30 years ago

[Big Dave]

I was shagging around Sydney, about to pick up a brand new XS1100 and listening to this non-stop.


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there were good bits of the 70s. It wasn't all ABBA.
I remember the date because I was disappointed I didn't get it on the 29th. Rego would have been way cheaper.

[98tls]

:woohoo:Great old song,never had an 1100 but theres an XS750 in the garage awaiting a lotto win for me to turn its fortunes around.

[Subike]

:woohoo:Great old song,never had an 1100 but theres an XS750 in the garage awaiting a lotto win for me to turn its fortunes around.

might let you take mine for a ride, just to give you the enthuse to get your 750 going

[sAsLEX]

Hmm was struggling to pick the sound...... two saxs at once......interesting

[Bren]

30 years ago eh....i was only 7...living at National Park...being a kid...and watching trains go by!

[98tls]

might let you take mine for a ride, just to give you the enthuse to get your 750 going Love to,bit different than the triple but would love to all the same,could swap bikes and head up the Waimate gorge at the March Hare.

[Big Dave]

:woohoo:Great old song,never had an 1100 but theres an XS750 in the garage awaiting a lotto win for me to turn its fortunes around.

I had two of them - with a Bonneville in between.

[98tls]

I had two of them - with a Bonneville in between. Stop it:oi-grr:your making me want to head up to the :shit:spare room filled with hundreds of old bike mags to bury my head in the past.:laugh:

[Motu]

!978? The rot was starting to set in musically - the new school were trying to pull down the world of the Old Masters (Deep Purple,Led Zeppelin,The Who).Looking back we can see who won in the end.Blondie was the pick of the new bunch.

I think I finally moved out of my mother's house,had to spread my stuff around several mates places because she said when you leave,take all your crap with you.It was another 10 years before I cleaned all my stuff out of her place.Two completely different bikes to ride daily - the Rickman which was like riding a chainsaw,lots of revs and bucking and kicking....and the BSA M20,13hp of slow sidevalve fun.

[Big Dave]

Blondie was the pick of the new bunch.

.

talking heads, ramones, clash, jam?

[98tls]

talking heads, ramones, clash, jam? "London calling" still makes me feel good.Damn you guys have me eyeing the stack of old Cure cds/tapes i have.

[Hitcher]

Noel Coward was a charmer.
As a writer he was drama.
Velvet, jackets and pyjamas,
The gay divorce and other dramas.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.

Van Gough did some eyeball pleasers.
He must have been a pencil squeezer.
He didn't do the Mona Lisa,
That was an Italian geezer.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.

Einstein can't be classed as witless.
He claimed atoms were the littlest.
When you did a bit of splittemness,
Frighten everybody shitless.

There ain't half been some clever bastards.
Probably got help from their mum
(who had help from her mum).
There ain't half been some clever bastards.
Now that we've had some,
let's hope that there's lots more to come.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.

[Big Dave]

http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_design/.Pictures/misc2/pedigree.jpg

[Conquiztador]

Keith Moon died. That was the end of The Who. And they had just relesased "Who are you".

I was listening to Boston, Thin Lizzy, Scorpions. And does anyone remember Kraftwerk? here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHEoMpMvz7A&feature=related they were soo much before their time.

I had a Bonny and was dreaming about my first Harley, reading American custom magazines. And wanted a red metal flake paintjob... Never managed to get one (flake paint job that is).

[Big Dave]

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[Conquiztador]

Sehr shone. Die motorrad und die musik. Danke.

[slowpoke]

!978? The rot was starting to set in musically - the new school were trying to pull down the world of the Old Masters (Deep Purple,Led Zeppelin,The Who).Looking back we can see who won in the end.Blondie was the pick of the new bunch.

Oh c'mon man there was still some good stuff to come: The Police, Dire Straits, Midnight Oil, U2, REM, The Cure, The Boss (before he morphed into "folk music performer of the year"), Cold Chisel etc etc

[Fryin Finn]

30 years ago I was tossing up between buying a Yam XS750 and Suzi GS 750. The Suzuki won that contest. I'm sure Pink Floyd's the 'Wall 'was released that year too.

[Maha]

I was shagging around Sydney, about to pick up a brand new XS1100 and listening to this non-stop.


78'......The very year i left school.......
You must also remember the classic Aussie track....'The Newcastle Song'?
'Dont you ever let a chance go by'

I thought (at the time) this was the greastest song, had the LP but couldnt understand the lyrics...!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km2qrc9nqCg&feature=related

[Hitcher]

And Michael Jackson...

[MisterD]

Reasons to be cheerful alright....and still on my "most listened to" now. Strange the tricks your memory plays on you, but I could swear this came along a couple of weeks later, when in fact it was a couple of years...:shit:

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[Big Dave]

Strange the tricks your memory plays on you,


It's a message to you, Rudi

[slimjim]

aaaarrr yes when petrol was only 76cent's a gallon hummmm yes an my first Rd350 an my third year into my boiler maker trade , and milk was four cent's a bottle , and a packet of fag's was 18cent's lol ooooo sweet-water's hummmmm yessssss sir good years

[Hitcher]

Beer was 54 cents a jug. For $10 on a Friday evening, a young lad in Palmerston North could get liquored, swap a crate and procure three pieces of fish and chips.

30 years later, one has no knowledge of the relative costs of any of those items, or indeed whether they still exist outside of the provinces (apart from the fish and chips). Is it still possible to buy beer by the jug and to swap crates?

[MisterD]

It's a message to you, Rudi

Yeah, too much, too young I suppose...

[MacD]

1978...would have been riding an RD350.

and listening to the Stranglers (NWS if you've got good eyesight)


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Now that's a concert in the park!

[SPman]

Noel Coward was a charmer.
As a writer he was drama.
Velvet, jackets and pyjamas,
The gay divorce and other dramas.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
.......
Aahhh - Ian Drury - I actually liked most of his stuff..
esp "Fuck off Noddy"

1978...hmmm....still riding the Ducati...slightly modified as some cunt nicked it in 1977 and it was found dumped off a bush track at the back of Orewa, 3 months later, resplendant in its spray canned, black painted, glory, and missing a few bits.
However, seeing as how it wasn't insured at the time, I was glad to see it back!

[Bonez]

30 years ago Le Trog was born, Ronda was two years old, Gertys engine layout had been developed and was in production. The march of the little yellow men continues...............

[Skyryder]

It was 'Twenty Years Ago Today Sergent Pepper Taught The Band To Play.


Skyryder

[Laava]

This must be right in that era too. Look for Jools Holland smoking a huge cigar.
I love all this stuff posted esp Mr Dury!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pehHNJWKf3g

[Big Dave]

One of the first places I rode that XS1100 was to the Oxford Tavern - Oxford St Sydney. Before it became the center of the mardi gras gay mile it was the cradle of Sydney punk.

Big Al (Now there was a man that could pull a babe! - He got the interest and I did the talking) and I parked our bikes on the footpath (try doing that today - serious hissy fits) and went upstairs to see the Saints.

It was la really early Punk gig. My guitar teacher met us there along with about 30 others.

I didn't buy the morons with mohawks spitting on each other but people like Joey Ramone cited The Saints as an influence.

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And I've had a thing for goth chics ever since too.

[Big Dave]

I also note in the premise of the thread 1978 was not a leap year.:oi-grr:

Claim 'the mists of time' defence.

[Big Dave]

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[Katman]

"London calling" still makes me feel good.Damn you guys have me eyeing the stack of old Cure cds/tapes i have.

Did anyone else go to The Clash at the Logan Concrete Centre?

[scumdog]

Almost married (for the 1st time) and owned a XL350 Honda - and me F100!:woohoo:

[Aiolos]

Beer was 54 cents a jug. For $10 on a Friday evening, a young lad in Palmerston North could get liquored, swap a crate and procure three pieces of fish and chips.

30 years later, one has no knowledge of the relative costs of any of those items, or indeed whether they still exist outside of the provinces (apart from the fish and chips). Is it still possible to buy beer by the jug and to swap crates?

$30 for a crate.

[scumdog]

$30 for a crate.

$24.95 if you shop around.

30+ years ago it was $1.95 for six big bottles of Bavarian Bitter...

[Disco Dan]

30 years ago? Criky.. I wasnt even swimming around in a testicle then!

[Steam]

30 years ago I was pretty obsessed with sucking breasts.
Not much has changed, except whose breasts I am interested in sucking.
These days it tends to be more first-year uni student breasts, and less my mum's.


Is it still possible to buy beer by the jug and to swap crates?

Hitcher! I am shocked! You must reclaim your solid Kiwi-bloke heritage! Go to your local bottle shop (no NOT that one down the way that sells only wine and fancy spirits) or blue-collar pub and re-educate yourself.
Sheesh, outta touch council PR flacks, I dunno.

[terbang]

I was 18, learning to fly on an apprentices wage. Therefore I was broke, single and, having sold my toys, riding an old XL250 that was barely road legal. I was living in the back of a Toyota and couldn't even afford the fish, chips and beer. A great year though...

[Big Dave]

30 years ago? Criky.. I wasnt even swimming around in a testicle then!

Ironic that disco was in it's demise then.
friday nights, late at the Seabreeze Hotel.

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[terbang]

Thank god it was in its demise. Remember that disco duck song? (Cringe)

[vifferman]

1978? Met the girl who was to be my wife then - it was the anniversary of that meeting just a few days ago, and it's her birthday today!
Bike? I'd had to sell it, as I'd run out of money (second year as a university student). Had a 1957 Morris Minor (Horris), painted British Racing Green. With a non-racing paintbrush. It had one of those old-fashioned batteries covered with tarry stuff on the sides (bituminous goop?) As unlike the previous owners I didn't have a battery charger to charge it nightly, if I used the headlights I had to crank start or push start it - the latter 'skateboard style' (open the door, paddle with the right foot, drop it into second, and away). Wrote it off later that year, by driving it into the back of a tractor at 2:30am one morning. (No, I wasn't pissed - the tractor had no lights on and was parked on the road).
I listened to all kinds of stuff back then - everything except disco. Allman Brothers, Van Morrison, Eagles, Talking Heads, The Blockheads, The Pretenders, The Cure, The Clash, Bowie, Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Ramones, ELO, blah blah blah.

[scumdog]

1978? I listened to all kinds of stuff back then - everything except disco. Allman Brothers, Van Morrison, Eagles, Talking Heads, The Blockheads, The Pretenders, The Cure, The Clash, Bowie, Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Ramones, ELO, blah blah blah.

Man, your car was oolllddd ... and your music taste was so new!!

I was still stuck in the Radio With Pictures days - and that was if I wanted 'modern' music.

[PrincessBandit]

Wow, '78 i was in fifth form and used to tape songs off American Top 40 onto my folks old reel to reel tape recorder! I was really into ELO back then and Queen, but must admit Hit Me with your Rhythm Stick was pretty cool. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[Rhino]

1978 I was married for the first time and had a mortgage. Was playing in a gig band doing covers and listened to pretty much anything (except disco.)

At that time my 1973 TX650 had been nicked from work and I was riding a 1974 Kawasaki S2 350 two smoke triple. Went well, but drank gas like there was no tomorrow. 24 mpg (approx 13L/100km) was the best i ever got from it.

30 Years on, married for the second time. A 'Wing and a 1987 Kawasaki GT750 in the garage. Would love another two stroke (preferably a TZ350 to ride at classic events.)

[Kickaha]

Kawasaki S2 350 two smoke triple. Went well, but drank gas like there was no tomorrow. 24 mpg (approx 13L/100km) was the best i ever got from it.

We manged to get ours down to 15mpg, I don't know what the best was

30 Years ago I was riding around on a friends XL500 unlicenced, (wasn't old enough to get one)