Hi Devon, they called it the summer of love, because of what we know now, as
lots of illusion. The hippies in the hait ashbury district of San Francisco,
wanted a society where people didn't have to do anything but take drugs and
listen to music, and ware flowers in their hair, but it obviously didn't work
out, because when there's nothing for anybody to do, there is no motivation,
and it got so bad that in various houses, they wouldn't even get up to use the
bathroom, they'd just go on the floor, but the music was so different then,
with groups like big brother and the holding company, lead by janis jopplin,
quick silver messenger service, the jimmy hendricks experience, the greatful
dead, and on and on, I think, even the group blue cheer had some albums out
then, plus, the new album oriented, or progressive rock sound had just been
born with Tom Donahue on k m p x in San Francisco, in April, and one thing that
San Francisco did, was they flaunted that life style all over the place, but
then again, every new trend, it seems, San Francisco likes to flaunt. K Y A in
San Francisco, when they had the chuck blore package of jingles, in the fall of
1967, had one jingle that went, here, is love in your ear, radio KYA, something
happened to San Francisco, radio KYA, designed with love for the new San
Francisco, radio KYA, here is love in your ear, radio KYA. That time, was a
very interesting time for music, and the hippy slogan at the time was, tune in,
turn on, drop out, a lousy slogan for a healthy society, if you ask me, but I
hope this gives you a glimpse into the summer of love.
Marty
On Feb 23, 2017, at 10:20 PM, Devon Wilkins wrote:
Hi, everyone. Call me stupid, but I don’t really understand why the summer
of 1967 is referred to as The Summer of Love. Later today, I’ll be putting
the finishing touches on my latest Goin’ Like Sixties special, in which I’ll
feature tunes and tidbits from 1967. I really feel that I should have a
little understanding of why the year got that name. I was definitely around
then, but I guess I just didn’t get it. Thanks. Devon.
