ed their rights, which the counter culture could do what they feel with their own bodies.One song that reflected the turn of the efforts of the counter culture from an attempted revolution to desire to be free with their bodies is the Beatles song Revolution 1. Speaking directly to the counter culture, they call for a refocusing of goals. They say, "You say you want a revolution, well you know we all want to change the world. When you talk about destruction, don't you know you can count me out its gonna be alright." Instead of an upheaval of government just to be noticed, the Beatles advice the population to turn to drugs and other mind-expanding behavior. They say, "You say you'll change the constitution you better free your mind instead." The Beatles take all the political and revolutionary edge off their music, assuring the counter culture that "its gonna be alright." As long as each individual person receives the right to free their mind, everyone will be happy, according to the Beatles.The credit with bringing drugs to the forefront falls in some part to the Grateful Dead. Clearly unhappy with the current world, the Dead encouraged their fans (and all Americans) to turn to alternative forms of happiness. They commonly described trips on acid they had taken, smoked marijuana at their concerts and encouraged the audience to do the same, and spawned a whole culture of followers of their drugs and music. In Touch of Grey, the Dead describe the difference between the normal world and the world when they are tripping. They say, "the rent is in arrears, the dog has not been fed in years. Cows give kerosene, kids can't read at seventeen." While tripping makes the world "alright every silver lining's got a touch of grey." Even with the devastation in a world taken away from them, with acid, "[they] will get by. [They] will survive." This outright advocation of drugs spurs on the counter culture into their public fight for the...
