[Closed] It's 1977 All Over Again

...and I just shat myself.

im still obsessed with brests(though not my mums :?)

the 1st star wars film has just come out at the cinema too
(though the 1st starwars film now has jarjar binks and is in 3d)

Great were in for a hot summer with record tempetures but I'll miss most of that because I'll be in the RVI with a fractured skull. It'll mean missing months of school, migrains regular until my early 30s and being a bit dyslexic.

Can't wait.

Cool; I only saw the last 5 months of 1977 the first time around.

[i] The Sex Pistols have signed a new record deal[/i]

er, Lydon's touring with PiL and Sid's dead... (I can't be bothered to look it up) have they really?

And in a few years we'll be at war with Argentina again.

I'm going to be born in three years! \o/

i wasn't born, i only mention this to make debz feel old x

The first part is only too obvious Philip. 8)

its philip with one 'l' dezzybee! make that mistake one more time and i'll take you off my invite list for my party

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er, Lydon's touring with PiL and Sid's dead... (I can't be bothered to look it up) have they really?

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17170897 ]Apparently they have...[/url]

i wasn't born, i only mention this to make debz feel old

I wasn't born either. I have just sh...

So, come the summer, will the Wembley goalposts and crossbar be heading north? 😉

Well, Sid wasn't in the original line-up anyway. In fact, Sid couldn't play for $h1t.

To get an interesting take on 1977 and the Pistols, read Apathy For The Devil by Nick Kent. Good read.

miketually - Member

Cool; I only saw the last 5 months of 1977 the first time around.

Snap!

I wasnt born either (not for another 13 years)

was the weather as hot as 2003, cos that was mental. We went to France and I remember the hire car had a temp gauge that read 42 deg one afternoon!!

[i]"To be given the opportunity to [s]re-evaluate[/s] squeeze every last penny out of the Sex Pistols catalogue is every music lover's dream," said Universal's Karen Simmonds.[/i]

They've already release Flogging a Dead Horse ffs

[i]Well, Sid wasn't in the original line-up anyway. In fact, Sid couldn't play for $h1t.[/i]

that's what I need, a bit of educating. 🙄

Snap!

July 24th?

The summer I was 16. the whole world changed that year.

Meh. I've already started work and I'll be buying my first motorbike in a few months 🙂

I didn't say you needed educating grumpy-drawers, I just meant that the music that the Sex Pistols are famous for was basically NMTB, which Sid had nothing to do with. So if they're reforming a band for some money-spinning gigs to pay for their Stannah stairlifts, they don't really need Sid anyway.

However, the prospect of sixty year old punk rockers whose idea of anarchy is to advertise butter is a little sad.

The summer I was 16. the whole world changed that year

Not musically, at least not for the general public.

Laydeezangennelmun, I give you the Number 1s for 1977. Eyewateringly poor, I think you'll agree, with the exceptions of Abba, Donna Summer, and possibly Rod Stewart.

Wings Mull Of Kintyre 29-11-1977
Abba Name Of The Game 01-11-1977
Baccara Yes Sir I Can Boogie 25-10-1977
David Soul Silver Lady 04-10-1977
Elvis Presley Way Down 30-08-1977
The Floaters Float On 23-08-1977
Brotherhood Of Man Angelo 16-08-1977
Donna Summer I Feel Love 19-07-1977
Hot Chocolate So You Win Again 28-06-1977
The Jacksons Show You The Way To Go 21-06-1977
Kenny Rogers Lucille 14-06-1977
Rod Stewart I Dont Want To Talk About It 17-05-1977
Deniece Williams Free 03-05-1977
Abba Knowing Me Knowing You 29-03-1977
Manhattan Transfer Chanson DAmour 08-03-1977
Leo Sayer When I Need You 15-02-1977
Julie Covington Dont Cry For Me Argentina 08-02-1977
David Soul Dont Give Up On Us 11-01-1977

However, the prospect of sixty year old punk rockers whose idea of anarchy is to advertise butter is a little sad.

Though, it has to be said - they made the square root of bugger all first time around, and they deserve a payday. Plus Lydon's funding PiL operations, so he needs some income.

The summer I was 16. the whole world changed that year.

Ooh is that when you joined a Union?

[i]So if they're reforming a band for some money-spinning gigs to pay for their Stannah stairlifts, they don't really need Sid anyway[/i]

Yes, that was a bit grumpy, wasn't it. 🙂
I don't think they are reforming anyway, just cashing in by releasing (rereleasing) some "records".
Hence my Flogging a dead horse reference.

Prize for cattiest (and funniest) comment of the day to Drac.

flogging a dead horse? Money grabbing? Thats what the whole escapade was about. Don't you know who killed bambi yet?

Ah so you believe Malcy then eh?

No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish.

I'll still be running around naked except for a pair of red wellies. 8)

[i]Eyewateringly poor, I think you'll agree[/i]

Not on Donna Summer, that's a small piece of genius, but the rest, yes.

*doesn't admit soft spot for Baccara's 'I Can Boogie'*

Anyway, I was three, I vaguely remember a street party.

[i] I give you the Number 1s for 1977[/i]

Erm show me a year with quality number ones? (although you'll be hard-pressed to be poorer than Leo Sayer in my view.)

If it's 1977 again, we have two years to prevent this:

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Look, she can already feel our junk in her hand... and it's squeezin' time. 😐

although you'll be hard-pressed to be poorer than Leo Sayer in my view.

I dunno; not one but two entries there from David Soul, The Floaters, Manhattan Transfer...that's a high s***-rate, it really is. I was 12 at the time, and just couldn't understand how anyone could listen to this sort of stuff.

Thankfully, my view's never changed.

Its not often you get a year where the change in youth culture is quite so defined. Punk blew the metal bands away. flares disappeared. ties went skinny, hair got cut. dope was for boring old farts, whizz was where it was at. Strutting arrogance became the pose.

It built thru 76 but in 77 it exploded. Youth culture changed

1979 looked a lot better. Still some utter turkeys in there (Dr Hook!) , but there are at least half a dozen I'd say still stand up.

Artist Song Title (Click to view) Date Number One
Pink Floyd Another Brick In The Wall 11-12-1979
The Police Walking On The Moon 04-12-1979
Dr Hook When Youre In Love With A Beautiful Woman 13-11-1979
Lena Martell One Day At A Time 23-10-1979
The Buggles Video Killed The Radio Star 16-10-1979
The Police Message In A Bottle 25-09-1979
Gary Numan Cars 18-09-1979
Cliff Richard We Dont Talk Anymore 21-08-1979
The Boomtown Rats I Dont Like Mondays 24-07-1979
Tubeway Army Are Friends Electric 26-06-1979
Anita Ward Ring My Bell 12-06-1979
Blondie Sunday Girl 22-05-1979
Art Garfunkel Bright Eyes 10-04-1979
Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive 13-03-1979
The Bee Gees Tragedy 27-02-1979
Blondie Heart Of Glass 30-01-1979
Ian Dury and The Blockheads Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 23-01-1979
The Village People Y.M.C.A. 02-01-1979

TandemJeremy - Member
Its not often you get a year where the change in youth culture is quite so defined. Punk blew the metal bands away. flares disappeared. ties went skinny, hair got cut. dope was for boring old farts, whizz was where it was at. Strutting arrogance became the pose.

It built thru 76 but in 77 it exploded. Youth culture changed

Gosh.

In 1977 the music was better (I'm pretty sure we can say that about the Pistols too), the cars looked nicer and the drugs were better. I would say, we got the wrong stuff for this revival 🙂

Its not often you get a year where the change in youth culture is quite so defined.

I read something about hw everyone feels that about their teenage years.

Ask someone in their mid 20's now and they'll say that culture was at it's height in the early 2000's, Facebook kicked off, guitar bands and Indie came back after years of Ammerican influenced R&B, the Artic Monkeys changed record companies forever by getting a number 1 without one.

Ask someone in their mid 20's in 10 years time and they'll tell you people were taking to the streets to protest about conservative cuts, and Adel re-defined the music industry handing the power back to the record companies.

Its a fair point tinas but nothing has been like 1977 for a dramatic change in the whole youth culture

you're wrong TJ.

global communication at the touch of a button on a device nearly every kid now carries around with them.

twin towers

cctv

the wire on TV.

'77 was boring compared to what kids can do nowadays.

Its a fair point tinas but nothing has been like 1977 for a dramatic change in the whole youth culture [b]IMHO[/b]

FTFY

How about:
The death of most blokes aged 16-30 in the 40's?
The creation of a 'youth culture' sometime in the 50's?
The swiging 60's?
The 70's and all the hippies?
The 80's and ........(ok this is a possible low point)?
The 90's gave kids free parties?