The entire thing is indicative of the failure of the hippy project to even contemplate enacting real change. You wanna change the world? Nah, take LSD instead, “don’t you know it’s gonna be alright?”.

The idea that any of these people genuinely believed they were doing anything other than assisting in the maintenance of the status quo is laughable.

Of course I’m not saying I thought rock stars represented the ideological pinnacle of the movement, but I’d claim that this sort of thought is indicative of the wider milieu.

        • bewts [he/him,comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          So I was listening thru some Chuck Berry and like 4 songs in I found another thing they stole from him.

          I googled it and apparently they got sued for it. Or the rightsholder did at least. What a bunch of tools. They could have just thanked him and credited him as an influence but I dunno if that was ever done.

          wtf this one is more blatant IMO they even use his lyrics.

          Edit: It does look like Lennon and Berry knew eachother. They very likely had permission

          here