That video triggered 'flashbacks' for me. I have been thinking about the 60's in recent weeks ... trying to figure out exactly why they were exciting times.
I put it down to the baby boom. There was a wave of idealism which swept through society... coming mostly from the generation of under 20's who briefly became the largest demographic. But.... by the time those crowd visuals and street scenes were shot the mood had already begun to change. "Flower power" had come and gone, 'dope' wasn't the only drug of choice [acid had been a bit of an exotic at first] but heroin had thoroughly infiltrated the 'scene' and 'speed' was not far behind. The Vietnam war created a deep cynicism [it was such an obvious travesty but the idealism of youth couldn't sway the 'old bastards'], the 'bomb' overshadowed everything, the World was divided between the Reds and the 'Rest'..... musically the money started to be the 'thing' [only a few short years later came the "Bay City Rollers' for instance].
I have been thinking about the 60's because in many ways the current years seems such an analogue for the 50's to my mind. We live in time when our 'roles' and our futures seem set ahead of time ... it all seems a bit stale and devoid of fun. The era of 'fake news', the elite 1% and the general sense it's all about having enough to retire on. Unlike the 60's there isn't now a wave of idealistic youth to flood into society and break it all up a bit..... however.... if it is something like the 50's then something must be just over the horizon.... we just haven't spotted it yet.
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