MUSIC COUNTERCULTURE AND SUBCULTURE

Work in group and complete the activities below.

WOODSTOCK AND THE VIETNAM WAR

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/woodstock.htm  HISTORY OF WOODSTOCK

http://vi.uh.edu/pages/buzzmat/htdtiswoodstock.html   WOODSTOCK AND THE VIETNAM WAR

Read and find out

What icon Woodstock has become - other names it has – who the organizers were – what their idea was – the first location they found - How much the tickets were – why they had to change location a month and a half before the festival – who offered them a new lotion and where – what they had to build in few months – other problems as the date got closer - how many people arrived – why the organizers were forced to change Woodstock into a free concert – effects of this decision – traffic problems – the most famous psychedelic bands – how many people there were when Jimi Hendrix played on stage and why – how long people had to wait for water and to use toilets – How much the organizers earn - what kind of message was Woodstock’s – what the media focussed their attention on – who performed The American anthem – what the organizers pointed out when someone bought a ticket - what Country Joe did – what some young men did – what the media celebrated – why the media had to soften the festival message

PUNKS AND HIPPIES

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/punk VOCABULARY ENTRY

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/war/1970s.html    BRITAIN IN 1970s

http://www.powershow.com/view/6707-YjE5O/The_History_of_Punk_Rock_powerpoint_ppt_presentation  HISTORY OF PUNK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2601493.stm ORIGINS OF PUNK

1. Read an find out

What the “punk” adjective means - what the first new sound of the 70s was called - its main artists and what they wore – the Punk style – who died on 22nd December 2002 and who he was – names of other famous bands – a common punk cliché - the first group to take on the punk style and what they were like – what white teenagers in UK and USA were like in the 1970s – 1976 bands – what people realized when the listened to their songs – what England reacted to the song “God Save the Queen”- the reaction to punk explosion– evolution of punk and the main artists

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_punk_music_a_reaction_against?#slide=1  REACTION

http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe70s/1054316024.shtml   PUNKS VS HIPPIES

2. Read an find out

what punk music was a reaction against - what hippie culture and music were like – what punk culture and music were like – what kind of “kids” the hippies were - what kind of “kids” the punks were – Hollywood attitude towards the punks – what the film “Road Warrior” shows

ARTISTS AND DRUG ADDICTION

http://www.hipplanet.com/books/atoz/drugs.htm HIPPIES AND DRUGS

1. Read an find out

What the 60s “experiment” was - New drugs in the 1960s – why hippies used so many drugs – why they were so curios about them – who the pharmaceutical propaganda worked well on – what the 50s most popular drug was and what it increased – what culture came out of psychedelic drugs – the most famous Psychedelic Shamans – why John Lennon had a great influence among young people – what drug experience changed his view of the world and how it changed it – what message he spread all over the world – who Jim Morrison was – what he felt necessary – what drugs were for him – where his songs took the listeners

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_drugs _did_punks_use  PUNKS AND DRUGS

http://www.quipmag.com/drugs-and-music/   HISTORY OF DRUGS AND MUSIC

2. Read and find out

Drugs in the New York and British punk scene during the 70s – why Lou Reed wrote the song “Heroin”- the return of a popular drug in the 70s – what effects such drugs had on the musicians -why the punks didn’t like psychedelic drugs – the most dangerous drugs