Hippie Music

Hippie culture famous for its music, especially psychodelic and folk.

The most famous musicians, connected with hippie culture are:

  The Beatles

Famous for their songs about love and pacific ideas from John Lennon. Some songs were written under the influence of psychodelic drugs.

Most famous songs: 

"All you need is love"     

"Imagine" (John Lennon) 

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

Jimi Hendrix       

                                                          

Jimi Hendrix famous for his virtuoso guitar playing and using modern guitar effects which gave special "psychodelic" sound. Made a great influence for lots of guitar players. Died ar the age 27 in 1970, but still considered as one of the best guitar players in music history.

Most famous songs:

"Purple Haze"

"All Along the Watchover"
"Voodoo Child"

Cream

Band from England, famous for its talanted and young musicians.

Most famous songs:

"Sunshine of Your Love"
"Crossroads"
"I Feel Free"

The Who

               

Anothe band from England The Who famous for their loud and epic songs. They were one of the first musicians, who destroyed their instruments during the gigs.

Most famous songs:

"My Generation"                                                                    "See me, Feel me"

"Behind blue eyes"     

Jefferson Airplane

                           

This band famous for its bright and strong woman vocal, big variety of musical instruments and mysterious songs. 

Most famous songs:

"Somebody to Love"

"White Rabbit"

"Today"

All these bands are connected with hippie culture, but most of them do not consider themself as a psychodelic or hippie music. It is just a common opinion and influence of the "spirit of 70's".

       

Main Features of Hippie Culture.

"Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man. Imagine all the people sharing all the world."
                             John Lennon (Imagine)

Hippies were very original subculture. They were something more important than just a tendency or fashion. It is considered as a some kind of social revolution in culture and common life. They were proclaimed "counterculture" by the government, because hippies tried to rebel against the political course. That's why hippies were very important in 1965-1970 period. 

Hippie culture closely connected with music, psychodelic drugs and omniparity. Hippies sought to free themselves from societal restrictions, choose their own way, and find new meaning in life. One expression of hippie independence from societal norms was found in their standard of dress and grooming, which made hippies instantly recognizable to one another, and served as a visual symbol of their respect for individual rights. Through their appearance, hippies declared their willingness to question authority, and distanced themselves from the "straight" and "square" (i.e., conformist) segments of society. Personality traits and values that hippies tend to be associated with are "altruism and mysticism, honesty, joy and nonviolence". Hippies used to live in communities.

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Concept and etymology

    The hippie (or hippy) subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The word 'hippie' came from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into New York City's Greenwich Village and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. The origins of the terms hip and hep are uncertain, though by the 1940s both had become part of African American jive slang and meant "sophisticated; currently fashionable; fully up-to-date". The Beats adopted the term hip, and early hippies inherited the language and countercultural values of the Beat Generation. Hippies created their own communities, listened to psychedelic rock, embraced the sexual revolution, and some used drugs such as cannabis, LSD, and magic mushrooms to explore altered states of consciousness.  Источник