What Is a Psychedelic Experience?

In the mid-1960s, due to the influence of British music and the growth of folk rock, psychedelic came into being. This style of music does not inherit the concise and sophisticated melody expression of old-style rock, but creates a smoother and freer way. The band in this style tries to mix Indian music, oriental music and free style jazz, and adds other electronic music and synthetic effects.

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Between 1965 and 1966, the original psychedelic bands such as the yardbird and byrds did not clearly show the outline of psychedelic music. He

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· The Beatles

· Cream

· The Doors

Grateful Dead

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· Jimi Hendrix

· Pink Floyd

Roger Waters

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· Syd Barrett

· Traffic

· The Yardbirds

· Jane Weaver

Other representative bands

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After Johnson assumed the presidency in 1963, he continued to expand the Vietnam War and plunged the American people into severe divisions. Some young people are starting to find their way. They leave their families and society and come to San Francisco, Northern California. Because the West Coast is the "New America", it represents new ideas, new paths, and another way of life. In particular, the Haight-Ashbury area in San Francisco is a place where hippies often go. The main activities in these areas are "drug abuse", free sex, a love-peace philosophy, and music. According to statistics, about 500-1500 rock bands performed there. At the same time, there was a new sound there. They created a hallucinatory experience through dazzling colors, strobe lights, electronic equipment, slides, movies, drawings, paint, posters to enhance the excitement of rock music. Absurd or erotic outfits, balloons, and streamers further add to this visual excitement. This is the so-called "San Francisco sound" also known as "psychedelic music" and "acid music."

"Hippie" has a very close relationship with rock music, especially psychedelic rock. In many people's impressions, it is a decadent, degenerate

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Anti-cultural movements, in particular, played a role in fueling drug abuse and sexual liberation at the time. This only saw one side of the "hippie" movement. The "hippie" movement is actually a continuation of a variant of the "lost generation" in the 1950s. For a new generation of American young people who have not experienced World War II, they have easily realized the "American Dream" that their parents had worked hard for all their lives. They have beautiful houses, cars, stereos, televisions and enough pocket money. money. However, the rich material life brings the emptiness of spiritual life. Many people are disappointed to pursue something better than the current lifestyle to enrich the spiritual world. They advocate loving kindness, opposing violence, advocating pacifism and altruism. The early "hippies" were some very literate and ideal young people. It is by no means the dirty, rags, drug addiction, escapism and sexual perversion who are taken for granted. They kept their long hair and wore strange costumes in order to reject the image of the United States at that time. This unique cultural phenomenon has a profound impact not only on rock music, but also on the cultural form and lifestyle of the entire world. However, when the "hippie" movement developed into the later stage, it departed from its original intention and developed toward the two factions. One faction is true idealism, and the other is pure hedonism. The latter seems more attractive. At this time, "hippie" has become absolutely "egocentric." This is clearly exemplified in rock music: "The Beatles", as idealists, sing songs about love, peace, and meditation, while the "Rolling Stone" and "Door" bands everywhere brazenly praise sex, drugs, and Governmentism and extreme hedonism.

"Hippie" has a great influence on rock music, and conversely, rock music has a huge influence on "hippie". In the beginning, hippies enjoyed sitting in groups at the beach and talking in the park, playing musical instruments, and singing. This rally is called a "Carnival Rally," and everyone who goes there is an active participant in making the rally successful. When the rally crowd grew, the rock band began to perform, but at the same time, the band's performance also played a role as the guest. Because the sound of the music completely overwhelmed everything, the atmosphere of the entire rally was controlled by the rock band and their music. Finally, a homicide at a "Rolling Stone" concert in Altamont, California, sounded the death knell for such a rally. When "Rolling Stone" sang their classics>, the motorcycle party members known as "regional angels" beat and stabbed an audience in front of the stage. Since then, the "hippie" movement has come to an end.

The survivors of the "hippie" movement also got rid of the "hippie" enthusiasm and began to reflect and think about themselves. This phenomenon deeply affected rock music in the 1970s. Compared with the 1960s, the rock music in the 1970s lacked a fervent rebellion and preaching, and was more decadent and thoughtful. At the same time, due to the complex social background of the 1970s (Watergate, the worst economic collapse since World War II, the Middle East War, the price of oil, etc.), it created extraordinary prosperity in the rock music scene. With the end of the "hippie" movement, psychedelic rock also tended to collapse.