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    Posted: May 24 2006 at 11:35

Hi! I have a question. Why did they sing about gypsies in the 70-s? I can recall Uriah Heep, Manfred Mann (a Springsteen's song), Black Sabbbath...Smile Some kinda fashion...

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could possibly be some rules connected with today's political correctness - you were allowed to write songs about ethnic minorities in those days!Wink



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Went along with the themes of fantasy and magic in their songs.
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Black Sabbath and Uriah Heeps Gypsy-songs are the best!
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Points: 68 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 11:45
Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

could possibly be some rules connected with today's political correctness - you were allowed to write songs about ethnic minorities in those days!Wink

 
Were allowed? Smile Besides, it was just about them...
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Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 12:00
Still a lot of hippies living the gypsy life in those days - check out the movie Easy Rider, for the fictionalised image of these things, uprooting their tepees and  moving on in their magic buses. Something romantic about the nomadic life, without running water (other than the rain) nor electricity.
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Ocean Gypsy by Reinassance.  Beautiful!
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Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Santana
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Points: 24438 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 12:55
Well, there's "Gypsy Caravan" by The Doors, "The Gypsy" and "A Gypsy's Kiss" by Deep Purple... probably dozens of others too, but now I can't remember!
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Points: 68 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 13:13
So there were some in the past. The tendency! Nowadays their tastes seem to be a bit different Wink
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"The gypsy flies from coast to coast"
"And no one knows the gypsy's name"
"In all his deepest dreams the gypsy flies"
"Well, pick your gear and gypsy roll on"

All lines from from The Allman Brothers' "Melissa" from Eat a Peach (one of my favorite non-prog albums - Les Brers in A Minor and Mountain Jam are outstanding songs).
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Points: 37598 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 14:04
Because those were the days of the hippies. They sung about gypsies because the hippies looked at them as kindred spirits.  It's much more romantic to liken the hippy-culture to the gypsy-culture, and there are similarities.

Other people dubbed the hippies bums.
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Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:

Well, there's "Gypsy Caravan" by The Doors, "The Gypsy" and "A Gypsy's Kiss" by Deep Purple... probably dozens of others too, but now I can't remember!


Nope. It's Spanish Caravan.
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Points: 7659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 14:21

Gypsies evoke a world of freedom, passion and mystery, singing about that fitted perfect in those days!
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