1969

dreadnut said:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...1969-events/&usg=AOvVaw0mukQI7gE6-xnuR-muRgSy

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Y'got yer linky thingy fixed!
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On this day in history George Harrison Went to meet up with Bob Dylan in Portsmouth:
https://www.beatlesbible.com/1969/08/26/george-harrison-meets-bob-dylan-portsmouth/

I see that article seems to indicate that the Manson murders were "big news" in '69, but the point is, at the time, nobody knew how it happened or that a cult was involved.
So sure it was national news for being such a gruesome crime, but the Manson myth didn't get started until summer of '70 when the trial started.
It's all the revelations that occurred during the trial in '70, and the resulting "Manson myth" that have made the crime appear to have been more headline-dominating than it was.
By September daily updates of the trial of the Chicago Eight had pushed the murders off the radar, for example.
Sure LA residents were wondering WTH was going on with these 2 closely timed outrageous crimes (they were called the "Tate/LBianca Murders"), but again, when the case gets cold other stuff starts grabbing the headlines.
Like a moon landing and Woodstock.

Quite the quote from dread's link:

During his first inaugural address, Richard Nixon proclaims Americans "cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another...the greatest honour history can bestow is the title of peacemaker. This honour now beckons America."

Not much improvement yet...

walrus

Yay, yes my linky thing appears to be working again!

Just thinking about how much things have changed, and not necessarily for the better.

The Manson murders. 7 people killed. In today's news, that would be a small number of deaths.

Apollo 11. There's talk of going to the moon again. But no one seems interested. How about Mars?

Woodstock. Everyone there actually played their instruments! No pyrotechnics, no light shows, no lip syncing, just music. Go figure.

Chappaquiddick. Today, if a politician left the scene of of a deadly accident, and didn't even report it for 10 hours, they would no longer be in politics. I think.

walrus

If you have sex with a porn star you can be president. That a good deal.

JF-30 said:

If you have sex with a porn star you can be president.

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Yes they've certainly raised the bar, haven't they.

Is that raising or lowering, lol )

Guildedagain said:

Is that raising or lowering, lol )

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Yes, well, back in the day porn stars certainly hadn't yet attained the level of artistic respect they command today.
Politicians, on the other hand....

I was home from Nam in '68 and still in the army in '69. Honestly, none of it made any sense to me;none of it. Anniversary years later Woodstock was a helluva lot more than it actually was, i.e. there was no spiritual awakening and peace was never given a chance. The Kennedy's are still newsworthy. MLK is probably embarrassed and rolling in his grave. I live in Wapakoneta, Ohio; the home of Neil Armstrong and everyone partied and got wasted to some kick *** music. But hell, that happens every summer weekend in farm country.

Who had sex with a porn star?

dreadnut said:

Who had sex with a porn star?

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Naming names'd be a good reason to lock the thread, I think.
But presidential indiscretions are nothing new.

There are also a lot of unsubstantiated accusations being reported as if they were proven facts. The assumption of guilt cannot be tolerated in the courts, but not so with public opinion.

Thanks for your service, Doc!

walrus

dreadnut said:

There are also a lot of unsubstantiated accusations being reported as if they were proven facts.
The assumption of guilt cannot be tolerated in the courts, but not so with public opinion.

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Yep, and possibly yet another justification/reason for the "no politics" rule here: unsubstantiated charges are great tinder for contentious discourse.
One man's opinion may be another man's undisputed truth.
Insinuation on a broad front ("politicians") for satire is one thing, but naming names takes it to the level of accusation, justified or not.
Which, like you said, is for the courts to decide.
Said more for newer members who haven't seen how quickly this kind of thing can degrade, than yourself.
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I was more interested in the Beatles in 1969 (I was 13) Here's what they were doing during Woodstock:

Aug 15
Studio 1 into Studio 2 (control room). 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `Golden Slumbers'/`Carry That Weight' (overdub onto take 17); `Ending' (working title of `The End') (overdub onto take 7). Studio 1 into Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.15am. Recording: `Something' (overdub onto take 39); `Here Comes The Sun' (overdub onto take 15). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons. Recording of all orchestral overdubs for `Abbey Road'. For the first time in a Beatles session a closed circuit of television is used to communicate two studios. George re-records, on the floor of Studio 2, his guitar solo for `Something'.

Aug 16
Saturday `Give Peace A Chance', 6th week in the Top 28 (Billboard).

Aug 18
Monday Studio 2. 2.30-10.30pm. Stereo mixing: `Golden Slumbers'/`Carry That Weight' (remixes 1, 2, from take 17). Recording: `Ending' (working title of `The End') (overdub onto take 7). Stereo mixing: `Ending' (working title of `The End') (remixes 1-6, from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons. Recording of 4 seconds of piano for `The End'.

And the day after the first moon landing:

Jul 21
Studio 3. 2.30-9.30pm. Recording: `Come Together' (takes 1-8). Studio 2 (control room only). 9.30-10.00pm. Tape copying: `Come Together' (of take 6, called take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander. Copy of `Come Together' from 4-track to 8-track tape. First full day of Geoff Emerick back as Beatles' balance engineer.

And during the Manson murders:

Aug 08 (My birthday!)
11.35am. Appointment with photographer Iain MacMillan at EMI Studios, for the photographic session for the `Abbey Road' cover. After this, Paul chooses out of the 6 pictures taken the best one for the LP. Before the recording session, Paul takes John home, at Cavendish Avenue, George and Mal go to the London Zoo at Regent's Park, and Ringo goes shopping.

Studio 2. 2.30-9.00pm. Recording: `Ending' (working title of `The End') (overdub onto take 7); `I Want You' (later known as `I Want You (She's So Heavy)') (overdub onto unnumbered Trident master). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander. Studio 3. 5.30-9.45pm. Recording: `Oh! Darling' (overdub onto take 26). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Tony Clark; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons. Recording synthesizer for `I Want You (She's So Heavy)'.

Aug 09
Saturday `Give Peace A Chance', 5th week in the Top 28 (Billboard).

Nice post! Me, too - I was 11.

MartyG said:

Before the recording session, Paul takes John home, at Cavendish Avenue...

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Lennon was a notoriously bad driver!

walrus

dreadnut said:

Who had sex with a porn star?

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Ron "The Hedgehog" Jeremy did a lot.

If your being serious. Then I guess you have been under a rock the past few years.

walrus said:

Nice post! Me, too - I was 11.

Lennon was a notoriously bad driver!

walrus

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It's a little known fact that an early version of "Drive My Car" was "Johnny You Can't Drive My Car"

A wise friend told me once: "Just remember; perceptions, in the eye of the beholder, are every bit as real as reality."