The Young Electric Psychedelic Hippie Flippy Folk & Funky Philosophic Turned on Groovy 12 String Band

Annotation

Young Electric Psychedelic Hippie Flippy Folk & Funky Philosophic Turned On Groovy 12 String Band, The (Mann, Barry) Psychedelic rock/pop, anti-hippie. Hippies give their opinions about everything. Such as Vietnam, the atom bomb, civil rights

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: We grew our hair and learned to play guitar a little bit / Wrote a song and made a record that became a top 10 hit / Now reporters ask us questions, our opinions make the news / And we haven’t read too many books, but we’ll still be glad to give our views / We’re experts on the Bomb and the war in Vietnam / Yes we are (Yes we are, yes we are, yes we are, yеs we are) / The nеw morality and police brutality / And more (And more, and more, and more, and more) / Just pick a subject and we’ll take a stand / Cause we’re The Young Electric Psychedelic Hippie Flippy Folk And Funky Philosophic Turned On Groovy 12 String Band / We’re strictly nonconformists, so we can’t look the same / And we all wear flowers, boots, and beads and will not play the game / We put on everybody because that’s very hip to do / And we’ve read our own publicity to read because to think it’s true / We’re experts suddenly on adult psychology / Yes we are (Yes we are, yes we are, yes we are, yes we are) / The whole suburban trap and the generation gap / And more (And more, and more, and more, and more) / Just pick a subject and we’ll take a stand / Cause we’re The Young Electric Psychedelic Hippie Flippy Folk And Funky Philosophic Turned On Groovy 12 String Band

Notes

Capitol 2082 (45-26789), orange-and-yellow swirl label, "Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., U.S.A."; "The Young Electric Psychedelic Hippie Flippy Folk & Funky Philosophic Turned on Groovy 12 String Band" (Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil), 3:20, Screen Gems-Columbia Music, BMI; produced by Barry Mann & Gorgoni for Our Prod. Co. Housed in a Capitol company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born 9 February 1939, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Themes

Anti-Protest · Anti-Hippie · Atomic · Civil Rights · Generation Gap

In collections

Civil Rights Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]