Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for May 24, 2012

To rephrase John Denver (1943-1997) a little, “Thank God I’m [an 80s] boy” (I was born in ’84, by the way).

We have reel-to-reel tape recordings of you mouthing off to your dad.And we have a wire recording of your dad mouthing off to his dad.Then there’s the wax cylinder…

I was a kid in the 70s. I was there. We all mouthed-off at some time or other. Then we’d get slapped.

What’s your favorite ’70s band?

I had two kids from the 70’s, they mouthed off. Hell, now they are in their 30’s and sometimes they still mouth off. Of course, now they have kids that mouth off to them.

I have several favorites: Queen, The Eagles, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen & Heart.

Abba is one of the pop band icons of the 70s. That said, I remember listening to Cat Stevens; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Carole King; James Taylor; Elton John and many many more.

OLD Time Rockers, Got to luv them. Im one to.

By the way, my brother played in Segers band from 70 to 73,

Too many to mention, but 2 of the very BEST I saw in concert, on the same bill: FLEETWOOD MAC AND THE EAGLES! AWESOME, JUST AWESOME!

Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath, Priest, Eagles, and anybody remember Dr. Hook?

Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show! Oh yea!

I wasn’t there for this particular story: A co-worker told me he was eating in a local diner and called up a Beatles tune on the jukebox. (This was in the mid-80s.) Kid in an adjacent booth asked the adult with whom he was eating who was playing on the jukebox. Adult explained to the oblivious kid who the Beatles were. Kid says, “McCartney was in a band before Wings!?”

@Tony, 70s is when my 4 kids (born in early 60s) had THIER music, and I made them listen on earphones because I hated it.