Haight-Ashbury The music of the 1960’s was about peace, love and happiness, right? Wrong, the music of the 1960’s was a message of protest, hope and open-mindedness. The music of this decade not only spoke for a culture but a lifestyle. The artists, people and politics of San Francisco’s corner of Haight-Ashbury may best summons the message of the music. Between the years of 1964-1967, San Francisco (especially Haight-Ashbury) was the heart of the …showed first 75 words of 1059 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1059 total…of their inspiration had moved. The message now had spread throughout the country, but Haight-Ashbury was left in ruins. Historically Haight-Ashbury will remain a shrine to acid rock, and even today some hippies attempt to keep the original message alive. But the ultimate fate Haight-Ashbury had to face after the summer of love, was the same fate the rest of the country soon had to face; the hippie dream was just a dream (or trip).