As well as the environmental politics, two core political groups of the counterculture movement, the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Yippies, were crucial to the political development during the counterculture movement. Despite the important involvement of these groups during the time period, their impacts were fairly minimal. The SDS saw issues with its purely student demographic. After the 1960s, the SDS had split into a bunch of small individualized groups, leading to the end if the group as a whole. The Yippies on the other hand, imploded due to their extremely radical anti-cultural goals, which were not feasible. After the 1960s, the Yippies ceased to exist and had little impact on the politics of the future. Both of
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One example of hippie style that assimilated into the mainstream is blue jeans. During the 1960s, jeans became a crucial aspect of American fashion. They took on a whole new role as an anti-fashion statement of the nonconformist. Jeans became a symbol of the growing numbers of rebelling youth, and they were a crucial aspect of the counterculture fashion. The baby-boom generation grew up with jeans as the clothing they wore as children. Naturally, jeans were seen as practical, and they were against the societal norm where fashion was ever changing. They were also affordable and comfortable, and to them, they represented freedom. They were identified with both work and play during a time when this distinction was naturally being blurred due to the new mindset of the counterculture movement. As jeans became more of a staple of the counterculture lifestyle, the youth began to glorify their jeans. This included decorating them and turning them into visual, individual statements, and personalizing one's clothing became a legacy of the counterculture on the fashion industry. In the 1970s, jeans assimilated into the high fashion world; they were no longer the anti-fashion statement they had become in the 1960s. Designers began to make new forms of …show more content…
During the 1960s, the introduction and popular recreational use of LSD created new forms of rock music. This music was referred to as acid or psychedelic rock, and some of the important players in this industry included the Grateful Dead and the Doors. As the counterculture movement ended, the popular music genres changed. The music shifted from the intense rock music to more calming forms to meet the needs of the post-counterculture age. More personal, established music became more popular. After the 1960s and the end of the counterculture movement, the mood of the United States was much more subdued, which was reflected in the music. The music became much more introspective, and it had more influence from jazz, classical, country and folk music as opposed to the psychedelic, hard rock style of the sixties. The formation of a new genre of rock music during the 1960s was influential in the time period, and while the music from the counterculture movement is not considered pop music today, it was influential and represents the time period accurately. Based on the needs of the American people, music changed, but the impacts of psychedelic rock influenced the music and the mood of the American
One example of hippie style that assimilated into the mainstream is blue jeans. During the 1960s, jeans became a crucial aspect of American fashion. They took on a whole new role as an anti-fashion statement of the nonconformist. Jeans became a symbol of the growing numbers of rebelling youth, and they were a crucial aspect of the counterculture fashion. The baby-boom generation grew up with jeans as the clothing they wore as children. Naturally, jeans were seen as practical, and they were against the societal norm where fashion was ever changing. They were also affordable and comfortable, and to them, they represented freedom. They were identified with both work and play during a time when this distinction was naturally being blurred due to the new mindset of the counterculture movement. As jeans became more of a staple of the counterculture lifestyle, the youth began to glorify their jeans. This included decorating them and turning them into visual, individual statements, and personalizing one's clothing became a legacy of the counterculture on the fashion industry. In the 1970s, jeans assimilated into the high fashion world; they were no longer the anti-fashion statement they had become in the 1960s. Designers began to make new forms of …show more content…
During the 1960s, the introduction and popular recreational use of LSD created new forms of rock music. This music was referred to as acid or psychedelic rock, and some of the important players in this industry included the Grateful Dead and the Doors. As the counterculture movement ended, the popular music genres changed. The music shifted from the intense rock music to more calming forms to meet the needs of the post-counterculture age. More personal, established music became more popular. After the 1960s and the end of the counterculture movement, the mood of the United States was much more subdued, which was reflected in the music. The music became much more introspective, and it had more influence from jazz, classical, country and folk music as opposed to the psychedelic, hard rock style of the sixties. The formation of a new genre of rock music during the 1960s was influential in the time period, and while the music from the counterculture movement is not considered pop music today, it was influential and represents the time period accurately. Based on the needs of the American people, music changed, but the impacts of psychedelic rock influenced the music and the mood of the American