
Dancing
Hippies...while seemingly harmless at first, can suck your gaze in like none other. They're just so flowy, so rhythm-lacking, so existential, sometimes involving hula hoops. But they can't help themselves - the music and potential hallucinogenics have just taken control of them - just as they have taken control of your holy-crap-will-you-get-a-load-of-this-guy reflex. The top 9 dancing hippies on youtube, and possibly the world, are found here. Should you desire to make your own
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1. Fat Stoned Hippie Dancing. Where he is: Golden Gate Park...yeah, San Francisco.
Where he was in 1969: Listening to Ravi Shankar (alone) on a beanbag in his parent's basement in Florham Park, New Jersey.
Why he's special: His transition from the slow existential arm movements and poses to the spastic flailing of the legs is seamless...flawless...beautiful.
2. Hippies Dancing in a CircleWhere they are: Oh, San Francisco.
Where they were in 1969: Fetuses (feti?)...probably in suburban New Jersey.
Why they're special: These dudes so think they're gonna get laid later, probably by the chick in the green pants...always the green pants.
3. Stoned Hippie Crazy DanceWhere he is: Amidst a sea of hula hoops.
Where he was in 1969: Hopefully wearing shirts with sleeves, but probably not.
Why he's special: Because it looks like he was able to throw "stir the pot" into this beautiful dancing fusion. Not everyone can pull that maneuver off.
4. Dance Like No One's WatchingWhere he is: Probably within 10 ft of a strong row of port-o-pottys. Most likely somewhere in Virginia.
Where he was in 1969: Altamont, tweaking out after a confrontation with a Hell's Angel.
Why he's special: High kicks, flexibility.
5. Amish Hippie Dancing-Go-RoundWhere they are: An apple-butter festival?
Where they were in 1969: Still wearing skirts from 1869.
Why they're special: There are little hippies in training, and the camera-person is clearly finds their circular movements endearing.
6. Santa Cruz Hippie DanceWhere they are: HmmmmmSantaCruz
Where they were in 1969: Wearing flowers in their hair.
Why they're special: Jerry Garcia reincarnated is dancing with them. Unless he coined this look before Jerry Garcia, which is always a possibility.
7. USC Hippie DancingWhere he is: USC Campus
Where he was in 1969: Shirtless.
Why he's special: A bum knee isn't going to stop him.
8. Bonnaroo Hippie DancingWhere they are:
Bonnaroo, Music Festival in Tennessee every June.
Where they were in 1969: They sure as hell wish they were around in 1969.
Why they're special: I mean this isn't really even hippie dancing - this is more 'white people dancing'. Sounds like Death Cab or something is playing...reeeeal alternative.
9. Final Hippie Dancing Video of the Day
Where he is: This looks like it could be on a high school football field.
Where he was in 1969: On a bad trip...for the whole year.
Why he's special: Sheer repetitiveness.