quality of movies sucked!
You are bugging here.
Two things about the 70s/80s culture that kills today:
1) It was the golden age of music in terms of variety, songwriting quality, culture, and innovation.
2) It was the golden age of American films.
And as a NYCer the 70s/80s was the height of New York culture and art scenes.
I'm not too big on "false nostalgia" myself. I'm a proud late 80s/90s kid. You can't tell me wasn't the baddest generation there was in out size 40 jeans and construction boots lmao. But maaaan sometimes I dream of going to sleep and waking up exactly where I sit, except it's the 70s. There's no internet, everyone spends time outside, a train ride from the Bronx, to Queens, to Manhattan will have you hearing new sounds everywhere, and you get to be there for the best movies ever.
I'd pick out my fro, slap on my Suede's, go downtown and check out this CBGBs spot to hear this thing called they're calling Punk Rock.
Then I'd go to Spanish Harlem to chill wit some Puerto Rican honies and see this thing they calling Salsa.
Then I'd check midtown and try and sneak into Studio 54 where the Brothers Johnson and Sharon Redd is playing cus ya boy know people who know people, and if that don't work I'll go to a local club in our town for some homebrew local R&B dance music.
Then I'd take this girl I been trying to get with to the movies to see this scary flick "Jaws." Heard it was solid.
Then I'd meet my boys at Disco Fever in the South Bronx where the Hip Hop scene is emerging and we go chill with the b-boys, rappers, DJs, artists all part of the scene and wearing the freshest gear.
We'd hit the local skating rinks, bowling alleys, and pinball arcades just to hang out and commune on some recreation like people did before Instagram.
Finally me and my boys close another Saturday at the local grindhouse theater on the gritty corner of town to see a midnight double feature of "Taxi Driver" followed by "Velvet Smooth."
The 70s had to be the GOAT era for city boys like me.
and the music was
