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Seeger, Pete − Hickerson, Joe: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". Represented by Pete Seeger, 1960's. −
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2SIIeqy34.
Dylan, Bob: "Blowin' in the Wind" (1962). Represented by the author at Madison Square Garden, NY, 1971. −
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4nPJ-YYHBc.
Phillips, John: "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flo-
wers in Your Hair)". Represented by Scott McKenzie, 1967. −
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DspcTcVslsI.
The foundations of the Hippie movement (Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia, s.v. Hippie. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippies, 26.9.2008) find their historical precedents as far back as the counterculture of the Ancient Greeks, espoused by philosophers like DIOGENES OF SINOPE (c. 412 −323 BC) and the Cynics (5th century BC − 1st century AD) (see W.F.E., s.v. Diogenes of Sinope. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_sinope; s.v. Cynic. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynics, 26.9.2008). The Hippie philosophy also credits the religious and spiritual teachings of SIDDHĀRTHA GAUTAMA BUDDHA († c. 420−380 BC), JESUS CHRIST THE NAZARENE (7–2 BC – 26–36 AD), HILLEL THE ELDER (c. 110 BC − 10 AD), ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1181/1182–1226 AD), HENRY THOREAU (1817–62 AD), and MOHANDAS "MAHATMA" GANDHI (1869–1948 AD) (see W.F.E., s.v. Francis of Assisi. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_of_Assisi; s.v. Gautama Buddha. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddh%C4%81rtha_Gautama; s.v. Henry David Thoreau. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thoreau; s.v. Hillel the Elder. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_the_Elder; s.v. Jesus. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus; s.v. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi, 26.9.2008).
The Hippie subculture was a youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world. In 1967, the happening Human Be-In in San Francisco popularized the hippie movement, leading to the legendary Summer of Love on the West Coast of the U.S., and to the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the East Coast. The hippie fashions and values still have a major effect on the global culture, influencing popular music, television, film, literature, and the arts. (W.F.E., s.v. Hippie. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippies, 26.9.2008.)
ILLUSTRATION. Opposing to the Vietnam War (1959−75) was a typical common feature for whole the Hippie movement (Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia, s.v. Hippie. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippies; s.v. Opposition to the Vietnam War. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_the_Vietnam_War, 26.9.2008.)
(W.F.E., s.v. Opposition to the Vietnam War. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_the_Vietnam_War, 26.9.2008.)
I myself generally do accept the established institutions of the Western society, follow relatively conservative sexual values, would never move into a commune, and absolutely oppose the use of drugs. Anyway, on the contrary, I do demand human rights and personal freedom for every human being, criticize the middle class values in their extreme, oppose the nuclear weapons in general, support eco-friendly way of life, listen to the folk and ethnic music, and respect vegetarians. The antimilitary and back-to-the-nature message of the hippie songs also speaks to me in certain cense. (See W.F.E., s.v. Hippie. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippies, 26.9.2008.)
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a folk song of the 1960s. PETE SEEGER found inspiration his song while on the way to a concert. Leafing through his notebook he saw the passage: "Where are the flowers, the girls have plucked them. Where are the girls, they've all taken husbands. Where are the men, they're all in the army." These lines were from a Ukrainian folk song referenced in MIKHAIL SHOLOKHOV'S novel "And Quiet Flows the Don" (1934). Seeger adapted it to a tune, a lumberjack version of "Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill". (W.F.E., s.v. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Have_All_the_Flowers_Gone%3F, 26.9.2008.)
ILLUSTRATION. "San Francisco" was also adopted as an anthem for freedom during the Prague Spring (ces Pražské jaro ~ slk Pražská jar ) uprising of Czechoslovakia (1968), the end of which was an illegal Soviet-lead occupation of the country by the military of the Warsaw Pact countries in August. − In the picture [1]: Brave resistance of the Czechoslovaks: A simple anti-tank weapon − the Molotov cocktail, developed by Finnish soldiers during the Winter War (1939−40) − is used against the Soviet tanks; [2]: Pravda for the Russian soldiers: rus «ЗА ВАШУ И НАШУ СВОБОДУ» − 'FOR THE LIBERTY OF YOURS AND OURS'
(Википедия: Свободная энциклопедия, s.v. Пражская весна (1968). − http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0_(1968), 26.9.2008.)
"Blowin' in the Wind", on its turn, is a song written by BOB DYLAN and released on Dylan's album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (1963); it has been described as a protest song. "Blowin' in the Wind" poses a series of philosophical questions about peace, war, and freedom, but without supplying any concrete answers. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind. The lyrics makes no reference to any specific event either. (Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia, s.v. Blowin' in the Wind. − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowing_in_the_wind, 26.9.2008.) − The "San Francisco" song is a piece of music that young people of Central Europe adopted as an anthem for freedom, and it was widely played during Czechoslovakia's 1968 Prague Spring uprising against the Soviet regime. (W.F.E., s.v. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair). − http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_(Be_Sure_to_Wear_Flowers_in_Your_Hair), 26.9.2008.)
