One more time, with gusto… It was…Okay, one more than back to the 1977 time line.
My kids ask me why I acted the way I did back in the day and my usual reply is “It was the 70s.” Like that’s an excuse for being drunk/high all the time for most of 1977.Β But, it was a glorious time to be young and stupid, and I fit the bill perfectly.
Each generation has its own tale… the 60s were just freaky, the 50s were too cool with all the cars and trouble young folks got into.Β We in the 70s just happen to have had sex, drugs and rock and roll on our side.Β Today, you kids have all these fancy STDs to deal with.Β We had free clinics.
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No song in the title because, well, we’re not in 1977 anymore Toto… and I couldn’t comeΒ up with one that fit.
That explains it all. Haha!
what about ‘my generation’ by the who? don’t think it was 70’s… but it would fit.
My Back Pages by the Byrds?
Yeah… I was gonna suggest “Get Back” by the Beatles but that’s probably way too early for the 70’s, right? Still though, the lyrics “get back…. get back to where you once belonged” would seem perfect.
Well, except for it being the wrong time, of course. π
-Chris
bad reputation seems suitable as well (thin lizzy)
but hell, if byron doesn’t care, neither do i. you already impressed me by (fairly) accurately picking seventy(seven)’s songs throughout the comic.
seeing we’re talking about this… how do you do it? any method except for memory meets google?
a song to fit this one and 2007, I’d say “I’m in love with Stacy’s Mom” but doesn’t fit perfectly.
Hilarious scene.
You definitely must do something about the daughter’s looks. She seems to be the oldest girl of the entire comic, heheheh. π
I hope old Jeff shows up anytime soon. He’s probably a suit today, probably running some company named “Jeffsons&Jeffsons” or something like that. π
Just popped in from yesterday. Great comic!
I have a strange memory that allows me to clearly recollect images and conversations from a time when people around me acted like I would never remember the things they did and said in my presence. It’s a little shudder-inducing sometimes when I remember my grandmother running around the house naked.
RE: ferabreu – yeah, she should be rounder in the face and maybe less definition in her eyes… but hey she’s like 18 and we just say her MOM at age like 20 and she had a great set of… eyes on her too… I’ve been real careful not to get all “booby” on Bud’s daughter. It IS his kid and he’d probably kick my butt for thinking about her boobs anyway.
I got lucky… I have three sons that all the father’s with daughters out there have to worry about. I know what I was after at age 20….
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RE: Stating the Bobvious – Great handle! Love it!
Like Kevin, some things just stick in my head… taxes: no, dates: no, names: hell no, BUT… song titles and trivia: YES! I do confirm everything now with Google as I’ve proven myself less then reliable with my aging memory (I blame my kids for this)
I do look up certain songs from groups I’m not super familiar with, and good old Billboard magazine helps there. But most of the songs just come from me sitting down and thinking about the subject and then a title comes.
RE: Kevin – Yeah, my grandmother lived in an old farm house with no air conditioning and on those wonderful July/August days I’d come in for a nice hug from my grandma only to find her sitting there in her bra and undies smoking a cigarette and drinking ice tea. Ew, ice tea? The memories still haunt me…
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Byron, you’ve outdone yourself sir!! I just now (noon thirty in my neck o the woods) saw the Sunday & today’s strips. “Tie Your Mother Down”; perfect fit! For my money, Queen’s best track, & one of the best rockers to come out of the mid-to-late 70’s, period. I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of the 70’s. I’m the same age as you, and definately think that it was the best time to come of age in. We didn’t have to deal with the conservative mores of the 50’s, social turmoil of the 60’s, the draft, aids, guns in school & drive-by shootings, the violence of hip-hop culture, etc., & attitudes about booze & drugs were much looser & laid back. It was definately a time of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll & a great time as you said, to be young & stupid. Love the new eyes, btw… I thought the black dots made the ladies’ eyes look beady.
Hey Unclemac, you fellow old fart you! π
I think the term that nails the 70s (for most of us) is laid back. I didn’t give a crap about half the stuff going on the world, and the issues today are no different then 1977 (which is a bit disturbing, but I digress).
I was once asked what one song describe the comic… and to be honest I didn’t have one handy, but Phil over at WebComicPlanet.com nailed it with “Smokin'” by Boston. “Were cookin’ tonight, just keep on tokin’. Smokin’, smokin’…” Yeah baby… and a great rockin’ tune too!
Thanks for reading, I’m trying to keep the bar set fairly high for myself, which isn’t bad for an old fart like myself!
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Hey Hotclaws! Wow, what a song you suggested! I had completely forgotten about the Byrds, and this is one great Dylan penned tune as well!
What lyrics too: “Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” And I’m gonna use this one day sooner than later! Nice suggestion!
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Another vote for My Back Pages here. But are you trying to say that sex, drugs and rock and roll ended in the 80s? I bet that would come as a surprise to all the metal fans!
Hey man i like the new way that you do the eyes a lot just promise me that you wont do the same for Bud or the girls. i have come too accustomed for a change.
RE: Mufti – As far as Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll goes… I bet a TON of 20-something ladies lost their virginity to the sounds of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and other crooners! And I don’t even want to know why they call them the “Roarin’ 20s”!! Just by the time the 80s got its steam going, all these “fancy” STDs raised their ugly heads and kinda put a damper on things. I’m happy to have gotten through the 70s alive, so I’m not sure how the “younger” set gets its groove on. But I imagine the same old way!
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RE: HippyKiller – First, outstanding handle! π
Bud’s eyes aren’t changing, but I may try a subtle variation on what I’m trying on these latest strips on Lorraine and Robyn. I’m always looking to improve, but also like the simple style of my character’s origins… so I won’t stray too far!
I’m too lazy for that… π
Byron, re sex drugs and rock & roll, you are right, Sinatra had groupies so his records were probably seduction weapons!
No more sex, drugs and rock and roll, not in any order. Now its AIDS, crack and techno. Sad times these are indeed.