Hard News: Friday Music: When there were hippies
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Hebe, in reply to
Not with the windows open. But my 57 beetle did have mushrooms growing in it.
Hah! Organic mushrooms naturally.
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Hebe, in reply to
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?
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
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.
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Hebe, in reply to
Charlie I bet.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Charlie I bet.
Either Neil or Frank, damned if I can remember which.
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Hebe, in reply to
Panelbeater music, both of them. Still.
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Lilith __, in reply to
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?]
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Lilith __, in reply to
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!) -
Joe Wylie, in reply to
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.
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Hebe,
Hippies? This thread needs a rainbow.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Wet Ones®
Who can forget the slogan 'pop up a wet ones'!?
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Sacha, in reply to
woah, man
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
You're right! Need some flowing paisley garb as well.
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Sacha, in reply to
parsley garb, even
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Rob Stowell, in reply to
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 lateEven 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:)) -
Hebe, in reply to
Would velvet do?
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Lilith __, in reply to
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!
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Hebe,
Found it. I knew I had a bag somewhere....
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Lilith __, in reply to
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.
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Hebe, in reply to
... Then the sky, like, flamed, and I shook all over.
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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.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
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. -
Hebe, in reply to
And: where have the (other) hippies gone! (and why did they all leave without telling me:))
We forgot where you live.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Yeah, just one of those overlapping threads we often have around here, I didn't infer anything. :-)
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JacksonP, in reply to
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.
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