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The Spirit of the 60’s: Hippies & The Counter Culture Movement
● Hippies:
o Who- younger generation
o What- rebelled against their parents, community,, and government
o When- 1950’s
o Where-San Francisco Hate Ashbury District
o Why-to advocate communal living at the time where communism was the ideological
enemy.
● Woodstock:
o Who - Hippies
o What- Counter- culture microcosm
o When- 1970’s
o Where- Role New York
o Why- a symbol of the age of innocence and peace

Explain what each group is

Soldiers & Hawks Hippies & Doves

The Music of the Counter Culture Movement

Credence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Some folks are born, made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
Buffalo Springfield - For What Its Worth
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

It ain't me, it ain't me; I think its time we stop

I ain't no Senator's son
It ain't me, it ain't me;
I ain't no fortunate one, no
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Hey what’s that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
 Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! More! More! Yeah
Step out of line, The Man come and take you away
John Lennon – Imagine
Imagine there's no heaven
Its easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one…
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
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The Music of the Counter Culture Movement
Credence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Bob Dylan -- Blowing In the Wind
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer is blowing in the wind
How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
Dude, what do these
songs mean? Seriously
man, help me out.
Buffalo Springfield - For What Its Worth
 The fortunate son depicted a man who isn’t as privileged as the
others.

Young people are rebelling and speaking their truth while there
resisted retaliation
against them

FOLLOW-UP

1. Which was your favorite song? What did you like about it?

I like the Fortunate son song because although it involved historical events, it was catchy
and interesting.

2. Which was your least favorite song? What did you not like about it?

My least favorite was the For what its worth song because it was very slow.

3. Explain which song made you think the most about its message.

The Fortunate son made me think about its message because it depicted the fact that
everyone are not as fortunate as others and most of us aren’t raised by in a rich family or
neighborhood.

4. Explain which song you felt went “too far” (unrealistic, inappropriate or insensitive).
The fortunate son was one that i felt went too far because it is insensitive to those
who are born in the perspective of waving the red, white, and blue flag.
LINKS & SUGGESTIONS

CCR – Fortunate Son

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMUBWKJ5A_0

Buffalo Springfield – For What Its Worth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVgoOVl6cb4&feature=related