Date: Mon Oct 16, 2000 3:42 pm
Subject: Re: freak flag , de ja vous
Kyla,
"let my freak flag fly"
is from a CSNY song, some lines of which are
"almost cut my hair/happened just the other day/it was getting kinda
long/could have said it was in my way/ [....] increased my
paranoia/like looking in the mirror and seeing a police car/ but I
didn't and I wonder why/guess I thought I'd let my freak flag
fly/felt like I owed it to- someone."
In those days, no self respecting hippy called him/herself a hippy,
this had long since turned into a distressing media word. We were
freaks. Nice, because (a) it took over a term of abuse & turned it
into our own happy word (b) one meaning is mutant (c) it has "free"
in it.(d) lets go over and lower the flag on Jim Louis's cat
Nowadays I find I don't mind "old hippy."
The great thing about the hippies was it was cool to be weird-- a
very interesting merging of opposites that made me very happy & meant
I fit in pretty well, finally, for awhile.
Still hairy after all these years
-Freddy
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time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
David Crosby was actually referencing Hendrix. Old hippies get a bit fuzzy on this sort of thing. Speaking of which, what's this thread about? Oh yeah, haircuts...?
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Date: Mon Oct 16, 2000 3:42 pm
Subject: Re: freak flag , de ja vous
Kyla,
"let my freak flag fly"
is from a CSNY song, some lines of which are
"almost cut my hair/happened just the other day/it was getting kinda
long/could have said it was in my way/ [....] increased my
paranoia/like looking in the mirror and seeing a police car/ but I
didn't and I wonder why/guess I thought I'd let my freak flag
fly/felt like I owed it to- someone."
In those days, no self respecting hippy called him/herself a hippy,
this had long since turned into a distressing media word. We were
freaks. Nice, because (a) it took over a term of abuse & turned it
into our own happy word (b) one meaning is mutant (c) it has "free"
in it.(d) lets go over and lower the flag on Jim Louis's cat
Nowadays I find I don't mind "old hippy."
The great thing about the hippies was it was cool to be weird-- a
very interesting merging of opposites that made me very happy & meant
I fit in pretty well, finally, for awhile.
Still hairy after all these years
-Freddy
===========================
time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
- bill 8-15-2001 4:23 pm
David Crosby was actually referencing Hendrix. Old hippies get a bit fuzzy on this sort of thing. Speaking of which, what's this thread about? Oh yeah, haircuts...?
- alex 8-15-2001 8:37 pm [1 comment]