The 70's was the most important decade of my life! Graduated from High School '71, graduated college '75, got my first teaching job in '77, got married in '78, and had my son in '79!!
I was born in 1960, so for me the most important decade was the 80s, but the 70s contain the bulk of my growing-up memories. Taken together, the 70s and 80s are "where I'm from", and everything from the 90s on is like some lesser alternate world, just based on perspective. I imagine my parents' generation felt the same about their youthful decades, just as today's youth will feel the same in another 40 years about now.
@@fruitfarmfactory7901 the music was cool, but the Gen X youth world felt like a comedown from my young adulthood. And the new world order was showing signs already of not giving up to the hype. A material focus got stronger. So while not shit by any means, I liked the 90s less than the 80s. But again, that's because I was born in 1960.
Albums of 1979 with the best hits as examples: •"Off the Wall" by Michael Jackson -Don't Stop Till You Get Enough -Rock with You -Off the Wall -She's Out of My Life •"Breakfast In America" by Supertramp -The Logical Song -Breakfast In America -Goodbye Stranger -Take The Long Way Home •"The Wall" by Pink Floyd -Another Brick in the Wall -Comfortably Numb •"Bad Girls" by Donna Summer -Hot Stuff -Bad Girls •"Reggatta De Blanc" by The Police -Message In A Bottle -Walking On The Moon •"Risqué" by CHIC -Good Times •"I Am" by Earth, Wind & Fire -Boogie Wonderland -After the Love Has Gone •"Spirits Have Flown" by Bee Gees -Tragedy -Too Much Heaven -Spirits (Have Flown) •"Get the Knack" by The Knack -My Sharona •"Voulez-Vous" by ABBA -Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man Aftee Midnight) -Angeleyes etc.
I was born Nov 1970 so I was a young child in the 70s. I never realized how turbulent that decade was since I was just a kid and no internet back then. I spent my days playing outside, riding my big wheel around the block, playing with army action figures in the sand, playing with toy guns ( cap guns and dart guns were some of my favorites ) . I remember riding in the back of pick up trucks and used to think that was so fun, nobody was worried about safety back then. Also remember riding in the back of station wagons, but that sucked. Always hated the station wagon still do. In the early 80's I would be Ridding a real bike up ramps to fly through the air for just a sec like Evil Knievel it and pop a wheelies. I Loved the cool looking vans everyone was driving in that had a small round dark tinted window in the back. An despite fondue being messy as a kid I loved it and just thought this is delicious and such a cool idea. Bean bag chairs were great to sit in and have bean bag fights with, shag carpet, macromere, Agree shampoo, Playing ding dong ditch, cops and robbers,. Eating in the restaurant at K mart and their chocolate chip cookies. The 70s things I remember For being a young child I have many fond memories of those years. I wouldn't change that for nothing An this is just a small list of things.
Space Hoppers (Tho they were much earlier in the 70s) Skateboards ' oh yes ' my dad got one too around 77 or 78 it was light green ' don't think he ever tried it ' at least he hadn't come 1985 when I left my folks for the last time ' and it was stored in their cellar rusting by then and forgotten.
Your memories sound very much like those of my nephew. I used to love watching him line up his "vehicles" at his gas tank, like they were in the gas rationing line.
My favorite 70's moment was turning 10 years old. Being double digits was a big deal back then, I even stayed up till the exact minute I was born before finally going to sleep that night (10:02 pm). Being a kid in the 70's was fun...can't imagine how much of a downer it must be to be 10 today with how crazy the world is.
My grandfather eventually passed away from lung cancer brought on by his exposure to agent orange as a medic in Vietnam. It took a long time but it developed and took him eventually in his late 60's despite the fresh Montana air where he lived. Great vids as always!
@@SoapinTrucker HAH! Me too. I turned 16 in January 79. I wound up going to a roller skating rink for the first time and was picked up by a girl during the ladies choice skate. It was the Best of Times it was the Worst of Times
Growing up in the 1970s was special! I became a teenager in 1978. Everything about the 1970s seemed special. The music, fashion, films, TV shows, attitudes, politics, toys, beautiful women, schools, etc. I remember 1979 being an exceptionally good time. It was like everyone wanted to close the decade with a bang!
I LOVE this series! Your videos are so well done! Thank you for all your time and effort that you put into these videos! It shows. Please do the 1960’s or 2000’s next! 😊
I graduated from high school in 1979. The 70s was a great time to be a teenager. My girl friends and I were always hanging out together,at school and afterwards. We went to concerts, the movies, the drive in, roller skating, swimming in someone’s pool over summer vacation, going to the beach, hanging out together listening to records,having sleepovers. We had pizza,we made Jiffy Pop,brownies with no weed..
Salem's Lot was a huge event amidst an era when TV minseries were becoming blockbusters. There were only a few TV channels then, so it was a big deal to get those primetime slots. Shogun would come the following year and is arguably the best miniseries ever made.
Here are the top 10 songs of 1979, according to the Billboard year-end singles chart: 10. Sad Eyes- Robert John 9. Ring My Bell- Anita Ward 8. Y.M.C.A.- The Village People 7. Hot Stuff- Donna Summer 6. I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor 5. Reunited- Peaches & Herb 4. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?- Rod Stewart 3. Le Freak- Chic 2. Bad Girls- Donna Summer 1. My Sharona- The Knack
The 70s were about the best time to grow up. I also know the 60s were pretty good also and allot of changes happen there. I looked forward to turning 13 back in 1967. I could be a big shot teenager. I got my drivers license in early 1971 and everything seemed to take off through those glorious 70s. I felt like I lived a whole lifetime in those next 10 years. I hitch hiked from coast to coast and from Florida to Canada. The party dope was even better back then too. I know I did enough to drop an Elephant and maybe a Horse or two. Cars were hot and the ladies were fast. Rock & Roll was at it's tops and I played lead guitar in a popular hometown band. I built and raced Mustangs. I also learned a trade in floor covering, tile, carpet, vinyl, hardwood. I developed my own business into total kitchen and bath remodeling and made a good living. I screwed up allot here and there, but I had one hell of a good time growing up in the 70s. The opportunities through the 70s seemed endless. Not at all like today. I would give my "I" teeth and left arm to go back to the 70s.
I'd like to see 2000s too but that gets more political with Bush and Obama. Maybe other decades first I think, not sure if 1960s or 1900s-1960s. 1900 decade still has a few people alive from it.
@@Doug87969 Considering Timeline 2020 Weird History Should do the 2000s & 2010s completing the 1970-2020 Timeline Story Or the 1960-2020 Timeline Story
@@Doug87969 Politics have always been a thing. We just didn't have dozens of cable and social media outlets raking in money to spread misinformation like there is today.
@@NASCARFAN93100 I am not arguing they shouldn't do it eventually. I just think a lot of people are getting impatient. Shows almost never do 1900-1950s, even though there are plenty of old people still alive from then (I am not one of them). I feel like it would be interesting to learn about decades from the past. Maybe older decades only do 5 videos (2 years at a time) or 3 videos (3-4 years at a time).
Kudos for mentioning 'Salem's Lot', perhaps the scariest made for TV movie ever. I was 9 years old, and my mom let me watch it. I was afraid to look out my bedroom window for weeks afterwards, thinking I'd see a vampire scratching on the glass, begging to be let in.
Remember hearing of John Waynes death ' this was also the year the UK got it's first woman Prime Minister in the shape of Margaret Thatcher ' (Boo Hoo) and Earl Mountbatten was murdered by the IRA ' recall the year began with a severe Winter and strikes and industrial unrest.
I was only 7 years old at the time and completely oblivious to the chaos going on in the world around me. Then again, I suppose most kids were. I had my Star Wars toys, Lionel trains, Shogun Warriors, and I was happy as a clam! One vivid memory that stands out for me is that 1979 was the last year we lived in a small bungalow before moving into a larger house just a stone's throw away the following year.
Same. I was born in 1970. I had never realized just how turbulent the 70s decade was, but than kids weren't spending all day on the internet either. I was just a happy kid who loved to ride their incredible Hulk Green Machine Big Wheel round and round the block. Playing with toy guns, toy trucks, action figures. Remember the 6 million dollar man action figure?
@@ITIsFunnyDamnIT I sure do, and I had one! Remember the Evel Knievel stunt cycle? That came out around the early-to-mid 70's. That decade churned out some amazing and classic toys! I had the regular Big Wheel, and later on, a Huffy Thundertrail 78 bicycle. I wish I still had that bike!
"You Can't Do That On Television" came out in 1979!??! I saw the short clip of the chick getting slimed, on that "We'll be right back" moment... I didn't know it came out in 79 I thought it was all 80's!?!
I loved the seventies. I was only a child back then but I still loved that decade. I loved the eighties too. I moved in the house where I live in 1977. I've lived here for almost 46 years. I wish it could be the seventies again.
@@Borella309 Yeah, I feel like the '60s was the decade that changed the most when you LITERALLY compare the beginning of the decade, to the end of the decade!!! Seriously, comparing the year 1960 to 1969, it seriously feels like you're looking at two completely different time periods!... 😳😱
amazing how time flies not that I was around in 1979 but just thinking it wasn't that long ago the 1970 video dropped and another series is done. I'm guessing either 1960's or the 2000's will be next. Of the two I'd love to see 1960's for the history as I grew up/college in the 2000's. Love these videos and can't wait for the next decade
All in all, a pretty good decade as I was 20 in 1970. I did a lot of traveling and saw a lot of very cool things. Feels like the decade of the cassette tape. I had good jobs, nice cars, a few girlfriends, and I can look back on the '70's as a nice time in America.
1979 was the year my dad started his battery business. Specializing in buying and flipping junk batteries to recyclers while picking out the newer, undamaged units and reconditioning them...started it in a literal shed-like building on a main street, grew to 3 locations, back to 1 location in '85 when he built his big shop...sold out in 2021 and is retired now. What a run. Crazy to think how much the world changed during that time and all of the challenges along the way, from the recession of the early 80s to COVID, pop's saw it all. Great vid. Great year.
I'm down for whatever decade Weird History decides to go over after Timeline 1970s But I feel that Weird History should do the 2000s next, then the 1960s, then the 2010s completing the 1960-2020 Timeline Story
I want them to do every decade. Almost no show does 1950s and before. Since people still alive from 1900-1910, I would like to see if they could even do a timeline decade for something so long ago.
@@Doug87969 Yeah, just recently as of now, no one is left alive anymore that was born from 1900-1903! The oldest person STILL alive today, was born in 1904!
@@Doug87969 just write 1950s timeline and then 2000s timeline and you will se that big difference. There is a lot videos about 1950s because it was american golden age. But everybody skips 2000s and that was technological age. This decade was always praised as the FUTURE. But everybody forget it.
@@dragonlukasmapping805 There are So many reasons why the 2000s need to be in the Timeline Series as well as the 2010s even though they weren't as nostalgic as 1950-2009 they were polarizing just as much in their own way plus they had a lot of phenomenal movies, technology and weird stuff which shaped the way things are going to this day
You missed the biggest challenge of late December 79...my grandma passing. I was 12. She was my protector...my teacher...my grandma....i am the age she was when she passed....i still miss her.
I was in college in 1979; my friends and I used to say that if Bo Derek is a 10 there sure are a lot of 15's walking around. Alien's release was a big deal, they publicized it for months leading up to its release but no one knew what the Alien looked like. With about twenty minutes left to go my girl friend told me she couldn't watch any more and would be in the lobby; it is probably the most intense ending of any movie ever. There were a number of Iranian exchange students at my college, all from wealthy families. When the Shah was deposed they all vanished almost overnight. They failed to mention that American made cars in 1979 were complete junk, the 80's would be the decade that Japanese cars began to make huge inroads into the market.
I can't wait for the 1960s, 50s , 40s ,30s, 20s, and maybe 10s. I don't know but i do love watching you guys making these videos and putting a lot of time into them and learning about world culture. I'd say thank you and have a happy new year!
Whenever I think of 1979, my first thought is of the Smashing Pumpkins song. Lead Singer Billy Corgan turned twelve years old in that year, and considered it to be a prominent year in which he really came of age.
Richard Petty won his 7th and final Championship with 5 Wins with the most notable win of the 1979 season being in the Daytona 500 where he benefitted from Cale Yarborough & Donnie Allison crashing each other out on the last lap resulting in the big fight between Cale Yarborough Vs The Allison Brothers (Bobby & Donnie) as well as setting the foundation for NASCAR's influence in Pop Culture for generations to come
Absolutely love this series. If they ever put out another one of these Timeline series, they should definitely do the 1960s. There was so many things that happened during those years, it would be awesome to see it broken down into this timeline series.
It's always fun to watch a video about the year one was born, but in reality it's more impactful to watch videos about those years in which one was an adolescent, because the memories are there and can be revisited from an adult perspective now.
Life seemed so much better back in the day, I would’ve loved to be around in the 70s. I’d trade all of the modern technology just to have a nice simple life like back then, people actually had to develop social skills and have decent values. If I ever build a time machine, I know when I’m going back to!
I truly loved this flashback in time! And the narration was spot on! Thank You so much Wierd History! Can't wait for the next installment! Let's go back to the 60's! Alot of weird stuff definitely happened in that decade!👌😀
Anyone remember Paul Mcartney's drug bust whilst on tour in Japan? I think that was end of 79 ' he had a Christmas hit called Wonderful Christmastime out around that time ' this lead to the breakup of Wings soon after.
I remember all those.and i watch all your timeline videos.all of them are amazing.and i like you always have a sense of humor about a lot of things.weird history is one of my favorite TH-cam channels.i been watching your channel for years good stuff.i watch all them.those decades was and is legendary.word up son
I remember the Village people being so popular. It seemed that everyone was doing that Y.M.C.A thing with their arms (We all just had to learn it LOL) and they also released a movie with the Village people and the YMCA movement. To me as a 9-year-old, that was very memorable in 79, that and the Dukes of Hazard premiering on a Friday night I still remember that. You didn't mention whether or not you're going to do another timeline. If you do, I hope it's either the 60's or the 2000's
He hate these cans 😅 More CANS. When Navin finds out he is adopted. He almost scares his grandma to death when he finds the rhythm. Damn it weird history. Now I need to rewatch the Jerk.
I was 8 raised by hippys and grew up around punk and rasta and this was the first year I remember feeling aware of the world and was took notice of stuff outside my childhood world and growing up in the UK 'Life on earth' was a huge part of that I still have a copy of the book with 'Happy Christmas 1979 love mummy n daddy xx' written in the front.
22:30 The "Salem's Lot" mini-series is truly a masterpiece of the vampire genre, being almost on the same level as "Let the Right One In", and one of the best adaptations of Stephen King's works. The window scene is undoubtedly one of the most memorable in the story of horror movies. Its 2005 remake with Rob Lowe isn't bad either. What beautiful times when vampires were terrifying creatures and not shiny emos made to wet teenagers' pants...
Indeed, the window scene kept me restless up @ night checking my own bedroom window, terrifying for sure. I know time passes and things change, but been an avid vampire movie lover I was disappointed to see the turn it took irrigating those young ladies panties. I love Christopher Lee’s portrayals of Dracula, even Dark Shadows the movie was good, hell even Vampire Circus was scary, and so was Count Yorga I and II I appreciated Francis Coppola’s Dracula as well,, these were terrifying creatures of the night for sure, even Blacula was.
@@NinjaRunningWild Dude, it was possibly the best vampire movie ever made. In fact, it's considered by many one of the best movies of the 21st Century. Why it's stupid according to you?
I’d heard about the incident with The Who concert. Apparently they were starting to rehearse for the show and the fans waiting outside thought the show was starting when the doors still weren’t opened and so they forced the doors open and you know the rest.
Love you Weird History. But you missed a huge news event of 1979. American Airlines Flight 191 on May 25, 1979 which took 271 lives. I remember exactly where I was when the story broke. I was 12 years old buying candy at the Ben Franklin store in Mt. Pleasant Michigan when Mutual Broadcasting broke the news. It was on the store's PA system. Go back to the editing and put that in there. It's still the deadliest aviation disaster in American History. (You're still batting .9999999)👊❤️🇺🇲
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Nothing quite like it when Weird History releases a Timeline video
Indeed I love the timeline series
I hope this isn't the end.
They should keep going I was born in 98
@@bandzyolo They already have the 80s and 90s.
They should hit the 60's nxt!!!!
The 70's was the most important decade of my life! Graduated from High School '71, graduated college '75, got my first teaching job in '77, got married in '78, and had my son in '79!!
That certainly was a big decade for you.
I was born in 1960, so for me the most important decade was the 80s, but the 70s contain the bulk of my growing-up memories. Taken together, the 70s and 80s are "where I'm from", and everything from the 90s on is like some lesser alternate world, just based on perspective. I imagine my parents' generation felt the same about their youthful decades, just as today's youth will feel the same in another 40 years about now.
@@richatlarge462 the 90’s were that shit to you? 😂
@@fruitfarmfactory7901 the music was cool, but the Gen X youth world felt like a comedown from my young adulthood. And the new world order was showing signs already of not giving up to the hype. A material focus got stronger. So while not shit by any means, I liked the 90s less than the 80s. But again, that's because I was born in 1960.
Hey, you're All Decade!
Your love of The Police, Rush, and The Who are noted and appreciated.
What an intense decade.
Great work, WH. Thanks!
🤘❤️🤘
Yea we can go ahead and agree ne love 4pigs is made up
Sid Vicious died at the start of this year I think ' the legendary punk.
Rez - 90 of us agree with you so far. 👍
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Nothing compares to the ZEP! changed my whole outlook on life (At least the first 2 albums)
Albums of 1979 with the best hits as examples:
•"Off the Wall" by Michael Jackson
-Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
-Rock with You
-Off the Wall
-She's Out of My Life
•"Breakfast In America" by Supertramp
-The Logical Song
-Breakfast In America
-Goodbye Stranger
-Take The Long Way Home
•"The Wall" by Pink Floyd
-Another Brick in the Wall
-Comfortably Numb
•"Bad Girls" by Donna Summer
-Hot Stuff
-Bad Girls
•"Reggatta De Blanc" by The Police
-Message In A Bottle
-Walking On The Moon
•"Risqué" by CHIC
-Good Times
•"I Am" by Earth, Wind & Fire
-Boogie Wonderland
-After the Love Has Gone
•"Spirits Have Flown" by Bee Gees
-Tragedy
-Too Much Heaven
-Spirits (Have Flown)
•"Get the Knack" by The Knack
-My Sharona
•"Voulez-Vous" by ABBA
-Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man Aftee Midnight)
-Angeleyes
etc.
Yessssssss I like this list
The wall is to this day still a masterpiece
Van Halen II
"London Calling" by The Clash is another great album that came out that year.
2 more songs from Pink Floyd's "The Wall" also got lots of airplay: Hey You and Run Like Hell.
I was born Nov 1970 so I was a young child in the 70s. I never realized how turbulent that decade was since I was just a kid and no internet back then. I spent my days playing outside, riding my big wheel around the block, playing with army action figures in the sand, playing with toy guns ( cap guns and dart guns were some of my favorites ) . I remember riding in the back of pick up trucks and used to think that was so fun, nobody was worried about safety back then. Also remember riding in the back of station wagons, but that sucked. Always hated the station wagon still do. In the early 80's I would be Ridding a real bike up ramps to fly through the air for just a sec like Evil Knievel it and pop a wheelies.
I Loved the cool looking vans everyone was driving in that had a small round dark tinted window in the back. An despite fondue being messy as a kid I loved it and just thought this is delicious and such a cool idea. Bean bag chairs were great to sit in and have bean bag fights with, shag carpet, macromere, Agree shampoo, Playing ding dong ditch, cops and robbers,. Eating in the restaurant at K mart and their chocolate chip cookies. The 70s things I remember For being a young child I have many fond memories of those years. I wouldn't change that for nothing An this is just a small list of things.
Space Hoppers (Tho they were much earlier in the 70s) Skateboards ' oh yes ' my dad got one too around 77 or 78 it was light green ' don't think he ever tried it ' at least he hadn't come 1985 when I left my folks for the last time ' and it was stored in their cellar rusting by then and forgotten.
Your memories sound very much like those of my nephew. I used to love watching him line up his "vehicles" at his gas tank, like they were in the gas rationing line.
You forgot POP ROCKS.
My favorite 70's moment was turning 10 years old. Being double digits was a big deal back then, I even stayed up till the exact minute I was born before finally going to sleep that night (10:02 pm). Being a kid in the 70's was fun...can't imagine how much of a downer it must be to be 10 today with how crazy the world is.
Yes! Absolutely! Turned 10 in 72... Great time to be a kid
@Airewolfe1989 I hope that's true.
@@whatsreal7506 for me it was 1979.
@user-sv3zo8er4b I am sure they love to be groomed by their teachers and take hormones while they decide what gender they are.
No different now than from back then. Same chaos but it wasn't mainstream back then
My grandfather eventually passed away from lung cancer brought on by his exposure to agent orange as a medic in Vietnam. It took a long time but it developed and took him eventually in his late 60's despite the fresh Montana air where he lived. Great vids as always!
Born in 79 . Been waiting for this one. cheers!
Me too!
Same.
Great video as always!!!! Thank you, Weird History!!! Now how about Timeline 2000s?!
Like the decade itself, you could not describe 1979 .. you just had to live through it ...
Its the year I was born..☺
I agree, 1979 was awesome for me as a 16 year old! 😀
@@SoapinTrucker HAH! Me too. I turned 16 in January 79. I wound up going to a roller skating rink for the first time and was picked up by a girl during the ladies choice skate. It was the Best of Times it was the Worst of Times
@@owlthepirate5997 Same!
@@Nieve_1231 btw.. u look 20, lol.
Growing up in the 1970s was special! I became a teenager in 1978.
Everything about the 1970s seemed special. The music, fashion, films, TV shows, attitudes, politics, toys, beautiful women, schools, etc.
I remember 1979 being an exceptionally good time. It was like everyone wanted to close the decade with a bang!
I DID end the decade with a BANG...a BIG BANG!!!😜🤪🥒💦👅🍑
I LOVE this series! Your videos are so well done! Thank you for all your time and effort that you put into these videos! It shows. Please do the 1960’s or 2000’s next! 😊
I graduated from high school in 1979.
The 70s was a great time to be a teenager.
My girl friends and I were always hanging out together,at school and afterwards.
We went to
concerts,
the movies,
the drive in,
roller skating,
swimming in someone’s pool over summer vacation,
going to the beach,
hanging out together listening to records,having sleepovers.
We had pizza,we made
Jiffy Pop,brownies with no weed..
Classic teenage movie came out in '79. Over the Edge!
YAY! 1979 has finally dropped! Now I can binge watch Timeline from 1970 to 1999! 👍
Salem's Lot was a huge event amidst an era when TV minseries were becoming blockbusters. There were only a few TV channels then, so it was a big deal to get those primetime slots. Shogun would come the following year and is arguably the best miniseries ever made.
Salems lots scared the absolute piss outta me when I first seen it on tv
Book was awesome
Here are the top 10 songs of 1979, according to the Billboard year-end singles chart:
10. Sad Eyes- Robert John
9. Ring My Bell- Anita Ward
8. Y.M.C.A.- The Village People
7. Hot Stuff- Donna Summer
6. I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor
5. Reunited- Peaches & Herb
4. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?- Rod Stewart
3. Le Freak- Chic
2. Bad Girls- Donna Summer
1. My Sharona- The Knack
Disco ruled the charts in 1979
Yep, all the 🤮 that made me turn to FM radio.
@@jasonfrew2394 damn
@@adrianharies9849 Hence, people got sick of it (13:13).
I had K-Tel records that had most of these. I loved those albums!
I was 3 years old that year, so basically grew up in the 80's but loved watching Dukes of Hazzard with my dad❤
My favorite moment of 1979 was being born. Love this close look at the year!
Hey, me too!! lol
Your roughly my sisters age ' she was born January 1980 ' what month are you.
@@paulfrost8895 i don't know if you're talking to me or the OP, but in case it is me, my birthday was yesterday actually!! 🎂🎁🎉🎊
@@ameliashostak4764 Many happy returns for yesterday.😋
@@paulfrost8895 AWE!! Thank you! How very nice of you
I cannot tell you how much I love these videos! VH1's "I love the 90's" and so on were one of my favorite programs. Thank you for doing these!!!!
The 70s were about the best time to grow up. I also know the 60s were pretty good also and allot of changes happen there. I looked forward to turning 13 back in 1967. I could be a big shot teenager. I got my drivers license in early 1971 and everything seemed to take off through those glorious 70s. I felt like I lived a whole lifetime in those next 10 years. I hitch hiked from coast to coast and from Florida to Canada. The party dope was even better back then too. I know I did enough to drop an Elephant and maybe a Horse or two. Cars were hot and the ladies were fast. Rock & Roll was at it's tops and I played lead guitar in a popular hometown band. I built and raced Mustangs. I also learned a trade in floor covering, tile, carpet, vinyl, hardwood. I developed my own business into total kitchen and bath remodeling and made a good living. I screwed up allot here and there, but I had one hell of a good time growing up in the 70s. The opportunities through the 70s seemed endless. Not at all like today. I would give my "I" teeth and left arm to go back to the 70s.
Please PLEASE do the 2000s next. I’m ready to learn about the weird decade I was a child in lol
I'd like to see 2000s too but that gets more political with Bush and Obama. Maybe other decades first I think, not sure if 1960s or 1900s-1960s. 1900 decade still has a few people alive from it.
@@Doug87969 Considering Timeline 2020 Weird History Should do the 2000s & 2010s completing the 1970-2020 Timeline Story Or the 1960-2020 Timeline Story
@@Doug87969 Politics have always been a thing. We just didn't have dozens of cable and social media outlets raking in money to spread misinformation like there is today.
@@NASCARFAN93100 I am not arguing they shouldn't do it eventually. I just think a lot of people are getting impatient. Shows almost never do 1900-1950s, even though there are plenty of old people still alive from then (I am not one of them). I feel like it would be interesting to learn about decades from the past. Maybe older decades only do 5 videos (2 years at a time) or 3 videos (3-4 years at a time).
@@Doug87969 Ahh
Kudos for mentioning 'Salem's Lot', perhaps the scariest made for TV movie ever. I was 9 years old, and my mom let me watch it. I was afraid to look out my bedroom window for weeks afterwards, thinking I'd see a vampire scratching on the glass, begging to be let in.
Feet fail me not...
Still creepy 👻 btw the kid Lance Kerwin just died 🙏🏻
Weird history never fails my Sunday morning…
PREMIERE GANG LETS GOOO!! ❤
Thank you Weird History for providing us great content from a decade my parents grew up and got married in!
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Love these videos! Please do the 1960's next!
Too much rascism there 🤣
@@Jason.cbr1000rr 😂😂😂
Literally thank you so much for doing these timeline videos, I hope you guys continue this series!
Remember hearing of John Waynes death ' this was also the year the UK got it's first woman Prime Minister in the shape of Margaret Thatcher ' (Boo Hoo) and Earl Mountbatten was murdered by the IRA ' recall the year began with a severe Winter and strikes and industrial unrest.
Love this series. Hoping you do the 60s next!
The one thing that will never be the same is how much things changed from decade to decade in the 20th century, which made every decade so iconic.
I was only 7 years old at the time and completely oblivious to the chaos going on in the world around me. Then again, I suppose most kids were. I had my Star Wars toys, Lionel trains, Shogun Warriors, and I was happy as a clam! One vivid memory that stands out for me is that 1979 was the last year we lived in a small bungalow before moving into a larger house just a stone's throw away the following year.
Same. I was born in 1970. I had never realized just how turbulent the 70s decade was, but than kids weren't spending all day on the internet either. I was just a happy kid who loved to ride their incredible Hulk Green Machine Big Wheel round and round the block. Playing with toy guns, toy trucks, action figures. Remember the 6 million dollar man action figure?
@@ITIsFunnyDamnIT I sure do, and I had one! Remember the Evel Knievel stunt cycle? That came out around the early-to-mid 70's. That decade churned out some amazing and classic toys! I had the regular Big Wheel, and later on, a Huffy Thundertrail 78 bicycle. I wish I still had that bike!
"You Can't Do That On Television" came out in 1979!??! I saw the short clip of the chick getting slimed, on that "We'll be right back" moment... I didn't know it came out in 79 I thought it was all 80's!?!
I loved the seventies. I was only a child back then but I still loved that decade. I loved the eighties too. I moved in the house where I live in 1977. I've lived here for almost 46 years. I wish it could be the seventies again.
I'll binge watch the 80s and 90s now. I wish he would do the 2000s now... or the 60s
Man, isn't it weird when 1991 doesn't even feel that far away from 1979? Somebody call Billie Corgan.
this is the year I was born. Thanks for making this video. Loved it.
Aaaahhhh, what a decade! Thanks, Weird History, for continuing the Decades series. Very much looking forward to what's in store next!
Think the New Mexico prison riot was sometime this year ' and president Carters meeting with soviet president Breshniv.
Another great series. Looking forward to the next decade you all take on.
Love the Timeline series! Hope you folks do one on the 60s next. That would be groovy!
Culturally and Socially, the 1960s is the most amazing decade ever.
I'd like him to do the 60s next too even though I acknowledge that one will be quite challenging.
@@Borella309 Yeah, I feel like the '60s was the decade that changed the most when you LITERALLY compare the beginning of the decade, to the end of the decade!!! Seriously, comparing the year 1960 to 1969, it seriously feels like you're looking at two completely different time periods!... 😳😱
60s took off the blinders of delusion and denial many Americans believed
@@jacobquiroga626 I agree. The cultural 60s didn't really start until sometime in 1964. I've always viewed 1960-63 as a continuation of the 50s.
amazing how time flies not that I was around in 1979 but just thinking it wasn't that long ago the 1970 video dropped and another series is done. I'm guessing either 1960's or the 2000's will be next. Of the two I'd love to see 1960's for the history as I grew up/college in the 2000's. Love these videos and can't wait for the next decade
Bummer there was no mention of the '79 Daytona 500.
I love this series and this channel. You make learning history so easy.
NASCAR's Most Important Race
@@NASCARFAN93100 Best fight I've ever watched. 🤣
What a year..What a decade. Awesome!
All in all, a pretty good decade as I was 20 in 1970. I did a lot of traveling and saw a lot of very cool things. Feels like the decade of the cassette tape. I had good jobs, nice cars, a few girlfriends, and I can look back on the '70's as a nice time in America.
I'm too young to recall 1970 ' this is 79 the other end ' almost 10 years ' a big difference there.
The BEST series on TH-cam, undeniably!
1979 was the year my dad started his battery business. Specializing in buying and flipping junk batteries to recyclers while picking out the newer, undamaged units and reconditioning them...started it in a literal shed-like building on a main street, grew to 3 locations, back to 1 location in '85 when he built his big shop...sold out in 2021 and is retired now. What a run. Crazy to think how much the world changed during that time and all of the challenges along the way, from the recession of the early 80s to COVID, pop's saw it all. Great vid. Great year.
I'm down for whatever decade Weird History decides to go over after Timeline 1970s
But I feel that Weird History should do the 2000s next, then the 1960s, then the 2010s completing the 1960-2020 Timeline Story
I want them to do every decade. Almost no show does 1950s and before. Since people still alive from 1900-1910, I would like to see if they could even do a timeline decade for something so long ago.
1950s
@@Doug87969 Yeah, just recently as of now, no one is left alive anymore that was born from 1900-1903! The oldest person STILL alive today, was born in 1904!
@@Doug87969 just write 1950s timeline and then 2000s timeline and you will se that big difference.
There is a lot videos about 1950s because it was american golden age.
But everybody skips 2000s and that was technological age. This decade was always praised as the FUTURE. But everybody forget it.
@@dragonlukasmapping805 There are So many reasons why the 2000s need to be in the Timeline Series as well as the 2010s even though they weren't as nostalgic as 1950-2009 they were polarizing just as much in their own way plus they had a lot of phenomenal movies, technology and weird stuff which shaped the way things are going to this day
Awesome, big thanks to the Weird History Crew for all the effort wrapping up the 70s!
Thanks so much for these great Timeline videos 🙏🏾 Which decade will you post next? Can't wait 🙂
Just binged the 70's.
I love my teens years.
Such a quirky time to experience.
Fave new channel.
But... But... What happens now? 2000s? 60s? I'm here for it. Please keep this series up.
I wouldn't mind Timeline 1960s but I Really hope we get Timeline 2000s
Your videos are so extremely well-produced and entertaining. Thank you!
AMAZING JOB on the videos there a blast to watch!!!!!!! Cant wait to see what decade you do next.
You missed the biggest challenge of late December 79...my grandma passing. I was 12. She was my protector...my teacher...my grandma....i am the age she was when she passed....i still miss her.
May her memory be a blessing 🙏❤
I was in college in 1979; my friends and I used to say that if Bo Derek is a 10 there sure are a lot of 15's walking around.
Alien's release was a big deal, they publicized it for months leading up to its release but no one knew what the Alien looked like. With about twenty minutes left to go my girl friend told me she couldn't watch any more and would be in the lobby; it is probably the most intense ending of any movie ever.
There were a number of Iranian exchange students at my college, all from wealthy families. When the Shah was deposed they all vanished almost overnight.
They failed to mention that American made cars in 1979 were complete junk, the 80's would be the decade that Japanese cars began to make huge inroads into the market.
My brother snuck me into the sequel Aliens when I was 13. I got home with such an adrenaline rush I couldn't sleep the whole night.
I remember seeing any outtakes of Mean Joe doing those Coke commercials and he had to down a lot of Cokes and boy did it give him gas.
Please do the 60’s and the 50’s, 40’s, 30’s, 20’s, 10’s. Pretty please?
I think 1900's too. (Still a handful of people from that decade).
@@Doug87969 Yeah, but most people born in that decade, probably don't even watch TH-cam, lol...
I can't wait for the 1960s, 50s , 40s ,30s, 20s, and maybe 10s. I don't know but i do love watching you guys making these videos and putting a lot of time into them and learning about world culture. I'd say thank you and have a happy new year!
Whenever I think of 1979, my first thought is of the Smashing Pumpkins song. Lead Singer Billy Corgan turned twelve years old in that year, and considered it to be a prominent year in which he really came of age.
Ooooh yeah!!! Good call, and great song!
That's incredible. I never knew that's why he wrote that song!
"Coming of age"... please chose your words a bit more carefully...after all he was 12?
My memories living in London as a 12 year old ' couldn't imagine living there now.
We need a Timelime 2000s!
Why? It was a shit decade. Bush, wmd’s, Britney Spears and Nickelodeon vs Disney. That’s it
@@fruitfarmfactory7901 You only described 0.01 percent of it.
The Warriors, Alien, Apocalypse Now, Devil went down to Georgia, Off the Wall and Georgia on my mind all in the same year.
Hello dear narator...I'm listening to your wonderful voice while you tackle To He'll In Back...thank you..Vince panico
Richard Petty won his 7th and final Championship with 5 Wins with the most notable win of the 1979 season being in the Daytona 500 where he benefitted from Cale Yarborough & Donnie Allison crashing each other out on the last lap resulting in the big fight between Cale Yarborough Vs The Allison Brothers (Bobby & Donnie) as well as setting the foundation for NASCAR's influence in Pop Culture for generations to come
And I was born! 😄
The fight was great, the news made Daytona famous. It's sad to see how Daytona has deteriorated, now even the beaches are wiped out.
Thanks, Nicole.
Absolutely love this series. If they ever put out another one of these Timeline series, they should definitely do the 1960s. There was so many things that happened during those years, it would be awesome to see it broken down into this timeline series.
I like all the time line videos you make. They are awesome. I was born in 1977 😀
My dad was born in 1977 too! ☺😁
My favourite year of the 70s (77) 10 years old.
Another One Bites the Dust Lol Well Done "Weird History" on another great Timeline upload your channel rocks🤘🏾⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🤟🏾
Having been born in 1979, it's incredible to see what was going on the year I was born, which was 1979.
so, what year were you born again?
@@gaywizard2000 If im not wrong I think he was worn in 1979
I was born in 1979 too, which is why I watched this video. But I do feel really old...
It's always fun to watch a video about the year one was born, but in reality it's more impactful to watch videos about those years in which one was an adolescent, because the memories are there and can be revisited from an adult perspective now.
Same here and it's pretty fascinating!
Yea! The year i was born! 😁🥰
Are there anymore 79 babys out there???
So are we getting another Timeline decade? It's been over a year now and still waiting to see what decade you cover next.
The Jerk is one of the greatest goofy films in history 🤘🏼 ‘71 kid here.
Awesome thumbnail! I was going to mention it as well but saw your comment.
Oil can scene is classic.
Writing home telling his family that he found out what his special purpose is for and being able to send more money because patty promised him a bj.🤣
He hates those cans!! Hahaha❤
I'm in the phone book!!!
Great work on these videos. Hoping for the 1960s next. I see suggestions for the 2000s, but that decade seems too recent to be reminiscing about yet.
It’s been 20 years, quite a lot if you consider that the average life span in western countries is around 80 or so
As someone who graduated in 2000, I totally agree with you. None of us want to feel old. The radio does that already 🤣
I wouldn't mind reliving my Childhood/Teen Years
As someone born in 2001, I reminisce about the 2000s all the time
Luv it 💓 please keep up 😁😁time lines 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
What a great year for music
Literally look forward to these so much I have to save them for dinner time 😂
Please do the 2000's next!!
Time too rewatch the 70's too the 90's
Hoping to see Timeline: the 2000s next!
I'm so impressed with the quality of this video. Nice job to the team!
That kid scratching at the window in salem's lot freaked me out as a kid lol
One thing I don't see this series get love for is the music, I love the beat when the 'Timeline' title card comes up.
Can't wait for 1980
Life seemed so much better back in the day, I would’ve loved to be around in the 70s. I’d trade all of the modern technology just to have a nice simple life like back then, people actually had to develop social skills and have decent values. If I ever build a time machine, I know when I’m going back to!
I truly loved this flashback in time! And the narration was spot on! Thank You so much Wierd History! Can't wait for the next installment! Let's go back to the 60's! Alot of
weird stuff definitely happened in that decade!👌😀
Anyone remember Paul Mcartney's drug bust whilst on tour in Japan? I think that was end of 79 ' he had a Christmas hit called Wonderful Christmastime out around that time ' this lead to the breakup of Wings soon after.
I remember all those.and i watch all your timeline videos.all of them are amazing.and i like you always have a sense of humor about a lot of things.weird history is one of my favorite TH-cam channels.i been watching your channel for years good stuff.i watch all them.those decades was and is legendary.word up son
You guys do great work. Entertaining and informative. How have I been on TH-cam since it's inception and missed finding you guys?
I remember the Village people being so popular. It seemed that everyone was doing that Y.M.C.A thing with their arms (We all just had to learn it LOL) and they also released a movie with the Village people and the YMCA movement. To me as a 9-year-old, that was very memorable in 79, that and the Dukes of Hazard premiering on a Friday night I still remember that. You didn't mention whether or not you're going to do another timeline. If you do, I hope it's either the 60's or the 2000's
I thought I was losing my mind not finding 1979. Why the gap? I felt neglected. Now I'm cool. LOL
Aahhh yes, the walkman... made mowing the lawn, with a pushmower (that took 2.5hours total) so much better as a kid!!! 😂😅
1979 was a huge yr for me, and was definitely the end of an era when it was still safe to play outside till the street lights came on.
And then, after the street lights came on...
It’s probably still safe now.
Great look back. I graduated high school in 1979. Good times!
He hate these cans 😅 More CANS. When Navin finds out he is adopted. He almost scares his grandma to death when he finds the rhythm.
Damn it weird history. Now I need to rewatch the Jerk.
I was 8 raised by hippys and grew up around punk and rasta and this was the first year I remember feeling aware of the world and was took notice of stuff outside my childhood world and growing up in the UK 'Life on earth' was a huge part of that I still have a copy of the book with 'Happy Christmas 1979 love mummy n daddy xx' written in the front.
22:30 The "Salem's Lot" mini-series is truly a masterpiece of the vampire genre, being almost on the same level as "Let the Right One In", and one of the best adaptations of Stephen King's works. The window scene is undoubtedly one of the most memorable in the story of horror movies. Its 2005 remake with Rob Lowe isn't bad either. What beautiful times when vampires were terrifying creatures and not shiny emos made to wet teenagers' pants...
Source of countless nightmares for me 😂 put me off vampire related media for years
Indeed, the window scene kept me restless up @ night checking my own bedroom window, terrifying for sure.
I know time passes and things change, but been an avid vampire movie lover I was disappointed to see the turn it took irrigating those young ladies panties.
I love Christopher Lee’s portrayals of Dracula, even Dark Shadows the movie was good, hell even Vampire Circus was scary, and so was Count Yorga I and II
I appreciated Francis Coppola’s Dracula as well,, these were terrifying creatures of the night for sure, even Blacula was.
I flipped out when I saw the kid floating outside the window. It's still terrifying.
"Let the right one in" was stupid. Pick something better.
@@NinjaRunningWild Dude, it was possibly the best vampire movie ever made. In fact, it's considered by many one of the best movies of the 21st Century. Why it's stupid according to you?
The year I was born....this is awesome...I like your channel man.
Cool to see the history from the year I was born. 😊
Thank you. I miss my timelines. But this is good . I was born in 70. So I have both decades.
I’d heard about the incident with The Who concert. Apparently they were starting to rehearse for the show and the fans waiting outside thought the show was starting when the doors still weren’t opened and so they forced the doors open and you know the rest.
Love the timeline videos!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!
The bar was seriously called The Elephant Walk? Lmao, that's freaking hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
The first time I ever skipped school was to go see Star Trek: The Movie. Great times and great memories in 1979.
Love you Weird History. But you missed a huge news event of 1979. American Airlines Flight 191 on May 25, 1979 which took 271 lives.
I remember exactly where I was when the story broke. I was 12 years old buying candy at the Ben Franklin store in Mt. Pleasant Michigan when Mutual Broadcasting broke the news. It was on the store's PA system.
Go back to the editing and put that in there. It's still the deadliest aviation disaster in American History.
(You're still batting .9999999)👊❤️🇺🇲
The end of the DC-10
Flight 182 should have been mentioned the year before.
FINALLY, I can be BORN AGAIN!!! 1979 BABY 🎉🎊 SMASHING PUMPKINS GOT IT RIGHT! 79 BEST YEAR EVER!!
Damn 1979 seems like, the birth of the 2000s.
I hope that's the next decade Weird History goes over for Timeline Season 4
No way ' a world away ' even 89 or 91 is a big difference to the 2000s.