CULTURE COUNTERCULTURE A REACTION TO THE VIETNAM WAR

CULTURE & COUNTERCULTURE: A REACTION TO THE VIETNAM WAR and 1950 s CONFORMITY

THE HIPPIES • • MEMBERS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE WERE KNOWN AS HIPPIES FELT AMERICAN SOCIETY HAD GROWN HOLLOW “TUNE IN, TURN ON, DROP OUT” – DR. TIMOTHY LEARY THOUSANDS OF IDEALISTIC YOUTHS LEFT SCHOOL, WORK AND HOME TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF PEACE, LOVE AND HARMONY

CULTURE OF THE HIPPIES • • • ROCK N’ ROLL OUTRAGEOUS CLOTHING SEXUAL FREEDOMS USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS: MARIJUANA AND LSD ZEN BUDDHISM MANY JOINED COMMUNES WHERE EVERYTHING WAS SHARED

FAMILY LIFE

SOCIALIZING

LOVE

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

FASHION

PATRIOTISM

THE IMPACT OF THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT: ART • POP ARTISTS ATTEMPTED TO BRING ART INTO THE MAINSTREAM • ANDY WARHOL • OFTEN DEPICTED EVERYDAY LIFE • CRITICISM OF MODERN LIFE (IMPERSONAL, “COOKIE-CUTTER” LIFESTYLES)

ANDY WARHOL

Welcome to Contemporary U. S. and World History Pg Assignment Date: 1/14/15 81 Please Do Now 1/6 Activity: Counterculture 82 Vietnam Study Guide 1/6 Warm Up: 83 Legacy of the War Rdg 1/7 84 Legacy of the War Notes 1/7 85 Social Changes Vocab 1/9 Without looking at your notes from yesterday, describe a “hippie” of the Counterculture Movement with as many details as you can remember Homework: 86 87 Culture and Counterculture & Music 1/13 1/14 *Counterculture & Music due tomorrow 1/15

CULTURE OF THE HIPPIES • • • ROCK N’ ROLL OUTRAGEOUS CLOTHING SEXUAL FREEDOMS USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS: MARIJUANA AND LSD ZEN BUDDHISM MANY JOINED COMMUNES WHERE EVERYTHING WAS SHARED

THE IMPACT OF THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT: MUSIC • EMBRACED ROCK ’N’ ROLL AS A FORM OF ANGRY PROTEST TO THE VIETNAM WAR • OFF SHOOT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN RHYTHM AND BLUES • FOLK ROCK = ACOUSTIC GUITARS, TRADITIONAL SONGS AND BLUES MUSIC COMBINED WITH POLITICAL MESSAGES • PSYCHEDELIC ROCK ATTEMPTED TO REPLICATE THE “MIND ALTERING” EXPERIENCES OF DRUGS • MANIPULATING THE SOUNDS OF THE VOCALS AND INSTRUMENTS

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Volunteers LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THE STREETS GOT A REVOLUTION GOT TO REVOLUTION HEY I'M DANCING DOWN THE STREETS GOT A REVOLUTION GOT TO REVOLUTION AIN'T IT AMAZING ALL THE PEOPLE I MEET GOT A REVOLUTION GOT TO REVOLUTION ONE GENERATION GOT OLD ONE GENERATION GOT SOUL THIS GENERATION GOT NO DESTINATION TO HOLD PICK UP THE CRY HEY NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU AND ME https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Sbo. Rijh WFDU

BOB DYLAN Subterranean Homesick Blues AH GET BORN, KEEP WARM SHORT PANTS, ROMANCE, LEARN TO DANCE GET DRESSED, GET BLESSED TRY TO BE A SUCCESS PLEASE HER, PLEASE HIM, BUY GIFTS DON'T STEAL, DON'T LIFT TWENTY YEARS OF SCHOOLIN' AND THEY PUT YOU ON THE DAY SHIFT LOOK OUT KID THEY KEEP IT ALL HID BETTER JUMP DOWN A MANHOLE LIGHT YOURSELF A CANDLE DON'T WEAR SANDALS TRY TO AVOID THE SCANDALS DON'T WANNA BE A BUM YOU BETTER CHEW GUM THE PUMP DON'T WORK 'CAUSE THE VANDALS TOOK THE HANDLES https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=MGxj. IB EZvx 0

THE GRATEFUL DEAD https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=s. Hbna 2 plitg&list=RDs. Hbna 2 pli

JANIS JOPLIN https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=YHr. Sd. SUB 2 L 4

JIMI HENDRIX https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Au_m. Gh. A Y-7 A

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

THE BEATLES

WOODSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL • • AUGUST 15 -18, 1969 PEACEFUL AND WELL ORGANIZED EVENT (THOUGH VERY RAINY AND DIRTY) BROUGHT THE MOST POPULAR ARTISTS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT TOGETHER EXEMPLIFIED THE VALUES OF THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT

View of the Woodstock Music Festival

DECLINE OF THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT • • • URBAN COMMUNES BECAME SEEDY AND DANGEROUS DRUG ADDICTION AND OVERDOSES WERE COMMON MANY COULD NOT AFFORD TO LIVE WITHOUT JOBS FOUND THEY COULD NOT RELY ON EACH OTHER BY 1970 JANIS JOPLIN AND JIMI HENDRIX HAD DIED ALTAMONT FREE MUSIC OF OVERDOSES FESTIVAL, 1969, CONSIDERED BY (SYMBOLIC END TO THE SOME AS THE SYMBOLIC END OF MOVEMENT) THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT.

LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT • • • ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEX BECAME MORE CASUAL AND PERMISSIVE (SEXUAL REVOLUTION) MASS CULTURE (TV, BOOKS, MOVIES, MUSIC, ETC) BEGAN TO EXPLORE SUBJECTS THAT HAD ONCE BEEN PROHIBITED MORE LIBERAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS SOCIAL BEHAVIORS, APPEARANCE AND LIFESTYLES CONTRAST AN EARLY BEATLES SONG TO A LATER BEATLES SONG

THE CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE • • • MANY THOUGHT THE COUNTRY WAS LOSING ITS SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG WORRIED “CAMPUS REBELS” WERE A THREAT TO TRADITIONAL VALUES FELT AMERICA WAS HEADED TOWARDS ANARCHY VIEWED COUNTERCULTURE AS ABANDONING RATIONAL THOUGHT IN FAVOR OF UNINHIBITED SELF-EXPRESSION THIS GROWING CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT, INSPIRED BY THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT, WOULD PROPEL RICHARD NIXON INTO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1968

The Counterculture Embraced Rock & Roll as a means to: A. Express their love for our country B. Protest the war in Vietnam C. Support the war in Vietnam This type of music attempted to replicate the “Mind Altering” experiences of drugs used by hippies in the 60 s and 70 s. A. B. C. Folk Rock Rhythm and Blues Psychedelic Rock

The peaceful counterculture musical festival that took place in NY in August of 1969 was: A. B. C. D. Lollapalooza Firefly Music Festival Woodstock Music Festival Altamont Free Music Festival was known for: A. Replicating Woodstock’s peaceful music festival 4 months later B. Violence C. The end of the Hippie Movement D. Both B & C

All of the following were reasons for the decline of the hippie movement EXCEPT: A. B. C. D. The war in Vietnam ended Urban Communes became seedy and dangerous Hippies found that they could not rely on each other Many could not afford to live without jobs TRUE OR FALSE? Some of the long-term effects of the Counterculture Movement were the sexual revolution, liberation of mass media and more liberal attitudes towards social behaviors and lifestyles. True

In Closing… • If you had to summarize the change of music during the Counterculture Movement into 1 -2 words, what words would you choose? • • • Political Deep Meaningful Influential Inspirational

Homework: 1. Based on your knowledge of the War in Veitnam and the times surrounding it, analyze the meaning of “The Vietnam Song” by Country Joe and the Fish *use specific knowledge from prior learning 2. Respond to the following prompt: Compared to previous decades, music of the 1960's and 1970's reflected the political and social tensions of the times. How is the music of the 1960's Counterculture comparable to music today? Give at least one example from the 1960's and one example today to support your answer.