listen carefully and you will hear the excitement building . .like arriving in rural field and detecting the noise of beats , bleeps and bass carried on the wind from a far -off sound system , there's a buzz in the air that's bound to set the hearts of party animals racing .
Hold tight my another summer/ winter of love explosion of politics , fashion and unbridled hedonism to rival that 0f 67, or disco movement of 80s seems to be horizon for us to savor .
The conditions, on the surface ,seem perfect . Balearic music , acting like dance-floor Viagra , spate of revolutions spread thru making ppl sit n see the bigger picture instead of the rat race
The first summer of love saw 100,000 people from burgeoning hippy movement descend on Haight Ashburry in san fransicso to celebrate free love , free drugs , free form dancing and a rejection of the politics and square lifestyle of post-war America .
The flower Children were born in a time when the hope of Kennedy had been shot and Vietnam was cracking up And while they didnt end capitalism war or racism , they made an impact which still echoes today in green movement , yoga and eastern mysticism becoming hip ,the flagrant use of drugs and mindless shagging and the most important cultural gift of all times The music and fuleld by the most potent mind altering lsd , . .You had to be there to see and experience the chaos and I most definitively wasn't .
Even tho the first summer of love was defeated by strong willed govt , the mind blowing combination of drugs and repetitive beats characteresied the second summer of love with circus having moved to great britian in 88/89 .
Against a backdrop of Thatcherism and riots and culture of thuggery , unemployment and crap pop , the arrival of house music and ecstasy made lives colorful and fun .
And now the circus is planning to threaten to come down to our shores and how . . With the same socio economic environment that preceded the arrival of both the summer of love , the wave of discontent is spreading far and wide and people looking for the life beyond govt propaganda fueled
paranoia and the mediocrity
life for most ppl over here is grow up,get married, have kids For such people to be presented with a period of euphoria and happiness will be amazing . why should life be defined by sameness.
First the seeds of rave culture on our shores were planted at Goa , our very own Ibiza , from where its spread out through least of all the Himalayas , where there already was a large population of travelers looking to get stoned on hi quality hashish .And add to the fact unnecessary paranoia govt of ours have against the rave culture and natural highs and unexpected and unwanted behavior of our authorities towards it has only gone and make it look much more glamorous and appealing for a growing up kid .
When I was growing up , cock-rocking guitar music was what did for us , but the gen of today has access to all the cultures of the world and they are gobbling up this electronic a music fad 2 . . Sooner or later they are bound to discover Ecstasy/Lsd and high BPM music and the euphoria associated with it , it will only lead people to chase the indescribable buzz of the right drugs and the right music long enough to accquire trhe chronic love for the rave culture .
The previous summer of love served there purpose by causing a genuine wave of social change .You raved and rocked with people irrespective of there social and economic background .You grinned , hugged and slept with them .With the govt effectively criminalizing people getting together and enjoying music lovers are bound to be drawn together rather then be pulled apart like haters want it to be .
So will it happen ? perhaps the time is ripe , but somehow I dont think so - atleast 69 is not expected to happen in a similar way with that intensity .Tho the general dissatisfaction with the establishment is just like as it was in 60s in States or 80s in London .The thugs are back with guns and hate , people are skint and pissed off with polical status quo and stink of excessive violence used against our brothers in the papers everyday . common man has lost all the trust and touch with the !% of our population .
But on other hand , hedonism is more easily available to everyone , there are more clubs , more chances to party than ever before .We have more options to decide what to do with our nights
Music isnt bringing us together so much like in 70s when it was the most common mode of voicing your dissent .A real summer of love needs to be disconnected from social boundaries and strictures .If the Gandhis or sme1 from 1% were on getting fucked up in a field with the common people , maybe that would signal a third wave of love. But shuttering themselves up in a room with there hangers-on does not make a rave .
Most people today have access to to more then most we ever had , nodoubt we are in relative comfort but deep inside we have become absolete , we have been so caught up in rat race that compassion , brotherhood have died and we are surviving on anti depression tablets , so maybe we do need to forget our worldly belongings and get down and get dirty in the fields to the music .
Perhaps it takes bad times to usher in such good times . a summer of love is a revolution , of sorts . Then again Third summer of love could happen if someone introduced some proper amazing new drugs . .
Till some point
Hold tight my another summer/ winter of love explosion of politics , fashion and unbridled hedonism to rival that 0f 67, or disco movement of 80s seems to be horizon for us to savor .
The conditions, on the surface ,seem perfect . Balearic music , acting like dance-floor Viagra , spate of revolutions spread thru making ppl sit n see the bigger picture instead of the rat race
The first summer of love saw 100,000 people from burgeoning hippy movement descend on Haight Ashburry in san fransicso to celebrate free love , free drugs , free form dancing and a rejection of the politics and square lifestyle of post-war America .
The flower Children were born in a time when the hope of Kennedy had been shot and Vietnam was cracking up And while they didnt end capitalism war or racism , they made an impact which still echoes today in green movement , yoga and eastern mysticism becoming hip ,the flagrant use of drugs and mindless shagging and the most important cultural gift of all times The music and fuleld by the most potent mind altering lsd , . .You had to be there to see and experience the chaos and I most definitively wasn't .
Even tho the first summer of love was defeated by strong willed govt , the mind blowing combination of drugs and repetitive beats characteresied the second summer of love with circus having moved to great britian in 88/89 .
Against a backdrop of Thatcherism and riots and culture of thuggery , unemployment and crap pop , the arrival of house music and ecstasy made lives colorful and fun .
And now the circus is planning to threaten to come down to our shores and how . . With the same socio economic environment that preceded the arrival of both the summer of love , the wave of discontent is spreading far and wide and people looking for the life beyond govt propaganda fueled
paranoia and the mediocrity
life for most ppl over here is grow up,get married, have kids For such people to be presented with a period of euphoria and happiness will be amazing . why should life be defined by sameness.
First the seeds of rave culture on our shores were planted at Goa , our very own Ibiza , from where its spread out through least of all the Himalayas , where there already was a large population of travelers looking to get stoned on hi quality hashish .And add to the fact unnecessary paranoia govt of ours have against the rave culture and natural highs and unexpected and unwanted behavior of our authorities towards it has only gone and make it look much more glamorous and appealing for a growing up kid .
When I was growing up , cock-rocking guitar music was what did for us , but the gen of today has access to all the cultures of the world and they are gobbling up this electronic a music fad 2 . . Sooner or later they are bound to discover Ecstasy/Lsd and high BPM music and the euphoria associated with it , it will only lead people to chase the indescribable buzz of the right drugs and the right music long enough to accquire trhe chronic love for the rave culture .
The previous summer of love served there purpose by causing a genuine wave of social change .You raved and rocked with people irrespective of there social and economic background .You grinned , hugged and slept with them .With the govt effectively criminalizing people getting together and enjoying music lovers are bound to be drawn together rather then be pulled apart like haters want it to be .
So will it happen ? perhaps the time is ripe , but somehow I dont think so - atleast 69 is not expected to happen in a similar way with that intensity .Tho the general dissatisfaction with the establishment is just like as it was in 60s in States or 80s in London .The thugs are back with guns and hate , people are skint and pissed off with polical status quo and stink of excessive violence used against our brothers in the papers everyday . common man has lost all the trust and touch with the !% of our population .
But on other hand , hedonism is more easily available to everyone , there are more clubs , more chances to party than ever before .We have more options to decide what to do with our nights
Music isnt bringing us together so much like in 70s when it was the most common mode of voicing your dissent .A real summer of love needs to be disconnected from social boundaries and strictures .If the Gandhis or sme1 from 1% were on getting fucked up in a field with the common people , maybe that would signal a third wave of love. But shuttering themselves up in a room with there hangers-on does not make a rave .
Most people today have access to to more then most we ever had , nodoubt we are in relative comfort but deep inside we have become absolete , we have been so caught up in rat race that compassion , brotherhood have died and we are surviving on anti depression tablets , so maybe we do need to forget our worldly belongings and get down and get dirty in the fields to the music .
Perhaps it takes bad times to usher in such good times . a summer of love is a revolution , of sorts . Then again Third summer of love could happen if someone introduced some proper amazing new drugs . .
Till some point
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