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hehe, trust ab bringing in clarity.
Why make it so confusing, just tar them all with the same brush, minority groups. shedcoupe, aren't most Dads classified as dorky Dads by the kids. He is dorky mind you I agree, more than the average dork.
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Ok for the sake of the argument I will out myself as a hippy from the early 70’s. I don’t think I ever I met the drug taking criteria but people called me a “hippie” at the time because I drove a mini-moke, hung out with girls that liked to wear flowers in their hair, had very long hair and went to outdoor rock concerts and cared about the environment. I guess that I ended up as both a FCPA and an economist might appear a bit conservative an image for some people's perception of what a hippy is meant to be though.
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OK I've had my rant so I am off to find where I stored my old hippy beads and flowery hat and then meditate a while. Too late for me to regrow my long hair though. I was probably just a fake hippy anyhow attracted by the free love concept of the pretty girls with flowers in their hair and the low entry price of a new Mini Moke as a first new car.
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wow , that would have taken me two hours to write all that.
smoke some weed bro, and relax. is a hipster just a modern day hippy? |
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hehe, I''l contribute like AB but far shorter.....
Hipster The 21st century hipster is a subculture that is defined by claims to authenticity and uniqueness yet, ironically, is notably lacking in authenticity and conforms to a collective style. The subculture embodies a particular ethic of consumption that seeks to commodify the idea of rebellion or counterculture
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Yes, like the finely curated and socially regulated “outsider culture” of rat rods. If you don’t conform, you’re not a proper outsider… Henry Rollins, in his spoken word era, described the interaction between Black Flag and some European punk fans. They - both anti establishment - learned something from each other.
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Even including the ones captured by the Orange people and Hare Krishna sects I reckon there was less than 2,000 hippies in Western Australia at it's peak. Like most trends, hippies came late to WA and was really a 70's rather than 60's thing here. The Orange people Hare Krishna were 80's things so I don't see any of the hippies or these sects as having a significant direct impact on Australian Government policy albeit they probably had an influence on the views of the wider community and through that the Governments of the time.
My mates and I used to occasionally hang out with a Perth group on Sunday nights as a result of having nowhere else to go on Sunday nights after all the pubs closed and resorting to rocking up at Obelia's Cafe (initially home to more beatniks than hippies I think) for coffees. Some of them I also knew as old school friends of my sister. An interesting group as there were some desperate to live up to the hippy image whatever it took and others who I think were just lonely lost souls. A couple of those desperate try hards sadly became addicts and were still hanging around stoned in Hay Street Mall early this century (they may still be there but I no longer visit the CDB). I wonder how many moved to Nimbin; one couple I knew that also lived next door to me for a while sharing the other half of a duplex did. In any event, for a year or so Sundays became "Hippy Night" and while we were probably just considered friendly and helpful less square squares, we got to know a lot of them and made some very good friends albeit not lasting friendship. My first serous girlfriend that I met elsewhere was also a bit of a hippy and stayed in contact with many of them long after we split. Even in those days the copped a lot of flack from the press and the mainstream community although they were mostly harmless, peaceful and (apart from the pot smoking) law abiding. But hardly in a position to have a influence on Government policy.
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You have posted so much rubbish that it must have been copied and pasted. Almost every point "you" have made is nonsense. I could refute almost all of it but it wouldn't be worth my time and noone reads long posts on forums. Your author says rubbish like greenies were against nuclear power, clearly you haven't been around as long as us grownups who remember it was about nuclear warheads and nuclear proliferation......I could go on and on and on about the exaggerated misinformation in your post but that would simply be liberating dribble.
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Ahh .... hippy girls in Mokes.
I had one with a rich dad - her Moke was a Californian edition. She had a face that could make a priest smash a church window and a body to match. Not the smartest but I enjoyed knowing her. |
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Geez, hippies eh, my favourite hippy was Charlie Manson, he had the chics and the drugs, and the music friendships, yet Charlie was the real deal, just a bit bent in the head, mention hippie I think "Charlie"
Then again that's the US of A and this is Australia, so who stands out back then as an Aussie hippie, well really only one person, Matt Taylor, lots of close clone types like John J Francis! But to me Matt Taylor was doing then what we talk about now, plus he sung about it, when it was not a good commercial proposition! Cheers Carlos Castenada Billy ![]() |
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Sitting back with me beer ..
man i love this thread man ., hey . tha New Era , is Hipsters ,,, or Urbans ,, Me girlfriend calls Hipsters ,, ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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keep the love going guys, not the time for arguing and bit ching
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And he was spot on, way ahead of anyone else, he's lived it, seen it, grew it and sung about it, the real deal... And he probably done it on a Fordson Dexter Tractor too!... Cheers Billy ![]() Last edited by slowsnake; 21-07-2021 at 11:47 AM. Reason: Add a bit |
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The good ol Hips were pretty cool to me, most harmless easy going - the ones that I would have a axe to grind were the % of welfare bludgers but those types are everywhere and today, that cycle will forever keep spinning.
Being an avid surfer through those times was epic travelling up and down the east coast. Your a worry ss, naming manson, he's not a shining example of the times. At least Taylor had 1 hit. I'd be more inclined talking about Richard Clapton/The Oils/Angels/ACDC/The Tatts/Mentals/AusCrawl/Skyhooks/Merrit go back to JOK/DaddyC etcetc talking hippy aussies and our awesum live band pub culture ![]() Now we're talking, maybe thats why the change from flying glass schooners/jugs to plastic occured LOL......it was the party animals that caused the change haha Cat Stevens comes to mind looking ahead way back then and man, weren't they great lyrics and tunes.
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Every band you have mentioned I have seen live, mainly NSW Sydney pub scene, QLD pub scene too, but not just Brisbane, NT too but on mine sites and Arnhem land. I jammed on harmonica with Matt Taylor and Western Flyer 1978, at the Queens Hotel, Brisbane, got smashed with Angry Anderson at the Cossacks MC clubhouse Cleveland Brisbane after a gig, was on Goat Island to watch the magic of the Oils, all other band you mention seen em and partied with most, used to party with Richard Clapton at the JJ studios in William St, Sydney, with my old mate George " groover " Wayne the DJ, now deceased but a very cool dude,. Sorry but it's USA Charlie Manson, and Oz Matt Taylor, the rest were not hippies, I can't see it, I can't hear it, even Bonn Scott with Fraternity was just a band, or Lobby Loyde or Buster Brown, Sid Rumpo or Carson!.... I could go on, I lived that lifestyle to the full sense of the word, I was not a wannabe, and I met a few of them, I was a working boilermaker/welder journeyman, and I tasted everything from Sydney to Cape Tribulation, I did not by pass Kuranda or Nimbin, just passing through... ![]() Cheers Boars Tooth Chillum Billy ![]() |
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yep mate I am, once a feral has gone awal his whole rep is finished, especially what occured but I guess we all have different shining lights.
Hippy/dope smoker same same everywhere then, living the life barring one like him losing the plot badly. I would say those into music/vibes and growing up those times saw them live, countless times as we know they travelled the country yep. Yes they weren't hippys per say but the pub culture music was the massive background for all then, they didn't have to be flower power types. We all could quote some of our "experiences" with entertainers I guess, I was around Sydney then as well and coasts. Good on you mate, I'm sure you enjoyed as did many of us, some went harder than others, some have other pov's on tastes. Chill
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By the way, I didn't say the bands mentioned were "hippys", pasted below again from my post.....
talking hippy aussies and our awesum live band pub culture Bit of diff there eh.
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There was good (communist) ABC tv doco on a commune in the SW of WA where Matt Taylor lived for a while.
He questioned the guru leader why he (Taylor) was taking his turn in emptying the poo buckets whereas the guru wasn't. Got some bs reply so he left. Hippies in Oz lasted well into the eighties - in 1984 I met a busful from Nimbin in Port Douglas on their way to attempt to stop a coastal road being built by Sir Joh through the rainforest. They didn't beat the Qld coppers of course but at least they had a go. To avoid dramas with plod on the way up they kept the bus drug-free but I put a stop to that. |
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Oh man, Matt Taylor was the real deal eh, way before his time, and he really did care about our world, not just his own immediate environment!
Last time I saw him on TV was the show in a Melbourne pub, oh I forget the name, hosted by Julia Zamiro, he got up and played mouth harp, answering the hosts questions you could see he was gone, his mind I'm talking about, must be in his 70's now but he just wasn't there, I thought dementia maybe, but he's alive and kicking and an example to every wannabe bluesman and environmentalist, he lived the life he espoused, no phonyness about him. A true Australian Legend.. Cheers Billy. |
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I have a mate, a tattooist who is a hippie, great bloke
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Ahhh...
Neil young, eagles, Van Morrison, Jefferson starship, frank zappa mothers of invention (used to put LSD into the kool aid coollers at high school dances), ozark mountain daredevils, Rodriguez ...so many that could actually play without synthesizers. this was music not like the rubbish from Skyhooks or ACDC....(who played at my high school functions in St Albans) Rule of thumb was if it made you smile when you had 2 cookies it must be good. Hippies had outstanding taste in music.
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