Woodstock....Again. 40 years later.

The Washington Times ^ | 04/24/09 | Jennifer Harper

[lakeprincess]

Run for the hills. The official Woodstock "brand" is approaching America like a big hallucination.

[slumber1]

Just stay away from the brown acid!

[Vision]

It's so sad to see boomers idolizing a 3 day rock concert they went to 40 years ago.

[bmwcyle]

Nothing but fun and music, yea right.

[dfwgator]

“Woodstock was a nightmare; I was there. Rain, mud, BO, and acid. You didn’t miss anything.” - Billy Joel (From the liner notes of “Songs In the Attic”)

[neocon1984]

I wonder if Wavy Gravy heeded his own warning.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Wood.....wut?

[the invisib1e hand]

the mythology and cultural casualties aside, one of the funniest books I've ever read is the story told by the guys who were behind Woodstock, Joel Rosenman and John Roberts. The book is called "Young Men With Unlimited Capital" and is suprisingly well written and tells the story, for the most part, with a dry wit and businessman's practicality.

It is not lost on me that a young paratrooper played a rousing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner on his Stratocaster as the show was closing.

[slumber1]

I wonder if Wavy Gravy heeded his own warning.

I think he's the one who brought the brown acid!

[the invisib1e hand]

Leave it to a redneck to quote Billy Joel on Woodstock.

[Buckeye McFrog]

will be identical except instead of acid they’ll be passing around Viagra....

[eastsider]

I guess this is where someone is supposed to chime in and say you had to have been there to understand it, but I was there and I don’t get the idolization either. We got out of there the first thing Saturday morning while we could.

[hoe_cake]

yeah, viagra for the men and hormone replacement therapy for the women.

[Jubal Madison]

“sad to see boomers idolizing a 3 day rock concert...”

Yes it is. This is a symptom of what’s wrong with this country. Not that remembering ones youth is wrong, but too many of the boomers have spent their whole lives seeking pleasure. They spend so much time seeking to relive or find new pleasures, that they never get around to experiencing joy. Pleasure is fleeting, true Joy comes from the Lord - and no one can take that away. (See my about page.) So many people my age and older ( I was born in 61) are like perpetual adolescents. Me, I was a dope smoking long hair - and then I grew up. Life is not all about what I can do for me, it is also about what I can do for others.—JM

[truemiester]

There is going to be a 9-hour video released about the concert?

9 HOURS?

For those who enjoy castro-like speaches, the video, of a concert.

So those going through alzhimers can remember.

[TSgt]

[Aevery_Freeman]

Woodstock.com

Says it all. Must purchase exactly the right stuff to protest capitalist exploitation by "the man."

Sad what TV and acid does to young minds.

[mysterio]

The tried this twice in the 90s, and it was way too corporate.

[Windflier]

It is not lost on me that a young paratrooper played a rousing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner on his Stratocaster as the show was closing.

It's not lost on me either. Thanks for pointing that out.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

“It is not lost on me that a young paratrooper played a rousing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner on his Stratocaster as the show was closing.”

Makes Jimi sound almost like an American hero.

For the record, he received an early discharge from the Army and was not noted as a particularly good soldier. But yes, his rendition of the National Anthem at Woodstock was awesome.