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Flower power was a slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and nonviolence. [1] It is rooted in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War. [2] The expression was coined by the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles.
People protesting against the Iraq War, 2008 "Make love, not war" is an anti-war slogan commonly associated with the American counterculture of the 1960s.It was used primarily by those who were opposed to the Vietnam War, but has been invoked in other anti-war contexts since, around the world.
During its early and mid-60s heyday, much free jazz was released by established labels such as Prestige, Blue Note and Impulse, as well as independents such as ESP Disk and BYG Actuel. Free improv or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician(s) involved. The term can refer to both a ...
"Gimme Peace on the Earth'" Modern Talking: 1973 "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" George Harrison: 1969 "Give Peace a Chance" Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon: 1964 "La guerre de 14-18" Georges Brassens: 1987 "Gods of War" Def Leppard: 2002 "Going Down in Flames" 3 Doors Down: 1962 "La Guerre de 14–18" Georges Brassens: 2013 "Gun." My ...
In a 1988 interview with Neil Strauss, Leary said the slogan was "given to him" by Marshall McLuhan during a lunch in New York City. Leary added McLuhan "was very much-interested in ideas and marketing, and he started singing something like, 'Psychedelics hit the spot / Five hundred micrograms, that's a lot,' to the tune of a Pepsi commercial of the time.
8. Buffalo Springfield. Before he became a successful solo act, Neil Young was a member of the folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield alongside Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
The band's often frank and humorous lyrics about sex, drugs, and politics [6] occasionally generated hostile reactions, most notably from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the late 1960s. The group is referenced several times in the F.B.I. file on the Doors ; an excerpt mentions eleven songs from The Fugs First Album that are "vulgar and ...
"The War Is Over" is an anti-war song by Phil Ochs, an American protest singer in the 1960s and early 1970s. Ochs was famous for harshly criticizing the Vietnam War and the American military-industrial establishment.