as it was fading

We were young and naive, so we thought our “better world” ideas could prevail … soon.

There was real dynamism to the counterculture during the late sixties and most of the seventies. But by the end of the latter decade it was fading. I had a sense of that watching the Blossom Music Festival of 1979.

Dusk.

My parents loved Frank Sinatra. He was a good singer, but all he did was sing the songs. Our generation admired those who created music. The Joni Mitchells and the James Taylors … they presented their creativity to the world through writing, arranging, playing, and singing their songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93pZzu0UtXw&list=PLKFNUiXHnOpbL0AuYzQigp87jYb1T_h8O

Secret of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VOj8CntazE&list=PLKFNUiXHnOpbL0AuYzQigp87jYb1T_h8O&index=6

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The tone of the Blossom Music Festival.

The “better world” ideas.

Fading … to be followed by noise and nihilism.