Summer of `77?

Question

My Daughter turns 30, this summer. And I was thinking about the time she was born. What I was doing? What I was wearing? (don't go there)
As I'm remembering those times. What are you're memories of the Summer that Elvis Died. What was you doing. Music, ideas, hopes, etc; No limits. Go for it.

And yes! That makes The Ol' Buzzard, very old!
(I said it. So you won't have to)

OH! Frampton's Live album! I can't believe I totally forgot that. Good one, folks. Keep it comin'.

Weasel: A Shout Out to Old School! Keep in touch.

Answer 1

Don't feel bad,I got married that year,That was the good old days, You didn't have to worry about getting shot,stabbed,beat up. School was good,you stayed in (besides skipping a day or two), you learnt something,you had PE,you was not FAT,like kids now, LAZY. WE didn't have cell phones,go to the corner store with a dime and call anybody.Gas was 49 to 52 a gallon,cigs 60 a pk, we all had hot rods,with mag wheels,not stuipd 22's or 24's,had 1 girlfriend at a time,you could leave your house unlocked at night.
Hell,I could go on and on,that is just off the top of my head. Where Have The Good Days Gone To???????????

I just looked some of the answer over, Man didn';t we have fun,Everyone of your answer bought back alot of memiors, like picking your own swicthes, bell bottoms,O yea the CREEKS,and you the one who got sued for $2,000 for wrecking, that was a lot, We thought about the same thing to running and changing our names for some crazy thing.
MAN, I MISS THEM, THX

Answer 2

Oh my god. I was 15. I remember the day Elvis died. I was in my bedroom, listening to the radio, and they announced his death. At the time, Elvis didn't really hold much significance for me. I was probably into The Bay City Rollers (groan, I KNOW) I was going to be a famous writer (ha!) (Hasn't happened yet, folks. don't hold your breath.) Of course, DISCO. (need I say more?) The guys wore these terrible polyester pants called, Angel Flight. Also open necked polyester shirts, (unbuttoned, of course, to show off a brazillion gold chains) I was a Sophmore in High School, I think. I was unhappy. I hated my life. I must have blocked a lot of '77 out because I can't remember too much else about it!

Answer 3

I was 24 yrs. old. My youngest son was born on Elvis's birthday in 76. I was raising my three sons, yes, I started early! I was just taking it day by day, enjoying the music, my sons and life in general. I loved my tight blue jeans and halter tops, sandles, .... I was a bit of a showy person at that time.. I had a nice figure (still not so bad for an old gal), I loved singing with my albums or 8 tracks(whew! 8 tracks!LOL). My husband (at the time) and I, would take the boys to the park .We would get a couple of weekends a month for ourselves and party a bit... I'll stop there.

Answer 4

I had just finished 7th grade. I had a "Dorothy Hammill" short hair cut and loved listening to AM radio here in NYC. I had a crush on Andy Gibb and Peter Frampton! The music from then is still some of the best. I remember playing a lot of basketball in my Pro-Ked sneakers. Baby blue was the hot color to have at that time. I loved that time period. It seemed much more easy and care-free than today! Thanks for making me think back.

Answer 5

The summer of '77, I was looking forward to starting high school in August. I remember my Grandma had taken my cousin and I to get our school supplies for the year, and we were home after that looking through all of our stuff when we heard on the radio that Elvis had died. Neither one of us believed it at first, but sadly it was true. Ahhh memories...

Answer 6

On cool days I was wearing super bell pants and on warm days it was hot pants! Listening to 'Hello Darlin' and 'D-i-v-o-r-c-e'. Going to the drive-in on Friday night. My hair was ratted and every hair was held in place by 'Aqua Net' -oh my-I just realized how very old I really am!!!!
Oh - I just remembered- that was the year we got in a wreck and didn't have insurance and we were sued for $2,000 for the damage to the other car. We were so young and stupid that we talked about moving and changing our names and social security card numbers. That much money was like the end of the world at that time!!

Answer 7

LOL! Come on! Everyone remembers the New York City Blackout of 77?!? Well.. At least the New Yorkers do! There was looting, broken glass, gunfights and total chaos! Whew.. Good times!

Answer 8

I was born in the spring of '77....I turn 30 in 2 weeks time.

Answer 9

I was 5, my sister was 1. All of my cousins and I loved Elvis, it was so sad. We got to watch his movies on sat. or sun pm and besides the radio (local country channel), and 8 tracks, thats all the music we had.
My most vivid memories of that age were playing with my cousins, going to the creek & getting caught going to the creek (we had to pick our own switches, although we had been warned to stay away from the creek! lol), I was pretty impressed at going to 1st grade that fall. Oh yeah and Dukes was on friday night, so you had to be good to watch it.

Answer 10

That was the summer I lived in Minnesota and met my first boyfriend at Valleyfair (amusement park). I remember coming back to the car and hearing that Elvis had died.