What the 1960s was all about

[Klaatu]

What the 1960s was all about

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air ('69)
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[Klaatu]

What the 1960s was all about... part II

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
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[Klaatu]

The 60s part III

The War was a big thorn in everyone's side
Country Joe and the Fish at Woodstock

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[dodger]

War? What war? Are you kidding, full employment, youth with disposable cash in their pockets. Many capitalists wanted to part the lolly from young impressionable folk. Full employment. Effective unions. Parents that had gone through the war and spat on their betters, unless a doctor or teacher. Not a care in the world. I couldn't even name the prime minister. I had heard of Kennedy, wasn't he shot? Somebody told me he had been. Oh yes . war , there was one '67, must have stopped, called "6 Day War." My god there was another war an anti-Vietnam War demo passed on the way to Grosvenor Sq., American Embassy. Members of the Greek Royal family were chased through Mayfair by a baying mob. Makarios president of Cyprus came to stay at Claridge's via a British submarine. Pre independence he had been in a British concentration camp. An improvement. B-Specials in Ireland, Protestant mobs laying waste burning homes. Mao said revolution was the main trend in the world today. The population bulge, so full of its own self importance gave vent to that. Students had all books lodgings classes paid for, and with holiday jobs a-plenty, could travel get wrecked and still have time to attack the bourgeois headquarters. My, it does seem a long time ago.

The corny sayiing--"If you can remember the 60's---You weren't T H E R E !!!!"

Comes very close indeed to summing it up for me......;)

[Deicide]

I love the fucking 60s.

[Bandito]

Yeah, because you stop wars by using acid and dancing nude.

It was a fashion, and nothing else.

[Deicide]

Yeah, because you stop wars by using acid and dancing nude.

It was a fashion, and nothing else.

No fucking shit smart arse, I'm talking about the music.

And even still, the country (U.S.) was slightly more civilised afterwards.

[Klaatu]

War? What war? Are you kidding, full employment, youth with disposable cash in their pockets. Many capitalists wanted to part the lolly from young impressionable folk. Full employment. Effective unions. Parents that had gone through the war and spat on their betters, unless a doctor or teacher. Not a care in the world. I couldn't even name the prime minister. I had heard of Kennedy, wasn't he shot? Somebody told me he had been. Oh yes . war , there was one '67, must have stopped, called "6 Day War." My god there was another war an anti-Vietnam War demo passed on the way to Grosvenor Sq., American Embassy. Members of the Greek Royal family were chased through Mayfair by a baying mob. Makarios president of Cyprus came to stay at Claridge's via a British submarine. Pre independence he had been in a British concentration camp. An improvement. B-Specials in Ireland, Protestant mobs laying waste burning homes. Mao said revolution was the main trend in the world today. The population bulge, so full of its own self importance gave vent to that. Students had all books lodgings classes paid for, and with holiday jobs a-plenty, could travel get wrecked and still have time to attack the bourgeois headquarters. My, it does seem a long time ago.

The corny sayiing--"If you can remember the 60's---You weren't T H E R E !!!!"

Comes very close indeed to summing it up for me......;)

Wow, your view is nostalgic... most of us were afraid of atomic war.

[Prometeo liberado]

The CPUSA missing the boat and then trying to band wagon on or play "catch-up". Mexico City students massacred, dead ones in Ohio, French bourgeois all but falling to their knees, School of the Americas ranking up the production of right wing assassins(Americas most lucrative export), Regis Debray walking the walk, Asia attempting to awaken from their colonial nightmare, Black Panthers, AIM,and the UFW begin and pretty much end, RAF in its infancy, IRA meant "I ran away",Hanoi and Cambodia getting bombed into the stone age for daring to think for themselves, Erich Honecker waiting in the wings(and still the flyist Commie ever),and the world was just a few years removed from the question of who would bury whom.

Those days are long gone and may never be seen ever again.

[Klaatu]

I love the fucking 60s.

Then you gotta love Batman!
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[dodger]

Wow, your view is nostalgic... most of us were afraid of atomic war.

Indeed Klaatu, my head sometimes looked over the parapet but just as quickly pulled back. You must remember we were young and consciously rejected the history of our elders. Macmillan a tory prime minister won an election with the slogan "You never had it so good!!"...It was dammed true. We knew that at least. As far as we could see, all we had known, told us "old Mac" was telling us the truth. It would stay the same or even get better!!! No word of a lie. Dong! Dong!Dong!! the truth finally sunk in, I am not the brightest spark here, the millstone grinds slowly but the flour is exceeding fine. Got there in the end, as we say, working in a Mayfair Hotel. If you can't see class divisions there, upstairs/belowstairs, well there is no hope. Upstairs were Nixon, Kissinger, Marcos's, deposed Monarchs,RIFF-RAFF South American 'generals', oil Sheikhs,Shah and our own toffee-nosed wannabe despots. Below workers from 4 corners many of them political refugees, too numerous to mention ,but all with a story to tell. I was a good listener. A good watcher too, birds and non feathered vultures... variants.

[Klaatu]

dodger, I was only a kid in the 60s (was eight when Batman was on) so I did not know much about the world. I still don't know (who really does?)

[dodger]

dodger, I was only a kid in the 60s (was eight when Batman was on) so I did not know much about the world. I still don't know (who really does?)

short answer is sift through the memories of boring old farts like me. Take what you need from it .Instinct will tell you what figures and what don't. Get a good technique going by asking right and respectful questions. THE ONLY TROUBLE YOU WILL HAVE IS SHUTTING US UP. Getting deeper into peoples stories requires some patience....we learnt that ....squeezing stories about ww2 we were very protected about harsh realities. But of course we were hungry for all the details. Drink always loosens tongues, ask any good journalist. Attitudes and values change don't make assumptions. Memory can play tricks,nostalgia as you pointed out, I forgot I was at Grosvenor sq. at the riots on several occasions. Close to where I worked. See memories need a jolt. Mine is a Guinness-please.

[Klaatu]

There are two songs here: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and The Iron Butterfly Theme
Check out guitarist Erik Braun's clever use of feedback in 'Theme.' (This is 'Acoustic Rock')

Iron Butterfly on American Bandstand (1969)
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[¿Que?]

Yeah, I remember, the war, social unrest, drugs, sex and rock and roll.

That was the 90's.:p

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[Dark Matter]

it was the golden age of good,great music
like:

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Oh what would i give to return to this magic age :crying:

[Klaatu]

This is a 1960s classic (drug song?)

Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn
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[Klaatu]

What the 60s was all about

Sam & Dave - Soul Man (extended live version)

Sam & Dave, an all-black band, playing in front of an all-white audience in 1967.
In my opinion, music has accomplished a hundred times more to help bridge the horrible racial divide
in America than any law could have done. This goes back to the 1950s, and is still going strong today.
Music can unite people!

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[Klaatu]

Late 60s Psych

Arthur Brown - Fire (1968)
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Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home (1967)
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[zoot_allures]

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[Klaatu]

Canned Heat - Going Up the Country
live Woodstock 1969
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[Klaatu]

Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine 1968

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Avant-Garde - Naturally Stoned 1968

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[Klaatu]

1969 Cream/Blind Faith mini-documentary
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[brigadista]

the equals!!!!


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[Jimmie Higgins]

The Lumpen - an Oakland band associated with the BBP.
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The Monks - anti-war US GIs in Germany make garage proto-punk total destroy in 1965.

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The Velvet Underground - duh
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Sly and the Family Stone - this clip might be early 70s, but whatevs
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Rolling Stones/Altamont - if you've never seen this, it's pretty amazing... like car-wreak amazing. It's also amusing... especially the Hells Angel they show starting at 1:20... I think I've been there myself.
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[Princess Luna]

The Song that defined the 60's

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Just Joking, here is the actual song, also don't read the comments on the above video they are vomit inducing
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[Workers-Control-Over-Prod]

What made all those people resist in the 60's around the world? Was it the relative freedom won by the world beating fascism in WW2 and then seeing the USA slide back into similar behaviour once again, the economic progress made after the war but the social developments still constrained, the economies of the colonies becoming too large for the west to control and the third world rising up against this that led to grasp a the world a whole decade? I have thought endlessly about this question, where is the dialectic of change, Marx?!

[Klaatu]

What made all those people resist in the 60's around the world? Was it the relative freedom won by the world beating fascism in WW2 and then seeing the USA slide back into similar behaviour once again, the economic progress made after the war but the social developments still constrained, the economies of the colonies becoming too large for the west to control and the third world rising up against this that led to grasp a the world a whole decade? I have thought endlessly about this question, where is the dialectic of change, Marx?!

Watch this, is a great documentary about the 60s
Try your local library, video store, or Amazon.com

Making Sense of the Sixties
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318906/

[Comrades Unite!]

Cream are amazing.

[Yuppie Grinder]

Dad rock is abysmal. People who idealize this era in pop usually have poor taste.

[Ostrinski]

Anyone who uses the term dadrock should be shot

[Yuppie Grinder]

shoot me

[Ostrinski]

Fk u

[Quail]

My son is currently obsessed with Jefferson Airplane. He keeps pointing at Surrealistic Pillow and saying, "Play records!" I am limiting it to once a day because I love that album and I won't allow him to ruin it for me!

[Hit The North]

My son is currently obsessed with Jefferson Airplane. He keeps pointing at Surrealistic Pillow and saying, "Play records!" I am limiting it to once a day because I love that album and I won't allow him to ruin it for me!

Your son already has great taste. Try to wean him onto the MC5s so you get some variety :)

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[Book O'Dead]

What the 1960s was all about

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air ('69)


You do know, of course, that this song was preceded by Lennon & McCartney's "Revolution", right?

[Klaatu]

You do know, of course, that this song was preceded by Lennon & McCartney's "Revolution", right?

Yes, of course. "Revolution#1" was on the "White" album, in 1968. I recall when it came out. There is also "Revolution#9," the acid-rock version.

I wish John Lennon were still alive today!

[Klaatu]

If you like the late 1960s era, you might also become a fan of this campy American TV series:

Dark Shadows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows)

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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows)

[bcbm]

i kind of like 60s music


the turtles - you baby

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the beach boys - wouldn't it be nice

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the rascals - good lovin'

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paul revere and the raiders - just like me

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tommy james and the shondells - crystal blue persuasion

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the 5th dimension - stoned soul picnic

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diana ross and the supremes - love child

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otis redding - (sittin' on) the dock of the bay

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strawberry alarm clock - rainy day mushroom pillow

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13th floor elevators - levitation

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the standells - sometimes good guys don't wear white

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the beatles - helter skelter

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You do know, of course, that this song was preceded by Lennon & McCartney's "Revolution", right?

'revolution' is an anti-revolutionary song.

[Klaatu]

Darn it, beat me to "RainyDay Mushroom Pillow"
I was actually thinking of posting that one

did not make the U.S. charts:
PRETTY THINGS - L.S.D. (1966)
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did not make the U.K. charts
Love Sculpture - Mars (1970):
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The greatest band ever from Canada:
Chad Allan and the Expressions [The Guess Who] - Shakin' All Over (1965)
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[Hit The North]

'revolution' is an anti-revolutionary song.

More anti-Maoist than anything:


But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow


The rest of the lyrics are equivocal. Of course, this song was written around the same time that Lennon penned 'All You Need Is Love', so he was still in his hippie phase. His politics hardened by the early 70s.

[bcbm]

More anti-Maoist than anything:

The rest of the lyrics are equivocal.

i dunno they seem pretty clear cut


We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead

'just free your mind and itll all be okay' is the general gist of the song, its definitely a dig at the larger revolutionary movement of the day, not just maoists.


Of course, this song was written around the same time that Lennon penned 'All You Need Is Love', so he was still in his hippie phase. His politics hardened by the early 70s.

yeah he said later on he wouldnt have put the bit about mao in

[Hit The North]

^^^ Well, I did admit he was in his hippie phase. But to be honest, I doubt Lennon had much concern with or interest for the revolutionary left of the time. The song was probably based on an encounter he had with some campus Maoist or something. He is more of a personal writer than a political writer and his political songs are usually thru the lens of his own experience, rather than from an ideological standpoint.

Lennon weren't no Lenin.

[bcbm]

But to be honest, I doubt Lennon had much concern with or interest for the revolutionary left of the time.

maybe not specifically but it was written as a response to the wave of unrest happening around the world in '68

[¿Que?]

Actually, little known fact, the original lyrics were different, but EMI made them change it or they wouldn't distribute it.

I think originally they were something like:
But if you go carrying pictures of Dr. Paul.
You ain't gonna make it with anyone after all!

True story.

[Fawkes]

Some damn good music came out of the 1960s, but people that romanticize the decade and act like it was the zenith of culture are the fuckin worst

[Klaatu]

Some damn good music came out of the 1960s, but people that romanticize the decade and act like it was the zenith of culture are the fuckin worst

But gotta love the protests/rebellions and the muscle cars. We hoped things were going to change for the better (we did get civil rights and environment laws) but I think by 1980, a lot of the 'brighter future' came under threat by Reagan, and got a lot worse under Bush and now this so-called "Tea Party."

NO sane person will ever idealize the 2000's! :bored:

[PetyaRostov]

Yeah, because you stop wars by using acid and dancing nude.

It was a fashion, and nothing else.
I suppose the Civil Rights Movement, SDS, the Black Panthers, and the Feminist movement can all be chalked up to a mere fashion trend. Sixties counter-culture may not have overthrown the United States government, but it did make substantial improvements in civil liberties.

[brigadista]

forget the beatles etc it was all about....

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[Klaatu]

reviving this thread a bit ;)

some drug songs from the 1960s

valium
Rolling Stones - Mothers Little Helper (1967)


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prescription painkillers and amphetamines
The Beatles - Doctor Robert (1966)


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marijuana
The Association - Along Comes Mary (1967)


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[Rocky Rococo]

The 1960s, particularly 1968, happened transnationally, and the media depiction of it as an American upper-middle-class "reality show" is a subversion and a provocation by the global elite class. One more effort to turn us against each other, and inn particular to turn the industrialized western working class rightwards. Fortunately I believe it has reached and passed Peak Effectiveness in that psy-ops mode, returns going forward will be scanter and shallower. Ome more attempt to cheat us out of our own history. That so many here buy into and join in the attempt to cheat us out of our own history contains its own messages, about our own times.

How does mai, 1968 in France correspond with the mythmaking? Mexico? China? Prague? Warsaw? All of these saw uprisings in that time. Were they all just fat rich yankee white people flaunting their privilege on spring break? Was Hough? Nothing more significant?

[skitty]

The Fugs-Kill for Peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7VQVzMR4Rs&feature=player_embedded

[Klaatu]

The 1960s, particularly 1968, happened transnationally, and the media depiction of it as an American upper-middle-class "reality show" is a subversion and a provocation by the global elite class. One more effort to turn us against each other, and inn particular to turn the industrialized western working class rightwards. Fortunately I believe it has reached and passed Peak Effectiveness in that psy-ops mode, returns going forward will be scanter and shallower. Ome more attempt to cheat us out of our own history. That so many here buy into and join in the attempt to cheat us out of our own history contains its own messages, about our own times.

How does mai, 1968 in France correspond with the mythmaking? Mexico? China? Prague? Warsaw? All of these saw uprisings in that time. Were they all just fat rich yankee white people flaunting their privilege on spring break? Was Hough? Nothing more significant?

I just like the music. But yes, you are right, the 60s was a tumultuous time indeed.

[Klaatu]

The Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw - 1968
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The Electric Prunes - Too Much to Dream Last Night
and Get Me to the World on Time - 1967
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[Point Blank]

The Elastik Band - Spazz

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