Hippie s
Structure 1.General information 2.Aims and Quotes 3.Developement summer of love 5.Get together 6.Music 7.Woodstock 8.Sources
General information originally a youth movement USA during the mid-1960s spread to other countries around the world word 'hippie' came from hipster
Hippie's aims make love, not war peace no tabus, no obligation
"Do your own thing, whereever you have to do it and whenever you want." "Drop out. Leave society, as you have known it." "Blow the mind of every straight person you can reach. Turn them on if not to drugs, than to beauty, love, honesty and fun."
Developement lived their spin-off culture was a living process developed lots of values which were against the American values formed a non-economic aspect of the political life
pointed on personal, private, psychique values searched for honesty, physical happiness, affection, spirit of experiments,... lived in ramshackle huts, selled self maded fiber crafts selled drugs to survive
July summer of love summer 1967 crowns the height of the culture (most members in USA) 500,000 young-adults who left school, parents or job idea of a festival is based on a "drop-out" attitudes "non-joining" a situation and "leaving" were generation modes of the middle 60s
Get-together summit meetings were big open air festivals, e.g.: 1967: Human-Be-In, San Francisco, Golden Gate Park (20,000) July 1969: "Rolling Stones" concert, Hyde Park (200,000) August 1969: Woodstock (400,000) 1970: Beat-/ Popconcert, Isle of Wight (1,000,000)
Music different types: - folk - rock - soul - blues
60,000 guests expected one million were on the way 400,000 people (traffic jam) Woodstock
32 bands Michael Lang wanted to financiate his studio with the gains
Jimi Hendrix (†)
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Joe Cocker
Janis Joplin (†)
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin
Are hippies still alive?
Yes they are!
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