Post by Rick C on Sept 27, 2004 9:50:45 GMT -5
Been thinking about this for a couple of days, here are my lists:
Best-- in no particular order:
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is released.
2. Great live albums- Frampton Comes Alive, One More from the Road, Kiss Alive (I'm not a big Kiss fan, but it was a major album).
3. CB Radio - I had sideband AND a flat side, thank you.
4. ABC "In Concert"- where else would you ever seen such bands as Stephen Stills and Manassas on TV?
5. The Midnight Special starts out as a political show, but goes on to become a not-to-be-missed Friday night Holy Obligation until... (see Worst Of list).
6. Microwave ovens begin to populate kitchens across America (but are not suitable to speed the drying process of small animals in amateur taxidermy, as my little brother found out).
7. Gilda Rander as Patti Smith, and John Belushi as Joe Cocker- I laughed till I cried.
8. Mr. Coffee- It was my job to clean the perculator, I LOVED this invention.
9. Hot combs/blowdriers.
10. Charlie/Sara Coventry- enabled thousands of teenage boys to buy gifts for girlfriends. Probably also means the bottom drawers of teenage girls' dressers were lined with this stuff, never to see the light of day.
OK-- Worst:
1. The rise of Disco.
2. The BeeGees (aka "The Feces" in some circles down here).
3. Helen Reddy is made the permanent host of The Midnight Special. Helen REDDY? Ye Gods, what were they thinking? She must have had nekkid pictures of Wolfman Jack or something. Blasphemy!
4. Good news- Bob Dylan returns to the stage after years of not performing live. Bad news- "Hard Rain" is released from this tour, subjecting it's listeners to the most out of tune guitars in the history of recording. Geez Bob, you'd have been better off fronting a chorus of squealing shofars.
5. The Wilson sisters fire their boyfriends, and Heart is never the same. On the good side, Ann apparently discovers Krispy Kreme and lives happily ever after with her cats.
6. October 20, 1977. I mourned for two years over this, and have a spooky story about that night that I may share if there's any interest.
7. Someone convinces David Soul he can sing.
8. Unleaded gas. Gimme back my lead.
9. Pinto/Gremlin/Pacer/Cordova. Ok, maybe not Cordova- the red Rich Corinthian Leather (what, Corinth, Mississippi?) was fun to sit on while listening to Maynard Ferguson 8-tracks in the bandroom parking lot.
10. Disco- deserves two mentions.
Rick
Best-- in no particular order:
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is released.
2. Great live albums- Frampton Comes Alive, One More from the Road, Kiss Alive (I'm not a big Kiss fan, but it was a major album).
3. CB Radio - I had sideband AND a flat side, thank you.
4. ABC "In Concert"- where else would you ever seen such bands as Stephen Stills and Manassas on TV?
5. The Midnight Special starts out as a political show, but goes on to become a not-to-be-missed Friday night Holy Obligation until... (see Worst Of list).
6. Microwave ovens begin to populate kitchens across America (but are not suitable to speed the drying process of small animals in amateur taxidermy, as my little brother found out).
7. Gilda Rander as Patti Smith, and John Belushi as Joe Cocker- I laughed till I cried.
8. Mr. Coffee- It was my job to clean the perculator, I LOVED this invention.
9. Hot combs/blowdriers.
10. Charlie/Sara Coventry- enabled thousands of teenage boys to buy gifts for girlfriends. Probably also means the bottom drawers of teenage girls' dressers were lined with this stuff, never to see the light of day.
OK-- Worst:
1. The rise of Disco.
2. The BeeGees (aka "The Feces" in some circles down here).
3. Helen Reddy is made the permanent host of The Midnight Special. Helen REDDY? Ye Gods, what were they thinking? She must have had nekkid pictures of Wolfman Jack or something. Blasphemy!
4. Good news- Bob Dylan returns to the stage after years of not performing live. Bad news- "Hard Rain" is released from this tour, subjecting it's listeners to the most out of tune guitars in the history of recording. Geez Bob, you'd have been better off fronting a chorus of squealing shofars.
5. The Wilson sisters fire their boyfriends, and Heart is never the same. On the good side, Ann apparently discovers Krispy Kreme and lives happily ever after with her cats.
6. October 20, 1977. I mourned for two years over this, and have a spooky story about that night that I may share if there's any interest.
7. Someone convinces David Soul he can sing.
8. Unleaded gas. Gimme back my lead.
9. Pinto/Gremlin/Pacer/Cordova. Ok, maybe not Cordova- the red Rich Corinthian Leather (what, Corinth, Mississippi?) was fun to sit on while listening to Maynard Ferguson 8-tracks in the bandroom parking lot.
10. Disco- deserves two mentions.
Rick