Of course it was there, for some. If you talk to my parents they will give the same answer you have, why? Because they were just simple ordinary folk living small lives in a small town. They had absolutely no interet in the music, political climate or cultural shifts. They just remember having more money in their pockets.
Though many people had a different experience. Of couse it's been much hyped & stretched out throughout the whole decade, rather than just 2-3 years of something that happened only in some cities & some lives, but the magic was there, however brief, for some. Rec