Life For Me in the 1970s

Description: Better known as the hippie era and an era where political and economic liberty of women began to unfold.

Newest Review: ... "Love Is Love", which climbed to no.6 in the UK singles charts in August of that year. The Kinks took "Lola" to no.2 in July, replacing Free's "All Right Now" - both of which have turned into all-time classic anthems. One of the biggest driving forces in the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, was black soul/disco. Artists such as Al Green and Marvin Gaye ... more

... became icons, and discos were THE place for young people to hang out. Later on in the 1970s, The Bee Gees wrote the music for the infamous "Saturday Night Fever" and artists such as Herbie Hancock were exponents of funk and jazz funk. In the...more

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Life For Me in the 1970s: The 1970s.....A personal view (4039 words)
by - written on 21/10/08 (Very useful, 720 readings)
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This is the second and final part of my little project on the way I as an individual perceived the 1960s and 1970s - I hope you enjoy it. Before I begin, I'd like to say thanks for the ratings, nominations and lovely comments on the 1960s article. No doubt, as was so with the 1960s article, I shall reluctantly have to use discernment for the sake of brevity - and I apologise in advance to anybody who feels I have omitted something which should have been included. A lot of people look back to the 1970s with the same fondness that I view the 1960s, but for me the 70s was a rather disjointed decade whereby though a lot was happening, it didn't seem to hold the ... Read the complete review

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