Yes... the 80s were the beginning of "SHIT!!!"

[@NadaNada-ce4ro]

FredFlix ! WOW i was blown away you brought back so many memories as in 1971 i was 15,And lived in a s**t hole town Called Rexburg in Idaho which you presented so well how life was when we the town bad boys with long hair smoked grass (lol) smoked cigarettes drank a few beers which became an acquired taste.i miss the old drive inns,and yes we also had a J.B’s BigBoy,And a Dairy Queen 8 track in my old 1966 Ford Fair Lane 390 automatic on the floor ! I remember Val Bolter,Hal Forbush,Mike Lange,and myself we would go swimming at mud lake lay out in the sun those were the days i still remember Joplin,Hendrix,Morrison,Tommy Bolan all the Greats That passed away ! Now I’m old busted up,and have lost so much but not the memories ! ! ! !

[@jamesevenden6559]

Louis Marez I was born in '78 you ain't old yet!

[@FredFlix]

I enjoyed reading your comment, Louis.

[@NadaNada-ce4ro]

FredFlix ! Thanks I enjoyed your Videos even more ahhhh the memories are just plain wonderful ! !

[@sean6077]

Being born in '70, I can relate to a little bit of this video. It surely was a totally different time. Summer days seemed to last forever. And we were able to do so many things in the course of a single day...it was almost unreal. Now, so many people on their phones for hours on end. They look up, and 4 hours have gone by. What did they accomplish? Back then, 4 hours meant a ride to the convenience store for drinks and a snack, a ride over to a friends house to listen to some music, a ride to the dirt track we built, a ride to the burger joint for lunch, a ride back to the track, another ride to the convenience store for more snacks and maybe an Icee, then maybe ride back home for a bit. After supper, we'd go out again and be gone until 30 minutes after dark. No matter where we were going, we were always on our bikes. I really hope my young nephews can have some of those experiences when they get a bit older. But I fear they won't.

[@stevearnold6645]

I like how you guys called it supper instead of dinner back then. 😅

[@maxwellspeedwell2585]

…and it was “pop”, not soda, but POP! We played in the ditch because the creek (not “crick”) was glacier fed and bitter cold. Overflow from the ditch dumped down about 60’ into the river. Put on the “long underwear” shirt, a sweatshirt over that, cut-offs, a disk of lead shoved in the pocket, and home made bamboo spearguns (didn’t work. Strips cut from a old innertube had too much resistance ), mask, fins, & snorkel and we floated down the river watching fish on the bottom about 4’ below us. We camped on the island in the river, then would go home for breakfast. We had to arrive after 08:00 other wise my mom would put us to work before she left the house.