You should be able to answer these questions about the counterculture:

1. How did the countercultural movement come about?

2. Who were some people/bands associated with this movement?

3. How was the album St. Pepper important to psychedlic music?

4. What is the significance of LSD and the Acid Tests?

5. What were the criticisms against the counterculture? Especially focus on the comments made in the “Hippie Temptation.”

6. Why is California significant at this time?

The Counterculture, Psychedelic Rock,

and Subculture

CountercultureWhat shaped the counterculture?

1. mixing of Christian brotherhood (“love thy neighbor”) and Eastern philosophy/religion and music

2. mass availability to birth control (the pill)

3. escalation of the Vietnam War

4. music= acid/psychedelic rock

all was tied together with the use of mind-altering drugs

The countercultural movement was a move away !om conventional society and an adoption of the idea of !ee-living and !ee-loving.

Not everyone was into “!ee-love” esp. parents and the government.

Counterculture primarily developed in San FranciscoOne band associated with the movement was the Grateful Dead:

• lived in Haight-Ashbury• started out as a jug band• played for Acid Tests (as Warlocks)• synaesthesia-- mixed senses= hearing colors, tasting sounds sometimes a side effect of LSD• the music they played at the acid tests consisted of long improvised blues, they continue to play this type of music, known as a jam band

Grateful Dead, cont.

-- their performances, which were very communal, exemplified the countercultural ideology of free love

-- they continued to foster this since of community long after the countercultural movement died down

-- this is exemplified in their fostering a strong subculture through:

-- free taping and sharing of live concerts-- the development of specific symbols: skull and

lightening, the dancing bears, tie-dye shirts-- they established a fan club and gave them a name,

“Dead Heads”-- always playing different songs at shows

A. it was the first concept album (LP)= an album designed as a coherent whole

The Beatle’s St. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Bandtook 8 months to make in the studio, it epitomized the counterculture movement

B. new plateu in production: conceived of as a single entity and required hundred of hours of studio time C. utilized special effects= so sophisticated it could not be played live

George, who followed Eastern religion also began to incorporate North Indian classical music into the Beatles sound. This move toward Eastern thought and sound was very much a part of the countercultural movement.

As their sound changed, so did their image. They no longer had clean shaven, boyish faces and were growing their hair even longer.

Janis Joplin

-- born in Texas but moved to San Francisco

-- she fronted a blues band

-- known for her emotional singing and raw sound

-- she inspired many teens

-- died in 1970 of a heroin overdose

-- performed at Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock

Jimi Hendrix

-- left US after meeting the Animals

-- went to London, was loved there

-- amazing, virtuosic guitar playing

-- pioneered the use of distorition and feedback in guitar playing

-- died in 1970, very young, however extremely influencial

Woodstock-- was the ultimate “hippie,” counterculture experience

-- although it was a planned event, Woodstock was the countercultural movement “made real”

-- people came from around the country to share in music making, drug taking, and communal love (this is what the counterculture was all about)

-- people who played Woodstock: Santana, Hendrix, Joplin, and many others

Midterm Eval Report1. Apologies: not enough room on test Didn’t get test back in timely manner

2. Go more in-depth vs. focus more on famous musicians --Specific artists -- music industry

3. Be more confident

4. Yahoo! Group vs. class website

5. Live performances

6. Put more on slides

7. Discussions in class= BAD

8. Talking during class