POP MUSIC HAS IT RIGHT America is the land of opportunity. Children are raised and taught that America is the best and they can do whatever they want. At this moment, ... keep our minds off of the war and the thousands that will die because of it. One of these distractions is music. Music of today is really at a high point. As I walk down the aisle at my music store, I glance at the old music of the 60's and 70's and begin to question the time period. The Vietnam War was in full throttle ... expanding drugs and basically just doing nothing to help the people of the country. I pick up a Door...

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... write songs and learn to play the guitar. Hippies, in their rebellious stage, looked at their music as "stories that teach lessons that no school could ever teach" (Puz). Rock "n roll music was also revolutionized in the 1960's. The Beatles changed rock "n roll and created pop music as they quickly became the trendsetters of America. The Beatles were the most popular and influential rock ... act of all time. They helped to reshape Rock "n roll into "Rock music" that was capable of introducing serious social issues into the mainstream of American culture, thus, becoming "Pop music" and n...

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... in New York's Central Park. The love-in was a gathering of 10,000 people adorned in exotic hippie costumes and face and body paint. These people congregated for a day of music, dancing, drugs, and celebration. The Flower Power movement was also liable for many popular slogans, such as " War Is Not Healthy For Children And Other Living Things" and the infamous ... in the Catskill Mountains, just fifty-five miles away from the city of Woodstock; the location was changed at the last minute. There was abroad spectrum of music at the event, yet there was no pop, such as The Beach Boys or Son...

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