"N2EY" wrote in message
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In article , "Dick Carroll;"

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In article , "Kim"

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In article , "Kim"

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The song is really an anti-conformity ditty, loosely derived
from
Malvina
Reynolds' "Little Boxes" and others of that ilk.

Yet, quite prophetic when looking back now.

How?

Oh, I think many today--even me--are quite involved and disolved
with
keeping ourselves happy with material things. While I am not a
keep
up
with
the Jones' kind of person (i.e., unaffected by "status" symbols),
I do
find
amusement in "things" more than I used to. I used to be happy
just to
watch
ants...

Ah - good explanation! And observation...

Here's another one for ya...

From 1972-1976 I attended a large urban university. The big thing
back
then
was "nonconformity" to the rules of the "establishment",
particularly
in
manners of slang, clothes and haircut.

After a while, though, it became clear that we'd simply traded one
form
of
conformity for another, and that we "nonconformists" pretty much
dressed
alike,
talked alike, and had similar haircuts.

The university gave us more than schooling - we were actually
educated,
often
by experiences that seemed minor at the time.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Absolutely!! I was one "of those" (nonconformists). Actually, I
still
concentrate on being so--it doesn't come naturally any more GRIN.
If
everyone is planting roses, I'll plant petunias. If all women like
diamonds, I like opals (and that is actually the truth).

But you're still planting flowers, and liking jewelry. Same difference.


Yeah, but I like to think that I'm being a bit of a renegade. Actually, I
don't like things all the same. Remember the good 'ol "Neighborhood
Association" debates that have come and gone here? I'm against them, for
whatever purpose; and would be so very, very depressed if I ever have to
live "in" one.

And, as for jewelery. That is a going joke in my family. I love jewelery.
Even used to work at Ed Levin Jewelers long ago. Love to get it as a
present. Don't spend much time shopping for it or being distracted by it,
though, if set against the rest of my female population. A couple of years
ago I asked for, and received, one of those standing jewelery chests. It's
about half full. Every once in a while I'll spend an hour or two taking all
my pretties out and looking at them. LOL But, save on rare occasions,
you'll not find me with a piece on--not even my wedding band. Just don't
like the feeling of anything around me, I guess.


Anyway, you're right about the more we tried to be different, the
more we
were the same. Uh, but we were the same together

Groovy, baby!


Gads!!! That's so funny. I never got into the beatniky-hippie kind of
lingo. Heck, I don't think I could even be classified as a true hippie--I
am just a couple of years too late fer it.

Oh, now ur claiming to be a 'flower child'? Don't think so. Or
perhaps
you came in after things ended, eh? A wannabee flower child? Now
thats a
real probabliity.

Bummer, man! Why such a downer?


Some folks can be no other way.

Hey, she'e the one who wanted to go to Woodstock back when, but her
mother
wouldn't let her because she was too young. Pity!

Woodstock? Let's see, that was late summer 1969, when Kim was 15 if memory
serves. I don't think a responsible parent would let their 15-year-old go
to
such a "happening".


Yep, 14 though. And, you're right. I had friends whose parents were much
more lenient than mine who went. I was going with them. Until I asked my
parents...LOL

Heck, from all accounts most of those who set out for Woodstock never
actually
got there due to traffic snarls. Some of the performers had to be
helicoptered
in and out, and some never made it. The whole event was such a mess that
large
outdoor festivals basically disappeared afterwards because nobody with
half a
brain would issue the necessary permits. (Altamont drove the final nail in
that
coffin).


It was much nicer watching from the news on it. As "free" as I liked to
think of myself back then, I am pretty sure I would definitely have been
bummed at the rain, mud, and so darned many freaks.

Counterculture? Check this out: The promoters who put on the Woodstock
festival
lost big piles of money on the concert. The whole thing was too big for
them to
control - early on they even lost the ability to collect admission. There
was
even talk of civil suits over huge unpaid expenses BUT....


I think there was more than talk. Did Yeager/Yager/Yeger (however his name
is spelled) think there was loads to be had in a suit and begin the process
until it was explained to him the debaucle of the whole thing?

The promoters had done one smart thing: They owned the rights to almost
all
recordings (film and sound) made at the festival. So they made a
documentary
movie and record album for very little money, and made back all their
losses
and millions more. Good old capitalism...


Bought the album. You know, the one with the little kid on it? GRIN
It's the only album where I've heard Joan singing the song "Sweet Sir
Gallahad" ('least I think that's the name of it) and gosh I like that song.

Remember the song "Woodstock", made famous by Crosby Stills Nash and
Young? It
was actually written by Joni Mitchell (who also performed the first
version).
Buit Mitchell was not at the Woodstock festival at all!

The summer of 1969 was when human beings first set foot on the moon.
That's
what I think of first when that time is mentioned.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Yeah, Summer 1970 saw the tragedy at Kent State...the beginning of the end.

By the way, I'd have guessed you were an old hippie, Jim. At least there's
still a few left upholding the original ideals. I gave up.

Kim W5TIT