In a heartbeat, growing up in the seventies we had the best of everything. Life was less complicated, and we just had fun. I believe we had the best childhood. Kids today have no idea what they are missing.
There was no such song limitation on an 8 track tape. It had 8 audio channels along the entire length of it, since they were stereo it needed to play 2 tracks at a time, the tape played in a continuous loop and each time it would change "programs" to the next part of the album on the same piece of tape. The album could be up to 80 minutes long.
I was laughing when I heard that comment! The one thing I did hate about 8 track tapes was when they split songs between tracks. I don't think "Now and Then" even knows what an 8 track tape is! I even had an 8-track recorder! VU Meters and all! Give me back my 1975!
I am with you. Things were so much nicer back then. All of the technology that we have now doesn't make up for people spending more time with each other, talking to each other when they were each other's presence instead of looking at a cell phone, and not being afraid to go to a public place for fear of some dumbass mowing down a bunch of people with a gun. Sure, the convenience of being able to stream entertainment either though a streaming service connected to a tv, or phone is nice; but, going to the movies with a group of people or taking a trip to the video store made the experience a shared one. With all of the ways that everyone can entertain him or herself, people isolate themselves from one another quite a bit now and socializing with others isn't as important as it used to be.
I turned 3 in August of that year. I rode in a car without a car seat. I rode my tricycle and big wheel without a helmet we had cable and I watched sesame street, electric company, Mr Rogers, and Villa Alegre.
In 1972 my dad bought me a battery portable cassette player. It didn't have earphones only a speaker. It is funny how some make videos without doing homework. There were newspapers that most read. Magazines, comic books. Road maps, most gas stations gave them free. But usually they only had maps for that state and surrounding states. There were books that had all 50 states but there were not as detailed. Most cars and pickups had manual transmission because they were more reliable and they cost less. People were mostly thin as home cooking was still common. In most places kids played outside, all day, all summer. Playgrounds were still fun. What people today call "dangerous" ha ha. I never heard of a kid being killed by a playground. Nothing like the number of kids killed by guns today. Boy scouts and girl scouts were popular and fun. There was lots to learn, much more than what people have to do today. Like cooking, working on a car or pickup, installing at TV antenna, many sewed clothes for family, how to use TV guide,. In 77 VCR were on the market and camcorders too
The main difference was that in 1975 when you liked something someone said, you told them, “I like that.” You didn’t move your finger down to any “like” icon and click it. And for that matter, businesses didn’t put signs in their windows asking you to like them. Your continuing to come back showed you liked them. And businesses had windows, because they had physical locations.
Hmmm, let's see... Better music, better movies, better TV shows, better comics, higher literacy rates, lower crime rates... Hell! You kids can keep yer electronic slave devices. I'd rather party like it's 1975!
I could go back to 1975. The technology was similar to what I used back in the 80s. Cassette tapes, rotary phones the TV with no remote board games video games I played Atari before and all of the TV . The Jeffersons All in the family and of course happy days and a lot of the music I like is from that time. Wings, Jackson 5 , the Fab four would still be fab playing on the oldies station.
I turned 12 in the summer of 1975, so I lived the things discussed in this video, except I never owned 8-track tapes. I remember pet rocks, but never had one. We didn't get a mall in our area till 1977. Anyway the 70s was the best time to grow up in my opinion. You're a little off regarding when high-priced full-size cars got automatic. That happened in the late 50s, before I was born. I never saw a stick-shift car till someone in church bought a stick-shift Ford Granada, and he had specifically ordered it with stick-shift. That was around 1975 or 76.
I was 5 I'm a farm boy I went fishing and swimming in weekends played in the mud and we went to drive ins on Saturday Sunday church and then drives thru the country with homemade ice cream. During the summer,during school days mon-friday it was school chores 1 hour of TV and bath then bed at 8pm Saturdays was farm work from 5 am to 5pm in 1975 we'd watch hee haw and listen to records and danced watch sha na na and variety shows in 1975
In 1975 we were forced to be exposed to 2nd hand smoke In 2024 Smoking is illegal in just about anywhere I wouldn’t want to go back We must live in the present & prepare for the future God bless us as we move forward Nice to look back & remember life back then
I’m sure 1875 had its problems, but since I’m not nearly as old as someone like you who was born during the Civil War, I’ll have to take your word for it. 😉 Now 1975, on the other hand, I do remember. I was 17 that year. And it was a difficult and depressing time for me as well.
In a heartbeat, growing up in the seventies we had the best of everything. Life was less complicated, and we just had fun. I believe we had the best childhood. Kids today have no idea what they are missing.
There was no such song limitation on an 8 track tape. It had 8 audio channels along the entire length of it, since they were stereo it needed to play 2 tracks at a time, the tape played in a continuous loop and each time it would change "programs" to the next part of the album on the same piece of tape. The album could be up to 80 minutes long.
I was laughing when I heard that comment! The one thing I did hate about 8 track tapes was when they split songs between tracks. I don't think "Now and Then" even knows what an 8 track tape is!
I even had an 8-track recorder! VU Meters and all! Give me back my 1975!
1975 > 2024
Happy Days premiered in 1974, not 1975. Get your facts straight.
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I am with you. Things were so much nicer back then. All of the technology that we have now doesn't make up for people spending more time with each other, talking to each other when they were each other's presence instead of looking at a cell phone, and not being afraid to go to a public place for fear of some dumbass mowing down a bunch of people with a gun. Sure, the convenience of being able to stream entertainment either though a streaming service connected to a tv, or phone is nice; but, going to the movies with a group of people or taking a trip to the video store made the experience a shared one. With all of the ways that everyone can entertain him or herself, people isolate themselves from one another quite a bit now and socializing with others isn't as important as it used to be.
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I turned 3 in August of that year. I rode in a car without a car seat. I rode my tricycle and big wheel without a helmet we had cable and I watched sesame street, electric company, Mr Rogers, and Villa Alegre.
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In 1972 my dad bought me a battery portable cassette player. It didn't have earphones only a speaker.
It is funny how some make videos without doing homework.
There were newspapers that most read. Magazines, comic books.
Road maps, most gas stations gave them free. But usually they only had maps for that state and surrounding states. There were books that had all 50 states but there were not as detailed.
Most cars and pickups had manual transmission because they were more reliable and they cost less.
People were mostly thin as home cooking was still common.
In most places kids played outside, all day, all summer. Playgrounds were still fun. What people today call "dangerous" ha ha. I never heard of a kid being killed by a playground. Nothing like the number of kids killed by guns today.
Boy scouts and girl scouts were popular and fun. There was lots to learn, much more than what people have to do today. Like cooking, working on a car or pickup, installing at TV antenna, many sewed clothes for family, how to use TV guide,.
In 77 VCR were on the market and camcorders too
The main difference was that in 1975 when you liked something someone said, you told them, “I like that.” You didn’t move your finger down to any “like” icon and click it. And for that matter, businesses didn’t put signs in their windows asking you to like them. Your continuing to come back showed you liked them.
And businesses had windows, because they had physical locations.
I was 10 in 1975 and I loved it!
Things have changed so much in the world today
That’s for sure!!!
I miss the old school flipper clocks with q back up battery 😂
Damn, those one dimensional games that moved in the x and y dimensions.
People just aren't groovy any more
Hmmm, let's see...
Better music, better movies, better TV shows, better comics, higher literacy rates, lower crime rates...
Hell! You kids can keep yer electronic slave devices. I'd rather party like it's 1975!
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I could go back to 1975. The technology was similar to what I used back in the 80s. Cassette tapes, rotary phones the TV with no remote board games video games I played Atari before and all of the TV . The Jeffersons All in the family and of course happy days and a lot of the music I like is from that time. Wings, Jackson 5 , the Fab four would still be fab playing on the oldies station.
I remember 1o75 and it was lots of fun!!!!!
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I turned 12 in the summer of 1975, so I lived the things discussed in this video, except I never owned 8-track tapes. I remember pet rocks, but never had one. We didn't get a mall in our area till 1977. Anyway the 70s was the best time to grow up in my opinion. You're a little off regarding when high-priced full-size cars got automatic. That happened in the late 50s, before I was born. I never saw a stick-shift car till someone in church bought a stick-shift Ford Granada, and he had specifically ordered it with stick-shift. That was around 1975 or 76.
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I was 5 I'm a farm boy I went fishing and swimming in weekends played in the mud and we went to drive ins on Saturday Sunday church and then drives thru the country with homemade ice cream. During the summer,during school days mon-friday it was school chores 1 hour of TV and bath then bed at 8pm Saturdays was farm work from 5 am to 5pm in 1975 we'd watch hee haw and listen to records and danced watch sha na na and variety shows in 1975
Sounds nice. Variety shows were big back then. HeeHaw was a popular one for sure. Thanks for watching! 😀
I was born in 77'. But yeah, I could do it. Because of when I grew up, I often tell my kids to learn to be bored or go outside and play.
That was pretty much the choice back then but kids always found something to do. Thanks for watching!
Eh, life wasn't that difficult back then.
It was different, that’s for sure! Thanks for watching. 😀
In 1975 we were forced to be exposed to 2nd hand smoke In 2024 Smoking is illegal in just about anywhere I wouldn’t want to go back We must live in the present & prepare for the future God bless us as we move forward Nice to look back & remember life back then
To summarize: Despite the ill-fated predictions, 2024 is still a sci-fi world to 1974. We even have rockets that land upright.
Are there any young folks who think they could do that?
I spend about 80% of my time in the 70s and 80s!
All of this seems normal to me...
I was 4 years old 1975.
I was 13 in 1875. I remember it being a very depressing time.
I’m sure 1875 had its problems, but since I’m not nearly as old as someone like you who was born during the Civil War, I’ll have to take your word for it. 😉
Now 1975, on the other hand, I do remember. I was 17 that year. And it was a difficult and depressing time for me as well.
Maybe not 1975 but 1985 was much better.
Ahhhh the 80s…. Thanks for watching! 😀
Now that was a good year.
@petertraveller6421 I was 13 in 85 so I had a better time.
My sister was born in 1975
@@mgithaiga1 mine too
I was born in 1975. Thank you for this
Thanks for watching!