- there were no cell phones?
- you used a rotary phone?
- you didn't have any credit cards?
- there was no internet?
- the country wasn't in a war?
- You had 45 records and a regular record player?
- VCR's were the hottest thing?
- Life seemed so simple and innocent?
- You read the newspaper to get the latest news?
- MTV was born?
- There were only four channels: PBS, ABC, NBC, and CBS; and no cable?
- To do research you actually had to go to a library and look in an encyclopedia?
- libraries used the card catalogue system?
- you had the original Atari gaming system?
- You remember and watched Schoolhouse Rock?
- you watched Star Search and American Bandstand?
I love the following song by Mark Wills. I find myself sometimes wishing we could go back to when life seemed so easy and we didn't have a lot of responsibility or bills to pay. Where family dinners at the table happened everyday and holidays were a big deal with family. Wasn't it so much simpler back then???
Mark Wills - 1970 something:
I saw Star Wars at least 8 times
Had the pac-man pattern memorized
And I've seen the stuff they put inside
Stretch Armstrong
I was Roger Stauback back in my back yard
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
And a couple of Evil Kinevil scars
On my right arm
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died
And my mama cried
Chorus:
It was 1970- something
In the world that I grew up in
Farrah Faucett hair-do days
Bell bottoms and 8-track tapes
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1970-something
It was the dawning of a new decade
When we got our first microwave
And Dad broke down and finally shaved
Those sideburns off
I took the stickers off of my Rubix cube
Watched MTV all afternoon
My first love was Daisy Duke
In them cut off jeans
A Space Shuttle fell out of the sky
And the whole world cried
Chorus:
It was 1980-something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1980-something
Now I got a mortgage and an SUV
But all this responsibility
Makes me wish sometimes
Sometimes....
chorus:
It was 1980-something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1980-something
1970-something
Aw, it was 19-Something
