Isn’t 25 years of Burning Candles for Lennon just Boringly Enough Already?

opinion | 12-8-2005 | brianbaldwin

[TheForceOfOne]

Although the hippie era spans two decades beginning with the approval of the birth control pill in 1960 and ending with the death of John Lennon in 1980, it wasn’t all about sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll. These were the early years of pro-ecology and anti-capitalist beliefs—beliefs that are just as timely as ever. So kick back and trip out on the new entries as well as the old, and discover why some are dubbing the sixties and seventies “the intellectual renaissance of the 20th century.

Lennon was the hippie Jesus or was it that guy from the Greatful Dead Jerry Garcia or the brown acid dealer?

[Porterville]

Liberal babyboomer fat aging hippy commie Godless crap

Let them have Lenon. We have Narnia this season.

[Revolting cat!]

Naw, he gotta hear this one:

[Kokojmudd]

[Revolting cat!]

[rock58seg]

Why not do something interesting and constructive for the 25th anniversary. Burn an effigy of Yoko Ono instead.

[Revolting cat!]

The Classic!

[Kokojmudd]

If the beatles were so great there would be a beatles theater in branson MO instead of Lawrence Welk.

[deadhead]

The last time I saw the GD was 6/95, a great time was had by all. We were looking forward to the Fall tour. Sadly, that was not to be. I have the following pic hanging in my living room, a really cool picture. (I scanned it, didn't come out that great) The pen and ink drawing of Jerry is made out of lyrics from dead songs. Kudos to the artist. I received this when I went to a show at Buckeye Lake in Ohio.. '93

Just thought I would share it with ya :-)

[Revolting cat!]

If the beatles were so great there would be a beatles theater in branson MO instead of Lawrence Welk.

Shhhh, don't give the Baby Bummers any ideerrs now!

[Revolting cat!]

But, but, isn't Saint Johnny still around?

[Kokojmudd]

Martin Denny and his band were playing instruments such as boo bams, tuned burmese gongs, piccolo xylophones and hawaiian gourds long before the beatles made sick bird calls by running tape backwards (like in tommorow never knows or whatever the heck it is...you know caw! caw! caw!) ....Sammy Hagar would never have the gall to cover Martin Denny!
Plus Denny's album covers alone elevate him above the beatles in my book.

[Revolting cat!]

Ah, and what about Esquivel?

[Kokojmudd]

Indeed. And let us not forget the great Les Baxter or 101 Strings.

[Revolting cat!]

Come to think of it, there was quite a bit going on musically in the 50s and 60s, when there were all these pop orchestras and bands competing, than there is now in the cost conscious 00s, with nothing more than computers and tape samples. I don't know if you've heard the so-called "techno" or "house" (house?) computer generated music, it is without a question unlistenable, awful.

[Kokojmudd]

Come to think of it, there was quite a bit going on musically in the 50s and 60s, when there were all these pop orchestras and bands competing, than there is now in the cost conscious 00s, with nothing more than computers and tape samples. I don't know if you've heard the so-called "techno" or "house" (house?) computer generated music, it is without a question unlistenable, awful.

I have heard it and most is sonic dreck. I believe we have entered a sort of "dark age" with respect to music and art and it is a shame because the technology available is amazing. There was A LOT of interesting music going on before the beatles.

[Calpernia]

Light candles for Buddy Holly and the Crickets!

[wardaddy]

i have a black and white drawing of Jerry out at my storage place ...done by Michael Crow Horse


guy did lots of Indians, Ocean Stuff and believe it or not...an incredible Nathan Forrest....last I heard he was in Colorado State Pen

[fortunecookie]

I was never a big fan, of Lennon or the Beatles, much to the chagrin of my girlfriends, but I did like some of their music. I thought John and Yoko were attention-whore hippies at that time, just trying to get attention by shocking people. I was a teen when Lennon was shot and I recall the day we heard about it. No cell phones, computers, internet, so it was just a rumor for many of us until we could get to a radio or TV. I remember one girl just collapsing in the hall, shrieking and in tears as though it was a family member who had been shot - or the shooter. It was tragic, but so many people then just went over the top, and I see some are still keeping the tradition.

[beaver fever]

"Thank god for more beatles/british music influence and less pat boone!"

And don't think Little Richard isn't still P***ed at PB's horrible cover 'theft' of Tutti Frutti.

PB snapping his fingers and giving a bad senior prom rendering of a seminal rock and roll song.

Pat Boone got rich ripping off better musicians. Mind you I'd like to know whether the Beatles paid Richard residuals for Long Tall Sally.

The Stones on the other hand gave Muddy Waters a second career and cash in his pocket, he wouldn't have had if they hadn't met him at Checker studios.