Sunday In Griffith Park (1960 something)

[folkmusicgirl]

Most of the love-ins were around '67 and '68. It's hard to imagine that most of these young people would be in their 60's+ now and probably some not even alive if they continued with heavy drugs. Griffith Park in Los Angeles is soooo different today. The weekends are mostly Latino families with their children having picnics and also the avid bike riders (all races) that are really into excercise. The L.A. Zoo is still there, golf courses and the Gene Autrey Museum.

[jacklazzell]

69

[DancingSpiderman]

WOW. Such an awesome video.

More or less the same thing happened at Griffiff Park the afternoon that Jerry Garcia died. GOD that was great. The Primal Scream memorial. THOUSANDS of hippy hipsters just below the Merry-Go-Round. The cops chased us out at around 9PM.

[voodoochile68686]

had NO idea it used to be that way there. ill go tomorrow

[rme2121]

thank you, this was beautiful. really appreciated the sound you created and the show is amazing, wish i was there... namaste, all the best to you

[macgram1]

@rme2121 This was my home Every week

[mariothepookster]

My first time at these happenings was in the summer of '65. These were called "Human Be Ins". The first one i went to was at the park next to the Greek Theater & later by the merry-go-round in Griffith Park. As time progressed ('67,'68 ?), these happenings degenerated into violent affairs, people would get ripped off, kids would go on bad trips, got kind of nasty, too many drugs. Before that, though, it was fun; people were nice to each other, a time of idyllic naivete.

[gronlaf]

that was one beautiful lady women to me were so much prettier back then

[DA90027]

WOW, I work with the lady at 0:33 in the headband. She said this was 1969. Before the Manson Family ruined the hippie movement.

[jfsgro]

YEAH,LIKE TO SEE WHITE PEOPLE VENTURE IN TO GRIFFITH PARK NOW, MY GOD THEY WOULD BE ROBED, RAPED AND KILLED BY THE BEANER'S

[jfsgro]

YEAH,LIKE TO SEE WHITE PEOPLE VENTURE IN TO GRIFFITH PARK NOW, MY GOD THEY WOULD BE ROBED, RAPED AND KILLED BY THE BEANERS

[ggreenwood4]

This looked more like Easter Sunday at "Elyisian Fields"! There was aterrible riot that day! Jefferson Airplane were performing!

[mickmartinguitar]

I went there every Sunday for many years in the 60's

[Bearcatt]

Ahhh the beloved Baby-Boomers. While they tried to save the world with thier ideology and anti-government non conformity, it all came crashing to an end. The Baby-Boomers eventually sold out and became the very people they protested againt. The Baby-Boomers were the children of the greatest Generation ever ... that was the WWII generation. I am a child of the Baby-Boomers. I was born in 1963 which sort of puts me in the generation gap between the Baby-Boomers and GenXers.

[patfromlogan]

@Bearcatt well my shallow friends may have crapped out but some of us are being busted in Nevada at the Test Site and Creech "Drone Death Destruction" Air Force Base... I didn't see you there by the way.

[Bearcatt]

@patfromlogan, touche but I must say I've had my share of extra-curicular activities to the point where I've become burned out. All I can say is Lord help us all and God bless America.

[TL250Rider]

Cool

[ANewNormalcy]

I'll guess '65 - '69

[Synthetrix]

Damn hippies!

[OldMrMemories]

Funny how this is glamorized as so cool, but what is not shown is the rampant drug abuse,vomiting overdosed zombies,broken families,disrespect of elders,venereal diseases and general lethargy and apathy which resulted in all this and the fruits of all that resulting in todays cold,materialistic society. These were called "love-ins" yet no real true love existed in any of these functions. These were the beginnings of the end of America. Now we are leaderless and men are now demasculinized. Groovy

[zalman595]

@OldMrMemories There was certainly drug use. Abuse? Not a joint was harmed in the making of this film. Disagree also about your conclusions about the "end of America". I tend to think it's coincident with the destruction of the unions, outsourcing of millions of American jobs -- and all of those "masculine" Republican tough guy Senators back in the eighties who suspiciously started Kumbayah to foreign laborers when is was time to flood the market with cheap labor

[zalman595]

Also quite shocking that young people were actually enjoying each other's company, imbibing intoxicants and actually -- gasp --- having sex. Never before in history. As a matter of fact ,nobody fucked at all in the 1950s according to certain sources. What a wonderful chaste generation they must have been.  Get real ,dude. Some cheesy, psychedelic guitar was not the death of the USA. After all, H. L. Mencken called the U. S. "Moronia" in the 1920s, He was right.

[OldMrMemories]

@zalman595 Destruction of unions? Are you kidding? They are still stronger and more corrupt than ever and they're even working to eliminate secret ballots to ensure members vote their way. Your sarcastic remarks are not impressive in the least. Decadence has existed for generations but during that era it took on a different face. Whether one believes it or not, the socialist ideals of the hippie generation were actually a fifth column that started the destruction of this republic's founsation.

[OldMrMemories]

@zalman595 The immoral reckless lifestyle of these individuals were the beginnings of the corrosion of this Republic's foundation,and they are nothing to relish. As an impressive 11 yr old at the time of this video,I thought these n'erdowells were so cool and wanted to imitate them butyou know what? I grew up and saw the useless hypocrisy of these marxist sheep. What did Lenin call them? Oh yes "Usefull Idiots". Thank God me and my brothers had a great Dad that didn't put up with that shit.

[zalman595]

My sarcasm is not meant to impress, But it is evident because I don't like simplistic pontificating and fingerpointing at one's neighbor. I think it detracts from larger issues. You and I seem to be in agreement that the country has gone downhill. The question is why. I made a fact based argument that you didn't address. Go research the sickening lowering of percentage of union membership, and loss of high paying jobs. There are actual numbers out there and they are irreufatable

[OldMrMemories]

I did address the union issue and it;s because there is no trust in these corrupt unions anymore. Now we are left with one question. What is the solution? Socialism? You know as well as I do that eventually leads to Dictatorship and Tyranny and the ultimate result will be the trashing of the constitution and end of this republic. All i'm stating on this vid is that the fruits of that lifestyle are saddening. Nothing good came out of the flower child movement. No matter what drugs destroy

[zalman595]

Data -- not slogans. 1960, 27% of all revenue from corporate taxes. 2010 approx. 10%.corp. tax. Marginal tax rate on the super rich drastically reduced. Result: Crushing taxes on the middle-class. Destruction of middle-class. Drastic reduction in union membership was coincident with huge drop in social stability and shipping of GOOD paying jobs overseas, cheap labor coming into U. S.. Result: destruction of middle-class. Country is dying --but not because some kids smoked pot in 1967.

[OldMrMemories]

Friend , I agree with your stats 100% but don't you remember back then that these kids were against the middle class. They carried NVA flags and shouted for the destruction of middle class America. I remember that very well. You were around back then. Remember the behavior at Woodstock? I had friends that were there. It was all about the hatred of American values and the Middle class. Totall disregard of all authority and "Free Love" Yeah right, just an excuse to lay anyone you wanted

[zalman595]

Most of these kids - I was one of the younger ones-- were the middle class. So you've got a bunch of snothead teenage posers who think they have got all the answers. So what else is new? the people carrying the NVA flags were those way out on the fringes. Culturally, btw I think disco was much more decadent. Flower power, at least put emphasis on some sort of community spirit. Disco was "Me, Me, Me" and materialism. I remember when people went from flower children to disco, I was disgusted.

[OldMrMemories]

Oh I agree. As far as how I form my opinions in life, I base them more on the meetings ofwith all types of peopel over the years and that seems more reliable than any data. I was a close listener as a kid and during my teen years and many of the hippies came in contact with in those years hated work,individual achievement and valued their friends more than thier own family. Lots of backstabbing and disloyalty in their ranks and a lethargy for doing anything which I attribute to pot use

[zalman595]

There is a conundrum in this society. We prize "individuality" - but that leads to a lack of community spirit and an amoral "every dog for himself "attitude." We worship success, so that scoundrels are elevated; despise the honest but poor "You will be flipping burgers at McDonalds. " Family and roots are torn apart by increased mobility and many workers no longer see the visible fruits of their labors as say 100 years ago. We live in a society previously unknown to man and it is not all good

[OldMrMemories]

No conundrum here pal. I grew up in a family of 9 boys and are Dad as well as my grandparennts all had an individual acheivement and hard work ethic. None of them were scoundrels and far from rich. Grew up right here in Boyle Heights , Los Angeles and we never took any welfare entitllements yet were active as a family helping our neighbors andalso donated our materials and time to the local neighborhood food bank organized not by the government or socialist but by the local business owners

[OldMrMemories]

So what is the solution? Socialism? Forced government distribution of wealth. There was no "lack" of community spirit in my family pal. Also, all the people that I have worked with in private industry have never been scoundrels with anyone i've seen. Sounds like your reading passages from "Das Kapital". Sorry but I'm not a "fellow traveler" Looks like the results of your vid are showing. My family and roots of mine and my fellow childhood friends have not been torn apart at all.

[zalman595]

Glad to hear you can from a good family and circumstances (no sarcasm implied) None of us get to choose our parents or the circumstances that we are born into. The "socalism" stuff is just a scare label. There is middle ground between a Dickensian world of poverty and Stalinist dictatorship. Every prosperous American worker is the beneficiary of programs originated by "socialists" :40 hour work week, minimum wage laws, no child labor, RETIREMENT BENEFITS stuff we take for granted now.

[zalman595]

Oddly . I am personally more libertarian than classical lliberal. I have always taken care of myself, never been paid for one day in my life where I didn't work (no sick days, vacation days, etc.) I was born into fortunate circumstances too: High intelligence, movie-star good looks and an athlete's body, But I have TRUE humility because I realize I had nothing to do with my good fortune. As for the food bank work -- glad to hear it. It really doesn't matter where good deeds proceed from.

[zalman595]

You seem to have mistaken my use of the word "scoundrels." Scoundrels refers to a worship of "successfull" criminals like John Gotti and denigrating humble people who do an honest days work. Point being that if society wants honest people then it should treat ALL honest, decent people, with respect -- not just lip service about how we admire hard work, then ill treat a service worker while asking Victoria Gotti for her autograph. BTW, I am a small business owner.

[OldMrMemories]

We were spanish orthodox jews so the good works part was an everyday part of life. It's called Mitzvot.

[OldMrMemories]

Oh, I agree totally with you on those social aspects. The scary part is when the Government wants to control all aspects of each persons life and that is extremely scary. From what I've seen the Marxist Leninist love to work on college campuses and install their poison on the youth and they did that in the 60's and it continues to this day. Government's function is to serve the public and do those good things for the poipulace but not mandate them. Thats the view I was brought up with.

[zalman595]

One of the distinctions I like to make is rather than being against "Big govt" being against "big institutions; Both big govt. and big business find the individual to be a pain in the butt and seek to constrain individual liberty. You do realize that behind all the empty rhetoric, both parties are big govt. parties; the only real disagreement is how to apportion taxation and expenditures

[OldMrMemories]

Yes, I do not have any confidence on either party and know that they are both members of the same hypocrisy. My freedom actually comes in the God of my forefathers. So I guess my real party would be called "The Torah party" lol.

[zalman595]

If one thinks about it, modern govt. is an attempt to codify behavior as taught in all the worlds great religions: Don't kill, steal, lie, do be charitable, etc.. I think what fails is the attempt to forcibly compel people to act in a certain way by threat rather than through moral suasion; I see force as an absolute last resort. Conscience is like a plant that you water and give sunlight -- you can't force the issue. With conscience and empathy, you have good people -- without it , you don't

[OldMrMemories]

Judging by the haircuts aits late 1968 or 1969. I grew up in LA in those days

[NEWREDDAWN]

1967 more than likely. I was there.

[jazzybeegee]

I remember being there and I remember a couple of bands that played. Iron Butterfy and The Youngbloods. This was an illegal gathering and there were police in riot gear surrounding the event. But we didn't care because we felt it was the peoples park and we had rights of course and really bad weed in those days but it was good at the time.

[UnklRudi]

Amazing. I didn't get to L.A. til 78. Used to job along the horse trails. Never had any idea Griffith Park had such events. Great stuff.

[ediman4]

i was there in 1968. yet, at 13 and with strict parents i was limited to the public pool at los feliz and riverside, i saw and heard this from a stone's throw away. apparently too young to be a part of this history.

[pieman420]

hey i used to help focalize the griffith park love-ins.... at the time, i was working with green power...we provided free food to the freex....

anyway, i miss those days and i was saddened to learn that cleo knight who founded green power passed away on june 14, 2006...

aron pieman kay

[sandyeggowaffle]

My mom (Michele) helped pass out the peanut butter and honey sandwiches - later a staple lunch as I grew up! :D

[pieman420]

does your mom remember me? did she used to sell the la free press?

[soulbeckett]

Pieman?

I grew up in Venice and went to Elysian Park and Griffith Park Love-ins and seem to remember a "Pieman".

I too am sorry to hear about Cleo Knight's passing.

Karl Franzoni, The GTO's, Son's of Champlin, Jefferson Airplane, Sweetwater, Pacific Gas and Electric.

Then there was Brucemas in Venice on Lenny's Birthday.

That was a real "head banger" at the end there. I do miss the early days when it was all so peaceful and we had hope.

[tito9000]

what editing program did you use?

Thanks

[ksaintj]

Nothing more then "Windows Movie Maker". standard with XP I think. I picked up the audio mp3 from some public domain site someplace.

[Shimmybug]

Wow, really neat!