2.TheSixties’“YouthCounterculture”3.Hippy/Hippie4.BackgroundInformationBR_MAINBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReading5.IntroductoryRemarks6.WordsorPhrasesRelatedtotheTopic1.AnEnglishSong—KidsWannaRockBeforeReading_1_1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingTheBackgroundoftheSongTheideafor“KidsWannaRock”beganonesummernightin1984attheQueenElizabethTheatreinVancouver,whereBryanandIandmywifeRachelhadgonetoseeaperformancebyThomasDolby.Withalltheelectronicsoundsandroboticposturing,wefoundtheperformancetobesomewhatlackingemotionally.Unabletoendureanother“sine-wave”,twentyminutesintotheconcertwequietlyslippedoutofthetheatreandwentupthestreetforabitetoeat.WhilediscussingtheDolbyperformanceoverdinner,oneofusremarkedhow,really,thekidsjust“wannarock”.Wewrotemostof“KidsWannaRock”thenextday.Webasedthesongonanotherideawe’dbeendeveloping.JustasPaulMcCartneyused“ScrambledEggs”asatemporarytitlefor“Yesterday”,BryanandIhadatemporarylyricbeforewesettledon“KidsWannaRock”.Insteadof“Aroundtheworldoraroundtheblock,everywhereIgothekidswannarock”,wehad“What’sSirLewGradegotagainstme,Ican’tgetmysongsontheBBC”...anaccuratereflectionofBryan’sinabilityatthetimetogetairplayonUKradio.—byJimVallanceBeforeReading_1_2KidsWannaRock—byJimVallance&BryanAdamsBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReading■TurnedontheradioSoundedlikeadiscoMustaturnedthedialforacoupleofmilesButIcouldn’tfindnorockandrollThiscomputerizedcrapain’tgettingmeoffEverywhereIgothekidswannarockLondontoLATalkingabouttheNewWaveForacoupleofbucksyougetaweirdhaircutAndwasteyourlifeawayBeforeReading_1_3BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingAroundtheworldoraroundtheblockEverywhereIgothekidswannarockGetmemyDJI’vegotsomethinghe’sgottaplayWannahearitIcan’twaitSoturnitup,turnitup…KickdownthebarricadesListenwhatthekidssayFromtimetotimepeoplechangetheirmindsButthemusicisheretostayI’veseenitallfromthebottomtothetopEverywhereIgothekidswannarockBeforeReading_1_4BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingAroundtheworldoraroundtheblockEverywhereIgothekidswannarockEverywhereIgothekidswannarockBeforeReading_2_1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingTheSixties’“YouthCounterculture”■1.Theconceptof“counterculture”:theattitudesandlifestylesofmanyyoungpeoplewhorejectedconventionalsocialvaluesanddemandedmorepersonalfreedom2.Countries:U.S.,Britain,France,otherwesterncountries3.Time:fromthe1960stothelate1970sBeforeReading_2_1.1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingTheword“counterculture”wascoinedinthe1960sfortheattitudesandlifestylesofmanyyoungpeoplewhorejectedconventionalsocialvaluesanddemandedmorepersonalfreedom.ThecounterculturefirstaroseintheU.S.duringthe1960sandsoonspreadtoBritain,Franceandotherwesterncountries.TheseyoungpeoplewereopposedtotheVietnamWaranddissatisfiedwiththeexistingstateofaffairsintheirsociety.Yet,unabletofindamoreconstructivewayofstrugglingagainstthese,theyindulgedthemselvesinsex,drugs,alcoholandrockmusicandtookgreatprideinwearinglonghairandunusualclothesandintakingupanythingthatwasunconventional.Thecounterculturedeclinedinthelate1970s.BeforeReading_3_1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingHippy/Hippie■1.Time:thelate1960s2.Countries:U.S.,Canada,U.K.,someothercountries3.Behavior:nonviolentanarchyconcernfortheenvironmentrejectionofWesternmaterialismbeingdressedinunusualclothes;livingingrouptogether;takingdrugsBeforeReading_3_1.1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingHippie,memberofayouthmovementofthelate1960s,wascharacterizedbynonviolentanarchy,concernfortheenvironment,andrejectionofWesternmaterialism.ThehippiemovementstartedintheUnitedStatesandthenspreadtoCanada,theUnitedKingdom,andmanyothercountries.Thehippiesformedapoliticallyoutspoken,antiwar,artisticallyprolificcountercultureinNorthAmericaandEurope.Thehippieswereusuallydressedinunusualclothesandlivedingrouptogetherandtookdrugs.RichmonduponThamesisaboroughofGreaterLondoninsouthwesternEngland.RichmonduponThamesisanattractiveresidentialdistrictthatbordersbothsidesoftheRiverThamesforabout19km(about12miles).Itspopulationisover160,000.Amongtheborough’shistoricalsitesareHamptonCourtPalace,theformerhomeofKingHenryVIII;andtheremainsofRichmondPalace,whichwasusedbyQueenElizabethI.TheRoyalBotanicalGardensinnearbyKewarealsoapopularattraction.BeforeReading_4_1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingRichmonduponThames■BeforeReading_4_POP_HamptonCourtPalaceBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_4_POP_KingHenryVIIIBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_4_POP_RichmondBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_4_POP_RichmondPalaceBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_4_POP_QueenElizabethIBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_4_POP_RoyalBotanicalBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_4_2BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingLondon■Londonisthec