The hippies love music, as well. They use music to express themselves politically, emotionally and spiritually. For them, music is their guide on what they do and must do. Music can be their religious experience. Hippie music is classic rock, rock and roll and anything under the sun as long as the lyrics consist of happiness, freedom and love. Hippie music is also defined as an era and it has never been died. It still exists today. Popular hippie clothing includes the tie dye shirt and the pullover baja hoodie.

The Beatles inspire them so much because their songs are all about love and peace. When they came to America, it was a huge invasion of new music, attitude and style. With them around, music became fun like it had not been before. They look and dress like hippies and their music are all about hippies. Their first single was a sure hit (She loves you). You couldn’t help but be happy listening to it. The best song that Paul McCartney ever wrote was the “Yesterday”, a melancholy ballad lamenting a lost love, it affected just about everybody. The Beatles fever was so hippie.

The early 60’s thinks of music only for entertainment but for the hippies, music is like a message. This music had an impact on the consciousness of not just the hippies but all society, as well. One way or another, they hit them deeply, made them dream and believe and also made them feel as one people.

Here are some of the hit bands in the early 60’s:
-The Beatles
-Bob Dylan
-Eric Clapton
-The Doors
-Jimi Hendrix
-The Who
-Grateful Dead

The early music became really inspiring for the hippies because the music is all about love, peace and freedom and that is so hippie. It also helps them to think and act freely.