Any old hippies out there...do you remember the good old days of peace and love?

Answer 1

Yes, and wish, I could go back to that time and stay!!!

Answer 2

There were more con's than pro's. You couldn't get an apartment or job if you had long hair. If you had long hair and drove a VW there was a 70% chance the Cops would stop you and hassel you, taking your car apart if they felt like it. When you did get busted it was a major Felony and you went to the big house for 2 - 3 years. The cops would bust house parties and arrest eveyrone and confiscate everything, holding it for evidence in a trial that took a year or longer to happen. You got drafted into Vietnam if you weren't careful. everyone smelled because they didn't shower or because they smoked too much pot or burned too much Jasmine incense. You got your 16 year old girlfriend preggers and celebrated by doing a bong full and having a beer, just what the baby needed! A few girls too acid! Everyone was lost and looking to Charlie Manson, Cinque, The Mararishi Mashes Yogi, Baba Ram Das, Ken Kesey, The Dead and Tim Leary to tell them what the meaning of it all was. And when they got an answer they usually said "wow, man, you could you like, say it again, I sorted of spaced, man!"

On the Up side you did get to see the Buffalo Springfield, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Moma's and Papa's and Jimi Hendrix at local clubs like Gizzarri's or the Rainbow with a small audience or see them all together on one stage at a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, long before the police closed it down for nosie pollution. And it only costs $10 to see them.

The movement made today possible. Today you can wear your hair any way, even on your face and no one can deny you a job. You can wear any kind of clothing in most sitatuions and not be denied a job. There are very few drug busts and the penalties are less harsh. There is no draft into a war.

On the downside today screens for a pipe cost $3 when theu used to be 3 for a quater, cigarette papers are $2 a pack when they used to be 10 cents. An ounce is unheard of and if you could get one it would cost you more than a pound cost back in 1969. And Old hippies are stuck in the past with Zep, Cream, Stones, when there's some interesting stuff out today by Tool, Green Day and Staind.

Answer 3

I ain't old enough to be a hippy, but ...

I remember hearing about this one radical dude, he had long hair and a beard, hung out with his closest buds, walked around in his sandals all day talking about peace, love, and understanding. Not very many people seemed to listen to him then, and they certainly didn't like him, when all he really wanted was for people to love one another regardless of who they were. What a radical message.

And I encounter lots of people who seem to think that they know this guy - they are always mentioning his name and allegedly doing things in his name. But what I don't understand is that many of the things that they say about him don't seem to ring true and many of the things they do don't seem to be the sorts of things that he would like very much. Yet they claim to know him and to love him.

Maybe they do ... and maybe I don't.

Yeah, I think that J.C. was a radical guy - talking about peace and love. Glad to see his message got through loud and clear.

Answer 4

Yes I do. Peace,love,revolution,changing the world. At least we gave it a try,but the MAN couldn't handle it. No more peace. We could sure use a little peace and love about now.

Answer 5

Yes, I recall wearing flowers in my long hair and hitchhiking across country spreading peace and love, wearing combat boots, beads and a long flowered dress. Those were the good old days.....)(

Answer 6

People who say they remember those days were not there because those who were there were so spaced out they can hardly remember their own names let alone what happed forty years ago! (I know, because I was there).

Answer 7

My mom does! she loved the 60's! I think she still has her orange bandana she used to wear! She thinks its funny that all the old 'styles' are back in fashion!!

Answer 8

I was there cause I was born in 1949 . can't remember much, but I know I had fun cause I'm still smiling!!

Answer 9

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Answer 10

i vaguely remember them!!----but looking back i would call them the naive days of peace and love-----but it was alot of fun

Answer 11

Remember them? We were overly medicated and can barely remember our names!