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Monterey Lyrics
The people came and listened
Some of them came and played
Others gave flowers away, yes they did
Down in Monterey
Down in Monterey
Young Gods smiled upon the crowd
Their music being born of love
Children danced night and day
Religion was being born
Down in Monterey
The birds and the airplane did fly
Oh, Ravi Shankars music made me cry
The Who exploded into fire and light
Hugh Masakela's music was black as night
The Grateful Dead blew everybodies mind
Jimi Hendrix baby,believe me, set the world on fire, yeah
His Majesty, Prince Jones, smiled as he moved among the crowd
Ten thousand electric guitars were grooving real loud, yeah
You want to find the truth in life
Don't pass music by
and you know I would not lie, no I would not lie,
No, I would not lie
Down in Monterey
Three days of understanding of moving with one another
Even the cops grooved with us
Do you believe me, yeah?
Down in Monterey
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
Monterey
Down in monterey
Did you hear what I said?
I can't find this song :(
This is about the Monterey Pop Festival held in Monterey, CA in 1967. I love how they emulate the music of the artists mentioned in the song. "Prince Jones" is Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones. (The Rolling Stones themselves weren't there.) "The birds and the airplane did fly" Should be: "The Byrds and the Airplane did fly" (The Airplane is, of course, The Jefferson Airplane)
The line "I think that maybe I'm dreaming" is from the song "Renaissance Fair" by The Byrds.
I just SAW The Animals at Caesar's Coliseum in Windsor, Ontario (I'm a Detroit Yank.) Edgar Winters was the Opening Act.
They were LOUD (my ears are ringing two days Later) and folks who lose their hearing can lose Other things-such as their Mind. Burdon started with "Spill the Wine from his War Collaboration. He improvised a bit "I was lying in a Field of Medical Marijuana." I actually came of age in the Me Generation Seventies (Fleetwood Mac and Disco) so I was a snot-nosed cartoon-watching kid in the Sixties-Barely aware of Vietnam-and hadn't heard of Woodstock-let alone Monterey. But, MAYBE Monterey was the Better of the two festivals-or the THREE if you count The Stones Altamont Disaster.