# Best hippie music of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hippie-music-of-all-time/572471 "2011-02-24T17:51:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hippie-music-of-all-time/572471/141 "2011-03-03T01:07:46Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:118, topic:572471”] No, no, no! The original song (“I’d like to teach the world to sing”) is already on my list, but we’re talking about _hippie music_. You can’t use the commercialized version with the words changed to promote a product. Absolutely not. [/QUOTE] The Coke version was the original version and then the New Seekers released a non-commercial version after the success of the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hippie-music-of-all-time/572471/142 "2011-03-03T04:54:05Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > The Coke version was the original version and then the New Seekers released a non-commercial version after the success of the commercial. Hmmm. You and **Book it** are quite right. I still prefer the non-Coke version, though. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hippie-music-of-all-time/572471/143 "2011-03-03T18:46:00Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > How about “If I Were A Carpenter” by…anyone _If I were a carpenter and you were a lady would you rather marry me or John Cameron Swayze?_ One of my favorite albums of all time was from that period, '71, and features Dave Mason & Cass Elliot, but for some strange reason it never got the push to the airwaves and remains relatively unknown. It’s is though an absolute gem. _Walk to the Point, Sit and Wonder, Something to Make you Happy and Too Much Truth, Too Much Love_ are incredible songs and would all fit very nicely with this collection. [http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7680664](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7680664) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hippie-music-of-all-time/572471/144 "2011-03-03T19:21:07Z")
Not nearly enough of these artists are on the no-fly list. Oh, [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q29YR5-t3gg&feature=related) [we](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNxKnLmOH4&feature=related) [go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHazjrWg&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hippie-music-of-all-time/572471/145 "2011-03-05T04:11:20Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > [White Bird](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrFCwvlw0cs) by \* It’s a Beautiful Day. \* +1 That song was the ‘soundtrack’ to my first coast to coast drive in college - has stayed with me for 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hippie-music-of-all-time/572471/146 "2011-03-05T06:48:13Z")
> [@Doctor\_Who](#): > > [Goin’ Up the Country](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgqVuMj3Y4U) - Canned Heat This is the song that immediately came to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Pitter\_Patter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@Pitter\_Patter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitter_Patter)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hippie-music-of-all-time/572471/147 "2011-03-05T11:34:54Z")
Let’s not forget “Green Tambourine”, by the Lemon Pipers. Just thinking of it gives me the munchies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hippie-music-of-all-time/572471.md?page=7)