1967 The Summer Of Love - One Summer Dream

In 1967 young people believed they could change the world. It was a naive dream as time would prove, but during that summer it seemed possible. Quickly spreading from its Haight Ashbury epicentre to Canada and the UK, where pirate radio broadcasted music to a new generation, the culture lived on for another few years, through Woodstock in 1969. But it was in 1967 that the hippie dream was at its most pure. It was a magical time for rock music which expanded in many directions aided by the use of LSD and pot, some muisic overtly political set against the grim reality of war in Vietnam, It was a clash between old and new, the 'beautiful people' firmly believing love could change everything, following Timothy Leary's exhortation to 'turn on. tune in, drop out'.This video hopefully gives a flavour of that heady time.
Music and clip details:
I have recorded with a dance beat Jeff Lynne's (ELO) lovely song 'One Summer Dream', as that title so neatly describes The Summer Of Love. Around 1967 Jeff Lynne (who lived just around the corner from me when young) was beginning his musical career with 'The Idle Race', A couple of years later my band 'Breakthru' would sometimes be on the same bill. I have used a couple of Idle Race and also ELO samples within this track. ('Idle Race' albums are availabe on re-release and much reccommended, Jeff Lynne's growing songwriting and production talents are very evident. See Amazon links below to buy both Idle Race albums and Breakthru!)
http://www.amazon.com/Back-Story-Idle-Race/dp/B000LE1EQE

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Highway-Breakthru/dp/B000VZPRZW/ref=sr_1_1...

The clips and stills are drawn from various found online sources.

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[vanderbiltst]

The Hippies and all the other movements of those times were not naive. I lived through it. They did change the world. Maybe not as much as they would have liked to but they achieved many fantastic goals. One of which was to end the war in Vietnam. If it weren't for the Peace movement the war would have gone on much longer. The 60's changed many things in our culture, music, peotry, art, afety awareness, economic awareness, US Foreign Policy awareness and more. You must to be Naive not see that!

[reevedavey]

whatever your view it was a milestone in recent social history.i was 15 or so at the time in london and there WAS a feeling of oneness among young people despite how it turned out.

[atfatw]

@slash53GNR after the collaspe of the summer of love you could easily get knifed by a fillmore black junkie just for a little bag of groceries

[atfatw]

@SweetJaneofGoth except owsly and leery they dead

[SweetJaneofGoth]

Like my grandpap says - "I remember these assholes. They grew up and became life insurance salesman"

[slash53GNR]

great time period.. i made the biggest mistake of trying to live it.. LSD tripping in Haight district and golden gat park is NOT a good idea. too many crazy homeless, and assholes. not a good experience lol... so for those of you that are just dying to visit haight district in SF.. its not the same, its all commercial and its like one big looney bin... for us youngins that wanted to live it.. we were just born in the wrong time period :/

[MiSoto]

This is a wonderful mix!

[jaruca2007]

@RockingrannyB Nope, I was just watching the video and they look like fucking animals..maybe that's normal in your trailer park....And fuck you...I do what I want

[RockingrannyB]

@jaruca2007 No offense? lol, typical conservative, I hate this shit but I'm gonna seek it out on youtube and be nasty. Go the fuck away now...no offense.

[MackKnife9999]

I am fascinated by Haight-Ashbury, but all things considered...

[Jenscool]

@vanderbiltst U 4GOT US EARTH PEOPLE'S PARK PPL. THEY PUT ME AND MY MISSES UP IN NYC 4 FREE. WONDER WHERE THOSE PPL ARE TODAY?

IF ANY KNOW THEM LET ME KNOW. TY :)

PEACE AND LOVE 4 THE EARTH!!!

[lcfa1962]

Today we have a silencious revolution on web . But the american politicians want a law call SOPA .. take care with it ... get down with this Law ... save our freedom on web ... Now our revolution is on line .... Our freedom forever ... fuck the politicals laws.... Ps excuse me my ENGLISH ,im brazilian and dont speak english well.