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Originally Posted by funchy  Drugs like LSD hit the market during the 60s. Drug enforcement wasn't as strict as it was today. And they didn't have the really scary drugs such as crack. So it was ok to smoke a little and be happy.
It was also the peak of sexual freedom: the birth control pill was finally commonplace. AIDS had not yet appeared. It really was an era of free love.
Mix in the new rock-and-roll music. The 50s do-wop was replaced with Elvis, Beatles, and the start of the first real rock and roll.
Color TV was starting to slowly catch on. People became more aware of fashion and entertainment.
Lots of things were happening those years and on into the disco 70s.
I don't think we'll ever have another 60s hippie scene. Music today is too commercialized so a Woodstock-type event would turn into a Tickermaster $150/per person commercial event with overpriced food and rent-a-cops. Crack and AIDS are out there and aren't going away. People also seem more violent in general; you're more likely to carry a weapon than to carry a guitar these days. |
yeah.. i wonder what it would take to maintain soomething like this again.