60's

Jimi Hendrix is without a doubt one of the greatest musicians/guitar players to ever live. His ability to express emotion through music is the reason this is true. All great musicians have the ability to do this, but with Jimi this ability is magnified by his understanding of the emotion he is expressing.

Their classic songs epitomize the spirit of the California lifestyle and The Beach Boys have become an American icon to a worldwide audience. The Beach Boys' first hit "Surfin'" (1961) launched a string of chart-topping songs that spans nearly forty years and includes eternal anthems of American youth: "Surfin' USA," "Surfer Girl," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "I Get Around," "California Girls," "Help Me Rhonda," "Barbara Ann," "Good Vibrations," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "Rock and Roll Music," "Kokomo" and more.

The Vietnam War

The 1960's decade began, and so did the Vietnam War. Debate between politicians began as well, almost as bad as the war itself. White House records and transcripts show that the U.S. military leaders usually voted for the use of nuclear bombs, while Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy wanted not to get into those weapons. The Vietnam War did start in the 60's, but there had been trouble in Vietnam before that.

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed
by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at
dawn looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient
heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the
machinery of night,
who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high
sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of
cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities
contemplating jazz."

Allen Ginsberg

Mary Quant

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones were probably the most impressive set of talents to come together in Britain before the Soft Machine: decadent vocalist Mick Jagger (who distorted soul crooning and turned it into an animal instinct), guitarist Keith Richards (who took Chuck Berry's riffs into a new dimension of fractured harmony), multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones (who penned their baroque and psychedelic arrangements), and the phenomenal, funky rhythm section of bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts. Steeped in the blues, the Rolling Stones redefined the rock performer, the rock concert and the rock song. They turned on the degree of vulgarity and provocation to levels that made Chuck Berry look silly.

Be Here Now!
Ram Dass

We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
Joni Mitchell/CS&N

If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear a flower in your hair
Scott Mckenzie

Go with the flow!
Ancient Hippy Saying

The Medium is the Message.

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't
just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on
by itself. You've got to keep on watering it. You've got to really look after
it and nurture it"

John Lennon

Love is all you need.
Beatles

Make Love, Not War
Unknown

60's Slang

In the early 60's, as today, the young people had a different lingo and it, as today, drove our parents nuts. These are a few of the slang words that were used in the sixties. If you have any slang to add, please let me know and I will put them up for all to see...

see...http://cougartown.com/slang.html

Bob Dylan

Very nice!

http://www.gfsnet.org/msweb/sixties/sixtiestimeline/sixtiestimeline.htm#1960

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