Anti-War Music
During the civil rights movement, a period of time fueled by doubt and uncertainty, musicians such as Bob Dylan inspired African Americans to exercise their constitutional rights. This influence had profound effects on pop culture in the 1960s. The anti-war music of the Vietnam War took on a whole new life for the youth of the 1960s. This generation was not going to sit quietly while the U.S. government lied to the people about what was going on in Vietnam. As a consequence, artists like Bob Dylan became an inspiration and voice for this generation through their lyrics and music. It is cited historically, “Anti-war music in the 1960s served as rallying cry and a cause for action” (
During World War II, men across America became machine like. Machine like in the sense that everything was done proper; polished uniforms, minds standardized into drill field rows and blocks, eyes straight ahead, chin in, chest out, salute and salute return, all part of a finely tuned machine that goes when its told to go, holds when to hold, and fetches on command. (