[a fool in paradise]

I’ve got bad news and terrible news.

Unfortunately, Jimi Hendrix is not available for this concert. Even worse, Sha Na Na IS.

Maybe they can get Yoko Ono too.

[Paleo Conservative]

Maybe they could invite the same crowd that came to the Obama inauguration?

[dforest]

How impressive. Maybe they can jam on what was once Wall Street.

[a fool in paradise]

The 4 hour video is still far from a complete account of the film. They did 2 or three production screenings of all of the film that was shot (with multiple projectors showing the different camera angles). I think there was 18 hours of footage even with multiple projection.

It took awhile for the full Hendrix performance to be released separately.

And 15 years or so ago there was a 3 video documentary with the real founders of the event (the ones who put up the money and had the notion to do something like this) and some complete song performances that had not be released (including more Sha Na Na footage showing stoned hippies pulling themselves off the ground at sunrise).

They love to bring up the 1999 riot but there was rioting, looting, arson... at the 1969 original as well. And Michael Lang was also behind the cluster**** of the Altamont raceway Stones concert captured in Gimme Shelter.

[Dixiekraut]

I taped Woodstock ‘94 off pay cable...filled something like six or seven VHS tapes.

It was pretty amusing seeing how “Corporate” the whole thing was compared to the original..but it appeared quite well run.

Joe Cocker and his back-up band were phenomenal..there were a few “returning” acts( Santana,CSN, ) plus new acts ( Nine Inch Nails, Primus, Cranberries,Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greenday )..but overall there was no real magic involved....

I still get a kick out of some of the original footage from 1969...
the Latin-tinged rock of Santana and the funk of Sly and The Family Stone were real treats way back then...

19 yr old drummer Michael Shrieve of Santana...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnamP4-M9ko

[napscoordinator]

Woodstock and I are turning 40??? I can’t believe that I am turning 40 in about six weeks...sheesh what has life become...lol.

[SJSAMPLE]

Why is it the “green” events always wind up littered with trash and human excrement, while the organizers fly away in private jets?

[Revolting cat!]

CSN&Y headlining?

[SupplySider]

On June 9, meanwhile, Warner Home Video will release a four-hour director’s cut of the “Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music” film featuring 18 new performances – including some from five groups (Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Grateful Dead, Johnny Winter, Mountain and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band) that did not appear in the original film.

The Dead were unhappy with their set, and I can verify personally, it was boring.

Mountain was great. I'd like to see that again. Another forgotten act, Incredible String band, had a good performance. I could do without Melanie and her roller skate song again.