This reminds me of the brouhaha about Steppenwolf's "Goddamn the Pusher..." that got banned all over the country and got him attacked for "promoting" drug use, when any nincompoop could listen to the lyrics (which were written earlier by someone whose name I can't remember right now) would know that they were the strongest possible condemnation of the drug pusher.

And all these songs that allegedly "glorify" cocaine invariably refer to what a monster it is. It's a seductive drug, and I think that's the point.

BTW, I dont' associate cocaine with the Sixties at all. None of us had that kind of money back then. Nor even the Seventies. (Of course, I was busy reproducing during that time so mostly dealt with baby drool and Crayolas during that decade.) It was in the go-go Eighties that cocaine became such a part of the culture. (Yes, I tried it a couple of times and concluded that it wasn't worth risking one second of my life for nor one cent of my hard-earned shekels. However a friend who tried his first cocaine at the very same party and in the very same amount that I did, ended up utterly addicted and lost absolutely everything, including very nearly his life, to the damnable drug. So, a person's brain chemistry matters a great deal in this scenario, and is utterly unpredictable. You just don't know 'til you try it and then it's too late. -- this is, yes, the talk I gave my kids. Mommy not only inhaled, she snorted and she doesn't think it's a smart thing to do...)

But Spaw I completely agree with you that it's sad and inaccurate that the thing that is remembered about the Sixties -- which actually took place more in the Seventies -- is the drug use. For me, that's when the most fun stuff started to end. The first part of the Sixties were very playful, skippety doo-dah, let's let love transform the world, let's create art and music and have fun, let's make up a different way for human beans to be together. Then drugs started being a bigger and bigger part of it and the coolest stuff got squeezed out. BUT for those of us lucky enough to have experienced the playful part, what a fantastic, sweet time.

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