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Woodstock 40 Years Later...

by TLTheLiberator
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It was 40 years ago at the height of the hippie movement when a great concert was held in upstate NY.

It was known as Woodstock and over 400k attended.

Wasn't 1969 also known as the summer of love?

Hendrix was there with his famous rendition of the American national anthem and purple haze!

Simon & Garfunkel was there!

Santana was there!

Crosby Stills & Nash were there!

Sly & The Family Stone were there!

The Mamas & The Pappas were there!

I'm taping the replay of the concert tonight on my Comcast cable system!

The hippie music was mostly message music but within a few of years the disco movement had taken over and it was...

I work hard so it's time to shake my booty on the weekends music and leave all my cares behind - at least for the weekend.

I really want to record the performance by the great Santana and add it to my outstanding collection of live performances - connected to my cable DVR recorder.

It's one of the more electric performances of all time in my opinion.


Question???


Can music be used as an agent of change??


TL
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
    Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post


    Can music be used as an agent of change??


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    YES!

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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

    Question???


    Can music be used as an agent of change??


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    Sure it can. Music and sports may be the two biggest factors in easing racism.

    PS...My favorite Woodstock performance...Ten Years After with Alvin Lee:

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    Apparently for the first time the have put Creedence Clearwater Revivals Woodstock performance out.
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    IMO, here's the most under-rated performer at Woodstock. Richie Havens opened at Woodstock and none of the other bands could get in because of the crowds, so Richie had to keep playing and playing until the others cold get to the stage.

    Here's a very powerful performance:

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    • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
      music can definitely affect change!

      remember these guys?

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      • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
        seen this band live 3 times
        check out Daltry's clothes...lol

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        • Profile picture of the author ThomM
          A testament to the Woodstock area is the number of musicians who stayed.
          Levon Helms from the Band and Tony Levin from Peter Gabriel's band both still live there.
          Around 1974 I went out with a girl who had an apartment across the road from Bearsville Studios. Very common to see Todd Rundgren, Hall and Oates, The Band, and even Dylan leaving or entering the studio. At night you could find many of them at Rose's Cafe or another bar whos' name excapes me at the moment.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
    Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

    Can music be used as an agent of change??
    "They've got the guns, but we've got the numbers..."

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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
      Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

      It was 40 years ago at the height of the hippie movement when a great concert was held in upstate NY.

      It was known as Woodstock and over 400k attended.

      Wasn't 1969 also known as the summer of love?

      Hendrix was there with his famous rendition of the American national anthem and purple haze!

      Simon & Garfunkel was there!

      Santana was there!

      Crosby Stills & Nash were there!

      Sly & The Family Stone were there!

      The Mamas & The Pappas were there!

      I'm taping the replay of the concert tonight on my Comcast cable system!

      The hippie music was mostly message music but within a few of years the disco movement had taken over and it was...

      I work hard so it's time to shake my booty on the weekends music and leave all my cares behind - at least for the weekend.

      I really want to record the performance by the great Santana and add it to my outstanding collection of live performances - connected to my cable DVR recorder.

      It's one of the more electric performances of all time in my opinion.


      Question???


      Can music be used as an agent of change??


      TL
      No, it WAS, IS, and WILL continue to be an agent of change. Why do you think oppressive governments try to censor it?

      Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

      A testament to the Woodstock area is the number of musicians who stayed.
      Levon Helms from the Band and Tony Levin from Peter Gabriel's band both still live there.
      Around 1974 I went out with a girl who had an apartment across the road from Bearsville Studios. Very common to see Todd Rundgren, Hall and Oates, The Band, and even Dylan leaving or entering the studio. At night you could find many of them at Rose's Cafe or another bar whos' name excapes me at the moment.
      Sounds awesome!

      I had no idea that my favorite bassist lived in the Woodstock area.

      As a teenager and young adult, I had a fascination with the counterculture movement of the 1960s.

      BTW, I was too young to go to the festival in 1969, but I did go to the inferior but VERY enjoyable Woodstock '94. It was me, Rita, and two of our friends - along with all of our gear for 3 days - crammed into a 1989 2-door Nissan Sentra. We drove ffrom Wisconsin to New York.

      Had our tents flooded out. Got covered in mud. Had a blast. Saw lots of cool bands. Almost got crushed to death. Then went home.

      Not trying to compare the two, but it was the closest I could get.

      Saw the original Woodstock site and camped with other like-minded souls in 1995.

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  • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
    - I wonder if jazz is still banned in Cuba?

    - A city in New Jersey tried to ban rock and roll when it was first getting started.

    - In the movie Dewy Cox, most of the elders believed rock and roll was the devil's music but the young people loved it.

    Quoting an elder from the movie...

    "this music is an outrage!"

    - Rock & roll was the first music in American history (and perhaps all of history) made by young people for young people.


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    • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
      Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

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      - Rock & roll was the first music in American history (and perhaps all of history) made by young people for young people.


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      From probably the mid 50's to the mid 70's there many who can now be classified as musical PIONEERS...
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  • Profile picture of the author haikuangel
    I hope that the same cultural influence that transcended in Woodstock 40 years ago can bee seen in our times. Rock and roll was revolutionized during this age and I would personally like to see some of our music evolve into a powerful medium of self awareness and empowerment, as how woodstock paved the way for it 40 years ago..
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