Boomers may have had terrible foreign policy, BUT hands down some of the most transcendent, preconditioning music in history... bands from the 60s, 70s and 80s... maybe it was all the drugs, but they really started putting the pieces together.
"Won't Get Fooled Again"
We'll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of all wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We won't get fooled again
The change, it had to come We knew it all along We were liberated from the fold, that's all And the world looks just the same And history ain't changed 'Cause the banners, they are flown in the last war
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We won't get fooled again No, no!
I'll move myself and my family aside If we happen to be left half alive I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky Oh I know that the hypnotized never lie Do ya?
There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by the bye And a parting on the left Is now a parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We won't get fooled again Don't get fooled again No, no!
Meet the new boss Same as the old boss
Bah, may not be nearly as much as many think. While I liked the Who, music hasn't only been manipulated in recent years, it has been since the 60s at least.
I have an excellent Indepth multipart article on it bookmarked somewhere but can't find it.
But the gist was the whole music scene getting started in LA just off the strip, I forget the name of the area, as alot of MK Ultra, majority of the people at the forefront of the counterculture movement had parents at higher up positions in the military/government.
Edit: Laurel Canyon, here's the article I mentioned. Lengthy but I found a good read, well written and with style. https://centerforaninformedamerica.com/inside-the-lc-the-strange-but-mostly-true-story-of-laurel-canyon-and-the-birth-of-the-hippie-generation-part-i/
Laurel Canyon.
Yes, definitely as far back as the 60s.
I'd be surprised if it didn't go back to the 50s as well, seemed rock & roll caused quite the stir amongst parents and discord with their teens.
As well as setting the stage for the 60s, probably child's play to direct.