Best "Hippy" song of all time (in your opinion)

jackmazzotti · Post by **jackmazzotti** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:15 am

for me it's "eyes of the world", "here comes sunshine" or "fire on the mountain"

the young bloods version of "get together" is really great

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:15 am

I'm amazed no one's mentioned white rabbit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc8SPR6dgVE

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:23 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quhj6PEboCU

KU · Post by KU » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:28 am

best hippie song...

I guess if I got my tie dye on and I'm feeling loose....

machine gun - jimi hendrix

or

I talk to the wind - king crimson

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:33 am

i walk on guilded splinters - dr john

what's a hippy song anyways ?
the term is so vague I'm just going with drug adled america circa the sixties possibly involving lsd.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:44 am

b0unce wrote:what's a hippy song anyways ?
the term is so vague I'm just going with drug adled america circa the sixties possibly involving lsd.

van morrison, irish hippy

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:49 am

ya...see...that's the thing, it's a blanket term. meaning long hairs who sing songs paint pictures and do drugs. but then there is the whole documented hippy movement in the USA... hard to tell if smutek had something specific in mind, and really....i would probably submit manu chao's "merry blues" as the best hippy song of all time. I mean, he's a hippy right ?...and thats a crackin tune.

I'm down with all variants of hippies except yippies, yippies can inhale my shit.

Dominik · Post by **Dominik** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:15 am

b0unce wrote:what's a hippy song anyways ?
the term is so vague I'm just going with drug adled america circa the sixties possibly involving lsd.

that's right. it was a experiment on university's in america.
after some people get involved with drugs like lsd, they forget to cut their hairs and wash their trousers.
so bush and his crony's could unnoticeable conspire their plan for leading the world.

nowtime · Post by **nowtime** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:34 pm

KU wrote:
machine gun - jimi hendrix

yeah!

for me, probably "A Day In The Life" J. Lennon

lesterdiamond · Post by **lesterdiamond** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:22 pm

Billy Joel Uptown Girl

ilia · Post by **ilia** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:31 am

lesterdiamond wrote:Billy Joel Uptown Girl

kramerica · Post by **kramerica** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:59 am

ilia wrote:
lesterdiamond wrote:Billy Joel Uptown Girl

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:46 am

I would say that 'hippy' specifically relates specifically to a strain of over idealistic longhairism based in california between about 1965 and 1970. Because if it isn't limited to that I'm going to nominate a Hawkwind song, and you really don't want that!

knotkranky · Post by **knotkranky** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:02 am

This track is frickin amazing. 1968

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-GozEM8k24

leonard · Post by **leonard** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:26 am

b0unce wrote:meaning long hairs who sing songs paint pictures and do drugs.

nico: ari's song - the marble index.

she has:

long hair
does drugs
(i'm sure she painted a picture or two in her lifetime....)