Hippy? Born to be wild? Not a chance.

It's flowers in your hair, protest songs, marching, We shall overcome, Ohio, White Rabbit, Janis Joplin, CSNY, Jefferson Airplane, The Turtles, Yardbirds, Cat Stevens (Peacetrain), Lovin' Spoonful,
Mama's and Poppas, (Cass Eliot the EarthMother of Hippydom...) and on we go.

Born to be wild was the start of heavy metal music, the hippy era was ending, about 69, and music changed. There is some cross-over, but as I was a late teen during the era, wore the sandals and the weird shirts and wore my hair long and protested, and got arrested,...well I just don't see born to be wild a hippy thing at all. Good music though. Think laid back protest, not cranked up.

But, that's my o p i n i o n.


John Conley
Musica est vita