'San Francisco' singer-songwriter Scott Mckenzie dies aged 73

Noise11.com ^ | 19th August 2012 | Paul Cashmere

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Rest in peace Scott McKenzie”

Yes. Certainly! But I hated that song,,,, and I was a hippie! A rather odd hippie, as I was a Conservative, but still a hippie.

[FlingWingFlyer]

At least back in the 60s, there were “people in motion”. Even in San Francisco. Now, everybody just wants to lay around and wait for their welfare and/or “disability” checks to come in.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Aw, man ... now I really feel old. RIP, Scott.

[eddie willers]

Now on the other hand, John Lennon's "Imagine" makes me want to smash a piano over somebody's head.

We're in agreement again. Both songs were weak lyrically, but whereas Mackenzie's had a great melody and wonderful hooks, Imagine was virtually tuneless and almost as bad as his woeful "Mind Games".

Would'a thought that after the break-up, George would have the most memorable album? (All Thing Must Pass)

[vetvetdoug]

His song was playing on the jukebox at a bus station in Texas as I said goodbye to one of my friends that was going into the Army. It was the last time I saw Frank as he was killed in Viet Nam.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[cva66snipe]

“He had suffered from Guillain–Barré syndrome since 2010”

Real bad news to get that especially at his age. It attacks the mielen {sp} nerve sheaves and the respiratory system. It first showed up in the Swine Flu shots in the early 1980's I think.

[The Sons of Liberty]

I love Scott McKenzie’s version of that song, but it was actually written by John Phillips of The Mamas an Papas.

[martin_fierro]

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation such a strange vibration

People in motion

There's a whole generation with a new explanation

People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

[murron]

I love that song. Brings back a lot of memories.

[tflabo]

It was a pretty good song. Had a nice melody to it. Certainly one of those songs that transports you right back to that era. We were fortunate to have lived in an era of so many great songs. Certainly more years behind than ahead for those of us from that era.

[Dartman]

Amen.
R.I.P. Scott McKenzie ...BUT ...I hated that song when it came out and I hate it now. Flower Power was one thing, but that song was just too mushy.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Flower Power was one thing, but that song was just too mushy.”

It’s right down there with that song about “someone left the cake out in the rain. I was sort of a hippy, but I was a Zappa freak.

[Dartman]

Yeah, I did my teen years during the 60’s. There was a lot of great innovative music then, the Beatles, the Stones, and R&B from Memphis and Motown. But the stuff this thread is about is embarassing to say the least ...

[Revolting cat!]

Scott was born Philip Blondheim

Just as I suspected.

[Revolting cat!]

He din’t write it.

[Revolting cat!]

That one tune kept John Phillips in dope for at least a decade ruining his career.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Allergic reaction to flowers in his hair.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“But the stuff this thread is about is embarassing to say the least ...”

Abdo-lutely!

However, RIP.

[WashingtonSource]

Philip Blondheim? I never knew that.