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25-04-2014, 05:40 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
"San Francisco", a song released in the middle of Vietnam War. While the song appeared to attract youth to San Francisco on surface, it soon emerged as a popular anti-war song back then.
Lyrics: Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair
http://germanbeautysabine.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/enhanced-buzz-wide-20861-1338324633-14.jpg
McKenzie was invited to perform his song in East Germany after the fall of Communism in 1991. He was shocked to learn that citizens could once have been imprisoned by the Stasi for listening to the song. “Many of these people adopted San Francisco as their personal anthem of hope and freedom. It is very humbling,” he said.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...3-8062986.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/folk-singer-scott-mckenzie-whose-hit-san-francisco-soundtracked-the-flower-power-movement-dies-aged-73-8062986.html)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?180278-One-Person-One-Song&goto=newpost).
"San Francisco", a song released in the middle of Vietnam War. While the song appeared to attract youth to San Francisco on surface, it soon emerged as a popular anti-war song back then.
Lyrics: Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair
http://germanbeautysabine.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/enhanced-buzz-wide-20861-1338324633-14.jpg
McKenzie was invited to perform his song in East Germany after the fall of Communism in 1991. He was shocked to learn that citizens could once have been imprisoned by the Stasi for listening to the song. “Many of these people adopted San Francisco as their personal anthem of hope and freedom. It is very humbling,” he said.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...3-8062986.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/folk-singer-scott-mckenzie-whose-hit-san-francisco-soundtracked-the-flower-power-movement-dies-aged-73-8062986.html)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?180278-One-Person-One-Song&goto=newpost).