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    Posted: August 01 2015 at 17:14
I guess it just depends what part of the "American public" you are referring to. 

Floyd certainly was not Top 40 material in the US until DSOTM, but I distinctly remember being totally freaked out by Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict around the time Tommy and In the Court of the Crimson King hit the record stores.

When DSOTM hit the airwaves, most people in the US viewed Floyd as a "new sensation," whereas those already versed in the band viewed DSOTM as "when Floyd totally sold out." Tongue

Only as I came of age did I realize what kind of people I was exposed to as an impressionable yoot. I had no idea that listening to Ummagumma, let alone liking it, is not considered normal.
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^Typical hippie! LOL
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Points: 13238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2015 at 11:29
Early Floyd wasn't embraced because Syd Barrett hadn't taken a shower in a month.
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Points: 20617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2015 at 11:25
^Yes, indeed! I only said that the hippies used them, not created them. This seems to go over some people's heads so let's put it rest. Litter and all.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2015 at 11:23
The hippies adopted most, if not all, of their slang from elsewhere. No one can really credit them with creating anything other than litter.
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Points: 20617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2015 at 11:23
Ok Tim, if this makes you feel better: you are right.
I don't recall what we're arguing about, but I'm sure you do. Sad.
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An exclamation of enthusiasm or encouragement, as in You've said it really wellright on! This interjection has a disputed origin. Some believe it comes from African-American slang (it was recorded in Odum and Johnson's The Negro and His Songs, 1925); others feel it is a shortening of right on target, used by military airmen, or right on cue, theatrical slang for saying the right lines at the right time. [Slang; first half of 1900s] 

No mention of hippies Steve
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I have and I do. Next topic please.
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Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

Right on was more about black power than hippies. Far out and groovy were the hippie catchwords
 IMHO.
I do not see the word Panthers in my post, but feel free to attribute right on to hippie culture.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

It depended on what part of the US you were in at the time. I hitchhiked from east to west and back in 1968. Basically, all of these catch phrases were hippie-ism that were later 'confiscated' by different groups. The idea that the Panthers invented 'right on' is humorous.
Just incase you didn't understand me the first time. Have a nice day. Smile

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Yes, hippies are timeless Tim.
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Sure the black culture had to borrow from the hippies, except in 1925 right on was in their culture. Were you a hippie back then too Steve
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It depended on what part of the US you were in at the time. I hitchhiked from east to west and back in 1968. Basically, all of these catch phrases were hippie-ism that were later 'confiscated' by different groups. The idea that the Panthers invented 'right on' is humorous.
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Right on was more about black power than hippies. Far out and groovy were the hippie catchwords
 IMHO.
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groovy
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Points: 20617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2015 at 09:04
Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

I remember having this early Floyd conversation with my cousin back around '75 when I was just getting into prog...  

These days, I usually reach for early rather than '73+ Floyd Wink
Right on! As us old hippies use to say. Thumbs Up
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Points: 20617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2015 at 08:57
^Ah, I see, said the blind man. Thanks.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2015 at 08:53
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:


"nitch" is the alternative pronunciation not the alternative spelling. Tongue

I thought nitch was a slang spelling that became excepted, my bad, so niche it is.
Btw, how else does one pronounce niche? Tongue
The same as pastiche and quiche of course Wink
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