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Zoneboy · 08-19-2012, 03:48 AM

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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...

80sTrivia · 08-19-2012, 06:42 PM

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

Retro4Life · 08-19-2012, 08:04 PM

Very sad to hear this. Loved that iconic song.

Marvo301 · 08-19-2012, 08:05 PM

Scott McKenzie

Penny Lane · 08-20-2012, 12:49 PM

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

RIP Scott

ABlairican Pie · 08-21-2012, 06:54 PM

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.

Schmoopie · 08-22-2012, 03:48 AM

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

08-19-2012, 03:48 AM	#1
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08-19-2012, 08:04 PM	#3
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08-20-2012, 12:49 PM	#5
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08-21-2012, 06:54 PM	#6
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,620	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.
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08-22-2012, 03:48 AM	#7
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