When hippies ruled the world

[stephen lindas]

Thats what I meant about Hawkwind. Sabbath was a crass example. Stephe
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From: "Ted Jackson" <tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU>
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Subject: Re: When hippies ruled the world


> On 10 Apr 2002, at 5:42, stephen lindas wrote:
>
> > I have A Brock interview where he says they weren't into the Hippy
> > thing. They were into Anarchy. I've heard Nik compare HW as the first
> > Sex Pistols(Not Quite but very revolutionary). Isn't the Hippy thing
> > more of a west coast deal? Just because someone has long hair and uses
> > drugs doesn't make them a hippy. Never heard HW sing pretty songs
> > about peace and love. Their music was loud and psychotic. Would
> > Sabbath or Zeppelin be hippies too?
>
> Absolutely no, in Sab's case.  They have made it clear in many
> interviews that they were too angry to buy into the hippie ethos.
> The obsessively negative imagery in Geezer's early lyrics should be
> plenty of proof of that!
>
> theo