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 THE MANSON FAMILY MURDERS
THE COUNTERCULTURE ORIGINS: WHO? WHERE? IDEAS? 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: GOALS: DID THEY HAVE ANY? HOW? 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 HIPPIES OLD 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
WOODSTOCK, 1969
ROLLING STONES ALTAMONT CONCERT, 1969
JIM MORRISON
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 35-40 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?
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.