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Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:55 pm
by Petingo
I watched a great Documentary on BBC 4 at the weekend, about the rise of the 1960s counter culture, which reached full maturity in San Francisco in 1967.
Super soundtrack playing throughout....Hendrix, Buffalo Springfield, The Who, Pink Floyd, Nat King Cole (I kid you not) and The Grateful Dead.
To be honest, I had never really listened to the Dead before, the superb Box of Rain being the only number I know, but I have been playing them a lot today and they were some band.
Well worth a watch on the iPlayer.
Episode 2 is on this weekend.
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:57 pm
by subsub
Cheers, Pet, will take a look
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:58 pm
by Vespa
The World has regressed since then.
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:06 pm
by Zippy
Sounds right up my street. Nice one Ol' Pet
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:56 am
by black_guardian
Bollards! The real summer of love was '88 and you know it.
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:35 am
by Sid Pervcat
Visited Haight Ashbury last year. Did the expected things-Hendrix apartment, Grateful Dead house etc.. No real evidence of any sort of alternative vibe any more.
It's quite a cool area with some decent bars but that's about it.
I was expecting to see freaks everywhere maaan.
All I saw was open top tourist buses
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:51 am
by shabbado
Sid Pervcat wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:35 am
Visited Haight Ashbury last year. Did the expected things-Hendrix apartment, Grateful Dead house etc.. No real evidence of any sort of alternative vibe any more.
It's quite a cool area with some decent bars but that's about it.
I was expecting to see freaks everywhere maaan.
All I saw was open top tourist buses
How did you get on in the Castro?
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:21 pm
by delboy1983
Saw Woodstock in the cinema when it came out
Loved the music of that time
If in say San Francisco
Would have taken advantage of all this free love
May have even done some weed.
Then 70's was there and everything changed except the drugs maybe
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:02 pm
by Zippy
Sid Pervcat wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:35 am
Visited Haight Ashbury last year. Did the expected things-Hendrix apartment, Grateful Dead house etc.. No real evidence of any sort of alternative vibe any more.
It's quite a cool area with some decent bars but that's about it.
I was expecting to see freaks everywhere maaan.
All I saw was open top tourist buses
Recommend San Francisco, Sid-o? Among the few major American cities I've yet to visit!
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:21 pm
by Sid Pervcat
100% mate.
Chinatown is epic.
Alcatraz of course.
Pier 54 for the sea lions
.. There's a really nice bar culture in the city
Did nearly 3 weeks in and around,then did a few days at lake tahoe.
Sonomas nice, also wine country is a 2 hour drive away.
The flight is a cunt of course but well worth it
Re: Summer of Love (the real one): How Hippies changed t’world and t’ Grateful Dead
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:23 pm
by Sid Pervcat
shabbado wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:51 am
Sid Pervcat wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:35 am
Visited Haight Ashbury last year. Did the expected things-Hendrix apartment, Grateful Dead house etc.. No real evidence of any sort of alternative vibe any more.
It's quite a cool area with some decent bars but that's about it.
I was expecting to see freaks everywhere maaan.
All I saw was open top tourist buses
How did you get on in the Castro?
Fine.
Twin peaks tavern is cool as fuck.
But then I'm not a massive homophobe so it was all good
