▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1975
Middle School
1968–1970Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1971–1975The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1973–1975Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1975–1979Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1980–1984First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
2005
Generation
Baby Boomer
You'd be about
69
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
A Saturday morning, 1975: Scooby-Doo on the TV, a Big Wheel out on the floor, and a bag of Bugles within reach.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- Scooby-Doo👕 tee →
- Super Friends👕 tee →
- Schoolhouse Rock!
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- The Pink Panther Show
- Hong Kong Phooey
- The Jetsons
- The Flintstones
📰 Headlines
- Saigon falls; Vietnam War ends
- Two Ford assassination attempts
- Jimmy Hoffa disappears
- Microsoft founded
- NYC fiscal crisis
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Altair 8800 personal computer
- Betamax VCR (Sony)
- First digital camera prototype
- Sony home video debut
- Microsoft is founded
🏆 Sports
- Reds win the World Series
- Steelers win Super Bowl IX
- Warriors win the NBA title
- Thrilla in Manila
- Pittsburgh's first Super Bowl
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Pet rock craze
- Mood rings
- CB radio mania
- Disco rising
- Wacky Packages
👖 Clothes
- Leisure suits
- Platform shoes
- Halter tops
- Wrap dresses (DVF)
- Tube tops
💵 What it cost
- Gas: 57¢/gal
- Stamp: 13¢
- Movie ticket: $2.03
- New car avg: ~$4,900
- Median home: ~$39,300
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
How well do you remember Class of 1975?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1975
“Oh the good ole days before all the controversy. At least Michael is making a comeback!”
— Anonymouson this song →“The back of the band bus, somebody's boombox playing Floyd the whole ride home from the away game. Those bus rides were honestly the best part.”
— Anonymouson this song →
📸 Your Class of 1975 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1975 gear
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