“Summer of Love” Film Paper The documentary film Summer of Love is about the year of 1967 when the children from the baby boom generation had grown up and were now in their college years, but instead of going to school chose instead to change the world. These young people had grown up experiencing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, men constantly being drafted into the Vietnam War which was killing more than one hundred soldiers per week, and the civil rights struggles. There continued
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ecstasy, and Utopianism. It was billed as the Summer of Love, and its creators did not employ a single publicist or craft a media plan. Yet the phenomenon washed over America like a tidal wave, erasing the last dregs of the martini-sipping Mad Men era and ushering in a series of liberations and awakenings that irreversibly changed our way of life. The Summer of Love also thrust a new kind of music—acid rock—across the airwaves, nearly put barbers out of business, traded clothes for costumes, turned
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French Culminating Music: Popular music entered an era of "all hits", as numerous artists released recordings, beginning in the 1950s, as 45-rpm "singles" (with another on the flip side), and radio stations tended to play only the most popular of the wide variety of records being made. Also, bands tended to record only the best of their songs as a chance to become a hit record. The taste of the American listeners expanded from the folksinger, doo-wop and saxophone sounds of the 1950s to the Motown
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future. From my own experience with Hipsters, they don’t really seem to care about where their life is going, they are more so dependent on their present vibes. A lot of hipsters now and days look at life different and attempt to portray the look of a hippie; keyword, portray. I have come to realization that a lot of the “hipsters” these days are not really grasping the idea of what it was to exactly be a Hipster. I believe the hipsters now and days attempt to portray what they assume a hipster is, and
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Hippies: How & why did it start? Between 1896 and 1908, a German youth movement arose as a countercultural reaction to the organized social and cultural clubs that centered around German folk music. Known as Der Wandervogel ("migratory bird"), the movement opposed the formality of traditional German clubs, instead emphasizing amateur music and singing, creative dress, and communal outings involving hiking and camping.[15] Inspired by the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Goethe, Hermann Hesse
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Sex. Drugs. Rock and Roll. Three simple words that helped shaped an era that brought some of the greatest movies, such as The Godfather, Jaws, and The Taxi Driver. In the book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, by Peter Biskind takes us on a bumpy and wild ride of the era that challenged new ideas to young filmmaker’s that stimulated an edgier movie industry. This book is compelled of hundreds of interviews, with directors, stars, agents, and even one night stands. It tells
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challenges such as racism and poverty. The 1960s counterculture appealed to many young people, who were also its primary proponents. This essay examines why the younger generation took the lead in demanding for political and social changes during this era. “The Port Huron Statement” The “Port Huron Statement” was made by the Students for a Democratic Society movement in 1962. The statement was made by the students’ group to express the dissatisfaction
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The Counterculture Revolution What did the Hippies of the Counterculture Revolution value other than music, art and sexuality? The Counterculture Revolution changed America by influencing freedom of speech, promoting the civil rights movement and exposing the US to illegal drugs. The Counterculture Revolution started in the early 1960’s lasting through the 1970’s. The young adults and teens by this time were considered Hippies also known as the dropouts of society. They wanted
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As the 1960s rolled in, the first generation of children born after the “baby boom” generation, were socially and culturally hard to keep up with. They would ignore their parents old standard of living in favor of the rock & roll, rhythm & blues lifestyle. British rock band the Beatles was a huge inspiration for the way they dressed and the colors they wore. This change in style affectively changed the designs of magazines, posters and advertising. Even music outlets altered their appearances in
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and how many up and downs there were within the single year of 1968. Focusing specifically on the music and events that shaped the music of the 60’s, it’s funny to actually see the various connections between the events and the music of the time era. In the opening clips of the documentary we are given a brief clip of Timothy Leary saying his classic phrase “Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out” which of course could be described as one of the phrases that summed up the entire
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