Books, Songs, Poems that tell you about being a Hippie without being about Hippies

How about "The Hobbit" and "The lord of the Rings"?
Remember not all that wander are lost!

 

I love that book!

 

How about “One Flew Over the Coo coo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey

 

"Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger. The only link teenagers had to rebellion, before Elvis Presley and rock and roll.

 

TV shows had an influence, how about The Smothers Brothers Show, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Mod Squad, T

 

All in the Family, Star Trek, The Little Rascals and The Bowry Boys and Lunch with Casey, The Ed Sullivan Show, remember ole Ed brought the Beatles to America. How about Walter Cronkite the news anchor. Then there was the coverage of the war and protests and riots etc. The news could get real lively.

 

DUDE!, can't belive you for got "Laugh In"... "very interesting, but stupid!"

 

wow. nobody said Hair. Im sort of amazed by that. lol.

 

Into the Wild by Christopher McCandless

 

heh i named my band after that book, dont know if already mentioned but Huxley is another great author that helped inspire free spirited people

 

Catcher in the Rye is one of my most favourite books. I read it a couple of times a year.

 

I once saw a picture of Frank Zappa driving a bulldozer and every time I think of when they're talking about the billboard that says "Hire the Insane" in “One Flew Over the Coo coo’s Nest” I always picture Frank on that bulldozer.

 

I've always thought that the job of being a "Catcher in the Rye", would be a great job to have.

 

Oh god I looove that book, have read it five times at least.

 

"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body. "
by Walt Whitman

And to whoever mentioned the Hobbit, that book made me into the big damn hippie that I am today. I've never loved a book more than I love the Hobbit

 

caveman? by ringo starr? yesssss amazingness.

 

I loved that book!

 

I ♥ This song! And I can't agree more that The Levellers are awesome!

This (I'm Only Sleeping) just so happens to be one of my all time Beatles favorite. I remember I had a cassette tape that I made of Beatles music, I'd listen to it on the bus ride to and from school and the last song on the second side was this song. I'd often rewind back to the beginning over and over just to hear it again.

Awesome suggestion~! What's fickle about this song is the people who love it know why, but don't have to say and the people who don't like it don't understand it. Which is basically how I explain Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, too.

Great suggestion! I read this book and actually did a book report on it for school. It had a part in changing my way of thinking. I'm thankful for that.

That's Cat's Cradle:
"karass - a group of people who, often unknowingly, are working together to do God's will. The people can be thought of as fingers in a Cat's Cradle."
"granfalloon - a false karass; i.e., a group of people who imagine they have a connection that does not really exist. An example is "Hoosiers"; Hoosiers are people from Indiana, and Hoosiers have no true spiritual destiny in common, so really share little more than a name." (Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_Cradle)

Though sad, I've read the book a few times now and keep watching the movie every now and again. Not because I want to depress myself but there's just something about his story that really speaks to me and I keep finding more meaning and insight the more I read/watch it. I highly recommend it, even if it doesn't end happily.

And my contribution? Mmm...
eden ahbez - Nature Boy

And ultimately: Moulin Rogue

 

"Unpopular Essays" by Bertrand Russell. Written in 1950, it taught me to think for myself.

 

Thank you very much, the answer to that question has been bothering me for years.