Hi, Marty,
One time I was watching a documentary on the summer of love on the history
channel. From what I understand, there was a lot of abuse in some of the
hippie communes. What was really weird was that some of them gave acid to
their children. I agree that tune in, turn on and drop out was a weird
slogan. I didn't realize that it got so bad that they wouldn't even use the
restrooms but that doesn't surprise me.
Rosie
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Subject: [ourplace] Re: The Summer of Love
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.