Timeline 1979 - The '70s Ends On a Cliffhanger 

The Walkman changed my life. Being able to carry music with me and listen to what I wanted to..best invention ever.

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 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.

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.

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!

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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..

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.

Please PLEASE do the 2000s next. I’m ready to learn about the weird decade I was a child in lol

Your love of The Police, Rush, and The Who are noted and appreciated. What an intense decade. Great work, WH. Thanks! 🤘❤️🤘

My favorite moment of 1979 was being born. Love this close look at the year!

Born in 79 . Been waiting for this one. cheers!

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.

Classic teenage movie came out in '79. Over the Edge!

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.

Like the decade itself, you could not describe 1979 .. you just had to live through it ...

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!

The Jerk is one of the greatest goofy films in history 🤘🏼 ‘71 kid here.

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.

YAY! 1979 has finally dropped! Now I can binge watch Timeline from 1970 to 1999! 👍

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.

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.

Great music in 1979.

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 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.

The Warriors, Alien, Apocalypse Now, Devil went down to Georgia, Off the Wall and Georgia on my mind all in the same year.

I was 3 years old that year, so basically grew up in the 80's but loved watching Dukes of Hazzard with my dad❤

Man, isn't it weird when 1991 doesn't even feel that far away from 1979? Somebody call Billie Corgan.

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"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!?!

What a year..What a decade. Awesome!

I'll binge watch the 80s and 90s now. I wish he would do the 2000s now... or the 60s

We need a Timelime 2000s!

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.

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 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! 😊

Great video as always!!!! Thank you, Weird History!!! Now how about Timeline 2000s?!

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!

Thank you for bring back to us the 70's, greetings from Brazil.

Time too rewatch the 70's too the 90's

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.

Having been born in 1979, it's incredible to see what was going on the year I was born, which was 1979.

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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.

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.

Love the Timeline series! Hope you folks do one on the 60s next. That would be groovy!

The 70's and 80's were my most favorite decades! America was great Nation then! Now, we're lost.

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!!!!

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

So are we getting another Timeline decade? It's been over a year now and still waiting to see what decade you cover next.

Thank you Weird History for providing us great content from a decade my parents grew up and got married in!

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

My mom was 12 in 79, complete 70s kid

I vote for 2000’s next!

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.

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.

this is the year I was born. Thanks for making this video. Loved it.

Literally thank you so much for doing these timeline videos, I hope you guys continue this series!

cool beans my era as teenager thnx

Love these videos! Please do the 1960's next!

What a great year for music

Yea! The year i was born! 😁🥰 Are there anymore 79 babys out there???

FINALLY, I can be BORN AGAIN!!! 1979 BABY 🎉🎊 SMASHING PUMPKINS GOT IT RIGHT! 79 BEST YEAR EVER!!

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

Somedays I wish I could travel back to live in simpler times.

Literally look forward to these so much I have to save them for dinner time 😂

But... But... What happens now? 2000s? 60s? I'm here for it. Please keep this series up.

Hello dear narator...I'm listening to your wonderful voice while you tackle To He'll In Back...thank you..Vince panico

Need the 60s!

Love this series. Hoping you do the 60s next!

Aaaahhhh, what a decade! Thanks, Weird History, for continuing the Decades series. Very much looking forward to what's in store next!

The BEST series on RU-vid, undeniably!

The seventh decade of the twentieth century began in 1971 and ended at the end of 1980!

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.

A decent _Smashing Pumkins_ song...

Luv it 💓 please keep up 😁😁time lines 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

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.

Gotta admit... I really hated those cans too.

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.

I love music from 1979

Another great series. Looking forward to the next decade you all take on.

Awesome, big thanks to the Weird History Crew for all the effort wrapping up the 70s!

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...

Damn 1979 seems like, the birth of the 2000s.

I love how people blame Carter for inflation and gas prices, yet completely ignore the fact this all first started under Nixon back in 1973.

The first time I ever skipped school was to go see Star Trek: The Movie. Great times and great memories in 1979.

Bummer there was no mention of the '79 Daytona 500. I love this series and this channel. You make learning history so easy.

Aahhh yes, the walkman... made mowing the lawn, with a pushmower (that took 2.5hours total) so much better as a kid!!! 😂😅

Thanks so much for these great Timeline videos 🙏🏾 Which decade will you post next? Can't wait 🙂

I was born in 1979. Best year ever!

That kid scratching at the window in salem's lot freaked me out as a kid lol

Cool to see the history from the year I was born. 😊

Star trek: the motion picture debut. 😀👍

Please do the 60’s and the 50’s, 40’s, 30’s, 20’s, 10’s. Pretty please?

Rock n Roll high school debut. 😀👍

Celebrities are passed away in 1979 John Wayne Mary Pickford Donny Hathaway

Hoping to see Timeline: the 2000s next!

Weird history and I instructed the Steelers on how to break rams.

24:35 regarding the stampede @ the Who concert, the venue also (as I recall): a) sold too many tickets, assuming many wouldn't show up and would assure a full house. b) before any concert, it was (and may be still) common for the venue to play music through theirs or the bands' amplifiers for purposes of testing. ..many different bands' are played and they, unfortunately, played a Who song which made the crowd freak out that the concert had Already started. c) the venue didn't open all the entrances, making the crowds even larger than they should have been adding to the crush when the crowd thought the Who had hit the stage.

Alien will always be the best sci-fi horror movie ever! One of the best things to happen in 1979!