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48. San Francisco - Scott McKenzie
Sat May 13, 2017, 06:34 PM
May 2017


If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation
Such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation
With a new explanation
People in motion
People in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there


Scott McKenzie (born Philip Wallace Blondheim III; January 10, 1939 – August 18, 2012) was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known for his 1967 hit single and generational anthem, "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"
Anything MontanaMama May 2017 #1
My older sister really liked "Lyin' Eyes" sl8 May 2017 #2
I'm with you sl8 MontanaMama May 2017 #4
Neil Young Skittles May 2017 #3
Neil Young -- yes, yes, yes! sl8 May 2017 #5
heh Skittles May 2017 #6
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in any combination. nt Nay May 2017 #58
Neil Young... Listen to this quite often lately WheelWalker May 2017 #53
Love this and also After The Gold Rush LiberalLoner May 2017 #56
he is just so effortlessly cool Skittles May 2017 #60
You young whipper snappers don't know what good old music sounds like. Binkie The Clown May 2017 #7
Wow. That's nostalgia, squared! sl8 May 2017 #9
Mid Sixties Hayduke Bomgarte May 2017 #8
Pour vous, Mssr. Bomgarte: sl8 May 2017 #10
Much grassy ass Hayduke Bomgarte May 2017 #12
Me too. llmart May 2017 #15
White Bird by It's a Beautiful Day. I was 12 when it came out catbyte May 2017 #11
Oh, jeez, I don't remember the last time I heard that. sl8 May 2017 #32
Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles rurallib May 2017 #13
Anything by Paul Simon. zanana1 May 2017 #18
Simon & Garfunkel were the soundtrack of my childhood. sl8 May 2017 #25
I so love Emily -- here is one many folks may not be aware of rurallib May 2017 #61
When I was twelve years old I knew everything. hunter May 2017 #14
You were precocious. sl8 May 2017 #37
End of the Line rug May 2017 #16
Something tells me that you're a child of the 80's ... sl8 May 2017 #34
It's more the latter. I just followed them all into the Wilburys. rug May 2017 #50
San Francisco Girls Doc_Technical May 2017 #17
Holy cow! How did I miss this this? sl8 May 2017 #39
"Love Will Keep Us Together", by the Captain and Tenille. Aristus May 2017 #19
Huh. I thought I had you pegged as a "Muskrat Love" type of guy. sl8 May 2017 #26
70s Soul, Funk, & RnB. Iggo May 2017 #20
70s Soul, Funk, & RnB - all of which I gave short shrift back in the day. sl8 May 2017 #41
The Boston Rag Wolf Frankula May 2017 #21
Wasn't familiar with Steely Dan before "Pretzel Logic" sl8 May 2017 #38
Moody Blues, Steppenwolf, Credence Clearwater Revival, Buddy Holly, Bobby Vee, Marty Robbins, jack69 May 2017 #22
Al Stewart, this one: lastlib May 2017 #43
Thanks. n/t sl8 May 2017 #45
I always got upset when I heard "Those Were The Days" with an English text DFW May 2017 #23
I hope it didn't upset you too much this time. sl8 May 2017 #30
No it's OK DFW May 2017 #40
I am interested, although I'm not a member of Facebook sl8 May 2017 #44
I think that is where the facebook site got their name. DFW May 2017 #59
there's getting to be too many in this category Hula Popper May 2017 #24
Oh, dude, you're killing me. sl8 May 2017 #42
Nice topic roscoeroscoe May 2017 #27
Byrds, Gene Clark, Flying Burritto Brothers, CSNY, J Hendrix, Judy Collins, B Dylan, Richie Havens. Hoyt May 2017 #28
All good. sl8 May 2017 #33
i remember hearing that song when i was 16 or 17 and... samnsara May 2017 #29
Jefferson Starship-"Miracles" Long live the Summer 0f '76! FrankfurtCat May 2017 #31
Oh, you and I would have had problems in '76, my friend. sl8 May 2017 #35
Wonderama dance party music! Who remembers that? Sunday mornings, channel 5 in the NYC area. Squinch May 2017 #36
Music Machine....Talk Talk. RIP Sean!! Black gloves and all...... Bengus81 May 2017 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 May 2017 #47
San Francisco - Scott McKenzie discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #48
Good one. And another San Francisco tune: sl8 May 2017 #49
Any Carole King! WhiteTara May 2017 #51
I'll be seeing you Petrushka May 2017 #52
Anything by wryter2000 May 2017 #54
Zombies - Time Of The Season/The Jaggerz - 'The Rapper'/Small Faces - Itchycoo Park/Crimson and Clov luvMIdog May 2017 #55
I love all of the songs you all put up riverbendviewgal May 2017 #57
Anything by the Monkees always takes me back to 1967 LeftInTX May 2017 #62
February 9, 1964 Boomerproud May 2017 #63
Any 90s or early 2000s rap/R&B. Jamaal510 May 2017 #64
Message deleted by DU the Administrators Tikki May 2017 #65
Remember Doc_Technical May 2017 #66
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