40 Years of the Summer of Love and All I Got Was This Lousy ArticleTommi Avicolli-Meccabyline‚ Sep. 04‚ 2007What do you call a bunch of pieced-together old rock and blues bands trying to recapture the glory days of their rebellious youth in front of a crowd that’s drinking designer water in plastic bottles and carrying cellphone and ipods, not to mention ATM cards? The 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love in San Francisco! Four decades after a generation unleashed one of the biggest and most commercially lucrative cultural revolutions in history, the commemoration in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park pushed few limits. The most outrageous moment at the September 2 event occurred when Country Joe McDonald recreated his infamous “Give me an F, give me a U, give me a C, give me a K” chant at the opening of his popular “Fixin To Die” anti-Vietnam war song. |