The Stratosphere Lounge Episode 226

Having graduated high school in 1975, I was I the process of joining the U.S. Navy at the time. As I recall, “Convoy,” the theme from S.W.A.T, “The Hustle,” and “Love Will Keep Us Together” by the Captain & Tennille were constantly on the radio. It was the days of no cell phones, no VCRs, 8-tracks were not yet there, and home computers were Star Trek dream machine stuff. The world had fallen apart in the late sixties, where everything, and I mean everything, you’d been taught to believe in was suddenly in question. Between the hippies, the civil rights riots, the Vietnam War, and the changing morals of the youth, it was a time of much unrest and yeah, it sucked. Then the oil crisis hit, where you were allowed gas on alternate days based on what letter your license plate started with. On TV, the early 70s were the time of the Kung Fu, the last years of Gunsmoke and the middle years of Hawaii Five-O, the start of many detective and police shows (Charlie’s Angels, Mannix, Barnaby Jones, McCloud, Baretta, etc.). Phones were mostly still rotary phones. Seatbelts were new. By 1975, we were in poor straights on the national level, but…people generally had more sense than now, a better work ethic and better moral values that kept everyone generally acting decent toward each other. Without 24/7 media and social media to make everyone hate each other. Even Democrats and Republicans generally got along in public, and no matter which party you were in (except maybe the Leftist hippies) you loved America. But I do remember that period as a rather great time for American music. Thanks for the flashback on Memory Lane, Bill!

Blind Fury ROCKED!