MUSIC IN THE 60s
CONTENTS
• Beat music
• Hippie culture
• German music culture in the 60s
– “Schlager“ (loosely translated as "a hit")
– Rock
• British Invasion
• Bands and Songs in the 60s
HIPPIE CULTURE
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developed as a youth movement
began in the US during the early 60s
 born in the midst of a revolution
 spread around the world
best known for rejecting many of
society's morals and attitudes
birth control pill: freedom to
experiment with sex
fundamental ethos:
- freedom
- harmony with nature
- communal living
- artistic experimentation, especially
in music (e.g. Jimi Hendrix)
- recreational drugs
BEAT MUSIC
• pop and rock music genre
• developed in the United Kingdom
in the early 1960s
• typical of the decade
• model for many important
developments in pop and rock music
• most common beat groups are The
Rolling Stones and The Beatles
• spread to other European countries
• symbol of “rebellion, long hair and
loud music“  conflict between old,
conservative and young, wild generation
GERMAN MUSIC CULTURE
IN THE 60s
“Schlager“ (loosely translated as "a
hit") in Germany
rock/beat in Germany
- a style of popular music
- reached its peak in popularity in
Germany and Austria during the 1960s
- prevalent in particular Germany,
Austria, the Netherlands, and other
Eastern countries
- sweet, highly sentimental ballads
with a simple, catchy melody or light
pop tunes
- lyrics typically focus on love,
relationships and feelings but also the
love for one‘s homeland
- a genre of popular music
- originated in the United States during
the late 1940s and early 1950s, and
quickly spread to much of the rest of
the world
- centered around the electric guitar,
usually as part of a rock group with
bass guitar and drums
- lyrics often stress romantic love but
also address a wide variety of other
themes that are frequently social or
political in emphasis
- rather criticized by older people
BRITISH INVASION
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phenomenon that occured in the mid-1960s
rock and pop music acts from the UK, as
well as other aspects of British culture,
became popular in the US and throughout
the world
lasting impact even on today‘s music
spread through radio and television
“Swinging London“, a fashion and
cultural scene in London, became popular
examples of British Invasion bands:
The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones
BANDS AND SONGS IN THE 60s
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SOURCES
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http://www.camarillohighschool1969.com/
http://www.loti.com/hippies_life.htm
wikipedia.org
http://www.history.co.uk/
Booklooker.de
Last.fm