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[mondhasen]

Just watched “Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation” on this the 50th Anniversary of the festival. It’s an American Experience / PBS offering on Netflix, but is also online- https://www.woodstockdocumentary.com/Read more... )

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[c_eagle]

Interestingly enough, the AARP magazine had a spot on Woodstock that was somewhat interesting this month too.. Thanks for the info link! ^V^

[mondhasen]

You are welcome! I really enjoyed the special with its focus on the event from the promoters' and other background.

[schnee]

Happy birthday!

And that sounds like an interesting documentary. Kinda wish I could've been there, in those days, but - a different place and a different time.

[mondhasen]

Thanks :o)

I may have gone to it but think I would have been overwhelmed quickly.

[c_eagle]

Hey hey.... :>
I just got finished watching it all, and I gotta say.. how amazing it was... Seeing all that come to life... and of course having known about it, but now with it refreshed.. to see all that peacefulness... and no-one trying to game the system up there.. i really wonder if something like this would be even remotely possible... the way people think these days.. the way the internet and cel phones have become...
I felt tears several times.. some joyful at what this was... and some sad, that we've lost something that could bring this sort of thing to life ever again...

[mondhasen]

Different times! The aerial shots really made an impact- no lying about that  crowd size! And it worked: people got along somehow in spite of the 'establishment' saying they would fail.

Wavy Gravy... impressive! I never knew that story. He's still around, too, keeping folks happy.

[sabotlours]

The entire show was a huge financial disaster. Then they released the movie and soundtrack, and they made a ton of money.

I don't know if I could have survived 3 days. My only festival was the first Farm Aid back around 1985.

[mondhasen]

It's kinda funny how so much of the anti-establishment movement was about making money off of its followers...

I went to an outdoor concert out in the boonies here called Freedom Jam, in 1974. It was miserably hot and I got so badly sunburned I had to leave before any of the 'real' groups played.

[whitetail]

I was in England while Woodstock was going on and didn't know a thing about it until after I returned home. I missed the Apollo 11 mission and the Manson murders while I was away, too! Three world-famous events within 6 short weeks in the summer of 1969, and I wasn't here for any of them.

[mondhasen]

Right? Someone at work mentioned how much was happening that summer as well- honestly, I didn’t know of Woodstock, per se, until later: it never registered with me here at home. I had other interests on the farm that year (playing around with junk cars and motorcycles and such).

Your trip sounded much more fun than being around for these events :o)

[whitetail]

Come to think of it, I missed Chappaquiddick while I was away, too, so that's 4 historical news events. Though in retrospect, I think only Apollo 11 was truly big at the time. Manson wasn't connected to Sharon Tate until later in the year, I don't recall Woodstock being that big of a deal until the LP and songs about it came out, and the media tried their best to bury Chappaquiddick for the most part until the scandal was too big to ignore