Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out
Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out
The 1960’s was a time of peace, love, and rock n’ roll, and with those traits in a generation comes a phrase that encompasses everything that they thought and how they acted. The 1960’s was a time for political outcry and anti-military stands at college campuses around the nation, as well as free drug use and sex. Timothy Leary was standing in his shower when this phrase that could define the ideas and acts of the time he was living in came to him, and that phrase has continually come up when talking about the 60’s. The phrase, “tune in, turn on, drop out” has always been interpreted differently, but I find it to be a metaphor for being against the Vietnam War.
Folk singers had been the preeminent leaders in the fight against the war, with the likes of Bob Dylan and The Beatles John Lennon also joining to keep the war cold and the peoples’ feelings hot. By using lyrics that said such statements as, “Imagine there's no countries
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