The Hippie Generation

By: Andrea Choi and Alice Hyoung Period 4

What exactly is a hippie?

Flower children; a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) that advocated universal love and peace and communes long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive music.

What defines a hippie?

History of the Movement

Origins: Beat Generation (counterculture) First shown in poems then in other forms of art.

Timeline 1960-1966 1967 (Summer of Love) 1968 1969-onward

1960-1966
In early 60 s, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters from CA had impact on other people.
Acid tests

Greenwich Village, Berkeley, Haight-Ashbury By 65, new music creates new sense of community. Diggers

1967 (Summer of Love)

67: Human Be-In founded
Spread hippie culture around U.S.

Monterey Pop Festival near Haight-Ashbury introduces Summer of Love Many hippies start deteriorating. Beatles release Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Often called The Long, Hot Summer

1968
Hippie trends still spreading among adolescents. Yippies emerge. Heavy metal and reggae emerge By mid-1968, many early hippies no longer in Haight Ashbury

1969- onward
69: Woodstock Music Festival Altamont: initially called Woodstock West, but becomes and ends in disaster. Hippie culture paved way to new subcultures.

Politics and Economy during the Movement

Politics Hippies against war because they were against violence. Influenced other movements JFK and LBJ administrations Economy Vietnam causes strain on economy Large-scale government spending stagflation

Notable Characteristics of Hippies

Sex and Love

Hippies known for experimenting sexually.
Created sexual revolution

Kids exposed to mixed signals regarding sex and love.

Generation gap

66: Human Sexual Response published.

DRUGS
60 s: largest uncontrolled experiment with drug use in history.
Reason: pharmaceutical revolution post-WW2

Drugs increase sensitivity and creativity Psychedelic shamans

Fashion
Fashion leaders= icons of the day.
Most people couldn t afford expensive clothes famous stars wore.

Sexually liberated women. New accessories: beads, bandannas, etc. Let everything grow out Incense

Hippie Activism
Anti-nuclear movement Civil Rights movement Vietnam War protests Feminism Ecology Movement

Hippie Music
Music had messages Rock n roll Psychedelic rock

GUESS THE SONG

#1
a) b) c) d) Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Hey Jude- The Beatles Light My Fire The Doors Louie Louie - Kingsmen

#2
a) Sweet Soul Music Arthur Conley b) I Think We re Alone Now Tommy James & the Shondells c) Who s Makin Love- Johnny Taylor d) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds- The Beatles

#3
a) Winchester Cathedral- New Vaudeville Band b) Nobody But Me- The Human Beinz c) I Can t Get No Satisfaction- The Rolling Stones d) It s the Same Old Song- Four Tops

#4
a) Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan b) You ve Lost that Lovin Feeling- Righteous Brothers c) Where Did Our Love Go- Supremes d) The Boxer- Simon and Garfunkel

#5
a) b) c) d) She Loves You- The Beatles California Sun- Rivieras Black Magic Woman- Santana Whole Lotta Love- Led Zeppelin

#6
a) b) c) d) Purple Haze- Jimi Hendrix Experience White Rabbit- Jefferson Airplane The Leader of the Pack- Shangra-Las Moody River- Pat Boone

#7
a) b) c) d) Simon Says- 1910 Fruitgum Company Somebody to Love- Jefferson Airplane Wildwood Days- Bobby Rydell South Street- Orlons

#8
a) b) c) d) Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35- Bob Dylan Red Rubber Ball- The Cyrkle People Got to be Free- The Rascals What the World Needs Now is Love- Jackie DeShannon

#9
a) b) c) d) The In Crowd- Dobie Gray Eve of Destruction- Barry McGuire Pushin Too Hard- The Seeds 96 Tears- ? And the Mysterians

#10
a) b) c) d) Dead Man s Curve- Jan & Dean In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly Stand By Your Man- Tammy Wynette Teach Your Children- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

#11
a) b) c) d) Gotta to Get You Into My Life- The Beatles Hot Rod Lincoln- Johnny Bond Money (That s What I Want)- Barrett Strong Happy Together- The Turtles

#12
a) b) c) d) Wooly Bully- Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs Gimme Gimme Good Lovin - Crazy Elephant Wipe Out- The Surfaris Surfin Bird- The Trashmen

Fin.