An Attempted History of the Hippie Movement

Captain Kremmen said:
Great voice. Reminds me of Mama Cass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqOMuR5Z530&feature=related

And just for good measure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0C-PXIAvFk&feature=related
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I dunno. For me, the Mamas and the Papas will always be the fake Spanky and Our Gang.

Here's proof:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zx4i_cNJmU

And here's a song that my dad used to cut my hair by when I was a little kid (you've got to admit, it's a little hard core!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Jh4KjPP-o

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Cheers!
 
Captain Kremmen said:
Great voice. Reminds me of Mama Cass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqOMuR5Z530&feature=related

And just for good measure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0C-PXIAvFk&feature=related
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Oh you got me California Dreaming . O.K. I played with one of these guys on Venice Beach California at a cameo performance. I had just 5 minutes before showed up on the beach for the first time and didn't know really who he was . We played all night into early morning , about 2:00 A.M. maybe 3 . Never saw him again after that . You can imagine which one of the 3 it was .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0rG2ME4sAc

I don't know why , try this song then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0pNfhuCkHU&feature=related

O.K. silly Me
 
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spidergoat said:
Way cool song from the Bay area scene:
Tripsichord Music Box
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I've been listening to more tracks from that album.
Never heard of them before.
Brilliant psychedelia.
When I was at Uni we would have loved all that.
Why didn't someone tell us?

@Robert.
Re Elaine (Spanky) McFarlaine, from Spanky and Our Gang.
I was bang on when I said she sounded like Mama Cass.
I'm listening on my laptop speakers, and thinking wow.
I see from wiki that she joined a reformed version of the Mamas and the Papas.

Her voice is very similar. If anything her voice is stronger.
Do you think that Cass Eliot copied Elaine McFarlane's style?

Both were big girls. I wonder which packed the most lard.

Neither of them were particularly successful as solo artists.
Why is that do you think?
 
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I realize that this topic has deviated from my original intent of discussing history, (or, better yet, cussing history!!!) to the extent that it has become something of a music thread. (Tough call, seeing as the history of the period under examination is so wrapped up in the music.) So, if anyone wants to continue this discussion along a musical vein, I'm starting a new topic under the "Art and Culture" heading entitled: "Social Movement Music".

If anyone wants to post any item of genuine historical interest under this heading, be my guest.
 
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