In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (778 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071SLNL9Z |
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| Number of Pages | : | 492 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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In addition to the thriving music scene, 1967 was also the year of the Summer of Love, the year that millions of now-illegal LSD tabs flooded America. Muhammad Ali was convicted of avoiding the draft; Martin Luther King, Jr., publicly opposed the war in Vietnam. It was the year the word "hippie" peaked and died, and the Yippies were born.. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and of debut albums from the Doors, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin, among many others. 1967 was the year of the release of the Beatles' Sgt. Stokely Carmichael championed Black Power. Israel won the Six-Day War, and Che Guevara was murdered. It was the year that hundreds of thousands of protesters vainly attemp
Memories and Context Goldberg focuses on one year, 1967, and uses it as a prism to explore what led up to it and what's happened since. He places some of the more notorious people and actions in a much broader and meaningful context.Goldberg writes from a privileged position, since he was in high school at Fieldston at the time and his classmates included the children of some of the era's most influential people and kids who would go on to make marks on society in their own rights. I was (am) a couple of years younger and, in the Philadelphia suburbs, was . "He Remembers the 60's.and he was there!" according to Mary Marcus, Los Angeles. The year is 1967. Danny Goldberg has written the definitive history of the rock and roll times times he knew so well. 50 years passing in the flash of an eye. I read the book in a couple of sittings, it's that fast and that amusing. A great ride by a real pro who knows his stuff. The epilogue and timeline are wonderful references. I couldn't put this one down.. "Five Stars" according to Roggie. what's not to like!