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We're Not Gonna Take It !

posted 15 years ago by lambrettaguy200
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I thought the music and visuals were priceless during this song, especially during the second verse, when the camera was scanning among the audience.

"Hey you getting drunk, so sorry!
Ive got you sussed." (we see a young man, well loaded, laughing his head off !)

Hey you smoking mother nature!
This is a bust! (we see two young men sharing a joint !)

A treasured snapshot of young culture in 1970.

Surprisingly, a lot of the audience look and dress pretty normally for the time (not all yeah man - hippies by a long shot) but there's one guy in the audience who made me laugh out loud - he looked a bit like Mick Fleetwood with long hair and beard, but I think this guy is stripped to the waist and he's wearing what looks like the rolled-up corner of a plastic or paper bag on his head, like a pirate hat !!!

Did you notice him ?

Death is Nature's way of telling you to slow down

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

I didn't notice the pirate hat (do you remember which song he's in?), but I definitely noticed the guy getting drunk and the other one smoking "mother nature." There was another guy who appears to have his face painted silver, or maybe it was just the lighting. I wonder how many people in the audience later recognized themselves when the film came out?

This is a true snapshop of a better era for rock 'n' roll. The fans are all loving the show, listening attentively and flashing peace signs. And not a single cell phone in the crowd! ;-)