Woodstock Nation - Happy 40th!!
In the summer of '69, there were three days of peace and music.
We couldn't make it there, but others were there for us.
We couldn't make it there, but others were there for us.
posted by Vigilante at 8/16/2009 12:04:00 AM
5 Moderated Comments:
Dammit, all that free love with naked babes running around and reefer being passed around like basil and I missed it!
I'm always a day late or a dollar short!
Today I learn that Joan Baez (a) was 6 months pregnant when she appeared at Woodstock and (b) she no longer sings We Shall Overcome in English. I missed her explanation for the latter.
I think one of the hugest tragedies of my lifetime was seeing the honest, youthful, idealistic hippie culture become compromised by materialism and corporatism. An unbelievable amount of inherent goodness was lost and became perverted once a significant number of hippies became yuppies, and we are paying dearly for that transformation today.
My favorite part of Woodstock? I think it had to be when Pete Townsend thumped Abby Hoffman on the head with his guitar. I would have given anything to see that one. LOL
Most closely, I agree with Jack. He's on the mark: I think one of the hugest tragedies of my lifetime was seeing the honest, youthful, idealistic hippie culture become compromised by materialism and corporatism.
My ire is directed at the 2009 commercialism of Woodstock--selling tie-dye shirts, making stupid movies, and trying to recreate an idealism lost 40 years ago. Jack's comment about materialism and corporatism is absolutely accurate. And it's the Baby Boomers that have sold out our idealism, which saddens me most of all.
I'm not a cynic, I'm a realist. Woodstock was not a corporate event, and no one seems to understand that we've turned a joyous event into a cash cow.
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