Re: Hang On Sloopy

On Wed, 28 May 2025 18:27:43 -0600, Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

So basically, "it's the 60s and we're all on drugs" or something like
that (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh).

I have not compared the original with Rick Derringer's version.  I
have not associated drugs with that tune.  In 1964, I don't recall
drug usage being widespread.  Rick was 17 at the time of the
recording, and in later years, he did use amphetamines.

1964 song written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns.
"Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_On_Sloopy

What is the meaning behind the song "Hang on Sloopy"?

As legend has it, the song's namesake is tied to Steubenville native
Dorothy Sloop, who -- depending on the story you hear -- either struck
up a conversation about her name with young men at Dixie's Bar of
Music in New Orleans or, during a difficult moment there onstage, was
cheered from the crowd with a kindly "Hang on, ..Sep 26, 2013
www.dispatch.com

"In 1967, the Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, and the
Monterey International Pop Festival[12] popularized hippie culture,
leading to the Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States,
and the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the East Coast"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie