Grateful Dead's Weir to collaborate with Marin Symphony

Goofy Deadheads wrote:

Most of these deadheads are goofy, rich white ... adults, now.Though they pretended to be easy-going, they made huge $$$.

Bill E Goat wrote:

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So you're saying only stressed and uptight people should make a lot of money? Imagine that, these easy-going deadheads ended up having regular jobs, some of them good jobs....how awful and hypocritical of them! They were all supposed to end up living in squalor and traveling from city to city, peddling drugs and listening to Uncle John's Band all day. Totally unacceptable of them!

Hypocracy Yes wrote:

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Actually, they did live in squalor (even in their Mansions), and they did travel from city to city peddling drugs. And Jerry Garcia's early death speaks for itself.
There is nothing wrong with them making all their money, but it was under USA capatalism that they made their money -- the same system and the same country the hippie culture was always denouncing -- there's your hypocracy.

Goofy Deadheads wrote:

Most of these deadheads are goofy, rich white ... adults, now.
Though they pretended to be easy-going, they made huge $$$.
Does the $350 for a ticket also include the LSD?

Hypocracy Yes wrote:

<quoted text> it was under USA capatalism that they made their money -- the same system and the same country the hippie culture was always denouncing -- there's your hypocracy.

Bill E Goat wrote:

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The hippies that you condemn paved the way for change throughout the world and my generation is grateful for it.

Potsmokers Unite wrote:

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So what great change did the hippie/greatful dead generation give the USA? And "pave the way for change throughout the world ... "? What great world change?
And "my generation is grateful for it." Since when do you speak for an entire generation? Are you smoking something that's inflating your ego?

Bill E Goat wrote:

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Fair enough question. The protesting in the 60's against a useless war and for human rights began with the hippies and urban blacks. Women became liberated, student protests happened in Berkeley, Columbia Univ., SF State, Kent State, Jackson State...urban riots, Democratic Convention riots....all of this was watched by the entire world and emulated to a degree by students and activists in Czechoslavakia, Poland, France, Spain, Mexico City, and Berlin among others. That 'protest era' was important because before, opinions of the masses were squashed by governments. Suddenly, it became common for people worldwide to demand better treatment from their ruling parties. To demand basic freedoms. Maybe some of their methods weren't the best, but they caught the world's attention and change was the result. The hippie generation did not accept Watergate, police riots, FBI improprieties, lack of voters rights, keeping women back, and on and on. The rest of the world saw this and responded in their own way. To just dismiss the hippies as pot-smoking, music-listening lazy bums is foolish.
And before you rush to say that riots and civil unrest were not helpful, consider how out of control and unaccountable our government was in those days. When our country has civil unrest, such as the Boston Tea Party, things often happen for the best.
Maybe I have no right to speak for 'my generation'. It's just an opinion, but everyone I know thinks we have way more freedom because of the 60's generation. At least those who know their history. So you shouldn't overlook what the hippie/protest era did for us.
p.s. I'm not a liberal or a socialist so don't go calling me a ****. I'm just giving credit where credit is due.

Hypocracy Yes wrote:

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but it was under USA capatalism that they made their money -- the same system and the same country the hippie culture was always denouncing -- there's your hypocracy.

Hypocracy Yes wrote:

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Since when do you speak for an entire generation? Are you smoking something that's inflating your ego?

mwrg wrote:

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I hope you extend the same reprieve then for present day Tea Partiers who are trying to check an even more out of control government?
Frankly though, quality rock music is one of the only beneficial things to come out of the hippie era. Sadly, too many of the baby boom generation never grew up from their immature mistakes made at that time.

mwrg wrote:

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I hope you extend the same reprieve then for present day Tea Partiers who are trying to check an even more out of control government?
Frankly though, quality rock music is one of the only beneficial things to come out of the hippie era.

DeathCulture wrote:

Jerry Garcia died of an heroin overdose. Charles Manson, Patty Hurst, in jail for murder. End of story, enjoy the music at $350.

Bill E Goat wrote:

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Agree that the Tea Party has every right to contest the status quo and try to make changes they believe in.
Disagree that rock was the only beneficial thing in that era. Are you kidding me? Because of the global unrest that our hippies started and other countries emulated, the Berlin wall came down, the U.S.S.R. failed, the war in Vietnam ended, women's rights evolved, people started caring about the environment, minority voting in the South became reality, and on and on. You could make an argument that the 1960's were the most influential years in modern history.