The good ol Hips were pretty cool to me, most harmless easy going - the ones that I would have a axe to grind were the % of welfare bludgers but those types are everywhere and today, that cycle will forever keep spinning.
Being an avid surfer through those times was epic travelling up and down the east coast.
Your a worry ss, naming manson, he's not a shining example of the times.
At least Taylor had 1 hit.
I'd be more inclined talking about Richard Clapton/The Oils/Angels/ACDC/The Tatts/Mentals/AusCrawl/Skyhooks/Merrit go back to JOK/DaddyC etcetc talking hippy aussies and our awesum live band pub culture
Now we're talking, maybe thats why the change from flying glass schooners/jugs to plastic occured LOL......it was the party animals that caused the change haha
Cat Stevens comes to mind looking ahead way back then and man, weren't they great lyrics and tunes.