Word: hippieism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...record's second act gets the Beatles into deeper, more cross-currented waters. The first number, "Within You Without You" puts forward the Beatle manifesto to the tidal, wave-breaking sounds of an Indian raga. George Harrison chants his message, which is the Quintessence of Hippieism: "About the space between us all... and the love we all could share when we find it." At the end of the song comes a small gale of very self-satisfied laughter, which may be the "straight" people laughing at the idealistic, hippie message, or may just be a transition into the next...
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