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Beatles' song "I Want to Hold Your Hand" went on sale in the United States at the end of nineteen sixty-three. Within five weeks, it was the biggest-selling record in the country.
 

 
(MUSIC)
 
Other songs, including some by the Beatles, sounded more revolutionary. They spoke about drugs and sex, although not always openly.
 

 
(MUSIC: "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds")
 
In the nineteen sixties, "do your own thing" became a common expression. It meant to do whatever you wanted, without feeling guilty.

 
(MUSIC: Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock)
 
Five hundred thousand young Americans did their own thing at the Woodstock music festival in nineteen sixty-nine. They gathered at a farm in New York state. They listened to musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and Joan Baez, and to groups like The Who and Jefferson Airplane.
 

 
(MUSIC: "Volunteers"/Jefferson Airplane)
 
Woodstock became a symbol of the young peoples' rebellion against traditional values. Many young people called themselves hippies. Hippies believed there should be more love and personal freedom in America.
 

 
In nineteen sixty-seven, poet Allen Ginsberg helped lead a gathering of hippies in San Francisco. No one knows exactly how many people considered themselves hippies. But twenty thousand attended the gathering.
 

 
Another leader of the event was Timothy Leary.
 

 
TIMOTHY LEARY: "Now, energy comes ... "

 
He was a former university professor and researcher. Leary urged the crowd in San Francisco to "tune in and drop out." This meant they should use drugs and leave school or their job. One drug that was used in the nineteen sixties was lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. LSD causes the brain to see strange, colorful images. It also can cause brain damage.

 

(MUSIC: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds")

 
Some people say the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was about LSD.
 
(MUSIC: "The Andy Griffith Show"/Andy Griffith)
 

 
As many Americans were listening to songs about drugs and sex, many others were watching television programs with traditional family values. These included "The Andy Griffith Show" and "The Beverly Hillbillies."

 

At the movies, some films captured the rebellious spirit of the times. These included "The Graduate" and "Doctor Strangelove."

 
DOCTOR STRANGELOVE (PETER SELLERS): "Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

 

And so, because of the automated and irrevocable decision-making process, which rules out human meddling, the Doomsday Machine is terrifying and simple to understand, and completely credible and convincing."
 

 
GENERAL BUCK TURGIDSON (STERLING HAYDEN): "Gee, I wish we had one of them Doomsday Machines."
 

 
(MUSIC: "Goldfinger"/Shirley Bassey)
 
Others offered escape through spy adventures, like the James Bond films.
 

 
Many Americans refused to tune in and drop out in the nineteen-sixties. They took no part in the social revolution. Instead, they continued leading normal lives of work, family, and home. Others, the activists of American society, were busy fi本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。