Tag: 60s
group name: boomers
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June 24, 2008 10:33 PM EDT --
OK, remember I posted a picture and asked "who is this man?"
well, it's time to reveal who he is.
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September 07, 2007 04:05 AM EDT --
I have serveral but since I have to say only one to start off with, So Happy Together, by the Turtles.
Just one answer per post and you can post as many times as you want.
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March 02, 2008 07:13 PM EST --
Mike Smith of the Dave Clark Five Dead at 64
I just heard that Mike Smith, lead singer of the Dave Clark Five has passed away at age 64. Anyone who was around for the great "British Invasion" . . . more
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September 09, 2007 09:27 PM EDT --
Welcome to Hippies Galore.
This will be our first game.
Post as many different hippie phrases as you can think of, but remember only one answer per post. You are welcome to post . . . more
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October 23, 2007 06:48 AM EDT --
I was too young to go to Woodstock and it would be very doubtful that I would have gone to it had I been old enough. I remember seeing the images from Woodstock and . . . more
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October 28, 2007 03:05 AM EDT --
Paul Revere and the Raiders, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin, Donovan, The Association, Beach Boys, The Cowsills, The Who, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon, The Mammas and . . . more
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June 18, 2008 01:22 PM EDT --
Moldy Oldies
by Marilyn Mackenzie
I'm a "typical" baby boomer. I love my oldies music. I love music from the 50s, 60s and 70s and some from the . . . more
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September 06, 2006 11:05 PM EDT --
I'm watching "JFK: Breaking the News," a fascinating documentary on WNET, one of the New York area's PBS stations, about the media coverage of the November, 1963 assassination of . . . more
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September 06, 2006 11:13 PM EDT --
I'm proud to be a Baby Boomer, because of all the historical implications my generation has had. Not the usual stuff about living through the Vietnam war and rock and roll and Kennedy and civil rights . . . more
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November 05, 2007 04:24 AM EST --
Burning bras was a big step in the equal rights movement in the 60's. I remembered watching the news about women taking off their bras and throwing them into a burning barrel. Everyone . . . more
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December 10, 2007 05:35 PM EST --
Do you remember the POW/MIA bracelets? POW stood for Prisoner of War and MIA stood for Missing In Action. The bracelet was a supportive action for those here in the . . . more
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September 24, 2006 03:02 PM EDT --
I grew up – like all baby boomers – during an era of radio when the Top 40 format was perfected during the first two decade of rock and roll, genres didn't divide up into separate formats. . . . more
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June 03, 2008 08:56 PM EDT --
Does anyone remember Love Beads? Does anyone have any photos wearing the Love Beads? I know that I would love to see them and I am sure that there are lot of others out there in Gather land . . . more
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September 27, 2006 09:04 AM EDT --
The Japanese are crazy about anything Western, especially anything American, right? It's true in many ways and on many levels, but one of my passions as a pop-culture critic has been to note how Americans . . . more
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September 17, 2006 10:55 AM EDT --
One of my ongoing passions is pondering the passing of pop culture references. Baby boomers have lived through decades of new hip phrases -- for instance, the hip word for "good" has evolved . . . more
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December 26, 2006 08:52 PM EST --
James Brown died on Christmas day, a typically dramatic move for the 73-year-old, self-described “Godfather of Soul,” who was known for dramatic endings in concert.
The news of his death caught . . . more
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April 01, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
I'm sure we all had that one possession that personified our childhood. Rockem Sockem Robots, Mr. Microphone, Hot Wheels, the list is endless. For me, it was a blue, 3-speed, stick shift Stingray. . . . more
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November 26, 2006 10:45 PM EST --
It took the urging of Cirque du Soleil, the acrobatic dance performance group, to bring the music of the Beatles – the most iconic of 1960s baby boomer musical catalogs -- into the 21st century. . . . more
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November 11, 2007 07:11 AM EST --
Remember when burning your draft card was a anti-war statement? The first protest of this nature was held at Berkley, University of California, on May 5, 1965. There . . . more
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March 18, 2008 11:20 AM EDT --
Then this is the right group for you. Anything from the 60' and 70's is allowed here. Articles about Woodstock or what you did during the 60's and 70's would fit in this group. . . . more
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