Friday, June 19, 2009
Day 17 - The 1960's Counterculture
What were the goals of the serious members of the 1960's counterculture? What were the legacies of the counterculture movement? How did the art and music of this era reflect the goals and values of the counterculture and / or other subcultures or movements of the 1960's?
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The counterculture of the 1960s was a cultural protest movement as a reaction against political conservation and perceived social repression. Legacies of the countercultural movement is about culture war. A conflict between values considered to be traditional or conservative and those considered liberal or progressive.
ReplyDeleteArt and music of the 1960s created a huge market for rock, soul, pop, reggae, and blues. This affected the youth of America emphasis on change and experimentation. A counterculture in which the younger generations began to define themselves a new kind of society. They had their own style of dressing and experimented with drugs. Older generations of Americans blamed the music that the young people listened to for their rebellious behavior.
Counterculture that was going on in the 1960s consisted of sexual freedom, nuclear fear, nonconformity, drug use, Vietnam war and civil rights movements. The 1960's counterculture is a protest movement against political conservatism. The legacies of this counterculture are still around and somewhat active in debates that include the United States. The music of the 1960's was a great influence to the people and still is today. Some famous artists were Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Doors, just to name a few. The music was old time rock and roll basically singing about their lives and what happened during them.
ReplyDeleteThe goals of the 1960’s counter culture included seeking a better world through music, politics and alternative lifestyles. They used things such as civil rights issues, the Vietnam War, nuclear weapons, and the environment to push their beliefs. Drug use, sexual freedom and nonconformity were things of the present.
ReplyDeleteMusic reflected their goals, and a perfect example is Woodstock. For four days, the music festival was a celebration of liberation, generosity, peace, self-indulgence, promiscuity and drug use. Although this was one big counterculture, there was another. These people left the cities, and lived through organic farming, community service, and used things such as yoga, meditation, and spiritual expansion and rejected drug use. The term hippies came from this time; they were the largest counterculture group. They fought for racial equality, women’s rights, and end to the Vietnam war, sexual liberation, gar rights, and were all for recreational drug use.
Andrew Warhol and Edie Sedgwick were important in the art world, they set the norm as to what art was and what made it valuable. There also was more of a feeling that politics was personal, and what exactly the American dream was to be.
Jessica Gregis
In the 1960's the U.S witnessed a lot of sexual activity, drugs, and changes in music/art. Some people formed "Communes" away from the regular society. Woodstock took place in August 1969, which was when 400,000 people gathered in upstate New york, to listen to major bands. Another example is Altamomt in December 1969 when 300,000 people gathered to hear the Rolling Stones in California.
ReplyDeleteThe hippies came at this time and were the largest counterculture group. Andrew Warhol and Edie Sedgwick were a big outbreak in art at this time. The Hell's Angels acted as security here and they beat at least one man to death.
Brandyn Coleman
The music in this era seemed to be "rebellious" because i remember reading in class that teenagers rebelled with music, sex, and drugs. The goal of President Johnson was to rid the fear of communism. But after we were getting whipped in the Vietnam war, he refused to give up because he thought the defeat would be "embarrasing" and "humiliating" so he never gave up. Although, he eventually had to pull away as one of the terms of the treaty congress had to sign.
ReplyDeleteIn the 1960s there was a lot of sex,drugs, and rock n roll. There were also some other things like the Vietnam War,civil rights acts, and things dealing with nuclear weapons. The Vietnam War was ran by Lyndon Johnson it was to stop the spread of communism. But in the war we proved nothing we had alot of people die and we killed alot of innocent civilians. People hated our troops because they kill babys. When they were released from the war the people threw stuff at them and called them baby killers.
ReplyDeleteThe counter culture of the 1960's was alot of protests use new music and rebelion.People were experimenting with new like weed acid and so on. alot of this went on at wood stock when 400,000 people gathered for concerts. also alot of peope were geting killed from protesting like the kent state where 4 people were killed. and also jfk was shot and then you had the whole conspiracy theory about that and you had the civil rights movements with leaders like malcolm x the black panthers and probly the most well known martin luther king who was also assasinated
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