I found this on some web site written by some dude named G Gone. What impact did the 70's have
The '70s. Yes, I can be identified as a product of the '70s very easily. Everything I think or do, my opinions and my philosophies are all rooted in the '70s as influenced by the '60s. This is one reason why Richard Hell labeled us the "Blank" generation, but a lot of us refer to ourselves as the "Lost" generation.
After the upheaval of the prior decade, we were left pretty much alone, almost forgotten about, handed a legacy that we didn't want, forced upon us by people of no connection to us. A legacy given birth by a society that had scared us to death as we were growing up. A society that was still scaring us as we tentatively felt our way through the decade of the '70s, not knowing whether or not there would be a life waiting for us on the other side of the cold war. So, we took all our teenage angst, unrest, uncertainty, and fear, cranked up the music and said "The Hell With It, Let's Party While We Can." A good time was had by all in the shadow of the atomic sun.
You have to remember--we grew up watching as the teens of the sixties tried to change everything with Peace & Love. We watched as they were slaughtered in the jungles of Vietnam. We saw them beaten in the streets of our own hometowns. We heard of the draft dodgers being hauled off to prison for not wanting to go to war and kill someone over something they did not believe in. We witnessed their revolution of drugs, music, free love, peace, and harmony reach its apex at Woodstock. Approximately five hundred thousand people had the chance to come together and make some sort of change in the world, and what did we see? We saw it fizzle. Shortly after Woodstock, the sixties generation quietly faded from view. Nothing monumental ever came from Woodstock except the fact that as an event (both musical and [counter] cultural) it will always be of historical significance.
So the 70s generation (the "Blank" generation, the "Lost" generation, I'm talkin' 'bout MY generation) said; "Hey, That Peace and Love shit was OK, but it didn't work then and no way in hell will it work now. So fuck everything, we're gonna burn this sucker to the ground and go up in flames with it."
Development is inevitable : ( Byron Bay near the Gold Coast used to be a semi hippie town until it got commercialized & now its yuppie vile too - Sucks when that happens - Nimbin near it still is a trip - people walk up to u on the street & offer u pot u'd love some of the festivals the have hey http://www.byron-bay.com/bluesfest04/
whateva rocks ur boat! I like face to face goals! Now can u preez put something interesting on here or I will crack & start gibbering in a foreign language ^)
Doesn?t hurt your eyes as much and sides I am old fashioned - Still wish we lived back in Little House on the Prairie days when men & women had there place (sort of ... K not a good example but yeah
Poor u lot - I get to see new places all the time - This place is constantly changing - not for the better but still there is always a new bar or tourists coming in & out - Why not move? U know thou I have found myself becoming a bit addicted to these chat sites which I don't like because I feel it is taking me away from the real world & I have an addictive pesonality - I usually get bored w/ in the first week or so & move on but this one has got me
What impact did the 70's have
The '70s.
Yes, I can be identified as a product of the '70s very easily. Everything I think or do, my opinions and my philosophies are all rooted in the '70s as influenced by the '60s. This is one reason why Richard Hell labeled us the "Blank" generation, but a lot of us refer to ourselves as the "Lost" generation.
After the upheaval of the prior decade, we were left pretty much alone, almost forgotten about, handed a legacy that we didn't want, forced upon us by people of no connection to us. A legacy given birth by a society that had scared us to death as we were growing up. A society that was still scaring us as we tentatively felt our way through the decade of the '70s, not knowing whether or not there would be a life waiting for us on the other side of the cold war. So, we took all our teenage angst, unrest, uncertainty, and fear, cranked up the music and said "The Hell With It, Let's Party While We Can." A good time was had by all in the shadow of the atomic sun.
You have to remember--we grew up watching as the teens of the sixties tried to change everything with Peace & Love. We watched as they were slaughtered in the jungles of Vietnam. We saw them beaten in the streets of our own hometowns. We heard of the draft dodgers being hauled off to prison for not wanting to go to war and kill someone over something they did not believe in. We witnessed their revolution of drugs, music, free love, peace, and harmony reach its apex at Woodstock. Approximately five hundred thousand people had the chance to come together and make some sort of change in the world, and what did we see? We saw it fizzle. Shortly after Woodstock, the sixties generation quietly faded from view. Nothing monumental ever came from Woodstock except the fact that as an event (both musical and [counter] cultural) it will always be of historical significance.
So the 70s generation (the "Blank" generation, the "Lost" generation, I'm talkin' 'bout MY generation) said; "Hey, That Peace and Love shit was OK, but it didn't work then and no way in hell will it work now. So fuck everything, we're gonna burn this sucker to the ground and go up in flames with it."
The cliches above, they all apply.