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Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Jun 1, 2007 - 07:34pm PT
Missed out hell, Werner. I did six road trips to Florida, and a summer in the Alps returning on Swissair with five purloined sticks of dynamite in my checked bag!
Those were the days alright.
mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Jun 1, 2007 - 07:49pm PT
OMG ! Paul McCartney was in a band BEFORE "Wings" ?
WBraun

climber
Jun 1, 2007 - 07:56pm PT
Yes, I know these dates Walleye.

I was there in the height ashbery and saw many hippy's.

They gave me the "look".

One hippy thought he was God. He tried to stop the commuter train by standing in the middle of tracks. He gave the train the "Look".

He failed ......
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Jun 1, 2007 - 08:00pm PT
ya, ya, ya, we all know what happened.. BUT, a lot of good things and thoughts happened too, and the possibilities coming out of that time pointed the way to a new direction.

There were things that were real bummers, bad things... but not uncommon when you get those sorts of excess.

All in all, I think it was a good thing.

WBraun

climber
Jun 1, 2007 - 08:04pm PT
Yes, just see how far we've come as of present day because of hippy daze.

Everyone happy and blissful.

Things are so much better now.
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Jun 1, 2007 - 08:08pm PT
THAT argument could go on ad nauseum.

Bottom line; gain some situational awareness and adapt or die.
Shack

Big Wall climber
Reno NV
Jun 1, 2007 - 09:32pm PT
Russ = the 5th Beatle
cintune

climber
Penn's Woods
Jun 1, 2007 - 09:42pm PT
About Altamont, I thought it was Sympathy For the Devil they were playing, at least that's what it showed in the movie. Keith playing on oblivious until Mick made him stop. Unless they killed another dude too. Always thought it was just the one guy.

I was five in 67, but I'd already heard Revolver and liked it a lot.

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Jun 1, 2007 - 09:43pm PT
I don't want to get into an arguement with Werner, but I would say that interest in eastern philosophies were a part of the whle 60's scene... you can argue that it wasn't very serious, but it did initiate serious thought.
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Jun 1, 2007 - 10:03pm PT
...the environmental movement as an extension of the "back to the earth" movement...
Mighty Hiker

Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 2, 2007 - 12:19am PT
I thought for sure this thread would flush out some stories and pictures, and that Karl or somebody would earnestly tell us "Peace!"
rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Jun 2, 2007 - 12:30am PT
40 years ago I made the first free ascents of Try Again and Coexistence. They were the hardest climbs in the Gunks for 15 minutes until Stannard did Foops.
Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Jun 2, 2007 - 01:11am PT
40 years ago, maybe not, today, I climbed the hardest climbs I'd done till then. Just conjecture, cause I think, you probably climb harder at 10, then earlier.

But I remember, for sure, my mom talking about how wierd it was that there was a song on the radio about a yellow submarine.
Mighty Hiker

Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 2, 2007 - 04:37pm PT
The Lucy of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" has now been identified. For many years, some have suggested it was simply a thinly veiled way to say "LSD", i.e. acid. John Lennon, the other Beatles, and others involved have said it was named after a painting by John's young son Julian.

It turns out that Julian Lennon had a classmate named Lucy Vodden. Ms. Vodden says the painting was of her, and that Julian simply invented the name in response to his father's queries.

I have a collection of fine art by young nieces and nephews, and friend's children, and it seems plausible to me.
cintune

climber
Penn's Woods
Jun 2, 2007 - 05:26pm PT
Irregardless, the fab four were still tripping their balls off the whole time. Funny coincidence? I think not....
losbill2

climber
Jun 1, 2017 - 05:46pm PT
Reviving a ten year old thread! Wow! Props! They have been going in and out of style.
Spider Savage

Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
Jun 1, 2017 - 10:06pm PT
Looking forward to a good listen.


However, I purchased the album as a 10 year old and listened to it pretty much as my only album for 2 or three years so still a little burned out on it. Might not be willing to invest the time and money in the new release.


SPLHCB Reprize still the essence of heavy metal. Perhaps the very earliest manifestation.
the goat

climber
north central WA
Jun 1, 2017 - 10:22pm PT
Sorry Anders, but I'm hijacking this thread slightly because I'm going to see Roger Waters at the Tacoma Dome on the 24th.

While the Beatles were in Studio II at Abbey Road recording Sgt. Peppers, Pink Floyd were next door recording Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Apparently both groups had some affect on each other and their music was influenced accordingly.

I only wish I could have been there.................
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Jun 2, 2017 - 02:26am PT



There no hi-Jack, think of the sound ! the energy ! of the nine or ten very lucky folks to be in the building to be ' IN' on those sessions !,


Happy to be corrected, and happier still to see this thread.
I was made to think it was Last week on the 26th, musta been the British date? . ..


This is weak sauce-11miutes? Wait that can't stay, ?
A Village voice Editor interview with ,barely ' C' Grade news anchors?
4am ? weekend morning the definition of Vapid
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. . . . & I get by with a little help. . .

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50 years! Hard to say that, ( for me ) It's been a main stay ( for me )
Harder still to take,
is the lengths that them that owns the rights to the music,
have gone to stop US residents from having the whole album . . . .
Am I wrong about that?
WBraun

climber
Jun 2, 2017 - 07:18am PT
Stoopid drug-addled hippies banging on drums corrupting America's youth .... lol

:-)
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