Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was also the 1974th year of the Common Era, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1970s.
Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English comic actor and comedian. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the Carry On films, and appeared in numerous British television shows, and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.
Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February 1926 in Bingfield Street, King's Cross, London, the son of Louisa ("Lou" or "Louie") and Charles Williams, a barber. Williams had a half-sister, Alice Patricia, born before Louie had met Charlie Williams. He was educated at Lyulph Stanley School, later becoming apprenticed as a draughtsman to a mapmaker. He joined the Army in 1944 at 18. As part of the Royal Engineers survey section in Bombay, he first performed on stage in the Combined Services Entertainment alongside Stanley Baxter and Peter Nichols. He was a voracious reader able to quote poems or literary extracts from memory. Excerpts from the diaries he kept as an adult show he adored his supportive, theatrical mother but despised his homophobic, morose and selfish father.
George Edward Foreman (nicknamed "Big George") (born January 10, 1949) is a retired American professional boxer, former two-time World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author and successful entrepreneur.
A gold medalist at the 1968 Olympics, Foreman won the World Heavyweight title with a second round knockout of then-undefeated Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica in 1973. He made two successful title defenses before losing to Muhammad Ali in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974. He fought on but was unable to secure another title shot and retired following a loss to Jimmy Young in 1977 and became an ordained Christian minister. Ten years later Foreman announced a comeback, and in November 1994, at age 45, he regained the Heavyweight Championship by knocking out Michael Moorer. He remains the oldest Heavyweight Champion in history. He retired in 1997 at the age of 48, with a final record of 76–5, including 68 knockouts.
Foreman has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) currently rates Foreman as the eighth greatest heavyweight of all-time. In 2002, he was named one of the 25 greatest fighters of the past eighty years by The Ring magazine.The Ring also ranked him as the 9th greatest puncher of all-time. He was a ringside analyst for HBO's boxing coverage for twelve years, leaving in 2004. Outside of boxing, he is a successful entrepreneur and is known for his promotion of the George Foreman Grill, which has sold over 100 million units worldwide. In 1999 he sold the naming rights to the grill for $138 million.
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist. Considered a cultural icon, Ali was both idolized and vilified.
Originally known as Cassius Clay, Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to Sunni Islam in 1975, and more recently practicing Sufism.[clarification needed] In 1967, three years after Ali had won the World Heavyweight Championship, he was publicly vilified for his refusal to be conscripted into the U.S. military, based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. Ali stated, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... No Viet Cong ever called me nigger" – one of the more telling remarks of the era.
Widespread protests against the Vietnam War had not yet begun, but with that one phrase, Ali articulated the reason to oppose the war for a generation of young Americans, and his words served as a touchstone for the racial and antiwar upheavals that would rock the 1960s. Ali's example inspired Martin Luther King Jr. – who had been reluctant to alienate the Johnson Administration and its support of the civil rights agenda – to voice his own opposition to the war for the first time.
Mike Douglas (August 11, 1925 – August 11, 2006) was an American "Big Band" era singer, entertainer, and television talk show host.
Douglas was born Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr., in Chicago, Illinois, and began singing as a choirboy. By his teens he was working as a singer on a Lake Michigan dinner cruise ship. After serving briefly in the United States Navy near the end of World War II and as a "staff singer" for WMAQ-TV in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles. He was on the Ginny Simms radio show. Then, he became a vocalist in the big band of Kay Kyser, with whom he was featured on two notable hits, "Ole [or Old] Buttermilk Sky" in 1946 and "The Old Lamplighter" the following year. Kyser was responsible for giving him his show business name, and he remained part of Kyser's band until Kyser retired from show business in 1951. In 1950, he provided the singing voice of Prince Charming in Walt Disney's Cinderella. In 1950s Douglas, living in Burbank, California, tried to keep his singing career going, working as house singer for a nightclub and going on the road to stay busy. He preferred not to switch to rock and roll, which limited his opportunities as big band music was declining in popularity. In the leanest years, he and his wife survived by successfully "flipping" their Los Angeles homes.
1974
Written by Amy Grant, Gary Chapman,
Jerry McPherson
We were young,
And none of us know quite what to say,
But the feeling moved
Among us in silence anyway.
Slowly we had made
Quite a change--
Somewhere we had crossed a big line.
Down upon our knees,
We had tasted holy wine,
And no one could sway us
In a life time.
Purer than the sky,
Behind the rain.
Falling down all around us,
Calling out from a boundless love.
Love had lit a fire;
We were the flame.
Burning into the darkness,
Shining out from inside us.
Not a word.
And no one had to say we were changed.
Nothing else we lived through
Would ever be same the same,
Knowing the truth
That we had gained.
Purer than the sky,
Behind the rain.
Falling down all around us,
Calling out from a boundless love.
Love had lit a fire;
We were the flame.
Burning into the darkness,
Shining out from inside us.
Stay with me.
Make it ever new,
So time will not undo,
As the years go by,
How I need to see
That's still me.
Falling down all around us,
Calling out from a boundless love.
Yeah....
Burning into the darkness,
Shining out from inside us.
Purer than the sky,
Behind the rain.
Falling down all around us,
Calling out from a boundless love.
Love has lit a fire;
I am the flame.
Burning into the darkness,
Shining out from inside us.
Purer than the sky,
Behind the rain.
Falling down all around us,
Calling out from a boundless love. (Ohh....)
Love has lit a fire;
I am the flame.
Burning into the darkness,
Shining out from inside us.
Purer than the sky,
Behind the rain.
Falling down all around us,
1974
Into bursting, into flames
You burn so brightly
To shame the shamed
Feeling feelings, were never yours
You woke up screaming
1974
1974
74, 74, 74, 74
Child of the 80's
The Hillsborough crush
That girl in the fourth year
That was up the duff
Lisa Parkes I loved you
But you never saw
A year below you
1974
1974
You're face now fear here
You're getting skanks
Must be a reason
why i'm shooting blanks
If you were the somewhere
Right in my life
The only saviour
You're mine tonight
Big wheel turning
Down by the river
Found my calling
Down by the river
Wanna live forever
So far so good
Now I trust myself better
God I wish you would
I've never been unfaithful
Good with the law
I know I've been faithful
1974
1974
I'll die in your footsteps
Trade on your name
I'll kill you with kindness
If you hurt me again
Standing in the rain
Thinking of you tonight
I've been searching for a meaning
Trying to find a wife
Loving all persons
To make it alright
I've been singing in the rain
Watching over you tonight
Stunned by the saddest
songs she used to sing
Don't look for tomorrow today
Goodbye dear Sunday
It's been fun now it's Monday
Everything's coming up roses
Child of the 80's
1974
Child of the 80's
1974
Child of the 80's
1974
Child of the 80's
1974
You have two coffees
One of them is one coffee too many for you
On a health kick
Trying to lead a middle-aged life
Well, it's either that or drop dead
Wait 'til you get older than this
And then turn around and tell me I was young for my age
Yeah
And it feels like 1974
Waiting for the waves to come and crash on the shore
But you're far in land
You're in funky denim wonderland
You and David Crosby and a bloke with no hand
You've got hair in places
Most people haven't got brains
But it feels like 1974
Syd Barrett's last session, he can't sing anymore
He's gonna have to be Roger now for the rest of his
life
Enough about me, let's talk about you
You were working at the Earth Exchange at half twenty-
'Rebel Rebel' was your favorite song
On the Archway Road
Where it all belongs
All those molecules of time
That you thought you'd shed forever
All those inches of time
That you thought you could just say bye-bye
And as Nixon left the White House
You could hear people say,
"They'll never rehabilitate that mother
No way."
Whirry-whirry goes the helicopter out of my way
I've got president to dump in the void
Python's last series and The Guardian said,
"The stench of rotting minds"
But what else could you smell back then?
You didn't have to inhale too hard
You could smell the heads festering in the backyard
There's a baby in a basket and it's taken your name
And one day it'll grow up and say,
"Who are you,
Eh?"
And you say that's where it ended
But I say no no no, it just faded away
August was grey
It feels like 1974
Ghastly mellow saxophones all over the floor
Feels like 1974
You could vote for Labour, but you can't anymore
Feels like 1974
Digging Led Zeppelin in Grimsby
The sun is shining hard at my feet
And the city is an animal ready to eat
It's raining like a nose bleed, cigarettes and sweets
And I feel it coming on
Bloody as the day I was born
It's 1974
Just like the day I was born
It's 1974
She isn't crazy
She's just not impressed
She stabs me with her eyes
Dirty knives hidden in her dress
And it's raining like bombs in my room when I'm alone
And I swear I think I knew you before
Just like the day I was born
It's 1974
Just like the day I was born
It's 1974
Just like the day I was born
It's 1974
Just like the day I was born
It's 1974
Do you want it, do you want it, do you want it, come on
Do you want it, do you want it, come on just bring it on
Nothing gonna stop it now
But nothing
Do you want it, come on
Do you want it, do you want it, come on just bring it on
It's 1974
It's 1974
It's 1974
Alanis Morissette & Ryan Adams
Ryan :
I was born in 1974
on a calm meticulous street
someplace in the sun
oh the air was sweet
and enough lights sprang sparks
through the window of the room
not as raw to a ridiculous tune
slightly out of key in the mother hour
Ryan & Alanis :
So leave me alone
So leave me alone
So leave me alone
I'm busy breaking bones
Alanis :
I was born in 1974
in a breached feet-first way
my twin opened the door
my very first dose of chivalry
I was dawned princess potential potent
with gold star and matching impression
big between two doors
small and loved and proud and unthreatened
Ryan & Alanis :
So leave me alone
So leave me alone
So leave me alone
I'm busy breaking bones
Ryan :
I bet you were strong
when you should have been weak
like a dam that wanted to break
I wish I were the stones
your river learned to roam
in whispering gaze
Alanis :
You were told in a kind North Carolinian way
to slow down, back up, or be hated
thank god you did not
and thank god you did
an angel either way
Ryan & Alanis :
So leave us alone
So leave us alone
So leave us alone
We're busy being grown
Alanis :
November 5, 8:17 PM
Scorpio &
a gem
Ryan :
June 1st, 9:39 AM
Gemini &
INTRO / HOOK
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
LET THE RAIN FALL DOWN
WE CAN DO THIS ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
REMEMBER TONIGHT
CANT ERASE THIS NOW
YOU CAN PUSH IT ALL THE WAY TO OVERDRIVE
LETS DO IT LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
VERSE 1
(IT'S KRISPY)
ON A SUNDAY, SUNDAY
GOTTA WORK EARLY ON MONDAY
BUT SHE AINT GOT NO JOB, SO IT'S A FUN DAY
COME PLAY
DON'T PLAY DUMB
BUT YOU REALLY WANNA COME AND CHILL
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM (NO PROBLEM)
AS LONG AS WHEN WE STARTED
AINT NO STOPPING
SEE WE STRAIGHT LIKE FAKE TEETH
BUT I'M HERE LIKE 8 DEEP (DEEP)
IM A BRING MY DUDES BASICALLY
ONE LOOK AT THOSE GIRLS
WELL THEY STRAIGHT FREAKS
THEY KNOW
I KNOW (YUP)
YOU TOO
BONO
GET FUNKY LIKE PIANO
WITH SPEED
KEANU
HOOK
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
LET THE RAIN FALL DOWN
WE CAN DO THIS ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
REMEMBER TONIGHT
CANT ERASE THIS NOW
YOU CAN PUSH IT ALL THE WAY TO OVERDRIVE
LETS DO IT LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OOOH)
VERSE 2
HELLO LOVE
WE'RE ALL ON DRUGS
WERE TAKING OUR CLOTHES OFF
YOU KNOW WHATS UP
SO BABY TOLD ME WE CAN GO
WHEREVER YOU LIKE
AND THEN I TOOK THE BITCH
UP TO THE SATELLITE
SO IM FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
LIVIN MY LIFE LIKE THE BEATLES
CHANCES WAS
LIKE THE CAMEL
THROUGH THE EYE
OF A NEEDLE
WE SAY FREE LOVE
FREE LOVE
A,B,C, & D CUPS
LONG HAIR SHORT HAIR
ALL YA'LL
NEED YA
HOOK
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
LET THE RAIN FALL DOWN
REMEMBER TONIGHT
CANT ERASE THIS NOW
YOU CAN PUSH IT ALL THE WAY TO OVERDRIVE
LETS DO IT LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OOOH)
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE
HOOK
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
LET THE RAIN FALL DOWN
REMEMBER TONIGHT
CANT ERASE THIS NOW
YOU CAN PUSH IT ALL THE WAY TO OVERDRIVE
LETS DO IT LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OH)
LIKE ITS 1974(OH OH OOOH)
OUTRO
(1974 OH OH OH) (1974 OH OH OH)
Turn off the lights
Let the rain fall down
We can do this anywhere, anytime
Remember tonight
Can't erase this now
You can push it all the way to overdrive
Lets do it like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
[Verse 1 ]
(It's krispy)
On a sunday, sunday
Gotta work early on monday
But she aint got no job, so it's a fun day
Come play
Don't play dumb
But you really wanna come and chill
What's the problem (no problem)
As long as when we started
Aint no stopping
See we straight like fake teeth
But I'm here like 8 deep (deep)
I'm a bring my dudes basically
One look at those girls
Well they straight freaks
They know
I know (yup)
You too
Bono
Get funky like piano
With speed
Keanu
[Hook ]
Turn off the lights
Let the rain fall down
We can do this anywhere, anytime
Remember tonight
Can't erase this now
You can push it all the way to overdrive
Lets do it like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oooh)
[Verse 2 ]
Hello love
We're all on drugs
Were taking our clothes off
You know what's up
So baby told me we can go
Wherever you like
And then I took the bitch
Up to the satellite
So I'm fly like an eagle
Livin my life like the Beatles
Chances was
Like the camel
Through the eye
Of a needle
We say free love
Free love
A, b, c, & d cups
Long hair short hair
All ya'll
Need ya
Hook turn off the lights
Let the rain fall down
Remember tonight
Can't erase this now
You can push it all the way to overdrive
Lets do it like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oooh)
[Instrumental bridge ]
[Hook ]
Turn off the lights
Let the rain fall down
Remember tonight
Can't erase this now
You can push it all the way to overdrive
Lets do it like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oh)
Like it's 1974(oh oh oooh)
Outro
(1974 oh oh oh) (1974 oh oh oh)