1. What were the most popular albums of the early 1960s? The Sound of Music (1960) Camelot (1961) West Side Story (1962 & 1963) Hello Dolly! (1964) Mary Poppins (1965) Why??

2. Influential Artists of the 1960s The Mamas and the Papas Simon and Garfunkel Crosby, Stills and Nash Jimi Hendrix The Doors The Grateful Dead Jefferson Airplane The Beach Boys Janis Joplin The Band Creedence Clearwater Revival Lynyrd Skynyrd Marvin Gaye Otis Redding The Supremes Bob Dylan The Who

3. Popular Genres of the 1960s Pop Rock ‘n’ Roll – Psychedelic Rock – Pop Rock – Surf Rock Folk Funk & Soul began to rise in popularity

4. Bob Dylan

5. Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1941 Continued the tradition of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger in order to chronicle social unrest Radicalized American folk music – Defied conventions and influenced music by mixing genres Blended stream of consciousness, imaginative lyrics with traditional folk form “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (1965) – Free association lyrics as a call back to Beat poetry, also a forerunner to rap & hip-hop

6. The Beatles

7. “Beatlemania”! Came to the US 1964 Changed attitudes about popular music in the country 11 weeks after Kennedy’s assassination, the group helped lift the country out of a deep mourning Pioneered music videos, charity rock concerts, musical art and animation

8. Dylan & The Beatles Influenced each other – Dylan picked up the electric guitar – The lyrics of the Beatles and Lennon’s singing voice changed So much of the music of the 1960s was characterized by this kind of cross-pollination Artists began mixing genres and techniques and blurring boundaries like never before How much of successful music depends on complete originality vs. this kind of blending/collaboration?

10. Your Task… “found poem” counterculture movementsYou and a partner of your choosing will be creating a “found poem” that captures the ideals of the counterculture movements we have been discussing in class Your poem must be at least 20 lines long and come from a minimum of 10 different songs Your poem will be accompanied by a short paragraph explaining how your product is representative of the counterculture movement