1970’s Pop Culture

Fashion

• 1970s fashion was expressive and fun. People wore jump suits, turtlenecks, hot pants and everything in between.

Cars

• Cars in the early 1970s like the Challenger, Cuda and Corvette were great. But muscle cars were overtaken by Gremlins trying to ditch the smog.

Movies

• Movies in the 1970s really pushed the envelope. Any and all subject matters were covered.

• Increase in aesthetic quality and special effects.

Popular Movies:Jaws, Godfather, Rocky, Star Wars, Rocky Horror

Picture Show, Grease, Poseidon Adventure, Exorcist, Saturday Night Fever

TV Shows

• Television in the 1970s pushed what was considered acceptable to new limits. Many of the shows that came out challenged bigotry by making fun of it.

Popular TV Shows:Brady Bunch, All in the Family, Charlie’s Angels,

Partridge Family, Happy Days, Game Shows: Hollywood Squares and Family Feud

Music

• There was more variety in music in the 1970s than ever before.

• Punk Rock, New Wave, Hard Rock, Reggae, Disco, Funk, Soul, R&B

Popular Acts:Led Zepplin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Bee Gees, Elton John, Aerosmith, Earth Wind & Fire, Stevie

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