RajahJun

The seventies was undoubtedly the "disco" era.  As a teenager, I listened and danced to the distinct sound of that era. When "Saturday Night Fever" hit the movie theaters in 1978,  I became an avid fan of the Bee Gees and other bands that played the disco sound.   Besides listening to disco sound, I also mimicked dance steps like the "swing" and "L.A. shuffle" from a local popular TV show the "Penthouse Seven." I strutted my stuff every time  I danced with a partner at birthday parties held in friends' residences. Bands that dished out disco tunes during the '70s were  ABBA  with their  song "Dancing Queen";   Donna Summer 's   goosebumps-raising song "Last Dance."  Other bands like  KC and the Sunshine Band ,  The Trammps ,  Van McCoy ,  Gloria Gaynor ,  The Village People ,  Chic , and  The Jacksons   also flooded the radio airwaves in the '70s .   I even followed their progress over...

I was a child of the seventies.  I finished my grade school back in '75, and finished high school in '79.  There were a lot of things brewing in the seventies.  It was a cultural upheaval that probably originated from public dissent in the U.S. against the Vietnam War in the sixtees spawning the "hipee culture", which somehow washed up on the shores of our island paradise. In the Philippines, there was also a rising form of public dissent mostly from college students, because of the Martial Law era.  I am not an anthropologist, but my comments are merely observations when I was a kid and also as an adult looking back. Looking back though, I think it was the fun decade.  I say this because the fashion back in the days was flamboyant, stylish and loud.  I love wearing platform shoes, baggy (flare) pants and open collar shirts. I like copying John Travolta's hair style in "Saturday Night Fever".  Every time I catch a re-run of the movie shown on ...