Sunday, November 2, 2008

"San Franciscan Nights" by Eric Burdon and the Animals



The scroll at the bottom of the screen explains the background of the group. Eric Burdon is one of the British rockers who believed the hype that the new hip scene was in San Francisco. For a few years, he had the American Animals until he dropped them to get together with a new group called War, who would later record the famous song "Low Rider" without him.

This video is a good example of portraying the hype of San Francisco of '67. Indeed that's where the Summer of Love definitely took place. Haight and Ashbury streets became famous then with its local residents the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. Love + LSD + naivety did not save the world.

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