Hippies



"If you can remember the '60s, then you weren't there". Unknown.

The hippie movement is original from United States during the mid 1950’s and spread around the world [] The word hippie derives from hipster, and was used to describe beatniks. These people created their own communities, listened to rock and used drugs like marijuana and LSD. The hippie movement was composed mostly of teenagers and young adults between the ages of 15 and 25 years old, hippies inherited a tra dition of cultural dissent from bohemians. In 1967, the Human Be-In in San Francisco popularized hippie culture and led to the Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the East Coast. Hippie fashions and values had a major effect on culture, influencing popular music, television, cinema, literature, and the arts. Since the movement in the 1960s, many aspects of hippie culture was assimilated by society. They used alternative arts, street theatre, folk music, and psychodelic rock as a part of their lifestyle and as a way of expressing their feelings, their protests and their vision of the world and life. The movement was expanded to other countries, as far as Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, and Brazil. The hippie movement influenced The Beatles too. The hippie legacy can be observed in contemporary culture: from health food, to music festivals and to contemporary sexual mores. By Marina Barrio Calvo and Tomás Sierra. Images by Tomás Sierra. Uploaded by Tomás Sierra. .................................................... .. ...................................................

"Songs With A Message"
The impact of music was a very important social phenomenon , music became more than just entertainment, in the early sixties it was like a message. These songs were important not just for hippies, but for all society. One way or another they touched us deeply, made us think, made us dream, made us feel as one people. ..................................................................................


 * The Musicians and Their Music**

The Beatles
They were a rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The group consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star.They turned the music world upside down with their electric guitars, their happy harmonies, long hair and mod fashions. When the Beatles came to America in 1964 it really was an invasion of new music, style and attitude. We don't know a single hippy who didn't love them. These are some of their songs: · She Loves You - (1964) Their first hit single in the U.S. · Yesterday - (1966) The best song Paul McCartney ever wrote · I Am the Walrus - (1967) Beatles fans debated the meaning of the lyrics in this John Lennon tune. The Beatles were in their most experimental phase. · Let It Be - (1970) Another McCartney song, supposedly a tribute to his mother.

Blind Faith
This short life group was one of the works of Eric Clapton. He worked with Steve Winwood who had very sensitive vocals. Their one album, with the controversial cover of a nude girl fondling an airplane, is a classic. Cream Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton played together for a short time, but their influence was very important even today. Their dramatic brand of heavy rock has been imitated by many, but surpassed by none. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash teamed up three great singers and songwriters whose harmonies transport us to another time and place. Their social relevant lyrics have inspired many a hippie to take up a cause.

Donovan
Donovan Leitch inspired us with his great music, excellent arrangements, and messages about love. Although his latest work is lacking those elements above, Donovan is still an icon of the Hippy movement. This is one of his songs: Hurdy Gurdy Man - (1967) A big hit for Donovan, it's a powerfully haunting song about the man who's "singing songs of love" at a time when it's most needed.

The Rascals
This group was very popular, and was one of the most revolutionary hippies band. The Very Best of the Rascals is their most popular CD. The Rascals had some big hits in the 60s and 70s including "Groovin'", "Good Lovin'" and "A Beautiful Morning", all of which are included here.

Bob Dylan
In the early 60's Bob Dylan transformed folk music into protest music with tunes like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'". These songs influenced a whole generation and everyone who calls himself a musician. These is one of his songs: Blowin' in the Wind - (1963) This early protest song opened people's minds to music with a message. ................................ Also visit: Hippyland's Music Page - Links to other great music sites. Famous Hippy Quotes - Our page of great quotes from the Beats and hippies in music and literature. Hipplanet's Music Store to buy the music on this page or other great music! By Marina Barrio. Images by Marina Barrio. Uploaded by Marina Barrio

Jimmi Hendrix I think that everybody has heard about Jimmi Hendrix, here is some interesting information about him ;) He was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. For many people he’s considered one of the best electric guitarist in the history of rock music. He was also an important and influential musician because he innovated in many different genres. He was influenced by blues artists like B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, and Elmore James; rhythm, and blues and soul guitarists like Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper; as well as by some modern jazz. He was born on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, his birth name was John Allen Hendrix. His father changed his name to James Marshall Hendrix because of his dead brother Leon Marshall Hendrix. He got his first acustic guitar when he was fourteen, then, he taught himself how to play it. On 1958, her mother died and his father bought him his first electric guitar, one white Supro Ozark. He started his career playing with other musicians like Billy Cox, Chuck Jackson, Slim Harpo, Tommy Tucker, Sam Cooke y Jackie Wilson, but, he really had success being the guitarist of Isley Brothers. After that he played with many different groups: Gorgeous George Odell, Little Richard, Curtis Knight and the Squires... On 1965 he formed his first group, called Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. Since that year Jimmy started to consume marijuana and LSD, like many musicians and artists at the moment. On 1966, Hendrix met Chandler, musician and manager who helped him to formed the Jimmy Hendrix Expirience with the English guiatrist Noel Redding and the bass player Mitch Mitchell, English too. Their first song was Hey Joe. After that hit, Jimmy wrote others songs like Purple Haze and The Wind Cries Mary.



On 1967 Paul McCartney invited the group to the Monterey International Pop Festival. This festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18. It was great rock festival called "Summer of love" and it maked popular the hippie movement in the world. It also became the template for future music festivals, like the Woodstock Festival two years later.While the concert Hendrix played his Stratocaster with his teeth, behind his back and doing strange positions. In the end, he burnt his guitar while he was playing it. After that festival, lots of people from the USA became fans. The Jimmi Hendrix Experience got many fans all over the world, but the breakup of that group was in 1960. On 1969 was the Woodstock festival, it was an important concert for the 60’ years music and for the movement flower power. Hendrix’s action became one of the festival’s symbol. That guitarist played The Star-Spangled Banner, USA’s hymn, with the effect “overdrive”. On September 18, 1970, James Marshall Hendrix dead in London. He was 27 years old and the people said it was because of the drugs.



Hendrix used a variety of guitars during his career. His guitar of choice however, and the instrument that became most associated with him, was the Fender Stratocaster, or "Strat". He started playing Stratocasters in 1966. Many other leading guitarists, including Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ritchie Blackmore and Eric Clapton, also played Stratocasters. Hendrix bought many Strats and gave some away as gifts. Hendrix was also photographed playing Jazzmasters, Gibson Flying Vs, a Gibson Les Paul, three Gibson SGs... He borrowed a Fender Telecaster from Noel Redding to play "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze". On December 4, 2006, one of Hendrix's 1968 Fender Stratocaster guitars was sold at a Christie'sauction for USD$168,000. Hendrix usually used modern guitar effects pedals. His high-energy stage act and the high volume at which he played required robust and powerful amplifiers. At the beginig he used Vox and Fender amplifiers. Few years later Hendrix played through a new range of high-powered guitar amps being made by London drummer engineer Jim Marshall, and he thought that amplifier is perfect for his needs. Along with the Stratocaster, the Marshall stack and amplifiers were crucial in his heavily overdriven sound, enabling him to master the use of feedback as a musical effect.



[|Hey Joe - Jimmi Hendrix]....................................................

By Gabriela.

=WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL = Woodstock was the pop culture music event of the decade and arguably to this day the single most profound event in the history of music. Acts from all around the world met at Max Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, New York on August 15-18, 1969 for a celebration of peace and music. What began as a paid event drew so many viewers from across the world that the fences were torn down and it became a free concert open to the public. 500,000 youthful individuals gathered peacefully at Woodstock 1969 creating the largest gathering of human beings in one place in history. Woodstock 1969 defined an entire generation and its effects on music and American culture can still be felt today. An unused 3 day concert ticket.

Woodstock featured one of the most prolific musical lineups in history including such icons as Jimi Hendirx, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Santana, and the Who. Fans got a taste of a variety of music styles which came together in perfect harmony. The crowd at Woodstock in 1969, which reached near a half a million people sent a message to the world that individuals could come together peacefully to celebrate peace and music. Santana, Joe Cocker, Janis joplin and The Who in Woodstock Festival (1969). The crowd in Woodstock (Peace, Love, Sex... and Drugs). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlLD_7k68BM

By Tomás Sierra.

="Flower Power" =

The hand-gestude symbol.
The hand-gestude peace is thought to have begun in europe during world war II when a V for victory - and not to be confused with the catholic gesture of benediction - was painted on walls the sign was widely used by peace movements in the 1960s and 1970s as a symbol of victory for peace and truth.

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Peace symbol.
The peace symbol is today known as a symbol hippie. They used the symbol to proclaim their vision of a peaceful earth. The symbol consist the letters N and Db (for “Nuclear Disarmament”), and it was first used in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in 1956. The hippies appropriated the symbol to their anti-war demonstrations, and combined with the hippie’s expression “peace, man”, the drawing developed a reputation as the peace symbol. Today the symbol is a popular among socialistic youths, they wear it on their buttons on their purses... It has lost its real message, but the symbol itself lives on. ...................

"Flowe Power"
Hippie flowers are one of the symbols of hippie culture. Flower power was a slogan used by hippies during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of the non-violence ideology. The expression was coined by the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles. Hippies embraced the symbolism. It is knew in opposition to the Vietnam War. They dressed in flowery clothing and wore flowers in their hair, painted it on vehicles and buildings and used in general to express peace, love and harmony. These hippie flowers that became an integral part of their entire movement. By Marina = = Hippie van The Volkswagen Bully has been and it will be a symbol of the model of hippie life. They were running the 60s and the young men were liberated under the motto of peace and love. The hippie movement was relating to the freedom, the fight against the system and the antimaterialistic mentality. These ideological lines turned to Volkswagen's van into a symbol representative of the movement: many young men of that time travelled in one all over the world. Nowadays, in 2010, the myth is still alive: still now, we can see many VW Bully crossing the globe. It has happened that a simple vehicle has turned into a way of life that relates both concepts.



By: Mario

Meditation and drugs Hippies sought to free themselves from societal restrictions, choosing their own way, and fnding a new meaning in life.Hippies were usually looking for the “spiritual way” and they wanted to alter their consicience. This search is also considerated a religion. Therefore hippies practised yoga or similar activities. The hippies also used cannabis (marijuana), considering it pleasurable and benign. Their spiritual pharmacopeia include hallucinogens drugs as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline. Some professors from USA studied the combination: **drugs plus hippies**, their conclusion was that they used psychotropic drugs for psychotherapy, self-exploration, religious and spiritual use.

By Gabriela. = = Hippie fashion The fashion of the 1960 is characterized as one of the most revolutionary of the history. In the history of fashion, this fashion went the first in protest against the situation and against capitalism, this meant not consume fashion and therefore, simple clothing. They created their own clothes and had it, this outfit by the name of batik. The sandals were also handmade. People returned to their natural and simple materials, such as wool and cotton, there was great interest by retro. The clothes were unisex and the women look for comfort over beauty. Men used to wear long hair like women. Women stopped wearing makeup. The fashion for 60-70 as well as being a way of dressing was also a social movement known as the “flower power.” Flowers were the symbol of the era, they were used in hair and clothing. Parallel to the hippie movement came the feminist one, at the same time, supermodels began to appear. Twiggy was the first step to thinness and became the new fashion. Women's dresses were loose, low neckline and short. The most prestigious designers of the period were: Mary Quant, Andre Courreges, Paco Rabanne and Elio Berhanyer. twiggy03.jpg .......

Clothes bright or faded and with many flowers Clothes with African or Indian style Clothes handmade Long shirts Elephant leg style pants Sophisticated accessories, combined with stones and seeds
 * Features of hippy fashion:**


 * by Atocha**

= = Travelling and moving The hippies liked to travel and to move to different places. One of the most important books about hippies is On the road, by Jack Kerouac. This book tells us how to know ourselves with adventure and travelling. Therefore hippies usually made a light luggage and went away to a concert, a festival, a political meeting, etc to feel new things or meet new people. It was usual that these people used hitchhiking. They didn’t think about money or comfort, they slept in tents or in meeting points. The crash pads appeared in the sixties. they were places where you could stay free or paying some money (but always cheaper than hotels). The important thing was that some people liked the company of visitors from different countries or cities. Hippies usually stayed in these places. They also made cars or vans for travelling long distances.



By Gabriela H.

=Hippie food = Like any other group, some of them eat junk food. But for those concerned about their diets, **brown rice** was a always in the table, no matter how it was served, bread was whole-wheat with soy powder, rice or other grains. Tabouli salad was very important too. A look back at natural food cookbooks show that soyin the form of grits, powder, flour and whole beans were incorporated everywhere: salads to cookies and cakes, to ensure that vegetarians eat enough quality protein to keep healthy. Cheese was another ingredient that was used in a huge number of vegetarian recipes from appetizers to desserts. Chocolate was replaced in favor of carob, and desserts were replete with nuts and dried fruit, and a mysterious substance called **tofu** started showing up at natural food stores.

1 (16 oz.) bag butterscotch chips 1 c. peanut butter 1 bag sm. colored marshmallows Put a small amount of butter on the bottom of a 9"x13" pan. Melt the chips and peanut butter. Stir in marshmallows. Pour into pan and let cool. || By Marina.
 * HIPPIE CANDY ||  ||
 * 1 (16 oz.) bag chocolate chips