Creedence Clearwater Revival

For centuries music, has been an essential part of society, it has provided entertainment for the masses for generations. However, around the 1960s music became something more than just entertainment something more than just something to sing and dance to, but a platform for self-expression and an avenue for the social movements of time. Music enables activism and social justice to be brought to the forefront whether consumers like it or not. At its very core music is art and how those artists over

to create a music festival. They had quite a few speed bumps along the way. Financial and locations struggles were the first to slow them down. After they got those two figured out they had to worry about the music. Then in April 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival signed, after they signed people started lining up to play. The music, venue, and money now settled, they could start selling tickets. August 15th to 18th of 1969 in Bethel, NY 200,000 music lovers showed up to listen to great music. To

Woodstock 1969 During the ‘60s, it was the time of drugs, love, hippies, and the Vietnam War. People were being sent to war while hippies just wanted peace. Woodstock was thought up and provided peace just for them. Before Woodstock happened in the ‘60s, there were many hippies everywhere. Hippies were involved in music, drugs, peace, and love. During this time, there were four young men, the oldest being 27, that had ideas to build a recording studio so they made up this concert to raise money

Music within the Vietnam War The war in Vietnam, which lasted from 1955 to 1975, has gone down as one of the influential and controversial wars in United States history. The nation as a whole began an uproar over the war and the major consequences of the war. Public opinion steadily turned against the war following 1967 and by 1970 only a third of Americans believed that the U.S. had not made a mistake by sending troops to fight in Vietnam (Sperlich). Not to mention, many young people protested

Alcatraz Island and The Fight for Indian Sovereignty Alcatraz Island has had a long history of being a place of incarceration, a place where all American outcasts (Indian and non-Indian) were sent and put away, far from society. Yet, natives managed to make Alcatraz a symbol of unity within the Indian community and also a symbol of resistance against Anglo colonists. Indians have managed to change a symbol of isolation into a symbol of brotherhood and peoplehood. With the occupations of Alcatraz

wrote this song under the influence of the hippie subculture. This song helped bring awareness to the public -and teenagers alike, about the values of the Hippies. Another influential song of the Hippie era is “Fortunate Son” by the group Creedence Clearwater Revival. This song is a protest against the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam war, as the Hippies saw that the US Army’s involvement in the war as a mistake. “Fortunate Son” addresses the issue of the discriminating way the government used

anything there” (Faraici). In addition to these articles, he also read Rajiv Chandrasekaran book. Finally he even wrote his own document entitled, How Did We Get It So Wrong? which outlines all that he learned (Rose). At first, Greengrass wanted to make a small film, but believed that a big budget action picture would bring more people to see the ideas he presents in the film. The confusion surrounding the absence of WMD in Iraq provides a perfect scenario for an action film where the hero battles

Little Richard’s Influence on Rock and Roll Rock and roll music emerged as a part of American teen culture during the notably conservative time period in the country’s history which shortly followed the traumatic events of World War II. Being that the genre’s target audience was white teenagers, many Americans- already overwhelmed and on-edge due to the anti-communist movement inspired by the Cold War- were apprehensive about the influence that this up-and-coming style of music might have on their

A central theme that became apparent in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s was the challenging of conformity. Throughout this time period music was one of the items young people used to challenge the conformity of the previous generations. Bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Rolling Stones were very popular at this time and promoted this idea of being your own person and to not follow everybody else, which can be seen through songs such as “Free Bird” and “Paint it Black” by each band respectively. These people

“I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.” Kurt Cobain was legendary in music and he meant what he said. He never changed himself and that was seen throughout his life. His resistance to change made him the influential person he was and created the spokesman for so many young people that resented the culture of the day. Kurt was a fiery, impulsive, and rebellious person in his childhood, in his musical success, and in his explosive, memorable end. Everyone has a beginning, and