THE COUNTERCULTURE CHAPTER 31 SECTION 3
KEY TERMS COUNTERCULTURE HAIGHT-ASHBURY THE BEATLES WOODSTOCK
IMPORTANT DATES 1964: THE BEATLES TOUR THE U.S. 1967: THE BEATLES RELEASE SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND ALBUM SUMMER, 1967: “THE SUMMER OF LOVE” AUG., 1969: WOODSTOCK CONCERT TATE – La BIANCA MURDERS
THE COUNTERCULTURE ORIGINS: 1950’S BEATNIK MOVEMENT THE 1960’s NEW LEFT MOVEMENT WHO? THE “HIPPIES” MOSTLY WHITE, UPPER-MIDDLE & MIDDLE-CLASS COLLEGE-AGE YOUTHS WHERE? MAJOR CITIES IN N.E. & WEST COAST EX.? SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN SAME AREAS IDEAS? SAME AS THE NEW LEFT WANTED MORE “FREEDOM” (!?) – WERE “NONCONFORMIST” ANTI-WAR ANTI-MATERIALISM
HIPPIES & HIPPIE BUS
THE COUNTERCULTURE BEGINNINGS: WHEN? EARLY 1960’s WHY? DR. TIMOTHY LEARY, HARVARD UNIV. “TUNE IN, TURN ON, DROP OUT” ENCOURAGED L.S.D. USE GOALS: DID THEY HAVE ANY? CREATE A WORLD OF PEACE, LOVE, AND HARMONY CALLED THE “AGE OF AQUARIUS” HOW? OUTRAGEOUS CLOTHING & APPEARANCE COMMUNAL / GROUP HOMES, COMMUNITIES NEW RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES, PRACTICES LIBERAL USE OF DRUGS (MARIJUANA, LSD, ETC.) NEW MUSIC STYLES: “ACID” ROCK, “HEAVY METAL”, ETC. “DO YOUR OWN THING, MAN”
“Tune in, Turn on, Drop Out” “Dr.” Timothy Leary & followers
THE COUNTERCULTURE WHERE IS THE MOVEMENT CENTERED? SAN FRANCISCO: HAIGHT-ASHBURY BERKELEY, CA: U of. CA NYC: GREENWICH VILLAGE ***CA. IS “HIPPIE CENTRAL” BECAUSE CA. STATE LAW DIDN’T OUTLAW HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS UNTIL ’66 THE MOVEMENT DECLINES: QUIZ: WHY DID THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT EVENTUALLY DECLINE? A. BECAUSE IT WAS A JOKE B. DRUGS FRY YOUR BRAIN C. THEY NEVER HAD A CLUE TO BEGIN WITH D. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? E. ALL OF THE ABOVE ANY OTHER REASONS IT FAILED? UNREALISTIC GOALS DRUG CULTURE BECAME VERY VIOLENT THE NOVELTY WORE OFF – REALITY SET IN
YEAH, MAN!
ANY QUESTIONS?
HIPPIES
YOUNG HIPPIESOLD HIPPIES
GUESS WHO?
FAMOUS COUNTERCULTURE EVENTS 1967: THE SUMMER OF LOVE THE BEATLES RELEASE ALBUM SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 1969: AUGUST: WOODSTOCK MANSON FAMILY COMMIT TATE-LaBIANCA MURDERS DECEMBER: ALTAMONT CONCERT 1970: JIMI HENDRIX ODs JANIS JOPLIN DIES 1971: The BEATLES BREAK-UP JIM MORRISON DIES
WOODSTOCK, 1969
ROLLING STONES ALTAMONT CONCERT, 1969
THE BEATLES ON LIFE MAGAZINE COVER, 1964
THE BEATLES AT THE WASHINGTON COLISEUM, FEBRUARY 11, 1964
THE BEALTES AT THE WASHINGTON COLISEUM
THE DOORS IN CONCERT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, JULY, 1968
JIM MORRISON, LEAD SINGER, THE DOORS
MORRISON’s GRAVESITE, PARIS, FRANCE
JANIS JOPLIN
THE GRATEFUL DEAD
GRATEFUL DEAD IMAGERY
COUNTERCULTURE TERMS & LINGO MAN: Basically refers to anybody or anything. Usually unnecessary to completing a sentence or thought in grammatically correct form, BUT IT DEMONSTRATED THAT YOU WERE COOL, HIP, OR NOT A “SQUARE”. THE MAN: Any group, entity, or institution that was viewed by youth as oppressive or potentially oppressive. This categorization could, and often did, encompass anybody over yrs. Old. Usual targets in this categorization were: The U.S. Government The U.S. Military Big Businesses Mainstream religious institutions Anybody who was successful, except for rock stars/musicians, actors, artists, poets, novelists, or philosophers, because they weren’t “corrupt”…Man!
WAVY GRAVY
COUNTERCULTURE TERMS & LINGO PAD: Place of residence, domicile, etc. CRIB: Place or residence, domicile, etc. BREAD: Money DOUGH: Money COOL: Hip, alluring in a confident way RIGHTEOUS: Meaningful, of great importance, and probably cool as well HEAVY: Of deep meaning, requiring great insight and thought (or maybe just a lot of drug use), probably righteous, and probably cool as well DEEP: Heavy
COUNTERCULTURE TERMS & LINGO SMACK: Heroin HORSE: Heroin DOPE: Heroin or Marijuana UPPERS: Amphetamines DOWNERS: Barbituates ACID: LSD ANGEL DUST: PCP BLOW: Cocaine (More of a 1970’s phenomenon)
COUNTERCULTURE TERMS & LINGO THE MACHINE: Same as “The Man” THE FUZZ: The police or any other law enforcement agency PIGS: Same as “The Fuzz”
SAN FRANCISCO, CURRENT DAY
GUESS WHO THIS IS…
THE HUMAN “BE – IN” POSTER, JANUARY, 1967
CHARLES MANSON
MANSON FAMILY GIRLS
ACTRESS SHARON TATE
COUNTERCULTURE, PT.I QUIZ 1. In the early 1960’s, the Beatniks began moving into what district of San Francisco? 2. __ authored One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? 3. True / False: Hippie communes only existed on the U.S. West Coast. 4. Which drug was more lucrative to trade / sell: Marijuana or Heroin? 5. True / False: Americans who used marijuana tended to come from lower- income families.