The 60's Movement

[ThisIsMyName]

The Beatles... Hippies... Woodstock...

The 60's was a very interesting time with a ton of changes. How do you think all the different things that happened within that single decade effected how we see the world today??

Can you see the evidence still?

Where?

Are people just decorading this decade to amke it look like it was the turn of the century?

This should prove to be interesting

[Drip Curl Magic]

haha. The drug culture explosion. There is a very good documentary on this time period, and many other time periods. The documentary is called "the drug years" It aired on VH1. Keep an eye out. It's actually really interesting.


I certainly do think that the 60's changed California in a lot of ways. The changes are still VERY evident in certain areas of San Francisco.

But I don't think there was that dramatic of a change anywhere else in the world.

there was a time when there was such a significant chunk of caifornians dropping LSD and smoking weed, that even commercial advertisements for our area changed to appeal to these people. "psychedelic advertisments"

I wasn't alive at the time, but I know they exist because I've seen a few examples of these "psychedelic advertisments" on that documentary "the drug years".


all in all, there WAS a change... but it probably wasn't as big- or as ideal as the hippies would have liked it to be.

For a while, it looked like it was going to spread.... it looked like there was going to be a nationwide revolution.

And right as the revolution was building up enough steam to do so- We atarted to see the downside of a drug-induced-love culture.

The Altamont concert, the manson murders, and the death of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix.

after the string of those 5 events, the entire hippie scene had lost it's leadership, and it's hope for peace.

If you ever get the chance to make it to SF, you can check out the haight-ashbury district. You can still find many neo-hippie types waddling around, making music and art in the streets. But most of them look a lot more burned out than they did in the 60's.

[ThisIsMyName]

I agree with you for the most part, but I do think that more parts of the world other than California were changed. After all, New York was the "host" of Woodstock


Revolution - The Beatles
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right

You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
Ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
all right, all right, all right

This song had to do with a ton of political issues going on. What political things do you think affected our nationat the time? I'm sure the whole Flower Power thing put somewhat of a strain of school systems and the government to stop it. Your guess is as good as mine... I wasn't even around during the 80's

[Freddy]

The sixties brought many changes for good or bad.

Music with a message.
Free love/birth control/abortion, "Make love, not war".
Political change through protests.
"Hell no we won't go!"
A lost trust in government/military.
Questioning of religion/tradition/authority/parents.
Transformed the underground drug culture to the pop culture.
"Tune in, turn on, drop out"

[ThisIsMyName]

"Tune in, turn on, drop out"

I don't believe I've ever heard that before. Would you mind explaining it a little to me?

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by ThisIsMyName

I don't believe I've ever heard that before. Would you mind explaining it a little to me?

It's a common statement made by what I'll call "mind explorers," generally referring to the steps taken to begin a psychedelic experience.

[alexander]

Tune in, turn on, drop out hmm... either psychadelic or sexual

[ThisIsMyName]

Oh I see.... Kinda like, tune into the world and what going on and drop out of school, work, and responsibilites? Act on it? I'll have to research that a bit...
Thanks!

[InfiniteNow]

Here ya go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on,_tune_in,_drop_out

[Timothy] Leary later explained in his 1983 autobiography Flashbacks: "'Turn on' meant go within to activate your neural and genetic equipment. Become sensitive to the many and various levels of consciousness and the specific triggers that engage them. Drugs were one way to accomplish this end. 'Tune in' meant interact harmoniously with the world around you - externalize, materialize, express your new internal perspectives. 'Drop out' suggested an elective, selective, graceful process of detachment from involuntary or unconscious commitments. Drop Out meant self-reliance, a discovery of one's singularity, a commitment to mobility, choice, and change. Unhappily my explanations of this sequence of personal development were often misinterpreted to mean 'Get stoned and abandon all constructive activity.'"

[ThisIsMyName]

Ahh, Wikipedia... If you could only download music from it, then it'd be better than Google....

Thanks!