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Scott Mckenzie San Francisco Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7/10 [11 votes]Album: The Voice of Scott McKenzie / Original Release Date: 1967Genre: RockSong Duration: 2 min 58 sec
SCOTT MCKENZIE
- San Francisco Lyrics / with translationsIf you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair
All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion
For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair
All across the nation such a strange vibration
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion
For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
Facts about San Francisco
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San Francisco is written by John Edmund Andrew Phillips.
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It is first released in 1967 as part of Scott Mckenzie's album "The Voice of Scott McKenzie" which includes 19 tracks in total.
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When we interpret the meaning being expressed, Scott Mckenzie's San Francisco has a sweet smell of the 1960s and the whole counterculture. The lyrics of the song depict San Francisco as a lovely place for the gentle and free thinking people to come together and live the vision of harmony and unity. Love, joy, peace, celebration and freedom are the main themes in the San Francisco lyrics. The song mentions the very same concepts around peace and love, and unity and community, and change and movement. One of the references in the song is a 'love-in,' which might be interpreted as the gathering of people with the intention of spreading love and drawing closer to each other. The words used are gentle and there is not even a mention of violence, nudity, or drug use. Nevertheless, the reference to a 'love-in' could be seen as a signal to parents that their kids need to be brought into the discussion about such activities, hence the song gets a PG rating.
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San Francisco falls under the genre Rock.
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San Francisco song length is 2 minutes and 58 seconds.
Who wrote San Francisco lyrics?
San Francisco is written by John Edmund Andrew Phillips.
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When was San Francisco released?
It is first released in 1967 as part of Scott Mckenzie's album "The Voice of Scott McKenzie" which includes 19 tracks in total.
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What is the meaning behind San Francisco lyrics?
When we interpret the meaning being expressed, Scott Mckenzie's San Francisco has a sweet smell of the 1960s and the whole counterculture. The lyrics of the song depict San Francisco as a lovely place for the gentle and free thinking people to come together and live the vision of harmony and unity. Love, joy, peace, celebration and freedom are the main themes in the San Francisco lyrics. The song mentions the very same concepts around peace and love, and unity and community, and change and movement. One of the references in the song is a 'love-in,' which might be interpreted as the gathering of people with the intention of spreading love and drawing closer to each other. The words used are gentle and there is not even a mention of violence, nudity, or drug use. Nevertheless, the reference to a 'love-in' could be seen as a signal to parents that their kids need to be brought into the discussion about such activities, hence the song gets a PG rating.
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Which genre is San Francisco?
San Francisco falls under the genre Rock.
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How long is the song San Francisco?
San Francisco song length is 2 minutes and 58 seconds.
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these lyrics are submitted by kaanSongwriter(s): John Edmund Andrew Phillips
Record Label(s): This compilation (P) 2006 All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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