Freak History

It was just after my birth that the first freak occurred. In 1964 the Hippy craze had exploded on the the world scene and across the globe hippies were celebrating their liberation from the Acid Era with Pop Music, the life style they had tripped about in those blissful days of acid haze.

For many people, some of them who even tried to taste the ethereal delights that were all the craze, it was easy to nail Pop to the stake and denounce it as evil when the media outcry began against the hippies and their drugs and their crazy ideas of free love and peace. 

But people all over the world were storming in droves to the altars of light and music that Pop loudly proclaimed, and it was easy for the people to join the parade and drown in the glitzy haze of its glittery beat. Even if only for a few hours, the clubs could provide for an escape from a world that had become much too bright and gay. Even if only for a little while, people could bask in the power of movement and sound, united in purpose and time. In the post Hippie backlash of morals and upstanding home value people had no time for this latest craze of likely drug infested haze.

In 1964 the song “Freak Out” popped on to the dance floors of the world, and while much of the world was struggling with sleepless nights due to the constant thumping of the beat, others were shaking their booty to it. It was the birth of the generation gap.

If you enjoyed this you would probably like to read “The loss of fun”