Remembering the Year 1965

[@williamfaulkner1959]

I met my wife-to-be in 1965. I was 24 and she was 18. It was June and she had just graduated High School. My parents owned a Foster's Old Fashion Freeze, Westminster, California, and my mother ran it. She had to have an operation and asked if me and my brother would work there until she got back on her feet. It was a really busy Saturday night when this young lady came up to my window and ordered some shakes. She noticed we were short staffed and asked if we were hiring. I told her the situation and my mother would be in the next day and would have to talk to her. It was not love-at-first sight, but like-at-first sight. I begged my mother to hire her, and she did. In the short time we worked together we got to know each other. I went on with my life and would occasionally see her when I went in to eat. She went on to get another job. In June of 1966, I went in for dinner and she also came in for dinner. We started dating and I asked her to marry me in March of 1967. We married that October. We will be celebrating our 57th anniversary on the 28th of this month. I am very blessed; I found that rare gem.

[@williamfaulkner1959]

@@TerryM-eu5ou Congratulations on your 52nd anniversary! I love stories like this. When I can, I will ask couples how they met.

[@046Bluehill]

We are enjoying your channel. I worked for KAPL in 1965--at least until May when I retired to have our daughter. I do recall sailors being stationed at the off-site base in West Milton. We called that site "the Ball". It still exists. The main headquarters was in Niskayuna, NY just outside of Schenectady, NY. West Milton is outside Saratoga. I worked at KAPL when the submarine Thresher was lost. Nice to hear those songs again. Thank you.

[@leeclarke8993]

I’m also an American Vietnam Vet. Thanks for your service. And thanks for the music. I graduated High School in 66

[@williamfaulkner1959]

Thank you for your service. My brother was also in Vietnam.

[@danielanderson7823]

I watch all your videos and enjoy them very much. You have had a wonderful life God gave you everything.. He knew you were the perfect person.

[@gregwarren8583]

I graduated from the 8th grade in 1965. I was training to be an "auto mechanic" under my Uncle. The next year I started working in his shop without supervision the next year. I always have loved the 69's. 1965 was the last year I played piano.

[@tammylindsay1338]

I was born in August of 1965. I love music from the 1960's and I found this video and clicked and was entertained and educated. Thank you.

[@sv62848]

Thanks, Morrie, I really enjoy listening to your remembrances of the mid sixties. I didn't realize you were so accomplished musically!

[@DuaineTewes]

I graduated high school, went to boot camp, got married, went to Isolated duty on Johnson Island Loran station, and finally made it back home to my wife.... Fifty nine years later still married and have more grand kids than I can keep track of. 1965 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR.

[@arlenemulqueeney7891]

Thanks for the memories especially the music. I am so enjoying your site keep it going ❤

[@markru2]

the man can sing too. This was super cool to see you on the keys playing songs I grew up hearing on the radio but never heard live.

[@the3rdace]

Thanks for the great memories. I was a junior in High School in 1965. I also joined the Navy and was in Bainbridge MD for Nuclear Power school but I don't remember seeing any Waves. Maybe because we were housed off base and then went through security at the gate to enter school and then left the same gate after school. Lived in Harve de Grace while there. Also, Frank Sutton on Gomer Pyle was my first cousin. He was a lot older than me, but mom had pictures of him in knickers when the played together as children.

[@rethaf4747]

Thank you for great memories!❤😊

[@maggielandow2686]

I was 15. What a time to live with so much changing.

[@babaoreally8220]

Just graduated from HS at 17yo,headed up to Bay City,in my new ‘64 GTO,to work for Consumers Power on natural gas distribution lines.I can remember my favorite song,the Kinks’ “Til the End of the Day”.How well it fit my newly gained independence.That was an amazing year for the young car crowd.The teenage nightclubs in the area were great for entertainment and meeting new friends.I saw Sam the Sham at one of these, named Band Canyon,that year.Thanks for your service,I made landfall there in 1968,the fun was over.

[@brucedyer646]

WHAT a special year. Moved to Honolulu in September of 65 and entered my senior year of high school at Roosevelt! Lots of really special times during the year. Enlisted in the Navy the following year and eventually toured in country Vietnam. What a blessing to have been around in the 60's. Mentioning Agent Orange. Came down with hairy cell leukemia in 2014 (44 years after returning state side from Vietnam )- 2 bouts of chemo - presently in remission.

[@hungoverpilot7351]

God bless you, sir stay well thanks for your service. US loves you.

[@rhondathrower7813]

My oldest son was born. Thanks for bringing back lots of memories.

[@sayditsadat495]

Thank you Morris I enjoyed it very much

[@DavidSmith-ot1fp]

I was 10 ..listened allot to the best music ever....in my parents 1960 Dodge Pioneer...a.m. radio....Mama's and the Papa's...California Dreamin.... The Beatles..,Stones....Herman's Hermits...Motown...Supremes...

[@allan9603]

I was 8 years old in 1965. Was a skinny little kid growing up in Wichita, Kansas. Not far from me lived two future movie stars, Don Johnson(Miami Vice, Nash Bridges), and Kirtsie Alley(Cheers). Those were the days😂😅

[@uncleboomer-v2x]

Great songs! These songs came along when I was entering my teenage years. "Midnight Hour" was one of the staple songs we played in my high school band. Thanks for sharing the info on how you did your songs. I like using MIDI more than styles on my SX900.

[@danbro1970]

What a great video! I graduated from high school in 1965 and this brought back many good memories. Wikipedia says the Pope first visited the US in 1965, however, I was living in St. Louis in 1959 when Pope John visited the US.

[@Casiomidi1]

As always very enlightening Thanks

[@Sweetpea1128]

I loved Man of La Mancha. I saw it at Starlight Musicals at Butler University in Indianapolis. It was an outdoor theater and it was a beautiful evening. ❤️ This theater is not around any longer, which is sad. Love your time capsules. I span a lot of them! 😂 Thank you!

[@LadyCapricorn8]

I was 12 that December, lived in Southern California. Nice place to be in 1965.

[@lindarobey8935]

My first born son was born in July, 1965. He turned 59 this year. I was 22 in 1965.

[@sharyneyman3806]

Aloha all the way from Hawaii. I really enjoy your videos and I know they take a lot of time to put together. But the Best is at the end where you played five tunes and sing along with him. Mahalo for all your hard work.

[@franknavojosky7402]

Nice video and you did a nice job with the music at the end. Regarding the cordless phone, it was first invented in 1956 and only offered commercially in the US in 1980. Most of us were still using rotary dial phones in 1965

[@optitom9033]

Graduated from Palos Verdes high school in 1963 Joined the Marine Corps in 1965

[@williamfaulkner1959]

In high school I had a car and used to deliver newspapers in Palos Verdes. I graduated from Redondo Union High School in 1959. Thank you for your service. While in high school I joined the Navy reserve program. Went active duty after graduation and served on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61)

[@MrEnoBeano]

Firstly thanks for your videos. They are fun to watch. Your 9 years older than me but I remember all those things becausevI was the youngest of five children so I was exposed to alot at an early age. I was thirteen and I lived in nyc and they had that phone at 65 worlds fair in flushing and I remember trying it with my sister. They called it a pictaphone and they said we would all have one by 1970. I remember the blackout too I was in 8th grade.

[@hannahrosa5485]

Fond memories, TY

[@esthergarcia1373]

Cat woman from the Batman TV series was an alumni of John Marshall High. Her name is Julie Newmar! I was a Cat woman, Joker and Robin fan❣ I also liked the Beatles, Monkees and met Wilson Pickett and his sax player who sat next to us on Delta Airlines and Wilson Pickett gave my husband his autograph.

[@franknavojosky7402]

Nice video and you did a nice job with the music. Regarding cordless phones. The first one was invented in 1956 but was only offered commercially in 1980 in the US. Most of us were still using rotary dial phones.

[@robavz5621]

1965 was a difficult year...spent almost six months in active duty training for the Massachusetts Army National Guard.

[@ruthdevisser2526]

My parents home in 1965 was 17,500. Their mortgage payments were 85 dollars a month.Crazy hey?

[@teevannel3468]

I wasn't born yet but my dad was in the US Navy at this time. He was 18 yrs old.

[@rogertate2781]

I was in Vietnam with you I was on the USS Shasta AE6 we were in the Enterprise groupe

[@morriereece5007]

You guys carried all that ammo our jets dropped on Vietnam.

[@williamfaulkner1959]

My brother was also in Vietnam. He served on a patrol boat on the Mekong Delta. Thank you for your service. I hope you are doing well.

[@thomasanderson4368]

A real llife Forrest Gump! Love it.

[@armandoarevalourrutia2663]

MORRIE-MUY BUEN VIDEO, ESPERAREMOS OTROS CUIDATE AMIGO 👍👍

[@sheronlee152]

I graduated from H. S. in 1965 from Alamogordo New Mexico. I also got married that June and totally forgot but we had a blackout too! It was freaky to us because we were close to an Air Force base and White Sands missile range, meaning we felt we could be targets for foreign attacks.

Was 2 years old and life was good.

[@carolinestaplestrom5090]

By sheer luck I spent a “year off” in England in 1964/65 when a college loan didn’t come through. Lived on ca. $35/week, and hung around folk clubs. Met Simon and Garfunkel and Al Stewart, plus folk artists Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, and Bert Jansch and John Renbourn of Pentangle.

[@Marge-vp6tp]

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[@daphnekivinen9482]

9:54 Nancy Sinatra sang for the troops when my husband was in Vietnam, but it wasn't until '66 or '67. I graduated in 1965. The bands you mentioned weren't even popular with my class. My first job in 1965 I was paid $275/month. I was 18 and that was a lot of money.

[@Bobtowngarden]

I was still wetting the bed in 1965.

[@morriereece5007]

Reminds me of this joke: An old 90 year old man goes to his doctor, and the doctor ask him..."how are your bowel movements ?" And the old guy relies.."Great! I have a nice big pee at 7 AM every morning and a big bowel movement right after that....unfortunately I don't get up out of bed till 8 AM !

[@jimpowell2296]

I was in a navy fighter squadron in 1967-68 and 1968-69. I made two Vietnam deployments aboard the USS Ranger in the years I mentioned. Us and the Enterprise deployed together. I had a couple of friends who transferred from our fighter squadron VF-154 the Black Knights to the Enterprise in 1968. Both the Ranger and the Enterprise launched many sorties in those two deployments. The Enterprise was big but it was not as big as this guy states. Both of these carriers were very similar in size but they never carried 5,800 sailors. Somewhere between 4,600-5,000 would de more like it. The Carrier Air Group had 80 planes not including helicopters. There is more I could talk about but this is some info I thought I would share.

[@davidleungaxiom3491]

May I ask how to get so nice a harmony voice on the background ?

[@morriereece5007]

My Tyros 5 keyboard has a harmony capability built into it. My mic plugs into my keyboard, and I select which type of harmony I want my voice to become.

[@davidleungaxiom3491]

@@morriereece5007 thanks

[@tobyrubenstein3614]

I was at Skidmore then. There is a typo in the title, Saratoga, not Sarasota.

[@peterlafayette5595]

Enjoyed it.very well done.joined the corps4-66. Many great memories here. Looking back corps time was the best time in my life.

[@paulmunkel3105]

I was born that year

[@WilliamKearns5393]

Suses Kearns, June 11th, 1965 - October 18th, 2012

[@WilliamKearns5393]

Juses Dearns, June 12th, 1965 - October 18th, 2012

[@ROBSCHANNEL-s6z]

This has nothing to do with 1965 but I did serve on a nuclear powered Cruiser USS Truxtun CGN 35. We were the escort ship for the USS Enterprise. Westpac 1976. I was 17 years old and a machinist mate

[@Rhonda22]

21:19 played favorite 1965 songs

[@richardmundt7854]

In many ways that year was the highwater mark of America.

[@cindycain1959]

I was 6.

[@BenLewis-zi8wg]

19 yrs old sent to Pleiku Vietnam Christmas Day 25th Infantry Div US Army

[@rosaspanjol673]

I was still living in Mexico in my barrio🤣

[@Graffenburg100]

You showed a pic of Ben Stiller .

[@sidneythompson7030]

Yea, i loved spaghetti's ohs, my dad i, watched the evening news, i didnt understand, the Vietnamese war, a guerilla, with a rifle, didnt understand, until my dad, explained it..

[@John.1010]

Peter Jennings did not become the anchorman for ABC News tonight until 1983! In 1965 Walter Cronkite was anchor from 1962 to 1981. Double check your facts, please.

[@GarnetStencill]

this is great simply because its a real human and not a stupid AI generated voice

[@jimburig7064]

I was in the eighth grade at a Catholic school being made ignorant of the world around me.

[@morriereece5007]

Martin Luther would probably agree with you. My wife Debbie attended a Catholic Elementary school in 1955, and there were 37 kids in her first grade class...with No teacher's aid to assist ! t Th e parents went to the Cardinal to complain, and he got things changed real fast.

[@Sketchrcat]

Batman was in 1966 not 1965

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

I am also a Vietnam Veteran (1969-70) do you know how much I hate hearing “Thank you for your service”? It is said so much that it has become, to many veterans, an empty platitude; something you just say because it is politically correct. Some veterans bristle at this well intended phrase, the simple psychology behind it is this: we don’t feel like we did anything special. Instead try saying “I am sincerely grateful for your sacrifice” that would be closer to the truth.

[@williamfaulkner1959]

Well, I am also a military veteran. Although, I did not serve in Vietnam, I was proud to serve my country. I appreciate it when people say, "thank you for your service" and that's what I say when I meet a veteran. I lived through my time in the military, so it was not a sacrifice, but a service. So, given that, I will say; I am sincerely grateful for your sacrifice, and I sincerely mean that. I hope you are doing well.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

@@williamfaulkner1959 Hoo-Ah Brother. Thank you. 🎖💜♠️🪖🇺🇸

[@morriereece5007]

@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw Many Vietnam vets were insulted and cursed at when they got back home. I went back to college on the GI bill. The college had 10,000 students and 1,000 of us were Vets. WE were older, smarter and had leadership experiences in the service, so we practically ran everything and every club and organization on campus. I ended up being the chief justice on the University Supreme Court.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

@@morriereece5007 Yes, there was heroism in the Vietnam war, in that conflict there were notable acts of self sacrifice & bravery. But I have to tell you that when I was in the’ Nam, I was no hero & I didn’t witness any heroism during the 12 months I spent there, first as a U.S.Army private & then as a Sergeant. I’m glad you thrived when you got back to the world, but don’t make it sound like we all did. Welcome home brother. 🎖💜♠️🪖🇺🇸

[@DavidSmith-ot1fp]

I'm just a little younger than you....graduated in 1973.... I was dreading being drafted and sent to Vietnam from age 10 ..on.... Watched the horrors of it on the news at night....saw the terrible pictures of it on Time magazine...knew of neighbors sons that didn't come back....or didn't come back .... "Right "..... I look up to all of you who went there....and hope you are okay today.... They spit on you guys when you came home and called you baby killers... That was so terrible....that war should have never happened...as a kid I couldn't stand Johnson....picked Beagles up by there ears....from that I deduced he was an asshole ..... Thank you....and I salute you....glad you made it back....

[@morrylauder7534]

Turned off immediatly, robot voice, why?

[@renegadechoir]

So there it is folks. Boomers and to some extent Gen X had it easier financially to get ahead then Millennials and Gen Z. 1965 Average salary = 6,900 Mustang (a nice car) = $2400 2024 Average salary = approx. $62,000 A comparable car to the Mustang = $45,000 Basically… it used to cost 1/3rd of your yearly salary for that same car that now costs 3/4s of your current yearly salary.