The Swinging 1970's Revisited
While the 1940’s, 1950’s, the 1960’s and the 1980’s are past
decades that are often considered time periods of great social, historical and
cultural relevance the 1970’s are seeming skipped. Part of the reason for this
is that there is a notion that with the end of the tumult of the 1960’s people
simply wanted to forget. The means in which they forgot things was through disco,
pet rocks, bad fashion statements and “swinging” (whatever the hell that all
inclusive term is supposed to mean). Of course, there was far more to the Me
Decade than the casual dismissal that many people opt to present. In fact, this
decade was a wonderful decade loaded with interesting events politically,
culturally, and socially. I was born in the early 1970’s and have fond memories
as a little kid who at the tale end of the decade was enthralled by Saturday
Morning TV, KISS albums, and drive ins featuring STAR WARS, JAWS and, of
course, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. Also, as a little kid I tried very much to make
sense of inflation, the energy crisis and our worst president Jimmy Carter. The
Swinging Seventies was a fond decade so why don’t you relive it with me? Let’s
put on a Smiley Face shall me and relive those days? Have a Nice Day!


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