#thebadguys
@[G] you instigated me, and now to stop me you must shoot me...
John Phillips -"Drum" āPolemos is the father of all thingsā (Heraclitus)
Isn't evil the true engine of the Universe? A peaceful world would be a dead world.
But instead of boring you with trivial philosophical musings, hereās a little story I was saving for a rainy dayā¦ (when I found the time and the motivation to tell it properly).
He is Papa John Philips, and if his name doesnāt ring a bell, think of āCalifornia Dreaminā.ā
Thatās right, the Mamas & Papasā¦.
The California dream, the flower children, universal loveā¦ and a crystalline, sunny pop. Too bad the group breaks up over a story of infidelity!
Okay, John is the main mind and continues solo, putting out an album that is a masterpiece: āJohn, The Wolf King Of L.A.ā. Then he releases a couple more nice ones, but this one! This is a Perfect Pop Album! Beautiful.
Our Papa John is also generous enough to gift his friend Scott Mackenzie that āSan Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)ā which will become his biggest hit (and one of the best-selling records of all time).
So whatās the dark side lurking behind all this?
Itās a love story (love, yes), a diseased, deformed, unacceptable love, because it is directed towards his underage daughter, Mackenzie (a name that recurs). He introduces her to drugs and subjugates her (but her sister, on the other hand, says she was willing) for a whole ten years.
Then Mackenzie gets pregnantā¦.
Now this story I will need to tell better than this because it deserves it, because itās more complicated than it seems (itās incredible, itās absurd, but itās a love story), because it raises some questions.
For now, letās just listen to that crystalline, sunny, clear pop album. Perfect!
And be astounded knowing what dark abyss enveloped it.
