The 1960's Era: POP CULTURE !

The Popular Culture

First and foremost, in the 1960's era, music happened. And sure, music was around back in the stone age, however in the 1960's, music happened. In the fifties, Elvis Presley was the big, rebellious musical leader. In the 60's though, rock and roll, the Brittish invasion and all sorts of new alternative music sprang up. The Beatle's sang songs like "A Day in the Life," which described a day in the 1960's era. Drugs were another new thing that just happened. They say if you lived in the true sixties spirit, you probably won't remember it.

Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock

Elvis Presley

Easy Rider

Psychedelics like LSD, or acid, marijuana and all sorts of other drugs were being used the youth that once obeyed everything their parents said. Their was a huge countercultural revolution. Flower Children, people who placed flowers in the the butts of rifles at protests, blossomed. The sexual revolution also erupted with the invention of birth control. The generational gap broadened furthermore. New movies like the Graduate, and Easy Rider were produced; movies that never dared be produced were out in public now. Woodstock was a three day concert in New York. Hundreds of musicians gathered and jammed for the muddy, drugged-out, not to mention naked, youth. All in all, the 60's era took a 180* turn from the generation before them. They were children of the revolution.