1. MUSIC IN THE 1960S AND
THE
COUNTER-CULTURE
MOVEMENT
By: Ryan Doyle and Daniel Fallon

2. AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
In the 1960s, music was heavily influenced

by the revolution that characterized the
decade. It was a time of rebellion and
counter-culture in which the younger
people were questioning everything,
including authority, the government, and
other aspects of everyday life. It was
essentially a revolution against normalcy.
This gave rise to the Civil Rights
Movement of the decade along with other
movements that affected the rights of

3. THE BRITISH INVASION
The British Invasion was a

movement during the mid-
1960s in which several bands
in the UK were creating a
huge sensation in the United
States. The Rolling Stones,
The Who, The Animals, and
The Beatles were some of the
prominent bands that defined
this movement.

4. THE ROLLING STONES
The Rolling Stones
.
began calling
themselves the quot;World's
Greatest Rock & Roll
Bandquot; in the late '60s,
and few disputed the
claim. Their music,
based on Chicago blues
with the influence of
their roots in the UK,
made them extremely
popular. Their attitude
of defiance and
rebellion, was as
important as their music
to their young audience.

5. AN ICONIC LOGO
This tongue is the official

logo for the Rolling Stones.
It was created by John
Pasche, a graphic designer
from London. Famous
throughout the world, the
logo combines the various
elements of the band‟s
image. It is a defiant tongue
stuck out at authority, a
lustful panting tongue, and a
symbol for lead vocalist
Mick Jagger‟s legendary
tongue, which he would
often stick out during

6. THE WHO
The Who were one of the great
rock bands of the 1960s. They
made their start in London,
England. At first, the group
played R&B style music before
transforming into an unruly punk
band famous for smashing their
instruments at the conclusions of
live performances. Their image
of rebellion against everything
old and accepted was summed
up in the lyric, “I hope I die
before I get old” in the their 1965
song, “My Generation”.
Eventually, the Who became an
inventive rock band that rose in
fame alongside fellow British
bands such as the Beatles, the
Rolling Stones, and the Animals.

7. THE ANIMALS
The animals were formed in
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne,
England. Of the original British
Invasion bands, the Animals
were the most clearly
influenced by black American
R&B rather than blues.
Originally the Alan Price
Combo (formed in 1958), they
became the Animals shortly
after the addition of lead
vocalist Eric Burdon in 1962.
By 1964, they had recorded
their second single, quot;House of
the Rising Sun,quot; a Number
One hit on both sides of the

8. THE BEATLES
The Beatles were a rock and pop band
from Liverpool, England that formed in
1960. During their career, the group
primarily consisted of John Lennon
(rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney
(bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison
(lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr
(drums, vocals). Although their initial
musical style was rooted in 1950s rock
and roll and skiffle, the group worked with
different musical genres, ranging from Tin
Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their
clothes, style and statements made them
trend-setters, while their growing social
awareness saw their influence extend into
the social and cultural revolutions of the
1960s. They were arguably the most
famous band of not only the British
Invasion, but the entire decade itself.

9. THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT
Counterculture is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of

behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social
mainstream of the day,the cultural equivalent of political opposition.
The hippie era, sometimes known as the Age of Aquarius, was marked by rock

„n‟ roll music, outrageous clothing, sexual license, and illegal drugs, in particular,
marijuana and a new hallucinogenic drug called LSD, or acid.

10. WOODSTOCK
During the 1960s, the counterculture
movement embraced rock „n‟ roll as
its loud and biting anthem of protest.
One example of rock „n‟ roll‟s
popularity occurred in August 1969
on a farm in upstate New York. More
than 400,000 showed up for a free
music festival called “Woodstock”
Music and Art Fair”. This festival
represented, as one songwriter put it,
the 60‟s movement of peace and love
and some higher cultural cause.”

11. JIMI HENDRIX
Widely recognized as one of the
most creative and influential
musicians of the 20th century,
Jimi Hendrix pioneered the
explosive possibilities of the
electric guitar. Hendrix's
innovative style of combining
fuzz, feedback and controlled
distortion created a new musical
form. Because he was unable to
read or write music, it is nothing
short of remarkable that Jimi
Hendrix's amazing rise to fame
occurred. His musical language
continues to influence a host of
modern musicians. In 1969, he
immortalized himself in the
music industry when he played
his interpretation of the Star

12. THE RISE OF SOUL MUSIC
Rock „n‟roll continued to rise in popularity among

teenagers in the 1960s.
African-American soul artists, whose music had

inspired the more popular white rock „n‟ roll
performers of the 1950s, grew widely popular
themselves during the 1960s.
During the decade, Detroit‟s Motown label

produced the most popular and successful African-
American artists, including Marvin Gaye, Stevie
Wonder, and the Temptations.

13. MARVIN GAYE
Marvin Gaye was an American
singer-songwriter and
instrumentalist with a three-
octave vocal range. Notable for
fighting the hit-making but
restrictive Motown process in
which performers and
songwriters and producers
were kept separate, Gaye
proved with albums like his
What's Going On and his Let's
Get It On that he was able to
produce music without relying
on the system, inspiring fellow
Motown artists such as Stevie
Wonder and Michael Jackson
to do the same.

14. Stevie Wonder was a singer, songwriter,

STEVIE WONDER and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy
who developed into one of the most
creative musical figures of the 60‟s. Blind
from birth and raised in inner-city Detroit,
he was a skilled musician by age eight.
Renamed Little Stevie Wonder by Berry
Gordy, Jr., the president of Motown
Records, Wonder made his recording
debut at age 12. The soulful quality of his
high-pitched singing and the frantic
harmonica playing that characterized his
early recordings were evident in his first hit
single “Finger Tips” recorded during a
show at Chicago's Regal Theatre in 1963.
But Wonder was much more than an
uncanny imitation of Ray Charles, as
audiences discovered when he
demonstrated his skill with the piano,
organ, harmonica, and drums.

15. THE TEMPTATIONS
Thanks to their fine-tuned
choreography and harmonies
the Temptations became the
definitive male vocal group of
the 1960s; one of Motown's
most popular acts, they
tackled both pop and funk
with equal flair. The
Temptations' initial five-man
lineup formed in Detroit in
1961 as a merger of two local
vocal groups, the Primes and
the Distants. They were one
of the most successful African
American Musical groups of
the decade.

16. BALL OF CONFUSION
People moving out, people moving in. Why, because of the color of their skin.
Run, run, run but you sure can't hide. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Vote
for me and I'll set you free. Rap on, brother, rap on Well, the only person talking
about love thy brother is the preacher And it seems nobody's interested in
learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, Aggravation, humiliation,
obligation to our nation. Ball of confusion. Oh yeah, that's what the world is today.
Woo, hey, hey. The sale of pills are at an all time high. Young folks walking round
with their heads in the sky. The cities ablaze in the summer time. And oh, the beat
goes on
Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul. Shooting rockets to the moon,
kids growing up too soon. Politicians say more taxes will solve everything And the
band played on. So, round and around and around we go. Where the world's
headed, nobody knows. Oh, great googalooga, can't you hear me talking to you.
Just a ball of confusion. Oh yeah, that's what the world is today. Woo, hey, hey.
Fear in the air, tension everywhere. Unemployment rising fast, the Beatles new
record's a gas. And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation. And the
band played on. Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors,
Mod clothes in demand, population out of hand, suicide, too many bills, Hippies
moving to the hills. People all over the world are shouting, 'End the war. And the
band played on. Great googalooga, can't you hear me talking to you. Saying...
ball of confusion. That's what the world is today, hey. let me hear you, let me hear

17. FASHION AND LIFESTYLE OF THE HIPPIE CULTURE
Hippies donned ragged jeans,
tie-dyed T-shirts, military
garments, love beads, and
Native American ornaments.
Thousands grew their hair out,
despite the fact that their more
conservative elders saw this
as an act of disrespect.
Hippies also rejected
conventional home life. Many
joined communes, in which the
members renounced private
property to live communally.
By the mid-sixties, Haight-
Ashbury in San Francisco was
known as the hippie capital,
mainly because California did
not outlaw hallucinogenic
drugs until 1966.

18. THE PEACE SYMBOL
The peace symbol is one of the most widely

known symbols in the world. In Britain it is
recognized as standing for nuclear
disarmament - and in particular as the logo of
the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
(CND). In the United States and much of the
rest of the world it is known more broadly as
the peace symbol. It was designed in 1958
by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer
and artist and a graduate of the Royal
College of Arts. During a peace walk in
March 1958, over Easter weekend, the the
symbol first appeared in public. Gerald
Holtomexplained that the symbol
incorporated the semaphore letters N(uclear)
and D(isarmament). It was an ingeniously
simple design that has skyrocketed in
Nuclear
popularity throughout the world.
Disarmament