Psychedelic Sixties
Entertainment Since 1945
Popular Culture Essay
Flower Power and Psychedelic Rock
Lecturer: K Lloyd
A Whittaker
[Word Count: 1092]
“People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.” - Bob Dylan (Hilburn, R. 1992)
The ‘sixties’ is an era that is more commonly noted as a time period from 1963 through until 1974. It is an era that is recognised for the fashion, the music, the drugs and the changes that occurred in relation to society, technology, arts, film and culture. The sixties are often referred to as the ‘Woodstock Era’ or the time of ‘Psychedelic rock’.
The 60s saw a major change in fashion compared to the previous decades where clothing was much more conservative. The sixties saw figure hugging body wear, mini-skirts, hot pants and bell-bottom jeans and is still noted as one of the most fashionable eras throughout history with modern day designers still drawing upon the style of the 1960s.
During the sixties, there were around 70 million teenagers due to the baby boom after World War II. It was during this period that youth started turning away from mainstream religions and started following more mediating religions such as Zen Buddhism. Youth listened to pop, reggae, blues and soul and during the early years of the 1960s, and it was during this era that the term ‘psychedelic rock’ was introduced into American music culture. It was also during the 1960s the term ‘hippie’ became commonly used to describe a large proportion of American youth. The hippie movement endorsed drugs, sexual freedom, mediating religions and opposed violence.
After World War II there were many developments within the medical industry with drugs being created to treat many things, which lead to the
Popular Culture Essay
Flower Power and Psychedelic Rock
Lecturer: K Lloyd
A Whittaker
[Word Count: 1092]
“People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.” - Bob Dylan (Hilburn, R. 1992)
The ‘sixties’ is an era that is more commonly noted as a time period from 1963 through until 1974. It is an era that is recognised for the fashion, the music, the drugs and the changes that occurred in relation to society, technology, arts, film and culture. The sixties are often referred to as the ‘Woodstock Era’ or the time of ‘Psychedelic rock’.
The 60s saw a major change in fashion compared to the previous decades where clothing was much more conservative. The sixties saw figure hugging body wear, mini-skirts, hot pants and bell-bottom jeans and is still noted as one of the most fashionable eras throughout history with modern day designers still drawing upon the style of the 1960s.
During the sixties, there were around 70 million teenagers due to the baby boom after World War II. It was during this period that youth started turning away from mainstream religions and started following more mediating religions such as Zen Buddhism. Youth listened to pop, reggae, blues and soul and during the early years of the 1960s, and it was during this era that the term ‘psychedelic rock’ was introduced into American music culture. It was also during the 1960s the term ‘hippie’ became commonly used to describe a large proportion of American youth. The hippie movement endorsed drugs, sexual freedom, mediating religions and opposed violence.
After World War II there were many developments within the medical industry with drugs being created to treat many things, which lead to the
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