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Just getting word that Scott McKenzie has passed away - Scott wrote and recorded one of the iconic songs about what San Francisco was about to many in the 60s - "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" - RIP Scott McKenzie - your music lives on...


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Oh, no...I love that song... so sad to hear of his passing... :(

Very sad to hear this. Loved that iconic song.

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:rip: Scott McKenzie

So sorry to hear that! That song really takes me back to the 60's! I thought that John Phillips wrote San Francisco:confused: RIP Scott:(

Interestingly, this song, "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)", was indirectly responsible for the existence of Black Sabbath. Back when the song was a huge hit, Ozzy Osbourne heard it on the radio in his native Birmingham, England, and hated it: "What was this garbage, some guy singing about flowers in his hair?" He said that Birmingham was an industrialized pit, light years away from the happy-hippie place of San Francisco. Crime, violence, pollution, and poverty reigned in his native Ashton neighborhood. Ozzy wanted a tougher sound than this fluffy little ditty, and, as fate would have it, met up with Tony Iommi, his old street rival who had a very loud guitar........


And the rest is history.


So, thank you, Scott McKenzie, for giving us, the gift of Black Sabbath. :D

That's a shame. It's such a beautiful song!