MUSIC FUELED THE SIXTIES

The Beatles are a legendary band icon who’s music rose in the 60s and never died. Although they are no longer together, their music still widely influences many cultures. When people remember the sixties, they remember many revolutions and “hippies.” Fueled by marijuana, LCD, and psychedelic music which was led by the Beatles, they created the sexual movement and The Underground Press. So did music fuel a revolution? Was it the music that created such change in media and democracy? It sure did.

If you look at the lyrics of any Beatles song, it encourages the usage of drugs and promotes a lifestyle which is free and without higher authority controlling the state. An example of this is the lyrics to a very famous Jimmy Hendrix song, “Cocaine,” or even “Yellow Submarine,” by The Beatles. The “Yellow Submarine” that The Beatles sing about can be used as symbolism for a society where everyone is happy and there are no authorities controlling them. The lyrics to “Cocaine,” says, that to receive any pleasure from the negative, cocaine is the answer. The combination of these two messages created a revolution we now call the sixties. Not only were the Beatles a major player but so were Jimmy Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Oasis, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and many others. They all had similar meanings and their psychedelic album artwork also played a key role. Peter Marx, a psychedelic artist, who made a lot of artwork for bands, was very influential among the youth.

 Music spawned the art, which also sparked the revolution. The sixties created a big impact in our society and in the geology of the world today. From the revolutions, anti-war movements for the Vietnam War such as the Moratorium protests affected our world map. The Moratorium March on November  15 1969, was a large rally across the White House with 250,000 protesters, (mostly students), who rallied against the Vietnam War. Protesters marched silently down Pennsylvania Avenue to the white house, each calling a name of a fallen soldier as they reached the House. Importantly, at this Moratorium, protesters sang John Lennon’s, “Give Peace A Chance.”  Also during the movements, the resistance from conscription had lead to the discontinuation ofconscription in 1973.  Music truly did play a large role in the sixties and all of its events. Music cured a war, music cured corruption, and it led to one of the most influential decade and rallies of all time.