ANOTHER AMAZING ANTHEM FROM THE 60'S?! First Time Hearing Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco Reaction!

[@gregpusczek4473]

The Hippy anthem was Get Together by the Youngblood's. Yes the Hippy culture began in the Haight Asbury section of San Francisco.

[@bamacopeland4372]

That is one of my favorite songs. Come on people now smile on your brother try to love one another right now. Those lyrics hit just about home as does Eva destruction by Barry McGuire

[@ronnieplant1139]

I was born in the fifteties, raised in the sixties and partied in the seventies. The best music, fastest cars.

[@JimFlickinger]

Right there with you!! Best of times.

[@LonghopeBro-ju6jl]

In 1967 when I was 15, my family emigrated to the US from the UK. This song was popular in England before we left and was playing on the plane as we were flying into the San Francisco airport.

[@henryburt605]

In Vietnam we listen to this and waited for the day we would go back to SF. I returned in 68. 1st infantry division

[@markhodge7]

Glad you made it back, First In.

[@ronaldtoth4522]

This was a song that many Vietnam Veterans relate to because you left for Nam from Oakland Calif. but you arrived a couple day early to spend time in San Fan and went to hippie section of the city. I know I did just that.

[@Nuuksgirl]

I got to know Scott Mckenzie on Facebook and cherished his friendship. He was a gentle soul. A piece of my heart left me when he died 12 years ago.

[@jonnno243]

I was one of the many teenagers who listened to this song and wore flowers in our hair in 1967. Great times. Add Lets Go To San Francisco by The Flowerpot Men, and you are there in 1967.

[@isobar5857]

Brings back wonderful memories of the young man I was in the sixties.

[@jaycorby]

Oh yeah...I was 22 in the summer of '67, getting ready to begin my 30 year teaching career in September.

[@roguealien]

Damn one of my favorites! I was 10 in SF during the Summer of Love. The whole vibe was so chill in '67. I was young and saw so much of the hippie lifestyle. I saw things in golden Gate Park that changed me forever. In a good way... Peace.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

Haight and Ashbury was the famous corner in San Francisco where the flower children hung out. In 1967 The Bee Gees replied to this with Massachusetts

[@webbtrekker534]

In the summer of 1968 I was at Haight & Ashbury while wearing my Navy uniform. I got a few looks but nobody bothered and there were hundreds of people there. I was at Treasure Island finishing up a 4 year tour.

[@jimcomvideos]

One of my favorite songs that encapsulates the feelings of that time back in the late 60's.

[@Nuerth]

The Summer of Love-1967 ~ the brief time LSD was legalized ~ the Monterey Pop Festival ~ all came together in the San Francisco Bay area not just the city itself ~ with a vibration that seemed to be coming upfrom the ground itself ~ You really hit it right when you called it spiritual ~ it was part of a very spirit filled time that gave birth to all the astrological references that touched so many songs back then ~ very few who didn't live through it will ever understand it

[@markhodge7]

It's not only true that you had to live through it to understand it. We who experienced it realize that we, as a group, were the luckiest humans to have ever lived. Such a special time. It was the most spiritual, artistic and musical apex of human expression that I have seen in my lifetime, and what I've read of history.

[@mrheem44]

LSD was made illegal in 1966. Before that it was legal ever since dr Hoffmans bike ride home in 1943. . Cheers

[@fredeerickbays]

LSD was not legalized it just was not yet Illegal. My 68 the establishment had made it so along with many other new drugs they had not done with before. Like pot they put it right in there with Heroin as a class substance.

[@Nuerth]

@@mrheem44 But they didn't start to really crack down on it until spring of 1968 ~ in the beginning relationships between the police & flower children was very lay back ~ I remember in Berkeley they wouldn't do more then confiscate the drugs & tell them to move on

[@coachtomas]

This song single handedly takes me to this era. Possibly the most magnetic song ever, creates virtual time travel ! I am eternally jealous of those who lived there at this time. I know it wasn’t perfect but it was such a creative turning point/bookmark in history.

[@mzluna313]

My mom and pops were original hippies who hung out in San Francisco. My mom absolutely hated being labeled. She would always say, "We were just kids who thought we could change the world with love!" As a nation we are so far away from the sentiments in this song!

[@MichaelWitkowski-dq1nr]

There are very few songs that can effectively take you back to a period in time and fill you with the same joy and peacefulness that you felt back then. I am 66 and this is one of those songs. Thank you so much for choosing this. A wonderful selection!

[@OHW313]

When I was a kid surrounded by all that counter culture , long and wild hair and flowers everywhere, tie dyed jeans and shirts...............and then I heard this song being played constantly on the radio and it all began to come together , to make sense .😮😊❤

[@marcchetty7197]

Long live flower power 🌺💚✌️

[@ralphgomez6251]

This is one of the prettiest songs I've ever heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnniekight1879]

Another great 60's anthem would be "Eve Of Destruction". Still meaningful today. Unfortunately. Another would be "San Francisco Night" by Eric Burdon & The Animals.

[@rickfortier8664]

Followed by the song "Dawn of Correction" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6WYXnxmga-Amrs&ab_channel=VietnamWarSongProject

[@bobclarke1815]

Eve of Destruction, was performed by Barry Maguire and as stated later it is still unfortunately very true.

[@donaldduck2139]

yeah...good bring up...👍

[@GeoffCB]

@@bobclarke1815 Yes, Barry Maguire played for free at our campus one lunchtime in the 70s, just with a guitar. I don't think many people knew who he was. This was in Australia!

[@rogerdodger6025]

"Monterrey" and "Sky Piot" by Eric Burdon & the Animals are two songs that also capture that era as well.

[@John_Locke_108]

Mark Twain said the coldest winter he experienced was the summer he spent in San Francisco.

[@johnsilva9139]

Yes, summers are surprisingly cool ( and refreshing ) there if you're used to the sweltering heat of midwest and east coast summers. I loved the summer I spent there, cool to warm with bright sunny days and no rain the whole summer.

[@michaelasay8587]

​@@johnsilva9139you live in that shithole? You should be over here in yr own country! Yr nuttttts

[@deedee67888]

I had no idea that was true, but when I was there at the end of July, I had to wear a hoodie. Was not prepared for that!

[@pytube777]

Best time to go for warm weather is in October. It can get up to 90 degrees.

[@masabuu88]

My mother loved this song. I remember she played this song’s record. She passed away two years ago. Thanks.

[@kbee6078]

Summer of Love! I love this song. Takes me back!

[@glennwalker5700]

One of my favorite songs from growing up.

[@TheGreatGig73]

This always reminds me of my mom. She loved this song and always sang to it when it came out back then.

[@markwallow6776]

Bless your mom for caring

[@bryanCJC2105]

I was a little kid in the late 60s and we lived in the Bay Area. I remember my older cousins, who were total hippies, putting flowers in my hair behind my ear when we took day trips into the city. They're still hippies and the coolest people I've ever known.

[@mocrg]

Peace love .looking after Mother Earth. Accepting others.

[@StevenW1958]

Another song that was released contemporaneously with this song was “The Rain, The Park & Other Things,” by The Cowsills. Originally titled “The Flower Girl,” it was renamed to avoid confusion with the Scott McKenzie song, San Francisco (wear flowers in your hair). Both were released in 1967, aka The Summer of Love. So, Sam & Phil, your next reaction should be The Rain, The Park & Other Things, by The Cowsills.

[@extracaliber432]

I know it will make them happy.

[@danielroach1241]

San Francisco was the epicenter of the entire flower power, hippie movement and yes, this is THE theme song of the era.

[@MatthewC137]

Yup, and that's why the place is a violent cesspool today.

[@marcelotto6825]

One of my most favourite songs of all time. Thanks for the reaction.

[@shereggers-martin4942]

I haven’t heard this song in SO MANY YEARS; what memories it brings! I lived in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and San Jose, which are in the south SFBayArea 1943-1971 while it changed from agricultural to becoming Silicon Valley, so moved to north Idaho and changed back to Country Western music of my childhood. THANKS for the memories 🤩

[@northnsouth6813]

Written by John Phillips of The Mammas and Pappas. John Phillips played guitar on the recording along with The Wrecking Crew session musician.

[@patrickwahl5333]

I think specifically probably talking about the Haight Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco, became a sort of hippie enclave for a while.

[@wiggorroshaug7456]

Bring back so many memories..the best hippie song ever..

[@dewman0269]

I grew up during those years and it was indeed a better time to be alive in my opinion... San Francisco is where the folk singers and a spiraling songwriters of the day migrated to ... Scott McKenzie tried to come up with other songs after this but nothing that really compared to this song... John Phillips who wrote this song was a very talented songwriter.. He has such a big body of work that a lot of people didn't even know about... John Phillips collaborated with many other groups and artists to help write their songs... I do remember that he collaborated with the beach boys and helped to write the lyrics for their song " Kokomo " in 1985... This song that Scott McKenzie sang was thought by many to be the flagship song for the 1960s and the " Me " generation... I have many wonderful memories of the 1960s... It was a great time to be alive and the music was incredible... Great reaction guys... Keep being awesome !!!...

[@johnsilva9139]

I thought the " Me " generation was the post hippie 70's.

[@dewman0269]

@@johnsilva9139 the "me" generation started around '68 give or take a year...the "me" generation were young people who got into spirituality and experimented with drugs of the day...flower power was a popular thing then... pretty much all done by '71 or '72...that was my experience anyway...just my opinion...

[@samuellord8576]

Phil and Sam, a couple of notes. There was an _invitation_ to all people to come to San Francisco in the Summer of ‘67, THE “Summer of Love,” to a “love-in,” a chance to bond with people everywhere for a new, peace-driven world. Phil, you might agree that the _invisible_ embellishments that build the power of a song from its melodic core to a very powerful opus are the marks if a great composition. You feel the sum, not the parts. And yet, teasing out those parts teaches us how the brilliance happens. Thank you both for a great reaction to this beautiful song!

[@Ray013]

Born and raised native. Great time to be at the center of the universe.

[@anitawright7169]

This is the Hippie Anthem. I lived across the bay from San Francisco in Oakland. I was in junior high school when this song came out. LOL! Love your reactions! ♥

[@thcdad3632]

My dad LOVED this song. Always talked about it after serving in Vietnam. Miss you Poppa

[@barrycounts490]

Another Great Hippy song is " For What It's Worth " by The Buffalo Springfield from Canada i think ! Neil Young and Stephen Stills played in this group before (Crosby Stills Nash and Young) Nice Reaction =) 🌹🌺🌻✌🤙

[@kevinmorrell4155]

Awesome song! Thanks for checking it out. I grew up there during the flower child days. Was amazing 🤩

[@Chumgeyser]

My parents lived in San Francisco, and my Uncle was in Vietnam when this song came out. He told my folks that he'd wear flowers in his whole body if could make it out of Vietnam and get to SF.

[@stevenseul361]

My Hippie music. Grew up with all this playing on the radio.. Thank you Phil and Sam

[@barsandbarbells2022]

Our pleasure!

[@RobertSimpson-b2j]

Too bad the San Francisco of that era isn't anything like it is today

[@MarcutsuSpoon]

Too bad Long Island New York isn't anything like it used to be. Things change, usually for the worst.

[@philipm06]

Open cesspit.

[@jamesHadden-l6l]

that's true all over

[@davidw7]

You know what the same types of no change and 50s was far far superior ending very early 60s..... the same thing. Want the old back all is dirty, hippy trash, do not take baths and un-American not wanting to serve their country. The US is going downhill fast etc..... then Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy Assassinatedd and riots, neighborhood burnings and the Dem Convention in Chicago had a police riot they called where Da Mayor sent the police with their battons and to wack the Vietnam Protesters without having permits to be in Grant Park downtown lakefront and even camping overnight. MY HOW HISTORY REPEATS WHEN WE NEVER FIX OUR MISTAKES of our cities, racial dislike and white-flight taking wealth and Corporate American abandoning over paying higher wages and Unions for suburbs then Asia with Japan, Taiwan and finally China for the CHEAP. Corporate America ALLOWED to just ABANDON MILLS small cities all thru the north and big cities , Gov. redlining, no GI loans to minorities and no loans to those areas they lived making them into more ghettos over time..... white flight took wealth. Now companies and people take their wealth they built in them areas as they move to the sunbelt for cheaper and Right-To-Work states that was to prevent Unions far more and some states no state income tax that saves wealthier more money.... though real estate taxes go up up up as infrastructure needs keep coming and older areas and suburbs age also including streets, sidewalks, sewage treatment plant to expressways in need of widening and rebuilt. ALL THE PONZIE SCHEME that keeps on having some look for more cheaper areas again further into new suburbs/exburbs .

[@Jude_196]

.....AGREE!

[@Steve-1951]

"One Tin Soldier" (1969) by Original Caste from the film "Billy Jack" or Mike Curb Congregation - Burning Bridges (1971) from Kelly's Heroes are 2 others from my younger years that reflected the hippie peace side of the times.

[@drycanyon]

McKenzie Philips , John Phillips daughter got her name from this

[@hartspot009]

Another gem reaction guys ! I can see the hippie soaking into both of you lol. Time for flower headbands and a Chevy van

[@donnaallsopp8400]

My absolute favourite 60's song! I am a hippy at heart!

[@dagmar.6954]

This is such a great song. This came out in 1967 & was Scott's biggest hit but he also recorded "Like An Old Time Movie". He also wrote the song "What About Me" for Anne Murray in 1968 & he co-wrote "Kokomo" which became a big hit for The Beach Boys in 1988.

[@russwalker3119]

an Iconic hippy song from the Flower Power era, late 60's. A bit of folk music for relaxing in an interlude with some pot and some Patchouli Incense Sticks. I was 17 when this song was first released.

[@rwschumm]

Always fun for us 'oldsters' seeing young folks enjoying Hits we loved when we were young!

[@alansegal4468]

Scott was a significant member of the Mamas and Poppas, lead vocals on some hit songs. I was living walking distance from the Haight Ashbury district of the City which was the destination point for many counter culture young people from all over the world. This song was a major hit, and you could hear it many times daily on both FM and Am radio if you lived in SF during the hippie era.

[@kimkovaly2393]

My Mom loved this song I remember she had the 45 of it and played it alot. ❤

[@larryl1427]

Should've been there, this really took me back. Thanks.

[@glenngotling657]

This was the flower power anthem. The Haight-Ashbury area of SF was the hippie gathering spot for the hippie movement. A buddy of mine in high school was going to SF in 68/69 and almost convinced me to go with him ... one of those things looking back and wondering how different my life would have been. 🙂

[@georgeemeny6123]

The summer of '67 this song was on the radio constantly, every five minutes. Height Ashbury district in SF was the place to be if you wanted to be a hippie. Oh ya, a radio was a device that received a signal from the air, from people called disc jockeys at a station. The discs were made of vinyl and had songs recorded on them. You had to have a machine called a turn table to play and hear the music on these discs. LOL

[@ausfuhrpramienjagar]

Should have done the video which shows the hippie life in the Haight Ashbury District of SF in the late 1960's.. It's an awesome version and highlights Scott doing the singing.

[@EastPeakSlim]

I grew up on the San Francisco Peninsula and was a senior in high school during the Summer of Love. When I turned 18 I went to my first concert at the Fillmore Auditorium. It was a revelation for a suburban jock kid. Two years later, I was in college with hair down to my shoulders. Thanks for your reaction to this highly evocative song!

[@gloriaroshto1408]

Yippee more from the hippie days, flowers in your hair , days of free love and psychedelic dreams.❤ Sam you would make a beautiful hippie with flowers in your hair.💐💐🌹🪷

[@j.whisper2379]

Summer of Love 1967! Missed it! Uncle Sam sent me to Nam , all expensis paid!

[@Mare_bear738]

✌️ I was 9 yrs old when this came out❣️ However, I remember hearing it & loving it through the years and still today. 😊❤✌️

[@barsandbarbells2022]

How could you not ;)

[@bobclarke1815]

Went to S.F for the 50th anniversary 2017. Did a tour in a V.W campervan all painted up and kitted out for the Summer of Love.

[@Swampzoid]

Yes, it's hippie anthem. I don't need the lyrics. This song is very special to me. I even moved to SF from my home in Georgia to just say that I l lived there - not in the 60's though but I love all that hippie music and history. I now sing this song at karaoke. By the way, there's a video with this song set to old hippie footage on KZbin that's really good to watch.

[@waitn4theharpazo]

What you hear is a sitar. Love this song I'm a child of the 60's & it's on my car's travel drive. Please give a listen to Lee Michaels "do you know what I mean"

[@kimbrown2244]

Such a beautiful voice.

[@gopher280]

Wow, I remember when this song came out (yes I'm old). Just discovered your channel and I love your reactions! Subscribed!

[@GoWestYoungMan]

Places were so different in 1967 than they are today. Another notable centre of hippie counter culture was the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto. It was a magnet for people across North America and where you could find up and coming folk artists like Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, and Neil Young. Today, it's home to luxury retailing and the Mink Mile. Almost the polar opposite.

[@jeffmorse645]

I was 7 years old when this came out and my family lived east of the Bay Area near Modesto. My older sister and her boyfriend moved to San Francisco and I remember she brought me some "hippy beads" which I proudly wore to school.😂 When I was older I talked with her about it and she said they went to lots of free concerts in Golden Gate Park to hear The Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead. She really enjoyed living there. It's an amazing city, but its kind of unfortunate how things have gone for it in recent years. I know nothing stays the same, but it was a better city back in the day (imo).

[@Jude_196]

THIS reminds ME of the 60s!! LOVE IT!! GREAT TUNE!!!

[@rickwiles8835]

Old Hippie by the Bellamy Brothers is the epilogue to this song.. Old Hippie is the anthem of the children of the 60's generation in the here and now.. Signed an old hippie

[@markfolino6976]

This was a great song i was a60s kid 16 when it came out

[@texadan314]

I was 8 years old in the Summer of '67 living in East Texas but I still remember the images, and the songs, and the mentions of Haight-Ashbury area of SF and the slang.

[@texadan314]

And the Summer of 1967 was also the debut of the tv show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In which was extremely funny and added a lot to my consciousness of hippy vibe.

[@agnetamalmqvist3776]

They really could write good music in the 60ties❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@boosingh]

Written by Papa John Phillips for the Monterey Pop Festival of which he was the main organizer

[@robertaistrope9602]

Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Was the area were most of the hippie culture took place back in 1967 ( I was just 9 years old at that time so I missed out). They actually did the Monterrey Music festival before the Woodstock festival in the east in 1969

[@wombatwilly1002]

Probably the one song that defines the 60's.

[@liannehoward4602]

I remember this well...if you love this, try "Love is All Around" by the Troggs. Very flower child sixties!

[@user-gt2uf8cq9y]

Hal Blaine on the drums.

[@johnsilva9139]

Was it all Wrecking Crew musicians?

[@sammybeck7794]

Flower Power, Peace ✌️

[@willfromyadkinville]

when i went there in 1984 it rocked me! have no idea about now!

[@robabiera733]

1867 was the Summer of Love and San Francisco was the place to be. This song was competing with "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles for official anthem of the summer of '67. This was also the year of "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". A landmark year!

[@Linda-jn9gk]

1967

[@visaman]

Canada become a country in 1867.

[@andrewcormier529]

Great reaction, guy's, always love watching your true feelings to the music.I lived this era i was 10 when this came out but I had a dad and 4 brothers and uncles and it seemed everyone in my family was instrumental and always new records being bought and played in the house there was some great American bands during the British invasion also,the turtles(you baby)the lovin spoonful (Good lovin) the Byrds (my back page) anyway u get it,delve into 60 American bands...excellent show guy really enjoyed keep spreading the music around Godbless ❤️

[@PSCSz-p9h]

Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Be-ins, "Talkin' bout my generation"!

[@rubroken]

Not one of my favorites from that time period, but it played so much on the radio that it definitely brings back great memories

[@SCVIndy]

1967 .. the summer of love .. so many great songs from this year ..

[@robertasirgutz8800]

Just realized, I played this and sang for my friend, Lynn, the night before she died, accidentally. Two years ago. So sad.

[@Zentrix-24]

SF was a major hippie center with beautiful people " inside". The msg was based on inner happiness, and very much outgoing love bar non which was displayed by flowers as a symbol of peace and freely distributed. You could walk down the street and meet friendly people with smiles who exude joy to strangers " kind of saying we are all humans on this little planet and we're spreading joy and peace". To bad those days are long gone.....

[@hankhank5370]

A little interesting fact, the bass part was played by Wrecking Crew member Joe Osborn who was the bass player for the Carpenters. The drums for this song were played by long time Wrecking Crew member Hal Blaine who also played drums on most of the Carpenters songs.

[@SunShine-qk4rb]

I’m a big fan of this song.great reaction

[@garybradford8332]

"In" was in back then. I believe it started as a peaceful protest to our war in Vietnam as students would gather together and have a "Sit-In", often blocking entrances to government buildings. A "Love-In" was a gathering of gentle people in the name of peace and love. "Laugh-In" was a very popular "hippie" comedy show in 1968, hosted by the comedy team Rowan and Martin. While the center of the hippie gathering was on the corners of Haight and Ashbury in SF, the real artist's community was across the Golden Gate Bridge in the city of Sausalito.

[@ronheyduk1864]

Fun stuff, you two! Peace, love and good music 👩‍❤‍👨

[@Pippin14]

Always loved this song. So pretty. Never was a hippie though!

[@stevenblock9712]

San Francisco and specifically, Haight-Ashbury, was the capital of the Summer of Love (1967). In that brief period of time, there were a number of hit songs that had a similar message, like Reach Out of the Darkness. For real hippie fun, listen to The Rain, the Park, and Other Things by the Cowsills and be sure to wear those flowers and tie-dye tees.

[@Kakyrock666]

Sam like San Francisco and i like too, this is good song👍

[@TerryL421]

Always loved this song, but I'm a little too young to be a hippy since I was 7 when it was released. Brings back great childhood memories of listening to music with my sister who is 8 years older.

[@crackers562]

FlowerPower.... San Fransisco, Big Sur.... love ins, peace, great memories of my teens 🙂

[@fricky11111]

This song was written as an ad for the Monterey Pop Festival....became a hit.

[@pauljohnstone180]

John Phillips was in the process of putting together the first of the big concerts, The Monterey Pop festival. He wrote the song to attract young people to the festival. San Francisco was the origin of the whole Hippie thing and Monterey was just south of the City. I lived in SF and went to the festival. Of course, it was awesome. 🙂✌💛, PJ

[@e-5ruben807]

Beautiful city San Francisco to visit back in the 60's and 70's. Times have changed with that hippie era, compared to the present time now. Really something the song was about peace and love during that time the Vietnam war which I served in that region during this time. ✌✌

[@procopiusaugustus6231]

I first got to SF in ‘82. There as a fern bar at the corner of Haight and Ashbury Street. 😢

[@randyem6910]

That sure brings back the memories of the 60s.

[@orinolsgaard1755]

1967 Summer of Love. Those faces are the brothers, sisters, friends and lovers of young guys killed in Vietnam. Even many of the guys who went to San Francisco in 1967 were also killed in Vietnam.