I first visited San Francisco in the fall of 1967 while serving a military tour at Monterey. In reflecting on this monologue, I would have to say that, yes, San Francisco in the middle 60s was a special place to be a part of. And with the right kind of eyes, you can almost see the high watermark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back." So now less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look west.
We were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. We didn't need that: our energy would simply prevail. And that I think was the handle - that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of old and evil not in any mean or military sense. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right: that we were winning. At any hour you could strike sparks anywhere. No mix of words, music, or memory can touch the knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time in the world whatever it meant. "San Francisco in the middle 60s was a special place to be a part of with no explanation.
I have transcribed this monologue which appears below as follows: The monologue is taken from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a book written by Hunter S. In the 1969 version of "Get Together," an unknown male speaker gives a short monologue immediately preceding the song.