General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
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General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
A comment Macca made on AOS re Tesco vinyl prompted this thought.
Now with the vinyl revival and Corben taking over the Labour party could there be an underground movement. Looking forward to the 3 day week and the reformation of British Leyland. Especially looking forward to emptying my own bins on the tip or over flying pickets. All this scrapping of austerity should make us all poorer in the long run which means downgrading to SP25 and Sansui AU101. Oh happy days
Now with the vinyl revival and Corben taking over the Labour party could there be an underground movement. Looking forward to the 3 day week and the reformation of British Leyland. Especially looking forward to emptying my own bins on the tip or over flying pickets. All this scrapping of austerity should make us all poorer in the long run which means downgrading to SP25 and Sansui AU101. Oh happy days
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Re: General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
I'm firmly in the 60s with my valve amps.
A much better place to be.
Carefree times as a child.
I hate the 70s with a passion and not because of anything to do with unions.
In the place I lived it was an unbelievably violent period.
Massive brawls in boozers, Skineads bootboys, the National Front.
Football hooligans and rampant sexism.
Clockwork Orange was like something out of the Teletubbies compared to what went on in my locality.
It was the fucking pits....end of.
And I'm thoroughly ashamed to say, it was my age group, born 1953-1960 that was largely responsible. Awful awful awful.
A much better place to be.
Carefree times as a child.
I hate the 70s with a passion and not because of anything to do with unions.
In the place I lived it was an unbelievably violent period.
Massive brawls in boozers, Skineads bootboys, the National Front.
Football hooligans and rampant sexism.
Clockwork Orange was like something out of the Teletubbies compared to what went on in my locality.
It was the fucking pits....end of.
And I'm thoroughly ashamed to say, it was my age group, born 1953-1960 that was largely responsible. Awful awful awful.
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Re: General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
You certainly had to watch out for the boot boys at football matches but if you kept out of the rough areas you were OK. Things were going downhill in general but it was a good time for hi-fi and music. Also relatively easy to find employment.
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Re: General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
Oh yes music tribes kicking the living shit out of each other just because one lot liked Thin Lizzy Queen and Quo and another wore skinny ties, old school blazers and liked Ian Dury, Siouxie and Elvis Costello.
The Two Tone Tour of 1979 was doing fine until it hit the Sheffield Top Rank, one fateful Sunday.
A full scale riot erupted after the gig, requiring the use of mounted police. Dozens injured and Snig Hill cop shop under siege most of the night.
Terry Hall, and Pauline Black vowed they would never set foot in the City again. I don't think they have since.
Personally me and most of my mates and our girlfriends took refuge in Northern Soul allnighters at weekends, as an escape from the drabness and violence and gained a lifelong love of the music and many fine "soul friends" as a result. OOPS that's really the 60s no?
Hi-Fi was allright but we couldn't have afforded any of it. I liked to read about it in Carl Anthony's Audio Magazine and Hi-Fi for pleasure but that was all I could do.....dream.
The Two Tone Tour of 1979 was doing fine until it hit the Sheffield Top Rank, one fateful Sunday.
A full scale riot erupted after the gig, requiring the use of mounted police. Dozens injured and Snig Hill cop shop under siege most of the night.
Terry Hall, and Pauline Black vowed they would never set foot in the City again. I don't think they have since.
Personally me and most of my mates and our girlfriends took refuge in Northern Soul allnighters at weekends, as an escape from the drabness and violence and gained a lifelong love of the music and many fine "soul friends" as a result. OOPS that's really the 60s no?
Hi-Fi was allright but we couldn't have afforded any of it. I liked to read about it in Carl Anthony's Audio Magazine and Hi-Fi for pleasure but that was all I could do.....dream.
Somebody’s telling me the latest scandals.
Somebody’s stepping on my plastic sandals. Joe Jackson (1979)
Somebody’s stepping on my plastic sandals. Joe Jackson (1979)
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Re: General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
How much any of what I wrote above had anything to do with the Labour party and leftie lunacy I'm not sure.
I think socialism was a convenient scapegoat.
I just reckon that back then, a vastly bigger proportion of us were complete bastards than is the case these days.
I think Conservatives spoke to something buried deep within the psyche of these arseholes and the rest, as they say, is history.
I think socialism was a convenient scapegoat.
I just reckon that back then, a vastly bigger proportion of us were complete bastards than is the case these days.
I think Conservatives spoke to something buried deep within the psyche of these arseholes and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Re: General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
Utter nonsense CR
The 80s weren't very pretty in my part of the world either
. But I guess that was all Labour's fault too.
I wouldn't give time of day to any party or politician that wasn't prepared to take a critical evaluation of their role in times gone by. That's precisely what's happening with Labour now.
Can the Tories do the same? I'd suggest it's necessary if they want to keep up or risk becoming the folk singers, chanting tales of yore like they think Labour is. They've badly misjudged this one.
Btw, its Corbyn, spell it right or has reading the sun affected your ability to spell too?
The 80s weren't very pretty in my part of the world either
. But I guess that was all Labour's fault too.
I wouldn't give time of day to any party or politician that wasn't prepared to take a critical evaluation of their role in times gone by. That's precisely what's happening with Labour now.
Can the Tories do the same? I'd suggest it's necessary if they want to keep up or risk becoming the folk singers, chanting tales of yore like they think Labour is. They've badly misjudged this one.
Btw, its Corbyn, spell it right or has reading the sun affected your ability to spell too?
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Re: General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
Looking at my music collection,i don't appear to have left the 70's much yet...although a bit of the 80's is creeping in.. ie,My latest vinyl purchase is Steely Dan Gaucho 1980...
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Re: General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
The seventies eh? Bring it on. I'll look forward to new albums from ELP, Yes, Floyd, Crimson, Curved Air...
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...Juicy Lucy, Queen, Stranglers...
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Re: General Plan To bring back The 1970s ?
Bay City Rollers, Osmonds, Nolan Sisters, Barry Manilow.
Flared trousers.
Platform shoes.
Noddy Holder on Top of the Pops with Slade.
Kenny Everett. Escape from Colditz. TV off the air by 10.30 pm.
The Survivors. Mastermind. University Challenge. Happy Days. Noel fucking Edmonds.
No World Cup qualification for England. Don Revie, Roy Greenwood. Kevin Keegan.
Monty Python, Fawlty Towers.
The Good Life. Man About the House. Robins Nest. Porridge. Dads Army. The Two Ronnies. Fork Handles. The Generation Game. Give us a twirl.
Love Thy Neighbour. Till Death Us Do Part.
Jehovah's Witnesses. 1914. That generation shall by no means perish.
Vauxhall Vivas. Chopper bikes.
Flared trousers.
Platform shoes.
Noddy Holder on Top of the Pops with Slade.
Kenny Everett. Escape from Colditz. TV off the air by 10.30 pm.
The Survivors. Mastermind. University Challenge. Happy Days. Noel fucking Edmonds.
No World Cup qualification for England. Don Revie, Roy Greenwood. Kevin Keegan.
Monty Python, Fawlty Towers.
The Good Life. Man About the House. Robins Nest. Porridge. Dads Army. The Two Ronnies. Fork Handles. The Generation Game. Give us a twirl.
Love Thy Neighbour. Till Death Us Do Part.
Jehovah's Witnesses. 1914. That generation shall by no means perish.
Vauxhall Vivas. Chopper bikes.