The 1960’s Movement “Hippies”

I chose to do my cultures project on the 1960’s hippie movement because I thought it was one of the most interesting sub/countercultures out there. The moment I heard the doors song “light my fire” I fell in love with the kind of music that they put out; I listened to other bands like The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and sometimes Jefferson Airplane and Pink Floyd. All throughout the years I have never found such a diverse, and hyper crowd that would bring enormous amounts of people and still no one would really get into big arguments. It was more of a movement than a style or a trend, the 1960’s counterculture was a lifestyle and a way of living though many people nowadays may not see it that way. The way people think of hippies in modern times is that they are always dirty, and high, and smelly, which they are but sometimes that’s not the complete description. Back then in the 1960’s there was a whole different world to see, different people, and different foods, and music. The whole vibe of the scene was mellow and good and happy according to what the crowds said in the books I read. The bands and the music had difference views on life, some writings were dark and morbid, some writing and music is usually happy but I like to listen to the dark music because its also another sub/counterculture within the sub/counterculture. In conclusion, that’s why I decided to do my project on this lifestyle, its because I love everything about it, everything is illuminated when you open your mind