Purple Haze
Over and over I ask the question, "Do you believe in rock n' roll? Can music save your soul?" (Don McLean "American Pie") to people I don't even know; of course they think I'm crazy, but let them, they don't know me. My life as part of the counterculture, always stoned and always free. Through the sixties, I have lived through it all, the war, the drugs, the peace, the love, and the happiness. Recalling the days has been as interesting as living it, even with the tough times it was all worth it. I took multiple drugs, LSD and marijuana. I also participated at Woodstock, where drugs and sex were plentiful. Acid was a major drug in my time; it inspired many songs and movies, such as "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix, "Purple haze all in my brain, lately things don't seem the same. Actin' funny but I don't know why. 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky." Acid was as strong as you could get in the sixties, without using heroin, and is remembered as "The fuel of the sixties"(source unknown). Marijuana also helped guide the youth of the sixties to revolt and protest. This drug, also known as mary jane, was the base drug of the era; it was known for a "good quick high." (www.geocities.com/hipsters-quotes.htm) These drugs and more were
since the latter half of the 1960's to denote a young man or a young woman who rejects authority, existing institutions and conventional attitudes toward morality, style of dress, etc. With his " I have a Dream" speech he taught us what true freedom was, and it was through his eyes that we faced the world. Anti-war became a part of life for my friends and me, and in some cases, a way of life. Sex and free love added to the counterculture, while others were conservative. Through the years I have realized that how I grew up was for the best and to think I could've had it any other way would be unbearable. There were many protests I happen to remember, but my were the protest in Washington D. in 1965, I was one of 25,000 people, I also protested at the pentagon in 1967, and with 500,000 others in front of the White House in 1969. Not that it makes up for it, but it gives a small bit of hope at the bottom of this Pandora's box.
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