Generation X

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Duck head pants.

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Tang

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Anonymous wrote:The ironic part of the 80s was having a Hollywood cowboy as a President. American politics amaze me.

Hollywood manufactures reality.

totally true and conspiratorial!

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When I was really little I loved Captain Kangaroo. And of course Sesame Street and Electric Company.

Random: anyone remember an old sitcom called "Tabitha," which was a spin off of Bewitched... it was Samantha's daughter all grown up?

Also a sitcom called Angie, which starred the girl who got "taken advantage of" in Saturday Night Fever?

And finally anyone watch Zoom? It was on the PBS channel in Massachusetts in the 70s.

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No wonder we were hyper back then. The red dye in Kool Aid has been linked to ADHD.

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Second City -- the original SNL.

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Anonymous wrote:If you had "cool" parents, you knew about cool 60s and 70s music too. While my mom listened to Joan Baez and other folk music, my dad had a ton of cool old records like Cream, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, even some early Bowie. And Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. I loved going through his record collection and of course we had a huge cabinet stereo. We also knew a ton about disco and somehow had a ton of disco 8 tracks.

+1 . I'm a gen x who grew up on Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Beach Boys, Jim Croce, all the classic rock; my parents were older and so also liked older music like Buddy Holly (dad, the rock and roller) and the Four Tops (Mom, from Detroit).

And we listen to all that stuff today with our 4 year old, plus all the alternative rock and new wave and punk we were into in the 1980s and 1990s. It's the music that will be constant throughout his life, just like I still have CCR on my playlists along side The White Stripes or whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:If you had "cool" parents, you knew about cool 60s and 70s music too. While my mom listened to Joan Baez and other folk music, my dad had a ton of cool old records like Cream, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, even some early Bowie. And Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. I loved going through his record collection and of course we had a huge cabinet stereo. We also knew a ton about disco and somehow had a ton of disco 8 tracks.

+1 . I'm a gen x who grew up on Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Beach Boys, Jim Croce, all the classic rock; my parents were older and so also liked older music like Buddy Holly (dad, the rock and roller) and the Four Tops (Mom, from Detroit).

And we listen to all that stuff today with our 4 year old, plus all the alternative rock and new wave and punk we were into in the 1980s and 1990s. It's the music that will be constant throughout his life, just like I still have CCR on my playlists along side The White Stripes or whatever.

You quoted me. My parents were younger; they were both born in '46 and had me in '69 (right out of college). I became a big Rolling Stones fan because of my dad's records... right through their "disco" phase... "Tattoo You" and "Undercover of the Night"... all that stuff. And I don't think I would have loved Bowie and Lou Reed as much as I did if it weren't for my early exposure.

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spending more time physically with friends rather than texting or FBing.

using pay phones - using a paperclip if you had no change.

using my first analog cellular one phone to make free "local LD" calls after 9PM.

tape recording radio mixes over tapes with scotch tape on the holes

making my first local call using 10 digits because it wouldnt go thru without the area code

my first time using the world wide web, I think alta vista 1996. .

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Anonymous wrote:If you had "cool" parents, you knew about cool 60s and 70s music too. While my mom listened to Joan Baez and other folk music, my dad had a ton of cool old records like Cream, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, even some early Bowie. And Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. I loved going through his record collection and of course we had a huge cabinet stereo. We also knew a ton about disco and somehow had a ton of disco 8 tracks.

+1 . I'm a gen x who grew up on Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Beach Boys, Jim Croce, all the classic rock; my parents were older and so also liked older music like Buddy Holly (dad, the rock and roller) and the Four Tops (Mom, from Detroit).

And we listen to all that stuff today with our 4 year old, plus all the alternative rock and new wave and punk we were into in the 1980s and 1990s. It's the music that will be constant throughout his life, just like I still have CCR on my playlists along side The White Stripes or whatever.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you had "cool" parents, you knew about cool 60s and 70s music too. While my mom listened to Joan Baez and other folk music, my dad had a ton of cool old records like Cream, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, even some early Bowie. And Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. I loved going through his record collection and of course we had a huge cabinet stereo. We also knew a ton about disco and somehow had a ton of disco 8 tracks.

+1 . I'm a gen x who grew up on Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Beach Boys, Jim Croce, all the classic rock; my parents were older and so also liked older music like Buddy Holly (dad, the rock and roller) and the Four Tops (Mom, from Detroit).

And we listen to all that stuff today with our 4 year old, plus all the alternative rock and new wave and punk we were into in the 1980s and 1990s. It's the music that will be constant throughout his life, just like I still have CCR on my playlists along side The White Stripes or whatever.

You quoted me. My parents were younger; they were both born in '46 and had me in '69 (right out of college). I became a big Rolling Stones fan because of my dad's records... right through their "disco" phase... "Tattoo You" and "Undercover of the Night"... all that stuff. And I don't think I would have loved Bowie and Lou Reed as much as I did if it weren't for my early exposure.

Yes, I loved growing up with the juxtaposition of intellect and fluff. The Smiths... Love the Smiths. http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-smiths-how-soon-is-now-the-smiths-ml-video-yea.html

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Anonymous wrote:When I was really little I loved Captain Kangaroo. And of course Sesame Street and Electric Company.

Random: anyone remember an old sitcom called "Tabitha," which was a spin off of Bewitched... it was Samantha's daughter all grown up?

Also a sitcom called Angie, which starred the girl who got "taken advantage of" in Saturday Night Fever?

And finally anyone watch Zoom? It was on the PBS channel in Massachusetts in the 70s.

I watched Zoom in South Jersey. And I recall a segment in between weekend cartoons called In the News or something with a globe icon and a stentorian newsman voice.

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Anonymous wrote:No wonder we were hyper back then. The red dye in Kool Aid has been linked to ADHD.

Thank you for sharing that picture. That crap was soooooooo good....

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you had "cool" parents, you knew about cool 60s and 70s music too. While my mom listened to Joan Baez and other folk music, my dad had a ton of cool old records like Cream, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, even some early Bowie. And Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. I loved going through his record collection and of course we had a huge cabinet stereo. We also knew a ton about disco and somehow had a ton of disco 8 tracks.

+1 . I'm a gen x who grew up on Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Beach Boys, Jim Croce, all the classic rock; my parents were older and so also liked older music like Buddy Holly (dad, the rock and roller) and the Four Tops (Mom, from Detroit).

And we listen to all that stuff today with our 4 year old, plus all the alternative rock and new wave and punk we were into in the 1980s and 1990s. It's the music that will be constant throughout his life, just like I still have CCR on my playlists along side The White Stripes or whatever.

You quoted me. My parents were younger; they were both born in '46 and had me in '69 (right out of college). I became a big Rolling Stones fan because of my dad's records... right through their "disco" phase... "Tattoo You" and "Undercover of the Night"... all that stuff. And I don't think I would have loved Bowie and Lou Reed as much as I did if it weren't for my early exposure.

Yes, I loved growing up with the juxtaposition of intellect and fluff. The Smiths... Love the Smiths. http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-smiths-how-soon-is-now-the-smiths-ml-video-yea.html

You quoted me. That's serendipitous you mentioned The Smiths. They were my favorite band in high school. I have a Spotify playlist of The Smiths that I listen to all the time. In fact I just saw Morrissey a year ago at Echostage here in DC and I cried (no shame here). Tons of Gen X people there. I was somehow on prom committee in high school and wanted a Smiths song for prom theme. Yeah, right... like that was gonna fly! Bon Jovi won out.

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Teen soaps! Fifteen (hello Ryan Reynolds!) & Swan's Crossing!