Hippies....

nope i'd have to say that i'm not a hippi, and i have never been one

maani wrote: Thus, many of you may have felt you were "hippie-like."  But unless you can claim to have existed within the above parameters, you could not have been true hippies.

I wonder how many of the true hippes realised they were existing within parameters?

Far out man.

Beep beep beep, oh no heavy, the coins keep coming out, beep beep beep, even the telephone hates me, beep beep beep, I wish there were no machines, and everyone led a pastoral existence, trees and flowers don't deliberately cool you out and go beep in your ear.

YEAH MAN...ITS LIKE....YOU KNOW...ITS ALL REAL!......LIKE...I FEEL ONE WITH THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE MAN........AND THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS...............................ESPECIALLY THE PLANTS!!....SOME ARE COOL MAN....THEY MAKE YOU FEEL...LIKE YOU KNOW........ONE   WITH EVERYTHING....THE WAY THEY MAKE YOU FEEL.......ITS LIKE...ITS ALL REAL MAN!!...........AND I LOVE EVERYONE MAN.....AS OFTEN AS I CAN TO ........BECAUSE....LOVE,YEAH ITS WHERE ITS AT MAN...AND PEACE,.....YEAH IM ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR A PIECE MAN...CAUSE ITS ALL REAL....THATS WHY I GET LIKE THIS MAN ....TO GET RAEL...AND TO BE ONE WITH THE PLANTS MAN ESPECIALLY THE MUSHROOMS MAN THEY REALLY SPAEK TO ME MAN!!!

"WE LOVE YOU"THEY SAY....ITS ....OH WOW!!!....ITS ALL SO RAEL THAT SOMETIMES IT GETS REAL HEAVY MAN AND I FREAK OUT AT THE REALITY OF IT ALL MAN AND THEN MY FRIENDS HAVE TO GET LIKE....MEDICAL HELP MAN....AND I SPEND DAYS....COMING DOWN MAN ITS LIKE........TOTALLY ZEN MAN..........

YOU ARE I AND I AM YOU,ZERO THE HERO,ITS LIKE TOTALLY RIGHT MAN, I CAN DIG IT....I DONT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS BUT ITS TRUE AND VIBRATES WITH COSMIC HARMONY MAN!!!!!!!!

PEACE BROTHERS(AND SISTERS....SORRY)

OH MAN!!!... I GOT THE MUNCHIES NOW BUT THIS CHAIR IS SO COMFY....WHAT A HASTLE MAN ,IT MEANS I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AND THAT IS LIKE...NOT COOL

James Lee wrote:   BTW: I hope that Webster quote was not pasted directly...I'd hate to think they've slipped so far they can't be trusted to spell "psychedelic".

. Errrr....sorry, slip of the brain there. In my defence though, Websters, whilst  perfectly capable of spelling 'psychedelic', doesn't seem to be able to spell colour, honour, humour, neighbour, labour, favour, flavour, savour, valour, mould, doughnut, fibre, cheque, grey, kerb, programmme, theatre, litre, metre, offence, pretence,  pyjamas, etc. etc. etc. etc.,

In future I'll make the extra effort and reach for my somewhat more informative (and much much heavier) OED.

Edited by emdiar

All:

At the risk of sounding erudite (), there are, in fact, "parameters" that "define" the word "hippy."

The chronological parameter is mid-1966 to mid-1974: the "hippie movement" began when three things coincided (the anti-war movement, the availability of LSD, and the "free love" era, which was a "delayed reaction" to the repressed 50s (which actually ended in 1963)), and ended when two things coincided (the end of the Vietnam War and the resignation of Richard Nixon).  It is actually amazing to note that the movement survived the break-up of The Beatles, Altamont and Kent State, among other potential movement-killers.

Socio-politically, it was not enough that one was hanging around half-naked in parks, smoking pot, tripping and making love.  One was also required to be involved in the civil rights and/or anti-war movements (it didn't hurt if you were also involved in  the animal rights (i.e., veggie) and/or ecological/environmental movements).

Fashion-wise, it was bell-bottoms or "flares," tie-dyed shirts, bandanas, and clogs or sandals.  Alternatively, "Eastern" dress was okay (Indian print shirts and skirts, draw-string pants, etc.).  Long hair was preferred (for both sexes), but not required.  And despite what most people believe, we were actually quite clean: after all, no one wanted to make love to a smelly person.

And although there were "hippie-like" movements in numerous countries around the world, a true "hippie" hailed from San Francisco (where legend, if not fact, has it that the movement started), or at least from one of the big cities (NYC, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, etc.), though even those in the "heartland" who truly followed the movement were accepted as "brothers and sisters."

Thus, many of you may have felt you were "hippie-like."  But unless you can claim to have existed within the above parameters, you could not have been true hippies.

Peace.  (And love)

voted for "Maybe so?". It depends on what mood I'm in. I like to call myself a hippy of the 21st century, but I think I'm in fact a 21st century schizoid man. And mr. Zappa didn't like hippies... but that was because of the masses. I don't like masses either.

Got it in one, Blacksword!

I'm not sure if I qualify...does following the Greatful Dead for 6 months in my '68 VW bus make me a hippie?

BTW: I hope that Webster quote was not pasted directly...I'd hate to think they've slipped so far they can't be trusted to spell "psychedelic".

Dictionary.com says "A person who opposes and rejects many of the conventional standards and customs of society, especially one who advocates extreme liberalism in sociopolitical attitudes and lifestyles."

 

 

There is definitely a hippy in me who's been trying to get out since the '70s, but I prefer to be clean....... which isn't to say I don't still wear tie-dye....