The older we get, the further away the 1960s are. I mean, obviously, right? But also, something about the vibe of the 1960s is just no longer a part of what is happening.It feels hopelessly dated now -definitely the clothes, the sentiments, the middleclassness of it. And that's despite the 60s not ending, not really, till the murder of John Lennon (if the scumbag who shot him makes parole, the entire world will be furious) in 1980.
A lotta of the folks from that age, not just the the three Js, are gone. John Phillips died a couple of years ago, and Scott McKenzie just followed him. Scott was involved in the forming of the Mamas and The papas but decided not to join them and instead started a solo career. He only had one hit, the 1967 "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)", and defined the entire Hippie movement. It's a pleasant enough song, a folkie invitation in the verses, and a more urgent call to join in on the chorus, pealing off each other.
At the time, the song sounded like hokum, a commercial move. But today, it seems to define something, both the hippie down pattern coolness and all, perhaps equally, a revolutionary spirit.
Scott McKenzie died earlier this week at the age of 73 years of age,
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