The Second Summer of Love is a name given to the period in 1988 in Britain, during the rise of Acid House music and the euphoric explosion of unlicensed Ecstasy-fuelled rave parties^[1]. The term generally refers to both the summers of 1988/9^{[2] [3]} when electronic dance music and the prevalence of the drug ecstasy fuelled an explosion in youth culture culminating in mass free parties and the era of the rave. The music of this era fused dance beats with a psychedelic, 60's flavour, and the dance culture drew parallels with the hedonism and freedom of the Summer of Love in San Francisco two decades earlier. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A yellow smiley face is considered the emblem of Acid House. ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known by the street names ecstasy or XTC (for more names see the full list), is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family, whose primary effect is believed to be the stimulation of secretion as well as inhibition of re-uptake of large amounts... Look up rave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Electronic dance music (EDM) is a broad set of percussive music genres that largely inherit from 1970s disco music and, to some extent, the experimental pop music of Kraftwerk. ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy (often abbreviated to E, X, or XTC) is a semisynthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family, whose primary effect is believed to be the stimulation of secretion—as well as inhibition of re-uptake—of large... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... A free party is a party free from the restrictions of the legal club scene. ... Look up rave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Gadabout redirects here. ... Mohandas K. Gandhi - Freedom can be achieved through inner sovereignty. ... The Summer of Love is a phrase given to the summer of 1967 to try to describe the feeling of being in San Francisco that summer, when the so-called hippie movement came to full fruition. ...

Accounts of the Second Summer of Love

Michael Winterbottom's film "24 Hour Party People" contains an interesting chronicle of some of the events that surround the "Second Summer of Love." It follows the careers of noted Manchester alternative groups New Order and the Happy Mondays during the peak of the movement. Winterbottom at the Toronto International Film Festival. ... 24 Hour Party People is a 2002 film about Manchesters popular music community from 1977 to 1997, and specifically about Factory Records. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... This article is about the alternative rock/electronic band New Order. ... Happy Mondays are an alternative rock band formed in Salford, Greater Manchester, England in 1985. ...

Hanif Kureshi's novel "The Black Album" is set during this period. Hanif Kureishi (born 1954 in London), is a Pakistani-British playwright, author, and director on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality. ... The name Black Album has been given to several albums, either officially or by fans to refer to a self-titled album. ...

References

1. ^ Reynolds, Simon (1998). Energy Flash. Picador. ISBN 0-330-35056-0. 
2. ^ Elledge, Jonn (2005-01-11). Stuck still. AK13. Retrieved on 2006-06-13., "By the end of 1988, the second summer of love was over"
3. ^ History of Hard House. Retrieved on 2006-06-13."As the second "Summer of Love" arrived in 1989"

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Further reading

• Collin, Matthew Altered States: The Story of Ecstasy and Acid House London: 1997 : Serpent's Tail -- How rave dances began in Manchester, England in the Summer of 1988 (the [second] "Summer of Love") and the aftermath.
• Garratt, Sheryl Adventures In Wonderland: A Decade Of Club Culture Headline: 1999 -- The book chronicles the growth of house music & club culture, including a lot of detail on the 2nd Summer of Love

See also

• The first Summer of Love (San Francisco, 1967)
• Madchester