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12-06-2009, 11:40 AM | #1 (permalink) |
I Am Become Death Metal
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Altamont...40 years later
I was listening to some Stones just now and found out its been 40 years since the Altamont music festival. A lot say this was the death of the 60's and all of the "flower power" peace that came with it. What are your thoughts on the subject?
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12-06-2009, 01:49 PM | #3 (permalink) | |
Atchin' Akai
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I know the bikers were hardly innocent that night and added to the hostility at Altamont (if not all of it) but the individual who pulled the gun out was high on drugs. I doubt ordinary security would have dealt with the man so efficiently. It makes me wonder what might have happened had they not been the security for this gig. I'm unsure about the gunman's motives... |
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12-08-2009, 10:38 AM | #4 (permalink) | |
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12-08-2009, 03:43 PM | #5 (permalink) | |
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as for this being the 'death' of the 60s i think it's just a cop out for the flower power movement. same way that they use the coincidence of Woodstock's turnout as a reflection of the peak of their movement they used Altamont's negativity as justification for never having actually done anything. |
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05-01-2024, 08:22 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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The counterculture of the 1960s was not worth preserving. That said, it *was* a tragedy that someone got killed at the Altamont concert.
The hippie subculture sucked. It was *so* stoopid to do drugs as a shortcut to happiness. |
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