"It Was Twenty Years Ago Today" - part 1 of 8.mpg

[Abhishakyrocks]

I was watching a Beatles' documentary about Sergeant Pepper which I am always keen for but when @3:15 Itchycoo park starts can't help a big smile on me face...

[fatschlamp1]

...yes, thanx for posting this mr thunderfunk - ive been looking for this since seeing it on tv at the time...it came out w/ an accompanying book, too, you can still pick up in discount stores...

[jaylink1971]

Found part of the missing Hoffman quote, that begins with something like: "At the height of the American Empire, when for all intents and purposes we had all the bombs, all the cops, it was all ours with the two car garages and the Cadillacs, the split-level ranch houses, we were Number One in the world and there was no competition." And then he talks about people rejecting that, and how "death is better than this vision".

[jaylink1971]

Thanks so much for posting this! This documentary was really exciting for me to see back in the '80s when I was a teen. Like several of the commentors in Part 8, I too have an old VHS copy. While the video quality is excellent, for some reason this version seems to be missing a segment between Leonard Bernstein and the man with the "stuck in 1920" grandfather, in which Abbie Hoffman rails on suburbia and "keeping up with the Joneses" -- kinda sets the mood for the whole piece.

[bigrobtheactor]

@jaylink1971 I need to see the complete version - with Abbie Hoffman: "All you need is justice" - where?

[clareespo]

i love george