of John F. Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement to name a few. However‚ it is also the year American popular culture experienced a watershed development as British groups gained popularity in the US and became significant to the transatlantic counterculture. This paper‚ while focusing on the forerunner of the British Invasion – the Beatles – provides an overview of the British Invasion and examines its impact on American popular music. In doing so‚ it investigates the success and historical significance
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Page 1 of 4 Woodstock Festival was a three day event of music and peace‚ held at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm‚ in the town of Bethel‚ New York. It took place on the dates August 15th-18th‚ 1969. Five hundred thousand people attended the festival‚ watching thirty-two acts perform over the three days. It was the first time that so many people had gathered together to listen to music in an outdoor setting (Articlesbase 2008). Not only did Woodstock Festival play a major role in the influence of music
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The turbulent societal changes of the mid-20th Century have been documented in countless forms of literature‚ film and art. On the Road by Jack Kerouac was written and published at the outset of the counter-culture movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This novel provides a first-hand account of the beginnings of the Beat movement and acts as a harbinger for the major societal changes that would occur in the United States throughout the next two decades. On the contrary‚ Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Throughout the course of the movie Forrest Gump‚ Forrest had the privilege and honor of meeting several people who had a large impact on American society. One such person was Elvis Presley. In the movie‚ Elvis stayed at Forrest’s house and watched Forrest dance and became famous by copying Forrest’s moves. However Elvis learned to dance in real life‚ his dancing and singing made him possibly the single most important and recognized musicians in 20th century popular music. Elvis was the musician most
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fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars” (Kerouac 5). Kerouac was the symbol of the Beat Movement. He was the rebellious and adventurous man‚ who during his time was considered an outcast‚ but soon later made way for the counterculture of the Hippie Generation. The beats were all about going against social conformity and usual political views (Bennett 340)‚ which mirrored the belief system of the hippies one decade later. This is one of the many reasons why the Beat Movement
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America in Vietnam: The War at Home There were several administrations and policies leading up to the war in Vietnam. Under President Truman the United States developed a policy of containment during the Cold War in an attempt to contain communism in the Soviet Union. During President Eisenhower’s administration the foreign policy of containment was expanded to a military strategy of deterrence. The United States believed in what they called the Domino Theory‚ wherein if Vietnam was to fall entirely
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along with the New Left and the American Civil Rights Movement‚ encompassing the sixty’s ‘counterculture’ of rejecting the ‘Establishment’‚ criticizing middle class values‚ opposing nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War‚ among other things. A social revolution erupted in North and South America‚ Western Europe‚ Japan‚ Australia and New Zealand during the 1960s and early 1970s in the form of this counterculture‚ opposed to ‘Mainstream’ culture - in general opposing mass culture‚ middle-class culture
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the numerous behavioral restrictions that came with it. As this new generation grew older‚ they began to chafe under suburban expectations of proper behavior‚ culminating in the rise of counterculture. Based on the work of Joan Didion‚ who interviewed numerous participants in and associates of the counterculture‚ the movement seems to have been made up of spoiled‚ sheltered kids trying in vain to rid themselves of their “Middle-class suburban hangups” (Didion‚ 89). Remarking on one specific interviewee
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Cited: "The 1960s — History.com Articles‚ Video‚ Pictures and Facts." History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History. Web. 18 Apr. 2011. . Braunstein‚ Peter‚ and Michael William Doyle. Imagine Nation: the American Counterculture of the 1960s and ’70s. New York: Routledge‚ 2002. Print. "Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum." John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. Web. 18 Apr. 2011. . DeGroot‚ Gerard. The 60s Unplugged: A Kaleidoscopic
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the 1970s. 1. Describe what is meant by "counterculture" and "psychedelia." What are some of the important elements of the hippie worldview? How can music be psychedelic? The word “psychedelia” is a reference to the many new ways that people are able to experience the world. The mid 1950s was a time where teenagers truly experienced a youth culture that was clearly different and distinguishable from the culture of adults. The “counterculture” refers to the clear separation from adult culture
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