For example "Hotel California" and "Zombie"(by The Cranberries) refer to 1969. And I'm sure I've heard more... Do you know why? Is it just a coincidence or 1969 is symbolic? Pleaaaaase help!!!
2006-08-31 09:22:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Summer of '69 as well...thank u...
I really don't think it has to do anything with sex...
2006-08-31 09:33:25 · update #1
actually Libralady is right...thx for the correction.. so any1 knows y 1916 is mentioned in Zombie as well?
2006-08-31 09:46:54 · update #2
eeeerm I think Summer of Love and Haight Ashbury were in 1967 not 1969...
2006-09-01 08:11:17 · update #3
I think it's actually 1916 that's referred to in Zombie, but somebody asked me the very same question recently. My Dad tells me it was the best year to be a young adult because of Woodstock and so on....
There was a song called 1969 by Iggy Pop, a 1969 by The Vines...1969 Again by Adam Ant...
It must have been the best year for music
2006-08-31 09:37:48 · answer #1 · answered by villafan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1969 -- a lot was happening, in fact changed the world. It's not symbolic on the surface it was a time period when individuals believed that they could make a difference in the world by voting and protesting and speaking out.
Check out 1939 some time.
# Destry Rides Again
# The Four Feathers
# Gone With The Wind
# Goodbye, Mr. Chips
# The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
# It’s A Wonderful World
# Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
# Ninotchka
# Of Mice And Men
# Rules Of The Game
# Some Like It Hot
# Stagecoach
# The Wizard Of Oz
# The Women
# Wuthering Heights
An explosion of great movies.
Mebbe it's the end of the decade and symbolic of a certain era?
2006-08-31 09:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The 1960's, although extremely turbulent (Viet Nam, riots, assasinations) was quite hopeful for a more loving way of life in the world. Reference to that year being long gone is probably a way of saying that it was a time of "innocence lost', as 1969 was the last year of the 1960's. It wasn't just the end of a decade - it was the decline of a way of thinking about the world. It was very idealistic, but not sufficiently realistic, and it is gone forever.
2006-08-31 10:49:20 · answer #3 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pardner,, 1969 was the season of Love,,,, Woodstock,,, peace ..love and harmony... and Music ruled....
Look up events in 1969 and read.....
good luck
2006-08-31 09:29:15 · answer #4 · answered by eejonesaux 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was the Summer of Love....Woodstock....Haight Ashbury....it was a very influential year.
2006-08-31 09:29:38 · answer #5 · answered by Whiskeytangofoxtrot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no everyone smoked the best dope in 1969, dont forget "summer of '69"
2006-08-31 09:25:58 · answer #6 · answered by surfin_cutie06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they just like the number 69.
2006-08-31 09:25:23 · answer #7 · answered by Pantherempress 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1969 is where they discovered LSD pot and booz combined turns them into zombies and ended up at the hotel jail
2006-08-31 09:28:12 · answer #8 · answered by Lionel M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the end of the 60's...peace, love, all that jazz. once the 70's hit, flower-power died out for sex, drugs, and rock n' roll life of excess...which then peaked in the 80s greed generation.
2006-08-31 09:31:05 · answer #9 · answered by Ann_Tykreist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1969 is also a great rhyming word.
2006-08-31 09:29:08 · answer #10 · answered by kennyp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋