What Era would you go back to if you could?

[jeff2]

I always got to mention 1977. Peak earnings and workplace pension coverage for young men. Too bad I was only 11. Great Penthouse magazines also.
Let's add a little music too.

Best 1977 Albums: 73 Essential Records You Need To Listen To (udiscovermusic.com)

 

[tml]

The 1970's and 80's because I was young and a lot of relatives and friends that have died were still alive back then.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

The exact era and place I was born into. From here but moved to the UK in the late 50's just in time to be a " yout" in the early 60s Beatlemania. Free love. Mini skirts. Everything really. Too bad I was too inept to capitalize on any of it.

 

[eddie kerr]

As an old fart, at age 16 I bought my first 78 record by the Everly Bros. and a few years later became a huge fan of Buddy Holly (had hair then and dark rimmed glasses. To me the best years in music was in the early 1960s to mid 1970s. Back in the 60s, Toronto was known as the rock n roll capital of North America. Pubs such as the Le Coq Dor, Friars, Colonial on Yonge St. were huge, also Concord Hotel, Rondon, Sapphire, Club Bluenote and later the Bellair, Jolly Miller and other were so amazing. Saw some great artists back then such as Ronnie Hawkins, Levon Helm and the Band, John Lee Hooker, and later, Gord Lightfoot, Ian and Silvia, Etta James, Roberta Flack and a number of years later, my 2 of most of my favourites, Van Morrison and Jimmy Buffet. Those were the days my friends. LOL.

 

[MrPrezident]

Pause a moment in this thread for some El Mocambo era stories. Who was there to see some great Rock and Roll in its heyday? Any good tales to tell? What is happening at El Mocambo now? I have music recorded there. The neon sign is a landmark. But I have never heard music there. They tore down a good blues bar to build condos a couple of years ago. I hope the El Mocambo makes a comeback.

 

[probyn]

Actually pal, it was THE GUYS who didn't know if they're lives would be cut short.

Not an era I'd like to live in. Even less, World War One!

The girls could be killed by bombs or invading armies.

Of course, the guys could be killed too, which explains why they were always trying to get laid.

 

[mandrill]

Pause a moment in this thread for some El Mocambo era stories. Who was there to see some great Rock and Roll in its heyday? Any good tales to tell? What is happening at El Mocambo now? I have music recorded there. The neon sign is a landmark. But I have never heard music there. They tore down a good blues bar to build condos a couple of years ago. I hope the El Mocambo makes a comeback.

I had a couple of friends who caught the Stones' El Mocambo show and they rode my ass about it for months!!

I had my revenge. I hung out in the Queen West music scene in the 1980's and regularly hit the Riv, the Bamboo and the Cameron House. Yeah..... I could handle being 40 years younger and doing all that again. The 80's were pretty damn good!

 

[MissCroft]

The roaring 20's! I would have been a flapper.

 

[IM469]

My favorite era would be the early 20's. (personal era)

• Time between SOG under 10 minutes
• No long term responsibilities
• Capable of party at night and work next day
• Walk into any nightclub and feel like I belong

As far as the world around me:

• Politics - didn't know and didn't care
• World Events - didn't know and didn't care
• General NEWS - didn't know and didn't care

How much the above has changed.

To your question, that is the era I would like to go back to.

 

[Anbarandy]

Hook me back up to the Mesozoic era please.

More specifically the Lower/Early epoch of Jurassic period.

 

[kherg007]

Would love current brain and income in the body of the 30 year old me. Reckon that's the 90s.

 

[Hipjdog]

Would love to walk around downtown Toronto at the end of the 19th century, just to see what the vibe was,
how the streets have changed, how people treated each other. I'd just want to come back to present day if
I had to use the washroom because everything was gross back then.

 

[Insidious Von]

From what I've read Toronto was heavily class structured in the late 19th Century with the Jews and Italians at the bottom of the barrel.

The women of Russia are depressed, Putin is culling the male population to hold on to power. The talented Alexandra Kusnetsova got out, she relocated to Spain. She looks healthier already.

 

[Uncharted]

The Dark ages.
So much political intrigue what with different houses trying to attain power.

Knights
Nudity
Wizards
Dragons
Hobbits
Witchers

What's not to love?

 

[Fun For All]

I think I would have liked the American Graffiti era, it looked like fun...minus the war.

American Graffiti - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[oil&gas]

1972 to 1980 were best for me. Had just moved from Winnipeg to Montreal. In my mid-twenties, single, good job, good money, and the club scene was just starting to take off.

Excellent choice, that's a time when you can engage in casual
bareback sex without worrying about catching HIV.

Then I fucked it up by getting married...

 

[kherg007]

Excellent choice, that's a time when you can engage in casual
bareback sex without worrying about catching HIV.

True. I remember those days where getting her preggo was the biggest concern (no hiv, no herpes 2, etc).

 

[jalimon]

Early 90's! No Internet no cell phones.

Sharing a huge Montreal apartment with a few roommates.

Music was great.

Screwing girl available because they were simply friends of friends... no fucking Tinder!

A night out simply mean that you would end up in a bed with a cute girl somewhere or at home... Or eating a poutine at 3am. Both options were awesome haha

 

[xmontrealer]

Excellent choice, that's a time when you can engage in casual
bareback sex without worrying about catching HIV.

Exactly. Pre HIV. And even herpes wasn't as common back then. Also HPV wasn't as wide-spread or well-known.

During that entire 1972 to 1980 period it was bareback only.

The only issue of concern, given that it was "full bush" days, was the concern of catching "crabs", which the one time that happened to me Kwellada lice lotion took care of it.

 

[xmontrealer]

Early 90's! No Internet no cell phones.

Sharing a huge Montreal apartment with a few roommates.

Music was great.

Screwing girl available because they were simply friends of friends... no fucking Tinder!

A night out simply mean that you would end up in a bed with a cute girl somewhere or at home... Or eating a poutine at 3am. Both options were awesome haha

Also "blind date" days, where even if you weren't a "10" you would have an hour or two to impress a girl with your personality, sense of humour, and charm, without getting instantly getting rejected like on Tinder, etc., today where all that counts is your photo and a potentially fake profile.