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| − | The hippie movement was a large musical and social subculture which was very popular from 1965 until about 1974. Hippies were visually recognizable by their long hair and anti-establishment attitude. They supported love and peace and wore flowers in their hair as a symbol of their peace loving nature. | + | The hippie movement was a large musical and social subculture which was very popular from 1965 until about 1974. Hippies were visually recognizable by their long hair and anti-establishment attitude.<ref name=pc42/> They supported love and peace and wore flowers in their hair as a symbol of their peace loving nature. |
In the 1960s Zappa's Mothers Of Invention were the only rock band who were critical of the hippie movement. | In the 1960s Zappa's Mothers Of Invention were the only rock band who were critical of the hippie movement. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | * The entire album [[We're Only In It For The Money]] is a sarcastic attack on flower power and the hippie movement. Especially the songs [[Who Needs The Peace Corps?]], [[Absolutely Free (The Track)]], [[Flower Punk]] and [[Mother People]]. | + | * The entire album [[We're Only In It For The Money]] is a sarcastic attack on flower power and the hippie movement. Especially the songs [[Who Needs The Peace Corps?]], [[Absolutely Free (The Track)]], [[Flower Punk]],<ref name=pc42>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19801/m1/ Show 42 - The Acid Test: Defining "hippy"]</ref> and [[Mother People]]. Defining "hippy" |
* [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)]]: ''"Lord have mercy on the hippies and faggots"'' | * [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)]]: ''"Lord have mercy on the hippies and faggots"'' | ||
* [[Wino Man - With Dr. John Routine]]: ''"We take all the stamped-out hippies way down the bayou"'' | * [[Wino Man - With Dr. John Routine]]: ''"We take all the stamped-out hippies way down the bayou"'' | ||
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* [[Haight-Ashbury]] | * [[Haight-Ashbury]] | ||
* [[The Grateful Dead]] | * [[The Grateful Dead]] | ||
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[[Category:Targets]] | [[Category:Targets]] | ||
Revision as of 19:53, 4 December 2018
The hippie movement was a large musical and social subculture which was very popular from 1965 until about 1974. Hippies were visually recognizable by their long hair and anti-establishment attitude.[1] They supported love and peace and wore flowers in their hair as a symbol of their peace loving nature.
In the 1960s Zappa's Mothers Of Invention were the only rock band who were critical of the hippie movement.
References
- The entire album We're Only In It For The Money is a sarcastic attack on flower power and the hippie movement. Especially the songs Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Absolutely Free (The Track), Flower Punk,[1] and Mother People. Defining "hippy"
- Strictly Genteel (The Track): "Lord have mercy on the hippies and faggots"
- Wino Man - With Dr. John Routine: "We take all the stamped-out hippies way down the bayou"
- For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) was inspired by two mysterious stoned hippies who once rode along with Cal Schenkel.
- Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me: "They saw a real hippie who delivered their dinner."
- The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary: "A trend monger is a person who dreams up a trend like the twist... or flower power."
- This Is Phase III: "It's going to turn into another Haight-Ashbury. Remember how we commercialized on that scene?"
Quotes
"I was never a hippie. Always a freak, but never a hippie." (Frank Zappa (Mother In Lore)
