Post #288313 by Cammo on Mon, Feb 26, 2007 4:11 PM

Lucas. I just dropped off two CDs at Bong's for you; "It's Those Damn Hippies" and "It's Those Damn Hippies Again". Go get 'em.

Every song (well almost) was;

1. Recorded prior to 1969.
2. Universally considered a "Hippie" song at the time.
3. Performed by as varied a selection of musicians as possible; I think Joni appears twice but she's the exception as always.
4. Taken as an anthem by hippies at large (at the time), and was extremely popular (at the time). Many were top ten listed songs.
5. Forgotten in 2007, to the absurd degree that many argue some aren't hippie songs! Were the Mamas and the Papas a hippie group? Absurd question! Was "Hair" a hippie musical? Ridiculous to even argue!

Also, you have the Lounge Party 1,2, and 3 collections, and a Bossa Nova one awaiting you.

Many of the Lounge songs are mysteriously similar in presentation and feeling to the original Hippie stuff. I have a copy of Mama Cass singing "Unchained Melody". How can you catagorize that?

Many current 'hippies' don't like my CDs, they sound so different from the World Beat stuff all over the place today.

Why do I get the strange feeling you're gonna like a lot of these songs?