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a recent LJ facebook post got me thinking about hippie bands....the flower power folks...the shit i used to listen to when i was first getting into rock n roll back when i was a teenager because that is all pa starbuck had left in the record closet when i came of age. it got me all nostalgical!

please...post your favorite hippie band...preferably the one or two hit wonders, but also the bands with staying power as well. who did y'all smoke pot to back in the day?? who did you most want to see at a love in? do tell!

howe's about we get this kicked off with a little association? let's hear it for the band with 134 members!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-noqOTe0mXw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHpwzpaFI4g&feature=related

did scott mckenzie do anything besides san francisco? brian, jimi and janis make an appearance in this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch1_Ep5M1s

Best Donovan ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKCUuyojDI

Did these guys do anything besides whiter shade of pale?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWULu5_nXI

Dude, yeah...Procol Harum did a lot of other stuff. :) Great band....

Love Donovan too.

Early Pink Floyd---the Syd Barrett years...

Even the Airplane had some hippy dippy stuff...:)

I was really into garage bands, but psychedelia had its place as well...and then, probably starting with King Crimson, prog rock raised its mighty head.

Those were some good years.

And yeah.....you had to be there. :)

The only band in the poll that's definitely not a hippie band is The Association, they wore suits (even at Monterey Pop where they were laughed at) they were as establishment as they come, I guess the kings of Hippies were The Grateful Dead, they were thee the Hippie band.
The Association Monterey Pop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOtHPCcH7cc

corgi37 wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 4:11am:

Cant go past this!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHnKplFGY0

word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1oEiCeXzOQ&feature=related

Starbuck wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 8:47am:

corgi37 wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 4:11am:

Cant go past this!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHnKplFGY0

word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1oEiCeXzOQ&feature=related

F Troop? Dude :smoking

How the hell did they work a musical performance in wigs into an episode of F Troop? :smoking

("99" was a hottie)

Zack wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 9:37am:

How the hell did they work a musical performance in wigs into an episode of F Troop? :smoking

("99" was a hottie)

word #2. tom skerrit too? can't tell...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sAcoXVXvA&playnext=1&list=PL31F05D7F68B6C176&index=42

Strawberry Alarm Clock, and The American Breed, Should be listed!

There's even a Youtube video of the Top 10 Hippie bands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKJvFuV6svo

Kilroy wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 12:13pm:

Strawberry Alarm Clock, and The American Breed, Should be listed!

agreed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhYLz63csS0

Sioux wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2011 at 11:13pm:

Love Donovan too.

Early Pink Floyd---the Syd Barrett years...

Barrett-era Floyd were great - and I like some Donovan, too: Sunshine Superman is a favourite - great, great, lead from Jimmy Page on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_4DsNFQS98

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that
flower in your hand?
Hey Punk, where you goin' with that
flower in your hand?

Well, I'm goin' up to Frisco to join a
psychedelic band.
I'm goin' up to Frisco to join a
psychedelic band.

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that
button on your shirt?
Hey Punk, where you goin' with that
button on your shirt?

I'm goin' to the love-in to sit & play
my bongos in the dirt.
Yes, I'm goin' to the love-in to sit & play
my bongos in the dirt.

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that
hair on your head?
Hey Punk, where you goin' with that
hair on your head?

I'm goin' to the dance to get some action,
then I'm goin' home to bed.
I'm goin' to the dance to get some action,
then I'm goin' home to bed.

Hey Punk, where you goin' with those
beads around your neck?
Hey Punk, where you goin' with those
beads around your neck?

I'm goin' to the shrink so he can help me
be a nervous wreck...

(Just at this moment, the 2700
microgram dose of STP ingested by
FLOWER PUNK shortly before the
song began TAKES EFFECT: before
your very ears his head blows up...
leaving a bizarre audial residue all over
your teen-age record player!)
Hey Punk! Hey Punk! Hey Punk!
Punky! Punk! Hey Punk! Punky!
Come and go...come and go...
Polly, do I ever have a lot of soul?
I think I love you!
Questi dominga?
Have you seen that nose eating?
I wanna know for sure!
Leave my nose alone please!
What 're you trying to do?
Listen! ...

This is one of the most
exciting things that's ever
happened to me
You know, every time I think
about how lucky I am to be in
the rock & roll industry
It's SO exciting
You know, when I first got into
the rock & roll business
I could barely even play the
changes to this song on my, on
my guitar
But now I'm very professional
I can play the guitar
I can strum it rhythmically
I can sing along with my guitar
as I strum

I can strum, sing, dance,
I can make merry fun all over
the stage
And you know, it's so wonderful
to...
It's wonderful to feel that I'm
doing something for the kids
Because I know that the kids
and their music are where it's
at

The youth of America today is
so wonderful
And I'm proud to be a part of
this gigantic mass deception

I hope she sees me thrilling,
yes...
I hope she sees me dancing and
thrilling

I will say: "Hello Dolly!"

Is the song over?
Boy, this is really exciting,
making a rock & roll record
I can't even wait until our
record comes out and teen-agers
start to buy it

We'll all be rich and famous!

And when my royalty check comes
I think I'm going to buy a
Mustang
No, I think I'll...I think I'll
get a Corvette
No, I think I'll get a Harley
Davidson
No, I don't think I'll buy any
of those cars
I think what I will do is I
will buy both
No, I don't do that either
I think, ah, I'll go into real
estate
I think I'd like to...
I think I'd like to buy a house
in ... Boulevard
No, that wouldn't do any good
Gee, I wonder if they can see
me up here, twirling that
tambourine and dancing...

Maybe after the show
One of the girls who sees me up
here, singing and thrilling my
tambourine and dancing, will
like me
And she will come over to me
And I will walk
I will walk up to her and I
will smile at her
And I will impress her and I
will say: "Hello, baby,
What's a girl like you doing in
a place like this?
I'm from a rock & roll band,
I think we should..."
Is the song over

christ where are the byrds, steppenwolf, cream, and morrison to name a few....even hendrix?

yes i know you are a youngster bucky, but your list is pretty lame??

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 5:11pm:

christ where are the byrds, steppenwolf, cream, and morrison to name a few....even hendrix?

yes i know you are a youngster bucky, but your list is pretty lame??

meg...i started the list planning on editing it when i had the time today...but shit...it's the #@!$ing end of the semester....posting has to be put on hold....billy needs to find out whether or not he turned in exercises 13 and 14 from page 154 in the text.

Starbuck wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 12:50pm:

Kilroy wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 12:13pm:

Strawberry Alarm Clock, and The American Breed, Should be listed!

agreed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhYLz63csS0

Thank you!

The thread title is "Hippie Dippie Rock!" but the poll question is "Your Favorite Hippie Band/Artist is.....??"

I'm confused, by "hippie-dippie" do you mean a hippie that is not a hippie but wannabe?

That list is so "light" bucky

I collect psychedelic music and have a huge collection of psychedelia...

A lot of missing bands there, for example the warlocks/grateful dead doing the acid test

What about bands outside San Francisco, Los Ángeles and New York? For example Fever Tree and 13th Floor Elevators from Texas, or Iron Butterfly and Brain Police from San Diego, or Ultimate Spinach from Boston, Truth from Iowa, etc

I love The Move! Art/Spooky Tooth, Small Faces, etc etc etc etc etc

Long list, I cannot continue, it's a big list, also Progressive Rock is the son of Psychedelia so the list continues

A lot of European bands like (the early) Focus (The Netherlands), Kahvas Jute (Finland), Gong (France), Baby Grandmothers (Sweden) and a LOT of Mexican bands that used to play live on peyote in the 60s

I'm listening this one right now

mojoman wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 4:58pm:

(Just at this moment, the 2700 microgram dose of STP ingested by FLOWER PUNK shortly before the song began TAKES EFFECT: before your very ears his head blows up... leaving a bizarre audial residue all over your teen-age record player!)

:weed :weed :smoking :smoking :smoking :pullanolte :pullanolte

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:23am:

Voodoo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI

Yes, Voodoo!!!

This is me with Thijs van Leer getting ready (read getting high instead) before a show, a great guy, really!!

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jan 26^th, 2011 at 9:20pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:23am:

Voodoo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI

Yes, Voodoo!!!

This is me with Thijs van Leer getting ready (read getting high instead) before a show, a great guy, really!!

That's awesome Voo. This song has always cracked me up and the video even more. Sure enough you know the fucker....You go dude! :booze

Airplane, Dead, Quicksilver, Spooky Tooth, Blue Cheer...

Starbuck, Mr Complicated Life sends his regards. :booze

Starbuck wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2011 at 11:03pm:

If you were as old as the era from which you claim to be, you would use proper capitalization instead of writing like a text-messaging teenager!!

And don't give me that "im a linux guy" booooolshit!

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience was my favorite hippe band.

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