namkcuR said:
The biggest problem with this thread of mine is that we don't have an agreed definition of 'hippie music'. We're all evaluating each other's song additions and answering each other's questions using our own definitions of 'hippie music'.
For me, 'hippie music' simply means music that hippies listened to on a regular or at least a semi-regular basis.
You can't tell me that hippies never listened to Freebird or Janis Joplin or Led Zeppelin or Bob Dylan.
The point, however, is that your definiton of 'hippie' music might well be different from mine.
Oh, and dr.zooeuss still hasn't explained why he's glad we've 'moved on' from the 'hippie phase' or what exactly we've 'moved on' to.
sorry, i was away for a few days.. i do that sometimes
hopefully my above replies to other comments will serve to explain "why i'm glad we've moved on"
as far as what we've moved on to.. there've been lots of movements, musical eras and popular philosophies since the "hippie phase", so much so that i don't understand you if you mean to imply that we're still in the hippie era?
definitely the iraq war bears some resemblance to the viet nam war , and i disagree with the majority of the motivations behind both wars.
even if there's a strong parallel there, i don't think the current times match the sixties or the hippie era very strongly.
i value some things in common with hippie "philosophy" - first to mind are peace, a loving approach toward life and others, and environmental protection// preservation.
i also take considerable issue with some common hippie values such as neo-luddism, drug use and anarchism.
not that all "hippies" value all of these things, but to go by general understandings of hippie values, that's what i mean.
musically, i mean to say that i'm glad that in 2007 hippie music is not still dominating the cutting edge of music. to name a few... i'm glad we've had reggae, punk, hip-hop, electronica, alt//country, 'indie' and neo-soul...
hope i've been clear.
ps some of my favorite "hippie era" musicians (you'll notice most of them had careers that spanned more time than the late 60s)
(in order of my preference for them, not their "hippie-ness")
The Beatles (late stuff, obviously)
Stevie wonder
Neil Young
CSN(&Y)
Simon & Garfunkel
Bob Dylan
CCR
Joni Mitchell
Sly & the Family Stone
Joe Cocker
Rolling Stones
Santana
Carly Simon
The Who
Ritchie Havens
Jimi Hendrix
a question for the experts - when was the hippie era?
if i had to guess i'd say 1967 to 1971?
really pretty short, all things considered.