In 1977, every Friday afternoon, half hour before the school bell rang, our grade 7 teacher would make us sit around the front of the classroom just to talk about the weeks events, and he would also bring some of his albums to play on his portable turntable. I remember the Mamas and Papas would be his favourite band, so this song brings back great memories where life was simple.
Born in 67 .....told my mother in the 80's ...wish I could have lived earlier to be at Woodstock....🤗 She replied "NO, you wouldn't have survived " LMAOOOOO ❤ing it😂 I'm SURE she was right🤧
Served in the US Army for 21 years, and yes, I would've gone to Vietnam in a heartbeat! Served in 4 combat tours anyway! Somalia, Iraq twice, and Afghanistan. Why not Vietnam?
My baby brother was also born in 1967..sadly I lost his superb soul to a valiantly fought battle with a failed bone marrow transact after several years in remission and healthy - before the plan.Hek ew for a year ahead ,and called me at least weekly ,(or more!) telling me how much he wanted my daughter and I to come and spend that upcoming Christmas with his girlfriend and him..They had just moved to Rochester,N.Y..and I live near Abilene,Tx So we made plans all year ,got time off,and bought bus tickets to my mothers in Harrisburg,PA.My sister and niece were there from Montana too.It hadn't occured to me just how much he planned all this for us,and it was fantastic a d an honor that he wanted us to spend his last days ( he knew his time was so short,)we were not letting that thought even occur,although is emaciated body was a shock at first.He made me do proud on the ICU floor where he was,every time he wanted to step outside to smoke he would stop and get on to prove about using their phones when there were signs prohibiting it due to the machine patient had in use.He was not shy about jumping in and asking them if "they didn't see the signs"? And "There are people up here on machines and there's a reason for it!" I nearly cried,I think I must have realized right then how much I lived him and all the memories of taking care of him as the big sister,changing his diaper,tagging along with us to the beach ,getting my friends on bikes to look for him when he was lost and found digging pennies out of a restaurant fountain,how he stuck one of my bead kits pea green plastic round bear up one of his nostrils and came at me to show it to me- snorting in and out like he was having so much fun! And the time he climbed up to sleep with me on the top bunk and I woke up covered in dried blood and kinda freaking out,Turns out he fell off in the night onto his face and broke his 2 year old nose and got back in bed with me and went to sleep again.When I found him his blue footed sleeper was covered in it all down his front and he didn't think anything of it! Of course mom freaked! He held out until after Christmas,and luckily I had to stay until after New Years Day said my bus ticket rules...This was the second to last day of 1999,and the hospital called at around 4 am for us to come,his organs were fading.That night was New Years Eve of the year 2000.We held his hand and said goodbye,I think the one year that slid down his face said he loved us too and with one breath my life was never the same after he was gone...I was there waving to my mother from outside at her hospital room window the day he was born and I was so honored to be there the day he went further on his path ..He always asked me what it was like to be 9 years old that Summer of love ..and he was so fascinated to heare tell h how much I could feel so many things that had been wrong for so long we're finally being stood up to and changed for the good...we have come far and we learn slowly ..but he taught me what it means to love so completely...
Three college buddies and I went to California in the summer of '66 listening to this song. We still call ourselves "The California Dreamers" to this day!
I love how Denny's part of the song just blends in......the cool flute arrangement and the high vocals of Momma Cass and Michael.........you can never have too much of California Dreaming
This has to be the greatest song of all time It makes me want to move back to California I miss the sunset 's on the Pacific ocean ❤️ ( More than anything ❤️ )
Los años nuevos son para equivocarse y los años viejos....también ....viveeeee, es la única verdad , esta canción 😸 la llevaré grabada en el corazón por siempre....me encantaaaaás
Me Vickie Dee Mejia And Sisters And Our Kids There Boys There Names Cody Rudalph Mejia and Our Family And Bestftiends Live In California we Are Crying And We Are Praying to Be together And With New Friends
