The Best Songs of the 1970's
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Did a short gig on the Saipan in the late 90's. Don't know how you dudes could be cooped up on those things for so long.
too larry
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Not too bad with just the 700 sailors. When the 2000 Marines came aboard it was another matter. But after a month or two of nothing but eat, sleep and stand watch, you kind of ignore everything that isn't essential. It's crazy they turned the old girl into razor blades.
too larry
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Same old story. Go to school. Fall in love. Flunk out of school. Fall out of love. Join the Navy to get the fuck out of Dodge. I'm sure we've all done it.
Thank you for your service.
I changed many a light bulb in that flight deck. Also up on the mast. Although the mast looks smaller in the picture. She did have a few face lifts over the years.
The light shop was right behind the anchor on the starboard side. The outside edge of the shop curved with the curve of the hull. We had a hidden rack behind the Degaussing cables. If you had the midwatch, you could catch a couple of hours sleep during the day.
Sir Napsalot
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I was on a destroyer in the '70s
IMO, the 70's was the apex of the electronic age of music. Prior to the 50's, the only thing they had were strings, percussion, and horns. Then with the 50's came the electric revolution, which was mastered in the 60's, and peaked by the 70's. My favorite part about the 70's is how the music scene was filled with so much variety and it was more about the music than the genre or type. You had the singer/songwriters that got play, rock, funk, disco, R&B, and even country music crossover would get air time. Unlike a lot of "musicians" today, those artists all played their own instruments, and sang without the help from technology. The consolidation of record companies and radio stations that took place in the 80's was pure fucking cancer, and music has never recovered.
Pop
Rock
Funk
R&B
Disco
Singer / songwriter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8rR7E6NfY4
Country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvZeYDBY4fw
Pop
Rock
Funk
R&B
Disco
Singer / songwriter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8rR7E6NfY4
Country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvZeYDBY4fw
too larry
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I never was on a Tin Can. Hear they were hard to handle in rough weather.I was on a destroyer in the '70s
Sir Napsalot
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I've been through 3 typhoons so I can definitely attest to that my friend
too larry
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The only time weather had any effect on me was in Naples. We were too big to get to the peer, so we anchored out in the bay and went ashore in Mike boats. That night the wind came up and we couldn't back to the ship. After 2-3 hours of freezing our ass off on the shore, we got to spend the night on the mess deck of a ship tied to the peer. {so maybe I have been on a Tin Can after all}