[LaLaLand]

... 1969, a seminal year in our "cultural development" as a civilisation if you will. Known as "the year everything changed". We saw:

1. The Apollo 11 Moon Landings - obvious reasons. Do you believe?

2. Woodstock - the counterculture movement of America musically peaked as almost half a million of America's youth flocked to upstate New York to witness the top music acts of the day perform over "Three days of Peace & Music" in what is now a legendary, milestone event in musical history.

3. The Manson Family Murders - the counterculture movement also ended suddenly in August of that year, as a band of "young, free-loving, peace-craving hippies" murdered eight people under the instruction of their crazed cult leader Charles Manson (who was incensed that his dream of becoming a professional musician had been scuppered by many including The Beach Boys Boys and producer Terry Melcher), one victim being rising actress Sharon Tate and her unborn 8 month old child, over two nights in Los Angeles in the most brutal ways that shocked the world. This changed the general view of "hippies" and also was regarded as the moment people in America started "locking their doors at night", apparently. “The 60’s ended that night”.

4. Alternative Cinema Rises - the classic, almost foolproof Hollywood formula of movies died a death this year as the films "Easy Rider" and especially "Midnight Cowboy" tops the box office and sweeps Award shows, shocking considering it was X Rated! Audiences no longer wanted "fairytales", they wanted real-life, gritty drama and thus altered the landscape of cinema completely.

5. The Stonewall Riots - pretty much the beginning of LGBT rights in America as people angrily protested a police raid on a gay bar called The Stonewall Inn in NYC. Official Gay Pride events first began one year after these riots as commemorative events.

All changed modern day culture (specifically American culture) as we know it, forever.

Youtube video

1969 was insane, in ways good and bad.

Good article talking about events of the year: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...d-1752220.html

IDK what the point of this thread is tbh but I just thought I'd mark the anniversary, half a century is a pretty big milestone! Discuss?

[Kate!]

I was born in July 69

[Josy]

Ah wasn't even a glint in ma daddys eye