Youth in the 1960s

Fame in the 1960s told through two films, "A Hard Day's Night" and "The Doors." Around the time of the 1960s was the start of teenage rebellion. Teenagers and young adults began to do things that was out of the ordinary, that the people older than them couldn't understand. They rebelled in everything and it showed through their music, the way they dressed, the ideas they followed. Teenagers became their own subculture. This is the point in someones life where they go through experiences that make that child that they once were grow into a more understanding, more aware, human being.  They began to follow new revolutionary ideas. This was the time of the Vietnam War, civil rights protests and riots, the assassination of Martin Luther King, John F. and Robert Kennedy. All of these images were blasted all over the news media. This subculture of teenagers and young adults became more into making a change of the world around them. They didn't want to fight a war that their parents had started. This was a time of peace and love. The decade of the "hippie." They experimented with drugs, tried new things that were supposed to make life better for them. Of course the this generation of kids were influenced by the culture and media in the 60s. Bands and artists like The Beatles, The Doors, Jim Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and so many more had an impact on the minds of the youth. The younger generation is always seen as the troublemaker in the eyes of the generation before. Throughout the film in "A Hard Day's Night" The Beatles are viewed as the young, cool, hip musicians. It's evident in the film that they have a massive following of fans. The scene where George gets pulled into the office, there are fashion trendsetters there, telling him his what's fashionable and what's not. He has a nonchalant attitude towards them, as if he doesn't care about what's hip and trendy. Ironically making that attitude trendy. Of course, if a Beatle thinks something is cool, it's automatically cool to everyone else (the fans). It's easy to manipulate a crowd when their favorite band is behind it. In the film, the musicians are trying to live normal lives as young adults. However, their manger and other older authority figures keep a close eye on them, making sure they are the responsible ones and not getting in any trouble. The paradox is that Paul's grandfather is the one that gets into a lot of trouble and the band and everyone else has to take care of him. Towards the end where Ringo goes out and about to explore the countryside, he gets into a lot of trouble for just being himself. Which, I thought, was a way of saying that The Beatles act and behave a certain way. Any other way would be a like a crime. Now moving on to "The Doors" film, it focuses more on Jim Morrison and his controversial antics. When The Doors performed on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time they were told to use another word other than "higher," in their song "Light My Fire." When it came time to perform, Jim said it anyway. Later Morrison was arrested on multiple occasions throughout his musical career for indecency and public obscenity. He was most definitely a pioneer on the new revolutionary thought. He experimented with drugs and and other ideas. Ideas like witchcraft, it is said that he married a woman in a Wiccan ceremony, where they cut their wrists and mixed their blood. The Doors was a major, record selling band. In the late 60s, The Beatles began to change their views, views that were controversial at the time also. For example,  John Lennon's controversial song "Imagine." Both The Doors and The Beatles are bands that are still loved to this day, no matter how crazy or controversial an artist or band is, the true fans are will always love the music and band or artist. Which makes the job of the major record company (part of an elite group) manipulate the minds of the youth.