# Hippie Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913 "2014-10-10T01:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/1 "2014-10-10T01:34:06Z")
Say I wanted to host a party with a '60s hippie theme. What kind of music should I play? Jefferson Airplane? Strawberry Alarm Clock? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/2 "2014-10-10T01:43:23Z")
Maybe some Grateful Dead? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/3 "2014-10-10T01:50:06Z")
> **[Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_the_Song_We_Sing:_San_Francisco_Nuggets_1965%E2%80%931970)** > > Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970 is the fourth Nuggets box set released by Rhino Records. It was released in 2007 and packaged as an 8 1/2 x 11" 120 page hardcover book, the first 73 pages of which were made up mostly of vintage photographs. The compilation focuses on San Francisco Sound bands. Its title is derived from the first line of "Get Together," two versions of which open (Dino Valenti) and close (The Youngbloods) the four-disc set. You can thank me by “copping” a “lid” of “grass” for me. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/4 "2014-10-10T02:00:58Z")
Kenny Rogers. [Really!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ8k6fVe25k) Do you want the happy, sunshine, flower power hippies, or the psychedelic, stoned hippies? Sunshine and flower power – Donovan Mamas and Papas Lovin’ Spoonful The Association Van Dyke Parks Friend and Lover Psychedlic and stoned – Jimi Hendrix Cream Steppinwolf Jefferson Airplane The Doors Or, if you want to split the difference, just get The Beatles _Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band_ and the soundtrack from the movie \*Woodstock \*and cover all your bases. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/5 "2014-10-10T02:43:38Z")
Shouldn’t the _Hair_ soundtrack be in there somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/6 "2014-10-10T03:16:32Z")
Alice’s Restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/7 "2014-10-10T03:32:57Z")
Don’t forget Crosby, Stills and Nash. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/8 "2014-10-10T03:42:32Z")
[Rain Chant and Soul Sacrifice from Woodstock](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Y7WiPiWqo) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/9 "2014-10-10T04:15:02Z")
Early Pink Floyd Love Country Joe and the Fish ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/10 "2014-10-10T04:22:21Z")
A particular [Norman Greenbaum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_in_the_Sky) song. A particular [Scott McKenzie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_%28Be_Sure_to_Wear_Flowers_in_Your_Hair%29) song. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/11 "2014-10-10T04:37:04Z")
[San Francisco - Scott McKenzie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch1_Ep5M1s) ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/12 "2014-10-10T04:56:47Z")
Steppenwolf - [Born to Be Wild](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWRypqz5-o) And when the party’s over and you want everyone to leave just play[this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/13 "2014-10-10T12:44:51Z")
**Going up the Country** by **Canned Heat** is _the_ hippie ballad. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/14 "2014-10-10T13:19:48Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Shouldn’t the _Hair_ soundtrack be in there somewhere? No. That’s Broadway’s version of “hippie.” “Incense & Peppermints” & “If You’re Going…” are also pretty fake. **kunnilou** ’s list is a good start. “Hippie” music includes folk/rocky stuff & psychedelia. Some groups, like the Airplane & the Dead\*, evolved through both styles. > [@](#): > > Kenny Rogers. Really! > > Do you want the happy, sunshine, flower power hippies, or the psychedelic, stoned hippies? > > Sunshine and flower power – > Donovan > Mamas and Papas > Lovin’ Spoonful > The Association > Van Dyke Parks > Friend and Lover > > Psychedlic and stoned – > Jimi Hendrix > Cream > Steppinwolf > Jefferson Airplane > The Doors Kenny Rogers’ brother Leland ran Houston’s crazed [International Artists](http://www.internationalartistsrecords.com/) label. I wouldn’t recommend investing in these oddities–but Rhapsody has _Psychedelic Sounds of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators_. Absolutely essential here in Texas… Beatles? I’d pick _Revolver_ & _Rubber Soul_ before _Sgt Pepper_. Electrified Dylan would also work. - I’ve got a soft spot for the Dead’s “country” albums–_American Beauty_ & _Workingman’s Dead_. Someone else mentioned Buffalo Springfield–their varied output included some early country rock. So add in some Flying Burrito Brothers & the Byrds’ _Sweetheart of the Rodeo_ if you like that kind of thing. (We did, back in the day.) ETA: Rhapsody is a good source for browsing/cheap music. I just noticed they have The Holy Modal Rounders! You can thank me later… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/15 "2014-10-10T13:19:48Z")
Janis Joplin. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/16 "2014-10-10T13:43:20Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > No. That’s Broadway’s version of “hippie.” “Incense & Peppermints” & “If You’re Going…” are also pretty fake. Fair enough, but is “fake hippie” necessarily bad for a party with a 60s hippie theme? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/17 "2014-10-10T14:46:38Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Fair enough, but is “fake hippie” necessarily bad for a party with a 60s hippie theme? Well, if somebody is having a party on the theme of “look at those silly hippies, weren’t they stupid?”–sure. That party sounds like quite a drag, though. The joke would get old really fast. If somebody just wants some interesting music from the era, there’s lots of good stuff out there. Loud or soft, disturbing or soothing–you name it… ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/18 "2014-10-10T15:03:09Z")
Don’t forget the Moody Blues – “Legend of a Mind”, “Ride My See-Saw”, “Tuesday Afternoon”, “House of Four Doors”, etc. Also It’s A Beautiful Day – pretty much anything from the LP of that name, but also “Essence of Now” from _Marrying Maiden_. Definitely anything from _Sunshine Superman_ by Donovan, or _Surrealistic Pillow_ by Jefferson Airplane. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/19 "2014-10-10T15:11:29Z")
[Cindy’s Crying.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQsn5s3cqAw) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/20 "2014-10-10T15:35:11Z")
I should just lend you my iPod. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913.md?page=2)