LOL (part 6) - California Fleein'

San Francisco homeless/wikipedia

California Dreamin'

John and Michelle Phillips had written the song of that title in 1963.  

The lyrics reflect the longing for Los Angeles warmth during a cold spell in New York City.  It also would define a popular California sound of the 1960s counterculture. (Reference: California Dreamin') 

And it had become a hit. 

The Mamas and the Papas (1965) performed one of the best-known versions of California Dreamin', but later a music video was made by The Beach Boys as shown below:

https://youtu.be/6YAcOPPRpVY

In 2023, 60 years later....

 The Babylon Bee  parodied this Beach Boys California Dreamin' video reflecting the sign of the times in California. Denizens were fleein' instead of dreamin' of coming there.

California Fleein'

https://youtu.be/TwJlKw56l30

LOL!

What makes comedy funny is that it based on truth--when everything woke has turned to crap!

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Pop Culture (part 4) - Brrrr! ... California Dreamin'

ND Blizzard/wikipedia.com

Bomb Cyclone!

Sounds kind of cool.
But wickedly cold and scary.

That's is one the latest descriptions of the cold weather that has hit the North East in early 2018. {reference: Winter storm 2018: almost the entire East Coast is covered in snow }

So cold, Niagara Falls has seemed to freeze.

As shown below:

(reference: https://youtu.be/znhhQ9obTi0 )

The Mamas and The Papas tapped into this longing for warmth in their hit, California Dreamin' (1965)  ... on such a winter's day.

So say the lyrics
 California Dreamin' 
by John and Michelle Phillips

Another sunny group, The Beach Boys, gives their haunting rendition in this remix:

( reference: https://youtu.be/Oe3VBoE3g4k )

Even on winter days,
the sun will come out. 

Spring is coming.

So is the cycle of life. 

As bad days will come to pass, 

and sunnier days are ahead.

Be safe, my friends.

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Pop Culture (part 1) - Only Time and 9/11 (2015)

Pop Culture (part 2) - Halloween Martian Invasion (2015)
   
Pop Culture (part 3) - It's Gonna Be All Right  (2016)

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