I feel like 1969-1974 is its own era, the high point of the mainstream Hippie movement - the time which we most associate with Hippies and the anti-war movement. In 1965-1968, these movements were still evolving and coming together. By 1969 you get the long hair parted down the middle look characteristic of the men of the decade; beards are popular; women begin adopting the hair parted down the middle look as well and hair is worn straight or artificially straightened (Compared to the mod/pixie/short looks of 1964-1967). Short skirts have gotten a tad longer but hot pants are on the way.

Richard Nixon is President during these years and Edward Heath is PM of the UK from 1970 to 1974. The Brady Bunch is on TV from 1969 to 1974. Mick Taylor is a member of the Rolling Stones Stones from 1969 to 1974. Woodstock and Altamont happen both in 1969. Charles Manson is arrested in December 1969. The first Moon landing happens in July 1969 and the last in 1972.

Scooby Doo begins in 1969 and is a hallmark of Saturday Morning Cartoons in one form or another. Monty Python's Flying Circus begins broadcasting in 1969 and ends in 1974. The Mary Tyler Moore Show begins in 1970. The Patridge Family begins in 1970 and ends in 1974. All in the Family debuts in 1971. Sabrina the Teenage Witch debuts in 1971 as does Colombo and Soul Train. The Price is Right debuts in 1972. Fat Albert debuts in 1972 as does Maude and the Waltons. School House Rock, The Six Million Dollar Man, Kojack, and Barnaby Jones debut in 1973; the Star Trek animated series also begins in 1973. Happy Days, Good Times, That's My Mama, Land of the Lost, The Rockford Files and Little House on the Prairie debut in 1974.

1969 sees the release of Easy Rider, one of the first big independent movies to become a hit, signaling the death of the studio system in Hollywood. Newer, grittier and independently made films films such as Midnight Cowboy, The Panic in Needle Park, The French Connection, Dirty Harry, The Godfather, Serpico, and others are released in this time frame. George Lucas helps to kick off the wave of nostalgia for the 1950s with the release of American Graffiti in 1973.

The death of Rolling Stones' founder and guitarist Brian Jones in July 1969 kicks off the modern 27 club. In September 1970, Jimi Hendrix dies. In October 1970, Janis Joplin dies, and Jim Morrison dies in July 1971.

The anti-war and anti-establishment movement comes to a head with the announcing of the Bombing of Cambodia in 1970 followed by the Kent State shooting in May 1970. It hits a fever pitch in October 1973 when the 18 1/2 minute gap in the Watergate tapes is discovered; public protests for Nixon's resignation begin.

H.R. Pufnstuf also started in 1969.

This would usher in the Sid and Marty Krofft age of Saturday Morning shows.

Didn't you already make a thread about this?

Scooby Doo begins in 1969 and is a hallmark of Saturday Morning Cartoons in one form or another. Monty Python's Flying Circus begins broadcasting in 1969 and ends in 1974. The Mary Tyler Moore Show begins in 1970. The Patridge Family begins in 1970 and ends in 1974. All in the Family debuts in 1971. Sabrina the Teenage Witch debuts in 1971 as does Colombo and Soul Train. The Price is Right debuts in 1972. Fat Albert debuts in 1972 as does Maude and the Waltons. School House Rock, The Six Million Dollar Man, Kojack, and Barnaby Jones debut in 1973; the Star Trek animated series also begins in 1973. Happy Days, Good Times, That's My Mama, Land of the Lost, The Rockford Files and Little House on the Prairie debut in 1974.


You forgot Sesame Street and MASH.

I remember this being a thread months ago.

Why did you make another one instead of just bumping that thread. Did you delete the original thread?

I feel like 1969-1974 is its own era, the high point of the mainstream Hippie movement - the time which we most associate with Hippies and the anti-war movement.


No, this is not quite it at ALL. The cultural 60s as we know them basically petered to an end in late 72. No specific event caused this. It just ran out of steam. 1973 was the beginning of something different, less introspective, more "glam". As someone who lived through and fully participated in that era I can unequivocally tell you that if anyone called themselves a hippie in 1973, let alone 1974, they would have been laugh at hysterically. Even calling oneself a hippie in 1972 was pushing it. Very much pushing it.

Having said that, I can say that history has a way of throwing a wash over things. Looking back from today there are many things in 1973 and even 1974, "the early-to-mid 70s", that can be considered "hippy-ish", though they would not have been considered so at the time. If you look at footage of some old glam or other early 70s harder type bands for example, who considered themselves a reaction against hippie introspection, you will still see a whiff of hippie-ishness, looseness and incense about them. But in 1973 they would have been considered cutting-edge, state of the art, anti-hippie.

...if anyone called themselves a hippie in 1973, let alone 1974, they would have been laugh at hysterically. Even calling oneself a hippie in 1972 was pushing it. Very much pushing it...


In 1970 when I was 10, I secretly wanted to be a hippie because it was "cool" then.  But by the time 1972-ish rolled around, hippies had become "fringe".  By 1974 they were pretty much considered burnouts or worse (recall that there had been serious issues with illicit drugs in that timeframe - hippies were thought of as major druggies).  I no longer had any desire to become a hippie in 1974 at age 14 - and it definitely wasn't "cool" any more.