[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Remember the 1970s?

[Catherine Keegan]

At 06:25 PM 11/27/01 +0000, you wrote:
>--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Hannah" <ickleronniekinz at y...>
>wrote: > To cut a very long story short, I'm looking for information on the
> > late '70s early '80s (1977-1981), a
> > I'm basically looking to get a good overall sense of the time.
>What  cars were people driving?

Mustangs, trans ams, big ol' pick up trucks (Hey, I'm from Nevada 
originally and that's what people drove there)

>   What did those not in flares and  platforms  wear?

*Shudder*  My teenage years.  If you are planning on writing about Lucius 
and Narcissa, remember they would be wearing and doing things a tad 
different than most of us.  If you have a used book store any where near 
you, you should be able to find some fairly cheap costume books.  The 70's 
designers should be in them.  Think Halston.  IIRC the halter dresses were 
big.  Those awful suits with big lapels.  Leisure suits.  Lots of 
chains.  Big Hair.  Remember Farrah Fawcett's hairdo.  Feathered hair.  I 
remember cramming my feet into shoes with pointy toes and high, high heels 
(I must have been 6'2" in those things as I wobbled about).

Mid 70's the colors were earth tones but I can't remember what they were in 
the late 70's and early 80's.  Was that the era of mauve and teal?

What kind of music was popular?

Disco.  Heavy Metal. Lots of drugs.  Well, at least in the US.  Music was 
mostly the dreaded boring stuff I'm stuck with here on the Mendocino Coast 
where the music is programmed for old hippies.  sigh.  I now understand why 
there was a punk movement.  Abba, BeeGees, Heart, Pretenders (who I still 
love),  U2 (yeah!), the Police, Peter Frampton, Wings, Aerosmith, Fleetwood 
Mac, Supertramp, Van Halen, Foreigner...  (Alternatively, the Dead 
Kennedys, Black Flag, X, Sex Pistols)  Some Glam rock - Kiss, Bowie, 
TRex...  Art Rock - Alan Parsons Project...

>What did people do for fun?

Disco.  Drugs.  Sex.  Make money.  (Wasn't that the era of "Greed is 
good"?)  Hmmm.  Well, that's what the media told me was "in".  I was into 
reading, SF, the SCA and writing angst-filled poetry.

>  What was going on in the world?  And how were homes  decorated?

You're talking upper class British homes.  Not one clue but I would have 
thought that the various manors and upper crust places would probably be 
furnished in family antiques and such that could be smashed up at parties...

(I was a teenager then.  I had no clue what was going on)

I think I've scared myself enough.

Fun topic.  Let us know when it's done.  I'd sure like to hear what our 
wonderful British contingent has to say about what it was like over there 
back then.

Catherine in California
I really need to get away from the PC and get to work... yeah.  right.