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Explosion Of Creativity In the Sixties And Seventies
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:25 pm
How do you explain the explosion of musical, film, art creativity in the mid to late sixties and seventies? Why did so many creative people in music, film and the art world come on to the scene in such a short period of time? Was it just the result of a large new generation of Baby Boomers coming on the scene combined with the social change of the time? That has always interested me because the counterculture seemed to explode on the scene almost overnight. Artists inspiring each other? What are some of the OT's opinions? I would be curious to hear.
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Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:25 pm to genuineLSUtiger
because drugs.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:26 pm to genuineLSUtiger
drugs
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:26 pm to genuineLSUtiger
quote:PCP
How do you explain the explosion of musical, film, art creativity in the mid to late sixties and seventies? Why did so many creative people in music, film and the art world come on to the scene in such a short period of time?
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:27 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:28 pm to genuineLSUtiger
I think it was always there and just dormant.
It became acceptable in the mainstream to be different in that era, unlike the 50's and previous where social constructs were heavily valued and the pressure to conform was immense.
The 60s were a rebellion against suburbia and conformity.
Drugs weren't the cause, they were the effect of that. They were a way for people to experiment. It was an era of experimentation in all things. And then they definitely helped continue it.
It became acceptable in the mainstream to be different in that era, unlike the 50's and previous where social constructs were heavily valued and the pressure to conform was immense.
The 60s were a rebellion against suburbia and conformity.
Drugs weren't the cause, they were the effect of that. They were a way for people to experiment. It was an era of experimentation in all things. And then they definitely helped continue it.
This post was edited on 6/25/15 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:29 pm to genuineLSUtiger
This post was edited on 6/25/15 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:31 pm to genuineLSUtiger
The civil rights movement made black culture more accessible which allowed white people to steal their ideas
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:32 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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Was it just the result of a large new generation of Baby Boomers coming on the scene combined with the social change of the time?
In a nutshell... The 60's and 70's are very important decades in this countrys history....
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:32 pm to lsu480
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The civil rights movement made black culture more accessible which allowed white people to steal their ideas
Music, sure. All of that good sixties shite came from Robert Johnson and Mississippi Blues.
But the art and general "hippy" free sex, free love, lifestyle was nothing like black culture at the time. It was this culture that served as the genesis for a lot of the creativity at the time.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:33 pm to genuineLSUtiger
it was always there. They just had more free time and avenues to express it.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:38 pm to TheCaterpillar
I see the same thing happening now just in a little different form. It seems like the lines that were pushed in the sixties are now being expanded upon from the legalization of marijuana, gay marriage being legalized, the pushback against the corporate world and just a liberalization of values in general amongst Millennials. I guess having a large generation of young people coming of age at the same time contributes to the critical mass and cross pollination of the various artistic subcultures. I don't see the changes happening right now in this country in a negative light. Even the racial tension was worse in that era than it is now. I think things have to be broken culturally and politically every now and then for society to grow. People rail on this younger generation a lot, but they seem to be very creative and innovative and I am very optimistic about the future of this country unlike many on this site. Anyway, from a young age I have been fascinated by this era for some reason. Maybe you are always more interested in the era in which you were born than the era you are currently living in. Does anyone else here experience that?
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:40 pm to TheCaterpillar
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But the art and general "hippy" free sex, free love, lifestyle was nothing like black culture at the time. It was this culture that served as the genesis for a lot of the creativity at the time.
That is a common mistake so I will forgive you. You see black people were slaves for 400 years so they couldn't charge for anything, love and sex had to be given away for free. When the Jim Crow laws were ended and white people got to hang around black people they saw this in action and stole it for themselves.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:43 pm to dukke v
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In a nutshell... The 60's and 70's are very important decades in this countrys history....
I agree PJ. Those were watershed years every bit as important as the Civil War, WW2 etc. This country went from black and white to technicolor overnight and that was very symbolic of what was happening at the time culturally. Even as a kid in the seventies watching black and white footage from just a decade earlier seemed like looking at images from the stone age to me. Of course much of that was probably due to the experience of time being so different when you are a child. It was a very interesting period in this nation's history. But I think the times we are living in now are equally as interesting and groundbreaking it is just that people never see that at the time.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:44 pm to genuineLSUtiger
Drugs
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:52 pm to genuineLSUtiger
I just think this is your perception b/c it's your generation maybe. The creativity of all arts has always been around. What explosion? The Beatnik writers of the 50's? The Bauhuas movement of the 20's which still dominates today? Maybe around the 60's the accessibility to the fine arts improved. But I don't see the 60's and 70's as dominant or explosive as any other time period.
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Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:52 pm to Breesus
I always thought drugs were the main contributor. But you have to have a healthy dose of latent talent there to capitalize on the muse that drug usage is when it comes to creative expression. I guess sheer numbers and collaboration on drugs really drives the creative spirit to a point of critical mass.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:54 pm to Cdawg
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I just think this is your perception b/c it's your generation maybe.
It's actually the generation before me as I was born in the late sixties. But from a young age I heard the music, watched the movies etc. and the whole scene just fascinated me.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:54 pm to genuineLSUtiger
Vietnam had a lot to do with it too
Posted on 6/25/15 at 1:01 pm to genuineLSUtiger
LSD. Also gets the credit for the "creative, laid back culture" in San Fran and other parts of Cali.
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