true hippie song

dunno if anyone said this but fortunate son by ccr is always a good one.

 

Hey Man,
Yes-the FuGGs--right on...
Nah not from those daze--although we still have the films and slides from the lightshow we did for them for a couple of years. We all went to high school together except for Fee..this is while the Haight was going on...
Here's some info!
Later
LionHeart


"In 1972, the Beans and Arizona merge to form the Tubes, a band ranging in musicianship from drummer Charles L'Emprere "Prairie" Prince's ability to play sessions with George Harrison, Nicky Hopkins and, later, Journey, to synthesizer player-to-be and fellow Art Institute student Michael Cotten's musical ignorance. When the band plays in the Art Institute cafeteria, it learns that former college actor, and muscular equipment man John Waldo "Fee" Waybill can sing lead vocals. Then, on Polk Street, where he's painted the interior of the Palms Cafe to match its name, Cotten meets Re (as in "Fee") Styles, seen in Alexandro Jodorowsky's arty The Holy Mountain as the mistress of a demented art dealer. She becomes the willing distaff side of "Mondo Bondage." With guitarists Steen, and Spooner, bass player Rick Anderson and keyboard man Vince Welnick, the Tubes are at full rock-star strength: seven Greggs and a Cher."


"THE TUBES captured the imagination of the British public in 1977 when they were forced to tone down their stage show by the local government authority in London. Word got out that the "Mondo Bondage" Tour was perverse and depraved. However, the publicity did them no harm and they established themselves as an essential "live" act during this period with characters like "Dr Strangekiss" and "Quay Lewd" adding spice to their theatrical show.
The group were formed by vocalist Fee Waybill with guitarist Bill Spooner and college friends Vince Welnick(Keyboards), Michael Cotten (synthesizer), Roger Steen (guitar), Rick Anderson (bass), Prairie Prince (drums) and Re-Styles (dancer).

Their music - as reflected on their Al-Kooper produced debut in 1975 - was loud and brash but the early albums never quite lived up to the stage act which was subsequently immortalized on the double-album "What Do You Want From Life".

By the time of the BBC concert recording in 1981 their wild stage show had been somewhat tamed and, as reflected in the later albums "Remote Control" (1979) and "The Completion Backward Principle" (1981), the music moved away from punk to finely-sheened AOR with production by Todd Rundgren and David Foster respectively.

The band finally folded in 1984. Waybill went on to write songs for AOR balladeer Richard Marx amongst others. Although the rest of the band continued to tour under The Tubes name, Bill Spooner and Vince Welnick spent some time with The Grateful Dead. Re-Styles became a landscape gardener."
The Tubes

 

For just one; I nominate Get Together-Youngbloods-but there was alot of great music in the 60s and for the most part; every band pretty much had their own sound-here are some of my favorites from the 60s-1)Keep Me Hanging On-Vanilla Fudge/2)Light My Fire-The Doors 3)If You Come To San Francisco-Scott Mc Kensie 4)Summertime-Big Brother And The Holding Co.w/Janis Joplin-5)Pride Of Man-Quicksilver Messenger Service 6)Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band-whole album-Beatles 7)Whiter Shade Of Pale-Procol Harum 8)Morning Dew-Grateful Dead 9)Incense And Peppermints-Strawberry Alarmclock 10)I'm A Man-Chicago 11)Dear Mr. Fantasy-Traffic 12)Foxey Lady-Jimi Hendrix 13)Goin Up The Country-Canned Heat-14)Takes Off(whole album) Jefferson Airplane15)Blowing In The Wind-Bob Dylan--All good tunes and I was lucky enough to see evryone one of these groups at the Avalon or The Fillmore-3.00$!-to get in-sick ha?-lol--(whoops-one more- Summertime Blues-Blue ("Can ya hear me now")Cheer-

 

WOODSTOCK by CSN&Y

 

Sorry to go off topic--but someone asked me about the Tubes--I'm on my knees begging for ...oh never mind.
I just skimmed the posts and most of the ones I would choose are listed..
So this is one I love

59t Street Bridge Song
By Simon and Garfunkle

Slow down, you move too fast.
You got to make the mornin' last.
Just kickin' down the cobblestones,
Lookin' for fun and feelin' groovy.
Ba da da da da da da, feelin' groovy.
Hello, lamppost, whatcha knowin'?
I come to watch your flowers growin'.
Ain'tcha got no rhymes for me?
Doo it doo doo, feelin' groovy.
Ba da da da da da da, feelin' groovy.
I got no deeds to do, no promises to keep.
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morningtime drop all it's petals on me
Life, I love you, all is groovy!
Ba da da da da da da ba bap a dee...

and then there's 'Woodstock'--by Joni and CSN&Y

Geez and then to the "Hippie Revolution Heart" This one by Dylan
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

Peace
LionHeart

 

Imagine by the Beatles has to be my pick for the hippie song; it sums up the hippie attitude so well.

Has anyone heard the cover of Imagine done by A Perfect Circle? Awesome stuff and i usually hate covers.

 

how about The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia?

 

I know I'm nit-picking but I'm pretty sure that song was John Lennon solo and was released after the hippy 60's era... though it does have the hippie attitude you're right

 

Hi Everyone,
I've been thinking about the 'ONE' song..it stretches my brain cells to the limit. I love so many and so many make me weep-truly.
I guess it depends on what kind of mood or moods you're in too, to pick one that really "says it"...these favorites say a lot about the sensuous, free love, free spirited-lives we led in the 60s and well into the 70s-80s-90s--and Now.


You Shook Me
by Led Zeppelin

You know you shook me. You shook me all night long. [X2]
You shook me so hard baby. Baby, baby, please come home.

I have a bird that whistles and I have birds that sing. [X2]
I have a baby, won't do nothing ...oh, buy a diamond ring.

I said you shook me, baby. You shook me all night long. [X2]
You shook me so hard, baby. You shook me all night long.

OR

Whole Lotta Love
by Led Zeppelin

You need coolin', baby, I'm not foolin',
I'm gonna send you back to schoolin',
Way down inside honey, you need it,
I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you my love.

Wanna Whole Lotta Love

You've been learnin', baby, I bean learnin',
All them good times, baby, baby, I've been yearnin',
Way, way down inside honey, you need it,
I'm gonna give you my love... I'm gonna give you my love.

You've been coolin', baby, I've been droolin',
All the good times I've been misusin',
Way, way down inside, I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you every inch of my love,
Gonna give you my love.

Way down inside... woman... You need... love.

Shake for me, girl. I wanna be your backdoor man.
Keep it coolin', baby.

OR
I'd Love To Change The World
By Ten Years After

Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
Till there are no rich no more

Id love to change the world
But I dont know what to do
So Ill leave it up to you

Population keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey, who needs money, monopoly

Id love to change the world
But I dont know what to do
So Ill leave it up to you

World pollution, theres no solution
Institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor
Them and us, stop the war

Id love to change the world
But I dont know what to do
So Ill leave it up to you

And Finally

Sugar The Road
by Ten Years After

Having a good time, baby
Youre having a ball
Your daddy dont dig what you look like
Dont dig it at all
Dont understand
What youre going through
No, no, no, no, no, no, he dont

He says theres only one way that you stay alive
Keep working for your pension till youre sixty
five
Hey, no, no, dont dig it at all

Youve grown up a big girl, baby
Youre doing all right
You sleep in the daytime, baby now
Youre leaping all night
Got your own scene
Said youre doing fine
My, my, my, doing fine, girl

Live like you want, let them call you a freak
Youll be a baby factory when youre married a
week
Oh, no, no, no, can you live in a box? get out,
get out...

Youre having a good time, baby
Youre loving your life
Theres more things ahead now, baby
Than being a wife
Well, I love your mind
Because you know its free
Little darlin

Dont worry about the people who scream and
shout
Just give them fifty years and they might figure
it out
Hey, yeah, Ive gotta have me a good time
Darling, let it all hang out


Peace & Sweet Dreams Brothers and Sisters
LionHeart

 

No offense, Lionheart, but I don't think of Zep as being "hippies". The lyrics for "Whole Lotta Love" were apparantly lifted wholesale from Willie Dixon's "You need Love". They stole a lot of other riffs and lyrics, whole and partial.

Listen to any Soirit? You might stumble upon the guitar part for "Stairway to Heaven" somewhere in their catalogue.

But your earlier suggestion of Woodstock has merit.

Me, I'm gonna stick the Airplane's "Volunteers of America".

For the whole psychedelic experience, without which the Sixties would have been like the Nineties or even now, I nominate an album:

"It's a Beautiful Day" by the Sixties SF band of the same name. A GREAT LP to trip with, IMO. Also: Moody Blues' "In Search of the Lost Chord".

 

Yes, You are right about that one, speaking from experience.

 

I just SO love that LP, Tara. I wish I could play drums like Val Fuentes plays (still).

The first time I heard that was the first time I did mescaline; I was 16 and it was Scottsdale, Arizona, near the Uni. Twas my first profoundly spiritual trip.

That trip engraved itself upon my memory for all time. So, as well, did the sound of IABD. Simply the best tripping LP of the era, IMO.

 

I lived in the greater Pheonix area myself once. Here's hoping that we may we listen to that album together sometime. I agree with you completely. Did you ever listen to the MacDonald and Giles album? Same feeling there for me.

 

Actually, Tara, I don't have any recollection of hearing that particular LP. I may have, but I must say that I don't recall it. Ah, but there is much I do not recall.

Let me say, though, it would be wonderful listening to IABD with you. I do hope that we can meet someday.

Bless you and your loved ones.

 

Jefferson Airplane " Somebody to love"
Peter, Paul & Mary " Where have all the flowers gone?"
Pink Floyd " Circus Mirror"
Crosby, Stills, nash & Yong " Sea of madness"

 

I agree. Volunteers sums it up for me, but crown of creation kept me on the streets without food or shelter. I was born in 1951 and by the time I was ready, the peace, love, and brotherhood had evolved into long, hard work hours with no pay -- organizing antidraft and antiwar protests, finding housing for kids, getting donations of free medical care and food, stuff like that. Of course, there are all the other fond memories too -- but mainly I associate most with just being so tired from all the work.

Robert Eggleton
"Rarity from the Hollow" (my new novel)

 

I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD
Ten Years After
Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies
Tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich
Feed the poor
Till there are no
Rich no more
I'd love to change the world,
But I don't know what to do
So I leave it up to you
Population, keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding,
Still no feeding no,
None for me
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey,
Soft and runny no,
None for me
I'd love to change the world,
But I don't know what to do
So I leave it up to you, Oh ya,
World pollution, no solution
Institution, Electrocution
Black or white,
Rich or poor
Helping us to stop the war
I'd love to change the world,
But I don't know what to do
So I leave it up to you


"I sleep with my guitar and if she tries to get a little fresh; I give her a slap on the headstock, but sometimes if the feeling’s right;I turn her knobs and strum her g-string;The only time she talks back, is if I stroke her wrong."

 

Hell YEAH there is! Harpers Bizarre. The 59th street bridge song.

"Slow Down. Ya move too fast."
"Gotta make the mornin last!"
etc...

 

I really don’t want to step on your toes, but "The 59th Street Bridge Song" AKA "Feelin’ Groovy" was done by Simom & Garfunkel, Harpers Bizarre only did a cover of it.

"I would like you to be more self-reliant, show more initiative, and take greater personal responsibility, but check with me first!"

 

Not a song but a poem about the 60's by Mick Davis.. thought you might want to see it...



Forth we came in innocent youth
With butterfly wings unfurled
We spoke of peace
We lived in love
Bestowing it over the world
Over shattered ruins of joy and truth
Our beautiful flowers appeared
We cast off war
We threw aside hate
And all of mankind we revered
We opened our eyes
We opened our minds
We offered to open theirs too
We took joy in living
And honestly giving
And freeing our souls of taboo
Come join us in love!
Come with us in joy!
Unto the whole world we'd exclaim
Our music rang forth
As our rainbow sublime
Illumined idealism's flame
Some heard us not
Some didn't care
Some sneered and called us insane
We handed them flowers
We offered them peace
They rewarded our efforts with pain
But still to this day
Although we now know
This world is not ready for love
We circle together
Yes we'll work forever
To manifest joy from above
We know we are strong
We'll still sing our song
Should Babylon crumble and fall
With strength of Spirit
We never will quit
Until we've enlightened them all
So come take my hand
Become part of the band
And sing that our love will not die
Sing loud and sing long
Our euphoric love song
For love is the ultimate high
And thus joined as one we can rise to the sun
Knowing at last we are free
Above pain and strife
Beyond this last life
Eternal in bliss we shall be