i still cherish the memory of running long-haired and barefoot in the park on Russian Hill [in San Francisco] at seventeen; accompanied by a borrowed dog. the white cheesecloth top i lived in back then is now worn by my eldest daughter and somewhat threadbare ...the flowered skirt still exists as testament to my much-missed waist. reader, i was sylph-like in those days.
now some 33 years later i wear shoes and carry a batfone - but the ringtone is Jimi Hendrix "purple haze" and the alarm call is Janis Joplin singing "summertime" [in duet with Jimi]
so you can imagine my delight when i spotted this glorious chariot in the carpark of the public house at a nearby village.
it's good to know someone is still wearing flowers in their hair...
this version was recorded in Stockholm but it's no less a pleasant trip back in time...and here's that purple haze....
I can remembern my dreams, but not so well what I really did at that time -- hey, that was more than 33 years ago, wasn't it? -- exept that I attended the only concert that Jefferson Airplane ever gave in Hamburg, Germany. 1968, I think. It knocked us off our feet, my brother and me, and one the way home we did not speek a single word.
ReplyDeleteas you say, it's the highlights that stay in the mind...
ReplyDeleteYou just made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is what i needed on this shortest, dark day. To remember those sunny summerdays in Amsterdam with flowers and music and love everywhere.
How very evocative! I remember being in a sports car with the top down driving in a park in the spring time with Hair's "Age of Aquarius" booming on the radio. The trees were full of blossoms and the pink petals were raining down on our heads. It totally enhanced our "experience".
ReplyDeleteYes those years had such an impact,the flowers will come back, love beats everything.Our children put on the clothes we ware and bring back softness.Lets honor them.
ReplyDeletehey, i saw jimmy at woodstock!
ReplyDeleteHippies rule OK
ReplyDeletethe spirit is still alive
spirits? did somebody mention spirits?
lucky you, Jude! our family lived in Vermont for a few months in 1969...arriving in September when all the fun was over. i was only 10 at the time AND in a family where only classical music was allowed and listening to sinful modern music was banned, so i remained in 'blissful' ignorance for some while..
ReplyDeletethis makes me think of holidays at home when my dad would get out all his old records and indoctrinate us (me and my siblings) with the the 60's and 70's ...lovely memories of my home, thank you :)
ReplyDeleteThere are still a few of us around who remember the 'good old days'. I still have some of my hand made, hand dyed cheese cloth originals. I had to smile just recently when I passed a very modern clothing store, the model in the window had waist length hair with two tiny plaits down each side, I have a photo of me at least thirty five years ago looking exactly the same. Ah the circle of life.
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