The music of the 1960 was the best of all time! The 1960s were filled with many mixed emotions. Personally, I enjoy the music that came from the 1960s.There were many new genres of rock music invented. The social, political, and historical events of the 1960s had torn and built up the people, here 's how.
In the 1960s, the concept that reality could be unstable helped to stimulate the escape from the real world of one of make-believe. That was also the LSD archetype: descend into madness and emerge enlightened, seeing the world anew.(Rothstein) The president, JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas at 12:30 p.m. therefore impacting the culture in a way that started new behavior.(Guinn 484) The assassination stimulated reactions worldwide, the President was declared deceased in the emergency room at 1:00 p.m. November 22, 1963.(Greenburg 225-232) A huge part of the 1960s music was the “British Invasion”.(Rolling stone)In the mid-1960s the “British Invasion” arose.(Rolling stone) events of the 60s happened so long ago to some but to others they remember them as if they had happened just yesterday.
The 1960s was a time for music,
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The assassination of JFK impacted the mood of American culture, therefore changing the way people felt.(Guinn 484) Some grieved over the assassination other individuals wrote new music that showed how they felt. Around mid 1960s the Beatles arrived in the US and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, which marked the beginning of the “British Invasion” began and altered the music world of America.(Rolling stone) The rebellious tone and image of US rock and blues musicians became popular with British youth.(Rolling stone) The mind altering drug LSD inspired a new type of rock to emerge named Psychedelic Rock. Jimi Hendrix, a great example of Psychedelic Rock with his hits “Along the Watchtower,” “Purple Haze” and “Hey