Drugs and Music

Ayn Marx · 06-10-2022, 01:51 AM

Terry Riley, was regarded in the 60's as a classical composer. I'm not sure we'd place him there today.
This was revolutionary in the 60's, a time when LSD, mescaline, peyote, psilocybin, and pot were opening minds. Experimentation, breaking out of the status quo was happening everywhere, freaking out those who didn't understand what was happening .
However there's a long list of classical composers who did drugs, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Berlioz and my favourite (although we're not sure which 'herbs' she indulged in) Abbess Hildegard Von Bingen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3W-3HPMWg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YTOiJ-zjP0

https://theconversation.com/the-link...-science-89132

https://popularmusic.pressbooks.com/...and-the-1960s/

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Ayn Marx Music Addict Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sometimes Posts: 552	Drugs and Music Terry Riley, was regarded in the 60's as a classical composer. I'm not sure we'd place him there today. This was revolutionary in the 60's, a time when LSD, mescaline, peyote, psilocybin, and pot were opening minds. Experimentation, breaking out of the status quo was happening everywhere, freaking out those who didn't understand what was happening . However there's a long list of classical composers who did drugs, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Berlioz and my favourite (although we're not sure which 'herbs' she indulged in) Abbess Hildegard Von Bingen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3W-3HPMWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YTOiJ-zjP0 https://theconversation.com/the-link...-science-89132 https://popularmusic.pressbooks.com/...and-the-1960s/ Last edited by Ayn Marx; 06-12-2022 at 01:09 AM.