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Hard News: Friday Music: When there were hippies

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  • Hebe, in reply to JacksonP,

    Not with the windows open. But my 57 beetle did have mushrooms growing in it.

    Hah! Organic mushrooms naturally.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Lilith __,

    The only time I went to a multi-day festival, we popped home for a shower. That was wimpy, right?

    Dearie, dearie me. And you took anti-bacterial hand-wipes too?

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Richard Aston,

    Your right Ian Black Sabbath were a bunch of wankers

    The Sabs were never anything more than a knuckledragging knockoff of Deep Purple. In fairness though they wrote two of the most genuinely stupid songs ever (Paranoid and Iron Man). Compared to those the Ramones' best efforts to plumb the depths of dumb sound like intellectuals trying too hard.

    When Deep Purple played Western Springs in the late 70s an impatient concertgoer, presumably frustrated by the delay in getting out of the carpark, took to doing wheelies and sideswiped a guy in a wheelchair. Outraged Purple fans administered instant justice by dragging him from his car and depriving him of his trousers. It's doubtful if Sabs fans would have displayed the collective presence of mind.

    None of this BTW is intended as an endorsement of Deep Purple.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Charlie I bet.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Hebe,

    Charlie I bet.

    Either Neil or Frank, damned if I can remember which.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Panelbeater music, both of them. Still.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Russell Brown,

    considered disrobing and joining the hippies who were skinny-dipping in the river.

    Fortunately, I came to my senses.

    So there’s no possibility of a career-advancing nude-pic scandal? :-)

    Why is NZ so prudish now? Why does Stuff have to label pictures of nude mid-winter swimming "explicit"? [what is explained?]

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Hebe,

    And you took anti-bacterial hand-wipes too?

    I don't think such things existed back then! Early 90s.
    In our defence re: showers, it was Chch and cold and rainy. (topless was REALLY not an option!)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Lilith __,

    And you took anti-bacterial hand-wipes too?

    I don't think such things existed back then! Early 90s.

    Wet Ones®, which claim to be antibacterial, appeared in NZ in the late 70s, probably 1978. I'm certain of that piece of wretched trivia because it was in early '79 I quit working for the production house that did the pics for the product launch.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe,

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    Hippies? This thread needs a rainbow.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Wet Ones®

    Who can forget the slogan 'pop up a wet ones'!?

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Hebe,

    woah, man

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Hebe,

    You're right! Need some flowing paisley garb as well.

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    parsley garb, even

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Rob Stowell, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    In fairness though they wrote two of the most genuinely stupid songs ever (Paranoid and Iron Man).

    I had to check :)
    Black Sabbath Paranoid Lyrics
    Songwriters: ANTHONY IOMMI, WILLIAM WARD, TERENCE BUTLER, JOHN OSBOURNE
    Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
    People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time
    All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
    Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify
    Can you help me occupy my brain?
    Oh yeah
    I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
    I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind
    Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
    Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal
    And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
    I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late

    Even without the music- that is some stupid! :)

    Why is NZ so prudish now?

    I was wondering too. Skinny-dipping is the best way to swim.
    And: where have the (other) hippies gone! (and why did they all leave without telling me:))

    Whakaraupo • Since Nov 2006 • 2120 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    Would velvet do?

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    Who can forget the slogan ‘pop up a wet ones’!?

    Unforgettable. Great to have in the car, especially on a car-camping trip! I don't remember that they were antibacterial in the old days, but perhaps I didn't notice.
    How else do you get melted ice-cream off your hands?

    BTW I always carry antibacterial gel and tissues in my bag if I'm on my bike -- it's perfect for getting chain-grease and miscellaneous dirty smears off your hands!

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe,

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    Found it. I knew I had a bag somewhere....

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Rob Stowell,

    Skinny-dipping is the best way to swim.

    I'll never forget the time I was skinny-dipping alone, late at night, in the Sylvia Flat hot-springs, with only the moon for company. Unexpectedly, along came a lone male bather, who was overcome with bashfulness and cowered in the far corner in his togs.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Lilith __,

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    ... Then the sky, like, flamed, and I shook all over.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe,

    Okay Lilith, that last post did not imply anything you might think it implied, it was a way of explaining the blur after I'd found the bag. Right? Cool.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Rob Stowell,

    Even without the music- that is some stupid! :)

    It certainly has that godawful authenticity.
    While the Ramones'
    Now I guess I have to tell 'em / That I got no cerebellum
    is undeniably charming, it is NOT the real deal.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Rob Stowell,

    And: where have the (other) hippies gone! (and why did they all leave without telling me:))

    We forgot where you live.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Hebe,

    Yeah, just one of those overlapping threads we often have around here, I didn't infer anything. :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Lilith __,

    How else do you get melted ice-cream off your hands?

    Lick them. Seriously, you needed to ask?

    Speaking of minis, my first car was a 77 Mini. My hippie 'friends' once picked it up and carried it sideways into the gap between their house and the fence. I completed a perfect 100 point turn while getting it out.

    Bloody hippies.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

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