Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)

On continue notre voyage musical : San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) est une chanson de Scott McKenzie, écrite par John Phillips (The Mamas & the Papas) pour promouvoir le Festival international de musique pop de Monterey.

If 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

Sortie en 1967, cette chanson est devenue l’icône du Summer of Love et du mouvement hippie, dont l’épicentre se trouvait dans le quartier de Haight-Ashbury, à San Francisco.