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Originally Posted by Tcoat
I also ran with the car racing crowd and was in the army for the last half so I don’t see how that excludes platform shoes on going out. Didn’t wear them all the time.
Not sure what you had for comparison unless you watched a pile of leave it to beaver since it just was an extension of the sixties for much of the decade. It just was what it was.
And Austin Powers was distinctly all 60s.
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I guess the places I went out weren't really suitable for platform soles. I hated disco. Plus, at 6'6" I felt pretty conspicuous already. No need to add more to freakish tallness. And, no offense intended, I thought them pretty silly looking. But, like you said, I was the big nerdy guy who thought all the cool folks were strange. Vietnam was a sword of Damocles until '75 so I avoided the Army. I imagine that style of dress would have been a little out of place on the firing range or obstacle course.
I won't argue 60s or 70s. You're probably right. I was in highschool from 69-72. From that perspective I saw the 70s as a superficial reflection of the 60s - glitz and disco.
Never was able to sit all the way through Saturday Night Fever.
I remember Howard Hesseman's Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP) threatening to throw himself under the wheels of Donna Summer's tour bus if he was forced to play disco. I empathized with how the character felt.