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The 1970s - The Decade That Taste Forgot?

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  • #182
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Let’s Just Say the 1970s was a Uniques Time for Men’s Fashion


  • #183
    DoozerT6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,589 ✭✭✭DoozerT6


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    I actually really like the last kitchen, quite cosy looking

    It's lovely! I might change the wallpaper in theory, but everything else, including the rug on the floor, is nice.

    Talking about fashion though....do we think that the decade we're in now will have people looking back in 40 years asking "did all the males go to the same gym where the uniform was skinny grey trackie pants and North Face jackets?"


  • #184
    js35
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭js35


    Talking about fashion though....do we think that the decade we're in now will have people looking back in 40 years asking "did all the males go to the same gym where the uniform was skinny grey trackie pants and North Face jackets?"[/quote]

    And for the ladies those terrible angry bird eyebrows and the clear plastic guaranteed to be sweaty boots :pac:


  • #185
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    I actually really like the last kitchen, quite cosy looking

    I'm gonna come right out and say it: I absolutely love the second kitchen, the Green one!


  • #186
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 18,892 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    I actually really like the last kitchen, quite cosy looking

    That one isn't particularly "70's". In fact, you could walk into something like that today.

    The first two though..."Seventiestastic". I can almost hear this coming from the sitting room.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0PiVpHvXd0


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  • #187
    partyguinness
    Registered Users Posts: 8,204 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    People were also a lot skinnier.


  • #188
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,555 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Virtue-signaling types will not approve of this 1974 Burger King TV advert...

    ...so I’ll post it up for that precise reason. :cool::pac:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4YAcsAe6UI


  • #189
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Virtue-signaling types will not approve of this 1974 Burger King TV advert...

    Why?


  • #190
    Hangdogroad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,869 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Virtue-signaling types will not approve of this 1974 Burger King TV advert...

    ...so I’ll post it up for that precise reason. :cool::pac:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4YAcsAe6UI

    Dont get it. Theres black people serving other black people in it?


  • #191
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    Dont get it. Theres black people serving other black people in it?

    Is it different to this?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiDW0ge2g_A


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  • #192
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,099 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Virtue-signaling types will not approve of this 1974 Burger King TV advert...

    ...so I’ll post it up for that precise reason. :cool::pac:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4YAcsAe6UI

    what are we supposed to be outraged about?


  • #193
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,357 ✭✭✭cml387


    Meat! They're eating...meat.


  • #194
    Justin Credible Darts
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Justin Credible Darts


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    what are we supposed to be outraged about?




    maybe that might be exactly the point.


    There is nothing to be outraged about, but someone today who cried long enough, loud enough, and to the right people could find something to be "offended" by it.


  • #195
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,099 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Justin Credible Darts wrote: »
    maybe that might be exactly the point.


    There is nothing to be outraged about, but someone today who cried long enough, loud enough, and to the right people could find something to be "offended" by it.

    It must be exhausting to have all those bogeymen constantly in your head.


  • #196
    Hangdogroad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,869 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    Justin Credible Darts wrote: »
    maybe that might be exactly the point.


    There is nothing to be outraged about, but someone today who cried long enough, loud enough, and to the right people could find something to be "offended" by it.

    Well so far they havent. Let us know when they do.


  • #197
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 18,892 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    It must be exhausting to have all those bogeymen constantly in your head.

    I don't know who's worse.

    The woke crowd or the people looking to be offended by them all the time.


  • #198
    Alejandro68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭Alejandro68


    I actually love the music and fashion the 70's had. From platform shoes to the plaid bell bottom pants. And the music was just soulful and beautiful.


  • #199
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    Queen
    Queen II
    Queen A night at the opera
    Queen A day at the races
    led Zeppelin
    Thin Lizzy

    ALL on vinyl. No the 70's was a golden decade!


  • #200
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,357 ✭✭✭cml387


    Hmmm, like every decade there was brilliance and there was dross.

    Long Haired Lover From Liverpool. Little Jimmy Osmond
    My Ding A Ling Chuck Berry
    Having My Baby Paul Anka
    One Day At A Time Gloria

    I'm sure we could all add to the list.


  • #201
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,099 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    cml387 wrote: »
    Hmmm, like every decade there was brilliance and there was dross.

    Long Haired Lover From Liverpool. Little Jimmy Osmond
    My Ding A Ling Chuck Berry
    Having My Baby Paul Anka
    One Day At A Time Gloria

    I'm sure we could all add to the list.

    what is your problem with My Ding a Ling?


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  • #202
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,357 ✭✭✭cml387


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    what is your problem with My Ding a Ling?

    Oh dear, could be touching a raw nerve. Was it the first song you danced to at your wedding?


  • #203
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,099 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    cml387 wrote: »
    Oh dear, could be touching a raw nerve. Was it the first song you danced to at your wedding?
    why do you feel the need to get so personal about a simple question? completely unnecessary.


  • #204
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,555 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    The 1970s was the decade the microwave oven came on the mass market. Caused a revolution in the kitchen. :)

    11417_896zszzpcbzzzax2.jpeg


  • #205
    Andrea B.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭Andrea B.


    https://images.app.goo.gl/A6rCWebHnuHFWHhu5

    It wasn't all bad.


  • #206
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Some wonderful examples of men’s fashion in the mid 1970s.... :D:pac:


    11417_q7v8yncrtwaxih6y.jpeg

    Yeesh!!!!

    I was born in the 60s and I must confess, I do remember having trousers with three-side buttons like the debonair chap on the right there. Although I spared the populace anything remotely resembling the "bare chest with just a hint of navel" such as the unfortunate on the left is sporting.

    Only a matter of time before they ALL come back into fashion, though :D


  • #207
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    https://twitter.com/memorialdevice/status/1325376167340351489?s=19


  • #208
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I'm sure my parents still have these.
    Butlins 1979.

    https://twitter.com/memorialdevice/status/1325476421414907904?s=19


  • #209
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 18,892 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    Snickers Man wrote: »
    Yeesh!!!!

    I was born in the 60s and I must confess, I do remember having trousers with three-side buttons like the debonair chap on the right there. Although I spared the populace anything remotely resembling the "bare chest with just a hint of navel" such as the unfortunate on the left is sporting.

    Only a matter of time before they ALL come back into fashion, though :D

    I think you'll be seeing leg warmers back in before any of that. :pac:



    ...and those Pink Panther bars were being sold in Ireland well into the 80's.


  • #210
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Tony EH wrote: »
    I think you'll be seeing leg warmers back in before any of that. :pac:

    Leg warmers have already been back and gone again. They made a brief resurgence in the noughties, about 06, I think. I invested in a lovely green pair. Trendy and snug, so I was.

    I wish Pink Panther bars could be decriminalised again. Absolutely delicious.


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  • #211
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Leg warmers have already been back and gone again.

    I remember my sister wearing them in the early 80's, grandad thought she had chilblains lol!


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